Eight of Swords
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
Bound and blindfolded among planted swords — but her feet are free
Seeing the restraint for what it is
A cage built of fear, from inside
Only eyes and hands are bound — one step clears the fence
As your card of the day
If Eight of Swords is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Seeing the restraint for what it is”. When it tips toward “A cage built of fear, from inside”, remember the way the picture draws: Only eyes and hands are bound — one step clears the fence.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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