Learning to break cycles without resistance: this is what the 8 of Swords of the tarot teaches

Learn how to end cycles maturely

When all the signals we ask from the universe lead us in one direction, it makes no sense to try to cling to a different idea or immediately look for a more favorable condition, resisting will be worse, not only now, but in the long term. Find out how the minor arcana work 8 of spades It can help you deal with resistance to breaking up and moving on.

8 of Swords: The truth destroys the ego, but heals your soul

It is inevitable! Any type of breakup causes us pain, whether it comes from other people towards us or whether it is committed by ourselves. But what is behind this pain? After all every effect has its cause and it may not be so simple to understand and if there is no understanding we are stuck, limited. Perhaps this is the fundamental advice presented by the minor arcana of the tarot, the 8 of swords.

In the Rider Waite tarot, one of the most conventional, the illustration of these minor arcana is extremely complex. We see a person dressed in red, he is blindfolded, tied, motionless and surrounded by eight swords. Also, you can see a mountain in the background.

My heart is red, the heart lives in red

In a tarot card everything has a meaning! The color red is associated with personal power, energy, passion. It is the color of our base chakra, which deals with aspects of our survival and safety. What stops us from using this power to break this situation? What stops us from following our path and climbing the mountain like Capricorn’s representation towards conquest?

Suit of Spades

The philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) once told us, “Knowledge is power.” The suit of swords is linked to our ability to think and reason, but in these minor arcana our thoughts are not very on our side. This is because something deep inside us indicates a debt, a guilt and until we work intimately on this, detaching ourselves from this situation and moving forward will be impossible.

Listen to the inside

The first step is to access the depths of the mind to identify, listen to and understand this guilt. It is not surprising that in the illustration of these minor arcana of the tarot the person is blindfolded, we involuntarily close our eyes to concentrate, then we pray, meditate, sleep and remove any external influence that hinders our concentration.

Acceptance is gradual

It is in this immersion that the whole truth will be revealed to us! No matter how many justifications we give to someone or ourselves, not even the manipulations we try to do. Any effort to the contrary will be in vain, even if your philosophy is free will. Gradual acceptance of the process is the second step, as challenging as it may be, know that desperation is your biggest enemy in these moments and can lead you to react in a way that makes everything even worse.

This tarot card is considered a karmic arcana and here, unlike the usual idea of ​​karma, this is not very pleasant, we will have to face what we hide from ourselves in relation to others.

Felipe Bezerra is a tarot reader, astrologer and holistic therapist at Origem Therapias.

Source: Terra

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