Tarot cards

5 Swords

The card: Three men are standing at a shore, swords are strewn on the ground, as if there has been a fight. One man is turned towards the sea, covering his face as if in sorrow or despair. Another guy is also facing the sea, but he has assumed a relaxed contemplating posture. The 3^rd person is facing us, he has a smirk on the face whilst collecting the swords. The sea is calm, but the sky is torn, with ragged clouds.

Interpretation: How do you react to a fight ?. Some are caught up in emotion, especially if they are on the loosing side, but really in a fight everyone are losers.

Are you disconnected from the fighting, as if it doesn't concern you ? Is it possible not to take sides ?, it may be as long you are not killing or being killed. Or do you enjoy a good fight ? Perhaps merely sparring carries a reward, but do you seek the aggression, or hope to gain from the chaos ?

Prediction: Possibility for a period of imbalance and hurt. A good idea to prepare yourself, for the coming times. In times of strife, the true character of you and the people around you will be revealed.

Keywords: Strife and anguish, opportunity, sorrow, indifference.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

4 Swords

The card: A man is lying on what appears to be a sarcophagus or coffin. He is comfortable enough with a pillow under his head. He is holding his hands together. Above him is the colourful window of a church or sacred building. One sword is decorating his the coffin, three others are hanging on the wall of the building.

Interpretation: It seems to be the time for retreat and gathering of energies. There is tension on the man's face and he is holding his hands together, as if trying to still his mind and relax after some kind of ordeal. The colourful glass of the church window promises light and life if he chooses to enter inside. But for now he chooses to handle the affairs of his inner peace on his own.

Prediction: Hold the reins for a while, now is not the time to charge ahead, it's time to recharge your batteries. A period may come or be, where you will have to be economical with your energies. When you are ready you may choose to enter a group which can nurture your faith and life.

Keywords: Retreat, restoration of energy, solitude, meditation.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

3 Swords

The card: The sky is grey, it looks like it's raining. A heart is floating under the clouds, pierced by three swords.

Interpretation: Heartbreak and misery seems to be near, perhaps expectations has been broken. Not only is the weather bad, dreams are also falling apart.

There are three swords; one misfortune rarely comes alone, and often a broken heart involves a third person coming into the picture. Or more broadly, a third entity entering a symbiosis between two others.

Prediction: If you are floating on some kind of pink cloud, you are likely to face some hard realities soon. Things might not be as they seem. But in this lies the gift of clarity, any attachment will be broken, perhaps as a shock. That shock will remove illusions giving way to a greater truth and love, which are two sides of the same coin.

Keywords: Disappointment, emotional trauma, heartbreak, disillusion, coming clarity.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

2 Swords

A person is blindfolded, holding two swords. Two is about duality or choice. Both the moon and water is in the picture, the person is sensitive, but might be ruled by emotions, a divided heart, confusion.

There is a choice to go in two directions, or perhaps the two directions are tricks of the mind. The real way is being found by sensing what is inside. The person in the card is blindfolded but calmly looking in meditation on the truth, the way of the heart, the third direction.

So go with the peace inside, the ring of truth, and there will be no confusion, only tranquillity and calmness. The answer will be there.

Keywords: Duality, illusion of dilemma, then inner voice, seeing with the heart, meditation.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

Ace of Swords

A glowing hand comes out of a cloud, holding a two-edged sword. The tip of the sword is adorned with a kings crown. Furthermore, 2 vines of peace and victory are hanging from the crown. The arrangement are floating above the barren/hard mountains. Perhaps it's morning, the mountains are being lit up on one side, bluish in colour.

Interpretation: The swords represents the mental, therefore this majestic display represents a superior mental creativity. A very clear thought process and the ability to discern between good and bad, the two sides of the sword, to choose the right course of action.

Prediction: The fact that the sword hangs over the cold mountains indicates that the thinker is standing alone, and absolutely capable of doing so. Perhaps there is confusion for a while, since it's always harder carving an entirely new path, but it doesn't stop you. The time is for original thought, not following someone else.

Keywords: A new beginning, creative thought, mental achievement, eventually fruits of mental work, right choices.

©2017 Jan Kirk (only text)