Tarot cards

King of Swords

The Card: He sits on his throne, holding the Sword at an angle, dressed in sky-blue and red, with the golden crown on his head. As the Queen he sits on a hill top, alone. The clouds in the sky and the back of his throne are both grey/light grey. Angel and Butterfly are present on Crown and Throne. He carries a ring on his left middle finger.

Interpretation: All the challenges of the swords has been learned. His look is no longer one of anger, emotionality, or hardness. He has been humbled like a true king, knowing what is going on in the world. It seems he is weary of all the agitation and wants to begin something new. The sword is held at an angle, no longer exited about the power it gives, but simply because he has to, he is detached from it.

More than the Knight and the Queen he may be ready to accept the gifts of Angel and Butterfly. The ring on his finger indicates that he carries the signing authority, in full power, no doubt about his rank.

Prediction: I have been through quite an ordeal of emotion and strife, ups and downs. I have had enough of that for now, nearing a point where something new has to enter my life or situation. A new empowerment, a transformation, more joy and lightness is wanted. My present situation will change.

Keywords: Humility through experience, power, weariness, calm, ready for the new.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

Queen of Swords

The Card: She is sitting on her throne with a stern look, raised left hand, and sword held vertical like a sceptre. Her garments are light grey, red; the cape Blue and White like the sky. An angel is decorating the throne, along with Butterflies, which also are on her golden crown.

The white Cumulus clouds are seen behind her, against the blue sky, as if the hilltop where she is sitting, is high.

Interpretation: She has finished her battles, there is no longer great agitation in her min. She has mentally separated from that, now commanding from a place of more clarity and calmness. But the look on her face is hard and unyielding, the fights by which she won her throne, high among the clouds, has made her loose heart.

Butterflies on both throne and Crown are inviting her to be light and change. Likewise her 'Sky-cape' is symbolising moveability. But even though she has put these things on she has not yet been able to honour their call. This woman is in command though, she knows what she is doing and what she wants. There is experience in her look.

Prediction: I have fought, now I have come into authority. My mind is no longer running loose. Now I will have to relearn flexibility, adaptability, change and lightness, because I have become too rigid. From my acquired vantage position I will learn a new level of humility.

Keywords: Authority, rigidity, need for change lightness and joy, achievement.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

Knight of Swords

The Card: He charges ahead in full armour, with a raised sword, pushing his mount. The harness of the Horse is decorated with both Birds, Butterflies and Hearts. The sky is blue but the clouds are ragged, and the trees are leaning.

Interpretation: Our knight is attacking someone or something, his gaze is set on whatever it is. He is in the middle of a storm, perhaps both as wind and a race of his mind. Not only is he carrying a spike, the sword, but also his armour is spiked, especially the boots, a man hard to get close to. His attire has a lot of red, the colour of emotion, and blood which can come from a fight. But red is also symbolises the heart and love. His horse is carrying him towards love and connection to the heart, even though he may be unaware. And not only that, the horse is also adorned with butterflies, symbol of transformation, lightness and joy. Not exactly his present mindset, but it lies ahead.

Prediction: I am caught up in strife and emotion, unapproachable and fierce. My mind is bend on something. But events are in motion which will cause me to change, I am carried towards change

Keywords: Strife, emotion, relentlessness, journey towards change, getting experience.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

Page of Swords

The Card: The young man, is standing on a green hilltop holding his sword, dressed vividly in yellow and red. He has taken a balanced stance, looking towards the wind, holding the sword ready. White cumulus clouds and birds are seen against the blue sky. Behind him, in the horizon, are mountains.

Interpretation: He is new and inexperienced, out in the wind on a beautiful day, to do the first test of his newfound perception and place in the world.

It seems he is ready to engage in a fight, looking towards the direction of the wind. Is the enemy going to come from there ? His opponent is not in sight, and he wouldn't now much of how to fight, being innocent in his new ways.

Prediction: I have found a new foundation in my life, being ready to start fresh. But due to my inexperience I don't know when to relax. In the time to come I will learn when to stand ready for an encounter and when to be at ease

Keywords: Being new, innocence, inexperience, ready to fight.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)

10 Swords

The Card: A young man lies on the beach, impaled by 10 swords, half covered by his red robe.

Behind him the calm sea is seen, with low blue mountains in the horizon. The sky is turning from dark to yellow.

Interpretation: The man certainly seems to be dead. However most importantly,only dead in the spiritual sense. He has taken the learnings, emotions, and unfinished issues from the past upon himself. It has killed him in a positive way. The man he was with those problems could no longer exist. After the they were gone he had to be new, the old him had to die.

Now the morning has come, the battle of night, where his mind was clouded by problems and fears, is over. Now the calm state of mind is reflected by the calm sea. His emotions, illustrated be the red cape, will fall away as he rises again.

Prediction: A part of me have died, no longer the same, I am new. The part of me which has died may be large or smaller but it has irreversibly died. From this point onwards I will act differently. Where there were struggle before there are now room for beauty, tranquillity and love.

Keywords: Being new, rebirth, calm, morning after night, beauty.

©2017 Jan Kirk (text only)