Four of Swords
Rest is, quite simply, when you stop using a part of you that’s used up, worn out, damaged, or inflamed, so that it has a chance to renew itself.” – Emily Nagoski.
Restoration
The Four of Swords
After a time of turbulence, it’s time to seek asylum within the shattered foundation of your soul. Look for answers, rationalize truth, and start stashing away memories. Whatever was to be has come and gone, its purpose served. The mental war that was to follow left the killing field bloodied; where there were once screams there’s silence.
Numb and kind of lost at this point, you find yourself doing a lot of nothing. This situation has altered you, and maybe you feel kind of like a stranger to yourself. The situation had left and impression on your soul, and now you need to figure out how that works into your entity. You are taking time off after emotional catastrophe to figure yourself out again. Reflect and validate your experience, and use the knowledge gained to avoid similar outcomes in the future.
Whatever it was that broke your heart has left you down for the count. You could be sleeping more, or feel chronically exhausted. This card symbolizes a moment of rest; that you are mentally taxed and spent. Running on fumes; you’ve been trying to call on cerebral fuel that’s on empty.
Trauma can wipe the mind of all its content and put us in a primal state of silent thoughts. This a time to heal that. Self-care is on the menu here. Remind yourself of humanity, humility; what separates man from animals.
In brief, the four of swords is symbolic of resting after loss or trauma. Take the stagnancy and passivity as a chance to navigate the darkness to reclaim your soul from suffering.
Isolate yourself; find the light inside you once more. Only you can navigate the labyrinths of your own mind.
