Nine of Swords
“To anyone trapped in a cage. Break free, spread your wings. May your flight be long.”
– Braidee Otto
Manipulation, Deception, Merciless adversaries.
The Eight of Swords Meaning
Somethings in life we are absolutely merciless to, and one of those things is other people playing god. Manipulated, paranoid, your intuition is firing off like broken cylinder, but the wool is pulled snuggly over your eyes. Whoever is doing this has experience, they’ve done this before, and know fully how to get away with it. They’ve gotten away with it 100 times in the past.
There is something about this situation that causes you discomfort and happiness, and because you can’t see clearly you won’t be able to see what it is for certain. It’s hard to see but there are ways out. If you ask the right questions, the truth will always reveal itself. If not directly, through misaligned stories, and inconsistencies.
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Disillusionment from your current scenarios has you stuck in shock. There is a lack, or a constraint that is forcing you to stay in a situation you are not thrilled to be in.
All control you’ve had, is relinquished to something else that is expecting you to perform as a marionette beneath their strings. Disenchanted and bound you have no choice but to rely on the person who put you in this mortal cell.
There is an abusive, manipulative, over-all negative situation holding you here. All the power you’ve been gaining has been hemorrhaged into this greater power. They stole your voice, and the ground beneath your feet.
This oppression has left you with psychological damage or maybe the reason you are here. You are a prisoner of your own mind. This weakened state has is imprisoning you completely into a stagnant depression.
The positive of this card is that whatever this problem is does not require any resources, aside from critical thinking skills. This is something you can absolutely think yourself out of, just look for the exit signs in the smoke-filled rooms of your mind and follow them to your resolution.
