THIS WEEK’S READING (6 May 24) – TWO OF SWORDS
Travelling on through a moody landscape of pools and rocks, the Fool encounters two women quarrelling and batting at each other with wooden swords. The younger one turns to him.
“I am the Vanir goddess Freya, mistress of magic, and this is the Aesir goddess Sif. I went to Asgard, the home of the Aesir gods, and they seized upon my gifts, putting aside their own ways to satisfy their desires with magic. Then they blamed me for their own shortcomings and tried to kill me! So the Aesir and Vanir went to war, the Aesir using weapons and the Vanir using magic. Both sides were evenly matched, and neither could win. Eventually we called a truce and came together to spit into a cauldron to create Kvasir, the wisest of all beings. Thus we learned to live in tolerance and mutual respect of each other’s ways, accepting that neither side was right or wrong.”
A quarrel has reached stalemate, and an uneasy truce is declared because both sides are equal and unyielding, and neither can win. You may just have to agree to disagree or go your separate ways.
The card can also suggest internal conflicts in which you try to avoid facing the truth about something, someone or a relationship. This is not the answer as any problem will only grow if ignored, as will the inner turmoil it creates. Step back and think logically about the situation so that you can make a considered judgment.
© Anna Franklin, Pagan Ways Tarot, Schiffer, 2015
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