THE SIX OF SWORDS
“The Lord of Earned Success”
Mercury in Aquarius
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
Under a gray and cloudless sky, a man propels a small boat containing his wife and young child away from a place of turbulent waters towards calmer shores in the distance. The woman’s head and body are completely covered and six swords stand upright in the bow but they do not seem to cause any leak. Success has been earned and a passage to calmer waters has finally been undertaken.
ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The power of Mercury is enhanced by the higher mental energies of Aquarius raising our individual mind up to the level where it can perceive how to earn a successful passage to a better situation.
Even though some difficulties may still remain, the new sense of peace and freedom that calmer waters bring allows the mind to experience a new strength to confront, resolve and emerge from its present difficulties.
ORACLES
When Appearing Upright in a Reading
A passage is opening up and you will move forward into better circumstances. Although some of your difficulties may still remain, the success that you will earn will carry you into a calmer and more peaceful life where you will be able to better deal with your problems.
When Appearing Reversed in a Reading
Struggle lies ahead of you. There is no immediate way out of your present difficulties. You are stuck where you are. You will just have to tough it out and make the best of a challenging situation.
THE TREE OF LIFE
“The Sphere of Beauty”
Our second birth in the Sphere of Beauty allows us to move on from the petty difficulties of the unenlightened life to the realization of a true life of spiritual attainment. We are allowed to start over – through the realization born of the unity between our individual consciousness and the Inner Light residing in the depths of our being.