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| 8 of Swords
Upright Lack of Choice Lack of Freedom There Seems to Be No Way Out You Feel like You Bound and Trapped You Feel You are Being Held at a Disadvantage Doubt Blocks Clear Thinking Mental Confusion Indecision Lacking Direction Bound by Personal Fears Prison of your Own Making Inability to Escape Problems Feeling Trapped by Circumstances Inability to Control the Current Situation and Having to just let Things Happen Being Fenced in by Obstacles Feeling Overwhelmed Feeling Powerless Not Understanding What is Happening Helplessness Depression Lack of Persistence Staying in a Limited Situation Experiencing Few Options Being Blind to Freedom Feeling Persecuted Feeling Victimized Waiting for Outside Rescue Blindness The Eight of Swords stands for those times when we feel lost, confused and powerless. Help and relief seems very far away. Sometimes we feel restricted by circumstances. We wake up one day in an impossible situation. A dead end job. A troubled relationship. Mountains of debt. How did this happen? We have no idea. Even little problems can make us feel trapped. There just doesn't seem to be a way out. Remove the blinders and find the way out. It is your own fear that is keeping you trapped. Solutions are not always easy, but they exist. Find your clarity of thought and purpose (the Swords ideal) and use them to take that first step toward home. Reversed Victory over Fears Treachery in the Past Release from Feelings of Helplessness Clear Thinking Being able to take Action on a Situation after not being able to do so. Breaking Free, Moving on to a Better Situation Relief Relaxation New Beginnings are Possible Freedom Change and Liberation |