tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26521845.post-1146582258194562002006-05-02T07:22:00.000-07:002006-05-02T09:43:26.373-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><br /><br />Knight of Swords</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Temperence</span><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">These two cards have opposite meanings.<br /><br />The</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Knight of Swords</span> ruthlessly gallops headlong toward his quarry brooking no denial; </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Temperence</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> pours liquid back and forth between two vessels, one silver one gold, representing the blending of the Creative flux, and signifies both time and trust.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">The Egyptian 'Ma.at' is a female being with outstretched wings, who wears a head-dress with two feathers, one black one white. Ma.at</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> represents truth and consciousness itself, and her feathers signify that the nature of truth is both black and white. Thus is the saint the sinner, and the sinner, saint.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />It is on the scales against the feathers of Ma.at, that our heart is weighed at the end of our life. If lighter than the feathers, becomes immortal. (Don't you just love the 'stick and carrot' tactic of divinity?)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The meaning of these cards today, is to inwardly attack all fear ruthlessly.. brooking no denial; and to outwardly trust both God and Time. ......Trust is the ultimate strength.<br /></span>Top Tarot Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01210845584006239926noreply@blogger.com