Angel Paths for September 4 - Prince of Swords (Knight)
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The Prince of Swords
One of the most common interpretation of this card is
that it represents a dangerous or treacherous man -
which, IMHO, is a very superficial way of looking at a
Court card.
Certainly this Prince can be sly, dishonest and
untrustworthy - but only when badly dignified by the
cards around him. The card can also sometimes come up to
mark a person who is angry, or vengeful.
But the pure Prince of Swords type is a highly
intellectual and usually well-educated person, with a
rapid fire mind and a great capacity for abstract
thinking. He produces ideas with astonishing speed, but
often moves on too quickly to follow through or
elaborate on them. He can be challenging, entertaining,
stimulating - and completely exhausting!
The card represents a private person, who defends his
inner space quite determinedly. This is some-one who is
hard to get to know - in fact, you'll probably not
succeed entirely no matter how long you know him. He is
a thinker, and chooses those he shares his thoughts with
carefully. He's usually also very independent, and often
appears unemotional and cold.
Sometimes the Prince of Swords will come up to represent
somebody who is embarking on a serious course of occult
study - with the Knight indicating the dedicated
initiate.
The bad reputation comes from one peculiarity of this
card and the Knight of Swords, I think. They both tend
to appear when a man is angry, violent or vicious.
However this is a function of the Suit - Swords deal
with conflict and pain quite extensively. So don't
imagine that every Prince of Swords you see is bad -
most of them aren't.
Working with the Prince of Swords
On a day ruled by the Prince of Swords it will be our
inner world we need to direct our attention towards. We
need to study our thoughts, and allow them the time to
extend. Too often a thought crosses our mind and we are
unable to give that thought the room to grow and develop
until it achieves its maximum potential - and because
this happens very often we fail to live up to ourselves
too.
So try to set time aside for quiet inner contemplation
when the Prince of Swords is having an influence. Think
about your own opinions on given topics.not necessarily
personal ones..but more general issues as well. You
know, often we fail to converse with ourselves even to
the extent that we converse with our acquaintances. We
take for granted what we think and what we know.even
though our opinions may not have been revised in years.
As constantly growing individuals, our opinions
certainly will change on some subjects..and if we don't
give ourselves the time to check them out every now and
again, we can become alienated from our own development.
This can lead to all kinds of problems - see the 8,9 and
10 of Swords for examples of this.
Ask yourself questions like..what's your favourite food?
When did you last eat it? Which was your happiest
holiday so far? Why? What's your current favourite
garment in your wardrobe? Why? What happy memories do
you have of the last week? What's the best thing that
happened this year so far?
In having this conversation with yourself, you will
almost certainly come across things that you had not
placed much importance on before..and these things will
have slid into your subconscious mind...from where they
could later surface unexpectedly.
Get to know yourself.and then stay in close contact;
you're the very best friend you could ever have. Make
friends with yourself!!
Affirmation: I look within, and grow to understand
myself.
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