| The destructive power is offensive. | |
| Despair, boredom, and suffering. | |
| The fear of being as a guide on the path to maturity. | |
| Shame, guilt, fear, disgrace, suffering, hate. | |
| Encountering darkness; martyrdom; terrorist period of the Inquisition. |
Roughness – The spirit of verification
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I. Analyze and describe 9 of Swords Thoth Tarot
Onthe card, we see 9 swords that are both sharp and rusty, all pointing at theground. Blood and poison flow along the blade illustrating the pain and danger.The fear of abuse, anxiety, or guilt infiltrates our subconscious mind andstill rises to become a nightmare, but this card also carries the meaning ofreal threats from outside. Crowley wrote: “Cognitive ability has falleninto the depths of darkness for many reasons. This is the world of unconsciousprimitive instincts, of psychopaths, and of extremes”.
II. Interpretation of 9 of Swords Thoth Tarot
1. Energy
Thiscard illustrates the classic “defense mechanism” by suppression, love(exorcism), aggression (the process of transferring mental injuries to theoutside world), or is undergoing a process of revision and perfection (anattempt to carry out punishment) with repentance and dedication, which Crowleydescribes as “martyrdom” or “passive” resistance.
2. Inner
Weare tortured by demonic forces, which is the threat of demise that ispersonified up. However, this does not necessarily happen in real life. It maybe just fear, guilt, and helplessness. Only the reception and understandingwill help us to break the cycle of failure, existing fear, and aggression thatcome from within. The path will lead us to go through the pain and face fear.All evasions make the situation worse.
3. Career
Thiscard shows that the situation is torturing us, that we are overloaded withdepression and negative attitudes, and we suffer from having to do our work,because of our superiors or working environment. We show our fear of failurewhen faced with difficulties and obstacles through the performance of unusualtasks, as well as the fear of examinations or public appearances. In manycases, it is important to end this torture. We can either free ourselves fromthis situation and leave, or better yet, we overpower it by approaching thesituation that creates fears bravely and then fight against it.
4. Sentiment
Thispessimistic card shows all the fear of being abandoned and the pain ofseparation. It may be the frustration of loneliness and the fear of losingloved ones, as well as similar feelings, torment, and self-doubt. This card cansimultaneously manifest an excruciatingly painful relationship with the toxicspace, mostly appearing through the pain that each party causes. This card willawaken us and urge us to try to end the nightmare.
III. Similar correlations of 9 of Swords Thoth Tarot
- Astrology – Mars at the Gemini.
- Tree of life – Yesod (reflection) through Air: devastating wound (mental shock).
- I Ching – 47th hexagram (Kùn) – “Repression”.
- Similar objects – Erinys/Furies (Goddesses of revenge), including three sisters: Allekto (angry), Magaira (jaundice) and Tisiphone (revenge).
- Image – Nightmare, curse, Inquisition.
- Keywords – Guilt, fear, “ghost of the night”.
IV. 9 of Swords Thoth Tarot symbolism
Swords = thoughts that are stronglypoisoned either self-talk or towards another. Red and rust represent Mars andits invasion.
Blood = our spirit is bleeding because ofpoisoning at this time and it emphasizes pain and suffering.
Gemini = unable to make a choice and finda way out at this time.
Poison = falling from above and it endswhen blood starts to fall from that sword. This implies that thoughts that arepoisoned lead us to harm.
V. 9 of Swords Thoth card in the upright and reverse
1. Upright 9 of Swords Thoth card
Thiscard can also be linked to guilt and a sense of regret from which we turn thisits energy onto ourselves.
Thiscard is very different from 6 of swords Thoth card that represents a logicalevaluation of the current situation. Perhaps, we should take a step back to seeour reaction to this situation instead of just following passivesuggestions/reaction of Crowley and finding another way to deal with it.
Normally,this card will be a comment on your own treatment. If you criticize yourselfand beat yourself up, you are facing the worst enemy in your entire life – youknow every weakness, each of your Achilles heels. You know exactly what hurtsyou the most, you have no defense against yourself, and you cannot walk away.
2. Reversed 9 of Swords Thoth card
Thiscan lead to emotional problems, self-harm, emotional harm. If we are sure thisdoes not happen, we must consider how our actions affect others.
Dowe act in a way that damages others to some extent? Is there a danger from adistance, maybe there is someone in the back has it in for us?
