09/01/2026
Quick question first. Have you ever felt stuck between two choices, knowing you can't stay in the middle forever, but you're not ready to choose yet? Hold that...
Welcome to this week's Tarot Tuesday! We continue our journey through the air suit of Swords. The suit of thoughts, truth, and difficult decisions.
May I introduce the Two of Swords from the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith deck.
The Two of Swords is a moment of pause. Not peace, but a truce. The mind is trying to find balance while the heart is not yet ready to see.
The Symbology
The Blindfolded Woman: She sits with her back to the sea, blindfolded. She chooses not to see - not because she can't, but because she needs to go inward first. This is indecision, but it's also protection. Sometimes we blindfold ourselves until we are ready for truth.
The Two Crossed Swords: Held perfectly balanced across her chest, arms crossed over her heart. Two thoughts, two paths, two stories, held in equal tension. The swords are not fighting, they are in stalemate. She is weighing, measuring, trying to keep the scales even.
The Sea and the Moon: Behind her is the sea - the same emotional waters we just left in Cups - with jagged rocks and a crescent moon in the sky. The tide is calm but those rocks remind us: this peace is fragile. The moon is the card's only light - intuition is still guiding her, even when logic feels stuck. This card is at night for a reason - decisions made in the dark feel harder.
The Stone Bench: She sits on a stone seat, not moving. Two of Swords energy often shows up when we have taken ourselves out of the action to think. It is not yet time to act, but it is time to be honest that a choice is coming.
*Upright Meaning
When the Two of Swords lands right side up, it invites you to sit with the discomfort of not knowing.
Indecision & Stalemate: You are at a crossroads and trying to keep both options alive. You may be telling yourself "I don't know what to do" when part of you already knows, but isn't ready.
Needing Boundaries & Inner Truth: Just like our Queen of Cups taught us to guard our inner waters, the Two of Swords asks you to protect your peace while you decide. Don't let others rush your decision. Take the blindfold off only when you are ready to see clearly.
Balance Before Clarity: This is not yet the breakthrough of the Ace. This is the quiet before it. Meditation, journaling, sitting with your Reiki energy, all help.
*Reversed Meaning
When the Two of Swords appears upside down, the stalemate has gone on too long.
Overwhelm & Anxiety Loop: The pause has become paralysis. You are going in circles in your mind, playing both scenarios over and over. The mind is tired.
Avoidance or Forced Choice: You may be avoiding a necessary truth, or someone else is pressuring you to choose before you are ready. Reversed, it can also mean you finally ripped the blindfold off too fast and now feel exposed.
Seeing Clearly At Last: On the healing side, reversed can be the breakthrough - you finally see which sword to lay down. Truth returns.
From Ace to Two, we move from "I have a new truth" to "Now what will I do with it?"
That question from the start, that stuck feeling between two choices, let it guide you back to your center this week. What would it feel like to take the blindfold off, even just for a moment?
Love from Julie♥️🙌🏼♥️THVT
