Lenormand de Saint-Ouen
La Faux
The Scythe
What Must Be Met
The Quatrain
La faux doit annoncer L'approche d'un danger. Pourtant, quoi que tu fasses, Il faut que tu y passes.
Danger approaches and cannot simply be avoided. The scythe asks for alertness and a decisive passage through.
The Archetype
Danger approaches, and the card is plain that it can't be sidestepped — only met with alertness. Jung had real respect for necessity: some passages simply have to be walked through, and the work is staying awake for the crossing, not avoiding it.
A Practice For Today
Face the difficult thing you've been avoiding today, directly and awake, rather than looking for a way around it.
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