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Page of Swords
The beginner in the discerning mind
The card
A young and confident woman stands in a wild field of poppies that trail off into a dark forest.
She is not here by accident. Her gloved hand rests calmly on the hilt of her sword and an ermine is draped gently over her arms. The spirit of a bird of prey is her only companion on her journey.
The Page of Swords stands at the passing of winter into spring - from a seated contemplation to the restlessness of action. She carries the seedlings of her mind’s transforming powers, soon to grow up and out into physical reality. All things lay before this gifted seer and she is more than ready to strategically disassemble any challenge that crosses her path.
What could you approach with a beginner's openness through thought, language, conflict, and decision?
Jungian lens
The archetype in motion
A newly encountered part of the self arrives with openness, appetite, and untested possibility. Here it moves through thought, language, conflict, and decision. Its gift becomes available when the reader can hold both its conscious expression and the less comfortable possibility carried in its shadow.