From the Gill Tarot, the Six of Swords; from The Circle, Appearances:
Six swords are blasted by the sun's rays, making four of them disintegrate. It is as if long held beliefs and ideas are taken out of the shadows and finally seen for the illusions they are. But what about those two on the ends? They seem to be protected from direct light and appear to be whole. Could these be assumptions and generalizations that have been held back? The Appearances card warns that fiction needs to be separated from fact. Circumstantial proof is not the same as hard evidence. I've noticed lately a tendency for certain groups to take one situation or person and use them to paint everything with a wide brush. It reminds me of a quote by Mark Twain:
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it and stop there lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again and that is well, but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
is the circle deck still available? Wasn't Dexter the guy who created it? I remember when he came out with it, but google isn't giving me any love this morning. Nice change card too, make the change before it is made for us
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is. The website has been down for quite a while. The only information about the creator I have is his name: D. Ross Taylor (don't know what the 'D' stands for).
DeleteFor me the Six of Swords is all about finding answers and clarity. Although a I generally don't like pip decks, this version of the Six of S. renders its meaning perfectly
ReplyDeleteI'm picky about pip decks too, but the Gill is great at using sparse scenes to get across a point. :)
DeleteMaybe the Sun's light burns away the doubts and fears of what is within us?
ReplyDeleteIt might be those fears that kept us holding on to the lies we told ourselves.
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