Clearing the Air

This week I'll be using the Navigators of the Mystic Sea Tarot, created by Julia Turk and published by U.S. Games. The other deck I'll be drawing from is the Celtic Lenormand, with artwork by Will Worthington and booklet by Chloe McCracken; it was also published by U.S. Games. Today's cards are the King of Swords and the 'Key:'

          Turk assigns the keyword 'purification' to this logical, intelligent King. He clears the air of any assumptions, rumors, misunderstandings and other false information. He separates what can be known through evidence with what is simply opinion made important with bluster. As Horace Walpole put it, "When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles." The Key represents unlocking something that brings insight and breakthroughs. Now that the King has removed FEAR (false evidence appearing real), we can see the keyhole. Cutting away those emotional judgments allows reality to be seen with clarity. In order for the information supplied by the Key to be functional, we can be curious rather than adding more emotional labels. As Jack Kornfield encourages, "Look through this gate for the wisdom that lies there. — What matters now? — What would the wise one do now?"