From the Sasuraibito Tarot, the Seven of Swords; from the Soul Cards, Nothing to Hide:
This young lady represents defiant deception; we've all experienced it in one form or another. It begins when our mind tells us things like: "They have more than enough and I am in need, therefore I have the right to take from them" or "He's often maligned my character simply out of meanness. I have the right to do the same." Yet as Friedrich Nietzsche said, "The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself." What we use to convince ourselves that we're taking righteous action is like a dandelion seedhead on a windy day. It's cannot stand up to scrutiny or the truth. Even worse, deceptive actions are seeds on the breeze; once planted, they bring a crop of similar behaviors. Nothing to Hide suggests considering how our reasoning would look to others if it were laid bare before all. It's easy to rationalize in our own mind, but it can look very different when we say it out loud to other people.
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