This week I'll be using the Sheridan-Douglas Tarot, created by David Sheridan and Alfred Douglas and published by Sheridan Douglas Press. The oracle deck I'll be using is Pages of Shustah, created by Ann Manser and Cecil North and published by Shustah Inc. Today's draws are the King of Swords and the Pale Horse:
This King is not some youngster with bulging biceps, but an older gentleman who has seen and experienced much. Based on that long sword he holds, he's had to make a lot of hard decisions in his life. He seeks to objectively uncover the truth, find solutions, render justice and restore harmony. His judgments likely won't be met with cheers and hugs all around; the King recognizes his purpose is to look for what benefits the whole, not a select few. The Pale Horse symbolizes that moment of fear and panic when we run headlong into reality. Whether it is the truth we've been hiding from or the results we didn't want to hear, we buck and bolt, trying to outrun it. The problem with fear is that it projects a vision of the future. In the words of Norman Fischer, "the fear I experience now is not really present-moment based: I am afraid of what is going to happen." In reality, we just don't know what the future holds, and if we can keep reminding ourselves of this, we might find some space to breathe and the ability to live without constantly being in a fight or flight state.
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