Death Becomes Her.... Tonight!

Seeing Mother Nature decided to trick and instead of treat this year by dumping a half foot of snow on New England during Halloween weekend, I didn’t go nuts celebrating. Usually I’m in full costume hopping from party to party and living it up. However, between unseasonable cold weather and the chill that has settled in over my heart I just haven’t had the spirit to live Samhain (Halloween) up in my typical fashion. On the flip side, I couldn’t let my favorite holiday pass me by without at least doing something! So at the spur of the moment I have decided upon the perfect Samhain celebration.

Tonight I am going to offer tarot card readings for anyone that wants to get a glimpse at their future – or better understand their past and presence. Seeing tonight is the best night of the year to read tarot cards and it doesn’t involve me partying like an animal all night, I thought it would be the perfect solution to an otherwise washed out Halloween.

The reason it’s such a great night for tarot card readings is because the separation between past, present and future becomes blurred, allowing for ideal glimpses of the past, and of things which have not yet come to pass.

I’m unnaturally good with the tarot cards even when conditions are not in my favor, so I’m excited to see what tonight’s readings will bring. (It’s true that I have been known to make grown men cry with my readings.) I did a reading for myself last week that was eerily accurate as I drew the Two of Swords to depict my current situation. 

The two of swords (in the Sacred Rose tarot card deck) shows a man and a woman both blind folded with swords at their sides. Basically, it means they are not currently fighting but they’re also not ready to drop their weapons.

Translation: I’m currently separated from my husband and we have neither drawn a truce nor decided to divorce.

In other decks the card shows a blind folded woman with two swords crossed over her heart. This symbolizes a closed heart or a protected heart. In this case the swords are not forces opposed against each other, but forces allied against anything that might try to pry them away and expose what they’re guarding. If the barrier is broken suddenly, it will be painful. But if the barrier is allowed to remain it will become stronger and tension will build until it breaks on its own. Basically, damned if you do and damned if you don’t!

Translation: I haven’t allowed myself to feel anything toward my husband, good bad or other. In my case, tension is definitely building and I feel the barrier will break under the weight of my own heavy heart.

Although the cards differ from deck to deck one feature remains the same: the blindfold(s). In my case, it’s a face off in many ways with each party being blinded to what they do not wish to see. The blindfolds represent the unwillingness or inability to see the truth. It can be painful to remove a blindfold and see the truth, because even the softest light will blind those who have lived in darkness. However, if given a choice, I’ll take being blinded by the light over being blinded by darkness any day.

Translation: I can’t translate this accurately because I’m blinded – seriously. I haven’t been able to face the situation and see it for what it really is, so I guess I can’t say much about this. Or maybe, I just have?? 

 

There is a delicate balance between the two swords. The representation of each sword can take on many forms: good against evil, or the impulse to act against the desire to stay silent. Such oppositions are not easily resolved, and they can lead to a long period of confusion and stagnation. (Hello! Right here!!)
It manifests as a vicious cycle; one partner refuses to tell a secret and becomes defensive. The other partner is hurt and becomes equally defensive. This continues until the relationship falls apart or the tension is relieved, and such relief cannot come about through further defensiveness. The barriers cannot be shattered; they must be taken down brick by brick.

So as accurate as that reading was for me a week ago, tonight’s readings are like to trump even that one!  Samhain occurs in Scorpio and both represent the thirteenth step: Transformation. In the Tarot, the thirteenth card of the Major Arcane is Death, and it is ruled by Scorpio. (Me! Like you folks are shocked to hear that one!) So this will undoubtedly be the card I use to guide my readings tonight.

The card of Death doesn't necessarily mean physical death (though it can mean that), but more accurately, it can be seen as an inevitable heavy change or transformation. Something old must be gotten rid of to make room for something new. We should use the magic of this time to say good-bye to an old habit or addiction, an old relationship, or anything else it is time to leave behind.

So for those of you that cannot join me tonight, tell me what is it that you would like to let go of this Samhain? Tell me, and let my Death card work its magic for you…