What a beautiful image this is!
A pool of water in a valley between two low hilly areas is reflecting the light of a low full moon. One very small and mass is juts out of the pool on the lower right side of the card, but otherwise, the water is featureless with gentle ripples.
The sky overhead is bright from the light of the moon, deep purple and high thin clouds that glow purple. The hills are grassy green and also featureless.
Four eagle feathers are suspended in the sky, laid out parallel to one another in horizontal rows.
Everything about this card is calm and serene and though it is night, it is well lit by the moon. The solitude of this place is welcoming.
The keyword on this card is 'contemplation' and it strikes me that this is a different way of thinking than analysis would be. There is a sense of detachment from outcome here... no need to solve anything, no conflict, and clarity comes from lunar, receptive energy.
The standard 4 of Swords usually points to healing by taking a break from thinking, and that is here too, though the image is much more positive to me than the usual person laying down to recuperate. That sense of 'taking a break from thinking' shows here as an interior silence to make room for the peace and serenity of this place to fill one's being. This is meditation, not ducking and hiding.
The layout of the four feathers also strikes me... if these are thoughts they are laid out for view so that none hides the other or crosses it in conflict... they are able to be beheld individually and collectively so that their differences and similarities can be understood without immediately leaping to the belief that they won't work well together.
This card is adding to and confirming a key point of my reading the other day - I need to practice this sort of contemplative detachment and make regular time to find my place of solitude and peace.
I hope your days off were restful, today's card reaffirms your need. Be well, Quirk/AJ
Posted by: Quirk/AJ | Monday, September 22, 2008 at 08:28 PM