{"id":300,"date":"2014-09-04T00:52:27","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T00:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inthecards\/?p=300"},"modified":"2014-09-04T00:52:27","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T00:52:27","slug":"i-am-the-queen-of-swords-meditations-on-the-tarot-queens-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inthecards\/2014\/09\/i-am-the-queen-of-swords-meditations-on-the-tarot-queens-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"I Am The Queen Of Swords (Meditations on the Tarot Queens Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""full<\/a>How much pain can you bear comfortably?<\/strong> Hmm. Comfortably<\/em> is a weird word here, isn’t it. Apparently I can bear a fair amount of mental pain. Assimilate it. Integrate it. Learn from it. Teach from it. I have a Moon Pluto conjunction in Virgo<\/strong> in my natal chart (in my First House). You astrology fans know what means!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And eventually there comes a time where you just sit there — you sit there — in shock at your\u2026 strength? Stupidity? Ability to bear.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I decided to look up “bear” on my MacBook Air dictionary<\/strong> and found some interesting stuff. Dictionaries are full of poetry.<\/p>\n

–the warriors bore lances tipped with iron\u00a0<\/em>
\n–have or display as a visible mark or feature\u00a0<\/em>
\n–she bore herself with DIGNITY\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

–to bear = to support\u00a0<\/em>
\n–to bear \u00a0= to endure (she bore the pain stoically. I do not bear stoically. But I do bear.)\u00a0<\/em>
\n–MANAGE TO TOLERATE A SITUATION OR EXPERIENCE<\/em>
\n–GIVE BIRTH TO A CHILD\u00a0<\/em>
\n–TURN AND PROCEED IN A SPECIFIED DIRECTION\u00a0<\/em>
\n– a large heavy mammal<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Context:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 So I was doing a quick three card spread<\/strong> for myself this evening on a very important matter. Always good to do those “simple” three card spreads on what matters most, eh?<\/p>\n

On the left? The matter at hand.\u00a0<\/em>
\nOn the right? Me.\u00a0<\/em>
\nIn the middle? The energy between<\/em><\/p>\n

\""full<\/a>I’m not going to give you the entire spread<\/strong> but I will share this:<\/p>\n

I am the QUEEN OF SWORDS<\/strong>\u00a0here– a card associated with mourning (as my teacher taught me).<\/p>\n

Oh yes.<\/p>\n

I opened up one of my Rachel Pollack books<\/strong> and read this brilliant \u00a0line:<\/p>\n

She knows that without her commitment to truth, she has nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n

What do you bear? How do you bear? Which Queen are you today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Love, Aliza<\/p>\n

*
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