Hello Weirdos, 

It’s been a while! If you’ve seen us on Instagram or even read our little ‘about us’ page you will know that we play in a couple of bands. This means that the end of last year had us swamped with touring and away from home for a long period of time.

But I’m here, I’m back… I told myself I would write these on the road but I was f**king delusional thinking that I could fit this in while driving 12,000kms in less than a month for shows around the country (the joys of being a musician in Australia) but also trying to get my first children’s book ‘The New Normal’ underway with printing and such. 

Anyway, since it’s been a few months I thought I would do a quick recap, and by that I definitely mean; if you’re new here there’s a couple of posts I’ve already written that you can catch up on here. I’m not actually going to waste any more time adding more to this intro because we have learning to do, so let’s go!

The Ace of Swords

Original Rider Waite Tarot

Card Description

In this card we can see a shining hand wielding a sword emerging from what looks like a cloud or possibly a puff of smoke. The sword is undamaged and has a crown with short, golden vines dangling on each side of it - it also looks like they’ve lost a few golden petals which can be seen closer to the base of the sword. In the background we see clear blue skies and mountains or dunes at the bottom of the card. 

As you can see there’s just not a crazy amount of imagery on this card, but of course if there’s anything you see that I’ve missed - leave a comment below! 

Key Meanings: Success, Decisions & Beginnings.
Upright: New beginnings. Clear thoughts. New Challenges.
Reversed: Division of Ideas. Mental Blocks. Suppression of News. 

The story behind the card
The image on this card is a symbol for its ‘tree of life’ sphere which traditionally is called its crown… hence the crown. There is a fern and a sprig of mistletoe with berries and the reason these particular plants are used is because both of these little greens can attach themselves to trees. So in this case, the sword is the tree, which is a symbol of everlasting strength. The mountains are symbols of goals and spiritual truths. Even though we don’t see any symbols of growth on the mountains, the growth is symbolised in the greenery which we see hanging on the crown. These plants signify “fertility of the mind” while the sword offers intelligence. Because the sword is being held upright and is being passed on with the right hand it also represents success and giving. 

Upright Meaning
The Ace of Swords is a fresh start card, predicting new beginnings, deciduous and clear thinking. It overrides any negative minor arcana cards that are close by if it shows up in the same spread. This card tends to usually relate back to work and love but at times can predict drama or some form of confrontation, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing because it predicts immediate change to your circumstance in a good way - take it as an opportunity to grow. When it comes to relationships it’s usually a triumph card and as a prediction can show that being a little bit assertive can lead to success. 
Reversed Meaning
When reversing this card it generally means you will get yourself in an argument or conflict that you’re just not going to win, this doesn’t mean that you won’t win it in future, but at the time you pull it - no bueno, don’t even fight it. This is a message telling you to just withdraw and focus your energy on something else. 
Honestly, this card upright seems super relevant to me now in comparison to when I first pulled it a few months back… Here I am a few months later starting this blog up again, getting my first book released and bringing out new music. I’m just here feeling like I’m kicking metaphorical goals because sport is gross… 
But anyway, without further ado lets meet our new friend Sitri

 

Sitri

Sitri is the twelfth demon of the Ars Goetia (72 Demons of Solomon). He commands sixty legions of Demons. This Great Arch-Prince fell in love with King Solomon of Israel (so cute, I die) - and he wished to go to heaven to meet him along with The Big Dog in the sky and his descended Willaim Twining, The Elector.Sitri is also part of an evil trinity of Demons alongside Beleth and Yomyael reigning over certain parts of Europe and Asia. They offered Faustian Bargains - pretty much selling your soul to gain wealth or knowledge - to anyone who asked for it. But that’s not all this little feathered cat like entity could conjure up, oh no. They can also force men and women to love each other and make them appear naked if the one conjuring desires. I also don’t think that he’s super fond of women because he also has a knack for revealing their secrets and mocking them. What a fabulously queer little jerk.

And that’s it! Another card down in this giant pile! Only like seventy five to go! The fourth card being welcomed into The 78 Club family is a Demon Bird called Raum and what do you know… another card from the Swords coven, the Three of Swords in fact.

See you in the next post

Lizi

 

Boooooring stuff: References

The Ultimate Guide to Tarot -  Liz Dean 

TarotLovers - Link

Tarot Meanings - Link

Wiki Fandom - Link

Wikipedia - Link