outcomes

I did a tarot reading for a woman recently,  and her possible outcome was the 10 of swords.  No need to be a tarot reader to understand that card - it's more than one sword in the back,  it's despair and fear.  It's paralysis.  

But when she asked about how she would do,  if she separated from her husband,  she drew the 9 of wands.  Sure,  there is a struggle and a battle.  She has a bandage on her head.  But she is standing upright, ready to protect,  ready to defend and fully capable.  And it's wands,  energy, not swords,  a knife thrust. 

And I said to her,  the 10 of swords is her fear,  which keeps her passive and paralyzed.  But the 9 of wands is how she feels once she takes action,  once she moves on.  And she gave a huge sigh,  she can do it.  It will be okay,  she will survive it,  and she won't have any knives in her back,  she's stronger than that and can defend herself.  Her homework was to scroll the web and find a version of the 9 of wands that really speaks to her,  and keep it close - either as front page of her phone/computer,  or printed out by her desk - somewhere where she sees it daily,  and let that energy carry her. 

It was a good reading.