The Six of Swords is the Tarot Card of the Week for January 14 - 20th, 2006. This card was drawn while mediating on events that are affecting the planet at the beginning of this time period. This card speaks of recuperating from confusion and trauma, new clarity and perceptions.
EVENTS SHAPING THIS WEEK'S ENERGY
- Full Moon in Cancer - January 14
- NASA to launch Probe, New Horizons to view Pluto
- Scientists seek permission to cultivate human-rabbit embryos for stem cells
- Wildfires sweep Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
- NASA plans to launch probe to Pluto in New Year
- Mourners pay homage to Hajj stampede victims in Mina, Saudia Arabia
- Glowing Green Fluorescent Pigs bred in Taiwan
- Renowned cellist, Yo Yo Ma named UN Peace Ambassador
- NASA's Stardust mission to return, carrying cometary & interstellar particles
- Hubble Space Telescope shows amazing shots of Orion Nebula
- Chicago Mob boss caught by FBI
- New Orleans still struggles to recover from Katrina
- Ratification Day - January 14th, USA
- Orthodox New Year, January 14, Serbia, Bosnia, Yugoslavia
- Maghi - January 14th, Sikh
- World Religions Day - January 15th
- Marin Luther King Jr Day - January 16th, USA
- Prohibition Remembrance Day - January 16th, USA
- Russian Winter Festival - January 16th
- Religious Freedom Day - January 16th
- AtiAtihan Festival - January 15th - 20th, Phillippines
- Chiaraque en Canas - January 20th, Peru
- Inauguration Day - January 20th, USA
The Six of Swords brings a welcome time of recuperation after a chaotic period - which heralds the beginning of new perceptions and deeper clarity. Perfect energy as we begin this New Year of the Fire Dog! This newfound clarity will help us all to make important decisions, including resolutions that we can live with. It brings a sense of balance between our thoughts and our feelings, coaxing us to relate to others in a more balanced and open way. Today, on the 14th a very powerful Cancerian Full Moon can bring the urge to vocalize displeasure or hurtful words if others rile us. But the Six of Swords calls us to step back, think before we talk, and try to focus on the purity of the other, even if it is hidden behind annoying behavior.
This is the perfect time to sit with your resolutions - or, if you haven't written any yet - to decide on what your personal goals are for this year. The reason New Year's resolutions fail is that we don't take time to sit with them - to revisit them on a daily basis. Write your resolutions in a brief, concise way - one that is easily etched into your memory. Review them each day and open yourself to opportunities to enact them in your life.
Some associate a rather blue, listless energy to this card - which can very well happen if one is not able to philosophically lift themselves to a place of hope and recovery. Picking up the pieces after chaos is not always easy. Many people on this planet are doing just that right now. This card also signals traveling, changing location, being uprooted and journeying - both externally and internally. The Six of Swords has also been dubbed the Lord of Science, particularly new discoveries and venturing into unknown territory. This card calls us (as individuals and as a race) to put the past behind us and move on to a brighter future ahead.
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