Four of Swords
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Papus gives no separate description of this card. It is derived from his system: Swords is Vau (ו), the equilibrating principle, the link between the two, acting in Yetzirah, the formative world; the number 4 is He final of the first series, and Yod of the second, realization — and the pivot that begins the next movement. The meaning below is that combination read out — the equilibrating principle, the link between the two taken at its 4th term — not a quotation from him.
Пряме положення
The pivot: conflict realized, and a realized conflict in the formative world becomes a settled position — truce, arms laid down, the effigy at rest. Papus's fourth term fixes, and what is fixed here is a cessation rather than a peace. Three swords on the wall and one beneath: the arrangement is deliberate. This is recovery, and it is also the ground the next series will fight over.
Перевернуте положення
The rest broken early, before it did its work. Or a truce that has quietly become permanent, so the conflict is neither resolved nor any longer acknowledged by anyone involved.
Відповідності
- Suit
- Swords — Vau (ו), Yetzirah, the formative world
- Suit principle
- the equilibrating principle, the link between the two
- Number
- 4 — He final of the first series, and Yod of the second
- Numeric role
- realization — and the pivot that begins the next movement
У розкладі
At the commencement, the matter begins in a pause after a fight. In opposition, an inactivity that is protecting someone. At equilibrium the situation holds precisely because nobody is pressing. As the result: rest — and Papus's fourth term hands on, so read what the rest is preparing for.