Impasse
A Message From the Universe: Lay Down Your Weapons I have long wanted to learn tarot card reading. A suggestion for beginners is to draw a single card of the day so that you gradually become familiar with each of the cards. Today I drew the Two of Swords. According to The Complete Book of Tarot by Juliet Sharman-Burke (1985), the Two of Swords means: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A blindfolded woman is seated at the water's edge, holding two swords in perfect balance. The blindfold indicates that she cannot see her way through her present situation, so she steadfastly ignores the sea of her emotions and the jagged rocks of hard facts behind her. The swords ... are well balanced for the moment, but she is in a precarious situation. This is the card of the stalemate ... the conflict has reached an impasse. She is so unsure of which way to turn or move that she does nothing at all except try to ignore it.... However, with courage a change can be made, and often good comes o