FOUR OF SWORDS:
The Meditating Hummingbird has graced your presence. The Four of Swords shows the Four Swords over a reflective pond, serving as a frame around a peaceful Lotus flower, within which sits the dual spirits of both a woman and a beautiful bird, both sitting in a meditative pose, though the bird appears to be looking up, as if contemplating the future, and the woman’s back is turned, suggesting she is looking out or inward. This is a card about knowing how to be alone, about finding strength in solitude and creating a closer connection between you and your Creator - but through open thought and active meditation. The Four Swords represent Mind, Body, Soul and Spirit - Mind and Body being the vertical pillars with which we stand, Soul being the top we aspire to and Spirit being the foundation from which we come. We are each not just the woman or person in the scene. We are each the reflective pond, the peaceful flower, the impatient bird and the searching person — even when we don’t feel like it, even when our waters are raging, our flowers are dying, the birds are flying and the person is lost. Imagine changing the speed of your water. Imagine a new field of flowers blooming, imagine the beautiful moss on a dying tree. Imagine not having to flap your wings to stay afloat, but being able to just soar across the sky on the back of the wind. Imagine that you have been found by what you seek.
If you’re feeling blocked:
Your creative block may come from trying to force yourself to flow in a way that you’re not meant to go at this time; you’re overly attempting to overly control your creative spirit instead of letting your creative spirit control you. You might need to add some new form of active meditation into your routine: practice some tai chi, improvise on an instrument, pick up a coloring book, create a mandela, focus on making patterns and the patterns around you. Allow your creative spirit to get into a pattern where there is more flow than thought.
Creative exercises:
What’s your water looking like these days? Is it smooth and reflective? Is it a stormy ocean? Is it a trickling river? Illustrate it somehow.
Make something with the theme of Feathers.
Create a terrarium with found objects and natural materials.
Create something for self-love, a gift to use on yourself: A specific playlist, scented candles, handmade soap, start crocheting a blanket.