GODDESS OF SWORDS
The Peacock shows a beautiful woman walking through a lavender field. She is carrying a basket of flowering herbs and walking with a blue peacock companion, and she wears a crown of feathers that suggests she and the peacock are one. A Sword is shone stuck in a granite rock, with three tiny butterflies seeking to pull the Sword out to unlock its potential and power. The Butterflies represent transformation; change is a predominant force when the Goddess of Swords shows herself. The herbs carried by the Goddess represent the knowledge, skills, and instincts necessary to get through any situation and to get the truth in all matters. The Goddess represents the mastery of inner strength that comes from overcoming loss and personal suffering, which makes her powerful, bold, resourceful and independent. Her knowledge is capable of changing the world. She knows herself inside and out and is comfortable in her own skin, though she is also a master of transformation and change and is able to read which way the wind will blow. She isn’t afraid of the truth; she is the truth. You can lie to yourself, but not to the Goddess of Swords. Her energy works to give everyone the insight and power they need to become fully themselves. Is she attempting to tell you something? Now is the time to listen to the wind, to hear the clouds, to see everything as a sign.
IF YOU’RE FEELING BLOCKED:
Perhaps you’re not recognizing your own intellect and powers of persuasion. The Goddess wants you to tell it like it is, to lead with your mind and connect with others more deeply over your ideas, interests and goals, rather than through your compassion or kindness. Listen to others, but don’t empathize with their problems. Look at things objectively and clearly, and tell them what you think they should do. And maybe you need to take your own advice on something that you’ve been waffling on, or cloudy about due to a misalignment in your relationships. Maybe you’ve been in the background for too long, subservient to the commands or desires of others, playing second fiddle or focused on the team. The Goddess is telling you that now is the time to lead. It doesn’t matter how many followers you have, how many fans, how many people there are behind you or under you or with you. Once people see you moving, they’ll want to know where you’re going.
CREATIVITY EXERCISES:
Write an artist’s statement, elevator speech, or 5-minute presentation about something you’ve accomplished, something you want, or something that matters to you.
Create 10 new and different kinds of butterflies.
Make something with the theme of lavender — the color, the herb, the feeling, the smell.
Design the cover or poster if your life were turned into a book or a movie. What would the title be?