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tarot of the old path-queen of swords
The Tarot of The Old Path Queen of Swords, is dressed in the yellow color of the element air and her veil billows in the breezes. She is shown aloof and defensive, as her sword is held in an upright manner. She is crowned in a 3 spiked crown, representing Maid, Mother and Crone while also wearing the colors of the triple goddess, of red, white, and blue, on her wrist. Held between wrist and body, is a sprig of lavender, which in the language of flowers symbolizes distrust.
This card represents a wise, intelligent, stern, sharp-witted and determined woman.
To reiterate, Binah, the 3rd Sephiroth and ruler of the Queens, is often called the Sanctifying Intelligence and known as the Parent of Faith. The Qabalistic Word Binah itself means Understanding. What is often not realized is that she is also Chronos who is the oldest of ancient gods. We may know him as "Father Time" but the highly restrictive nature of time, birth, aging and death are the ultimate result of the gift of Life bestowed by Binah. So once again the Sexing of Sephira proves to be insubstantial for complete understanding. It helps to remember that each Sephiroth has an expressive-male-state and a receptive-female-state of consciousness. Such as Binah, who is connected to Chokmah via the path of the Empress between them, that connects them. Hence, there never was or is a separation from all that is feminine and all that is masculine.
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The Queen of Swords is Water of Air, which is also called Specific Water in the Realm of Primal Air. Water is the element attributed to consciousness and air is the element attributed to mind. Thus, she is as Crowley stated in the Book of Thoth, "clear, conscious perception of Idea, the Liberator of Mind".
The Queen of Swords is the Queen of the Thrones of Air. Queen of Sylphs and Sylphides, attributed to the last Decan of Virgo and the first two Decans of Libra.
The severed head in her left hand reminds me of Kali Ma, the Hindu Goddess of Life and Death. Here the Queen of swords has the severed head of The Patriarch and the Sword of Geburah (and extension of Binah) in her right, pointing downward toward earth; indicating that she removes the masks of deceit and definition supplied by cultural thoughts or as defined by Rulers. The severed head, also implies that The Queen of Swords is the Sanctifying Intelligence; one that removes the "head of man" bring us into the Understanding of the ways in which each of us are deceived by thoughts while also teaching us to transcend them.
Yetzirah, (The world of Air) is the world of deception and only keen perception, and observation are the Sword that slices away all fantasy, delusion illusion and unreality.
The Queen of Swords also has upon her solar-crowned head, a golden child's head viewing upward, implying that only the innocent child is unfettered by sterile concepts and useless ideas, for they haven't been programed to believe in a Ruler's definition of themselves.
Thoughts began by words are the Trickster, the "devil inside", that fools us into believing survival thinking of the ego-mind as true-consciousness, when overall, Love is the consciousness of the Sanctifying Intelligence that has given our immortal Spirit Form. Immortals don't worry about survival. They love and create mortal beings as self-expression. Thus, “tough love”, can be the Sword in Her hand, which is the domain of Geburah that is called Severity. Another aspect of the Great Binah and her corrective and educational abilities.
When the Queen of Swords is thrown during a reading:
- The querent desires to discard, pretense, masks, roles, or defenses that hide their true self.
- Wishes to develop or is developing intellectual thinking.
- Is undergoing a sense of resolution and commitment.
- Is experiencing intellectual maturity and is experiencing well-tuned mental facilities. Sharp of wit.
- Experiencing the Wisdom generated by sorrow. Finding Wisdom through the acceptance of Pain with courage, and honesty.
- Strong willed and determined this woman will can bear whatever life presents her with.
- Deep comprehension of frightening truths, Able to think the unthinkable and giving expression to the unspeakable.
- Seductive and provocative.
- A professional, who can handle situations capably, quickly, and efficiently.
- The Ice Queen.
- Calculating coolness.
- Insuperable distance.
- Phony.
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