Cosmic Tribe Tarot

TWO OF SWORDS

Peace

Harmony sings in a breeze through the trees. A leaf plays the air like a violin. And peace is possible. It is a quality of mind we can project into the world that freezes bullets in midair. When achieved it cannot be taken for granted, however. Peace requires constant effort. Often the most challenging aspect of this effort is the acknowledgment that conflict is its necessary component. Conflict can sharpen our senses but it can also degrade into destruction. If peace of mind is to be maximized, a calm center must be created where the mediator gives everyone a voice.

In the card two swords embrace and from their peaceful synchronicity harmony arises in the form of a blue lotus. This sacred flower captures the swords and brings them together to cooperate rather than injure. The embracing swords make the center of the lotus glow goldenly in the radiating mandala of an energy field. Below them a green gem glistens. It symbolizes the creative mediator mind that invokes a calm place for peace to flourish.

The progenitor of peace is precious, like a rare gem. We all have access to this mediator mind that can help us find a calm center in the often chaotic world. The beams from the gleaming gem match those from the lotus as the idea of peace becomes a reality. The swords have snakehead handles that consume a crescent moon. The snakes and the moon are symbols of change and a reminder that peace and conflict continually transform into one another. It is up to us to invoke the mediator mind while they dance through us.

Divinatory Meaning

Should the Two of Swords cross your path, be all you can really be and work for peace. Where in your life have you achieved harmony between conflicting options? How, for example, do you blend the need for solitude with the need for social interaction? With whom have you ended a feud? Do you feel the peace of mind that grows out of these resolutions? Know that while peace is not permanent neither is conflict. Access the wisdom of the mediator mind by staying calm in the midst of turmoil and you will be able to handle conflict constructively. By your actions you can expand the realm of awareness that leads to lasting peace.