This is really vividly disturbing. The disconnect between the sympathetic hug and the knife to the back is absolutely stark.

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There are no real paradoxes in science; the apparant paradoxes are merely nature's polite way, sotto voice, of informing us that our understanding is incomplete or erroneous.
- Thomas Gold

I must be doing something right, then. Thanks!

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All those poses, wow. And the 9 of swords means only that?

I only ask that 'cause if it's true, I'm impressed you compressed it down into ONE IMAGE.

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Well, blades were never one to show sympathy. The card feels depressing, in a way.

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It means a few more things, mostly along the same lines. Exactly what it means depends on who you believe; one of the books I'm using for reference lists meanings taken from fourteen different Tarot analysis/creators that range from this to "feeling sorry for yourself" or "a smooth, well-integrated personal belief system".

But then again the people who ascribe those nicey-wicey meanings are also seen insisting that the Death card is never about death coming into your life; it's always about a Positive Opportunity For Change!!!. Everyone else I'm referring to tends to see the 9S as a pretty nasty card.

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I ended up finishing this one over the week I went back to New Orleans to watch my grandmother die. Even when it's someone who did their damndest to be unlikable it's still pretty depressing.

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