- Anxiety, worry, fear
- A comfort blanket keeping you stuck in pain
In a reading: you don’t have to stay in a painful, familiar place; choose to free yourself.
The Nine of Swords is a never-ending nightmare, and the blanket here is the key detail — it’s a comfort blanket. Sometimes we get stuck in a painful situation because it’s familiar, even while it’s hurting us.
There’s a carving showing one person striking another with a sword, and I always read this as a choice: you can be the immovable force, or you can be the one getting hit by it. Stay stuck, or do something to set yourself free.
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