Swords · Air
Two of Swordsfor Taurus · Money and Wealth
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A blindfolded female figure balances two swords upon her shoulders. Swords represents knowledge and thoughts and the two card represents duality. Together the two of swords represents competing choices-- a kind of indecision paralysis.
You have two competing thoughts in your head: these thoughts are weighing on you and holding them both is causing a lot of anxiety. It makes sense to be anxious, the outcome will be important. But the fear is paralyzing you. Romantically, maybe you are avoiding a conflict you know you need to have (maybe your current partner is not meeting your needs). When making a big decision it's important to look back to what you truly value and evaluate which option matches those values.
Your deep truth is being clouded by someone else, or you are doing something that isn't good for you in the long term. Making any step forward towards what is healthy for you is good; you don't have to know everything to move in the right direction.
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Two of Swords for Taurus in Money and Wealth
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Swords are the air suit, so the Two of Swords sits in Libra. Libra and Taurus are quincunx, two signs with nothing in common: no shared element, mode, or polarity. This card will not slot neatly into how Taurus already operates. What it wants is this: write the sentence down and stop rewriting it. It has to be done deliberately or it will not happen. Upright, the second thing has actually arrived and the negotiation between them is live.
When reading about money through a Taurus lens, the Two of Swords says that you feel like money is proof you will not be abandoned, a problem you solve by having more than you need, and something you do not talk about. This has either meant accumulating without ever feeling safe, or knowing your number and defending it fiercely so you can actually rest. You have not looked at your full financial picture all at once, and the not-looking costs more than the looking would. The Taurus blind spot in it is the feeling that the ground is shifting under something they thought was permanent.
In practice that can look like reading the actual number, or a decision made on paper instead of in your head. Whatever form it takes, it is becoming a two person situation.
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