Hi everyone! I hope you’re all doing well 🥰
Here’s a Card guessing game for today
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All paths wait, but neither calls louder.
I hear too much, so I listen to nothing.
I see too much, so I see nothing.
Stillness is not peace. It is a choice I haven’t made, so I closed my heart.
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What card am I? Drop your guess in the comments!
Congratulations to everyone who answered Two fo Swords!
This is the Two of Swords in its deepest form: the tension between knowing a decision must be made, but being emotionally or mentally blocked from choosing. The speaker isn’t frozen because they don’t care. They are overwhelmed and for that reason they shut down their senses (“I hear too much… I see too much…”) and at the end their emotions (“so I closed my heart”) as a form of self-protection.
Of course this isn’t peace, this is holding a pattern, a stillness that hides discomfort. That’s exactly what the Two of Swords shows: a blindfolded figure, swords crossed (infront of her chest – a meaning of closing/protecting heart, suspended between two options with no clear pull in either direction. The pause is not spiritual surrender – as it often is in Hanged man, this surrender in 2 of swords is avoidance and uncertainty, or maybe even a fear of what either choice might bring.
The Hanged Man also represents stillness and suspension, so it’s understandable that you might feel the enigma reflects his energy and I think the line “Stillness is not peace.” perhaps is the line where the Hanged Man stands out the most.
Yes, the HM is indeed paused, between movements, and often associated with seeing from a different perspective or waiting for clarity. But he seems comfortable in that uncomfortable position, doesn’t he? His stillness is intentional and surrendered. He chooses to let go, to reflect, to see differently. His pause is spiritual and often voluntary.
The Two of Swords resists that. It’s a card of avoidance, mental noise, emotional suppression, and indecision. The person is not at peace with the pause, and hasn’t yet let go.
So while both cards involve non-action, the Hanged Man accepts it; the Two of Swords struggles with it. This enigma is about closing off, not opening up to different views.. It’s about not making a choice, not waiting for divine insight.