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The Rider-Waite Ace of Swords, illustrates a white hand (Kether is colored white on the Tree of Life as the purest light) and the Modern Witch Tarot, has modernized it to be an African American hand, exiting a gray cloud, holding upright a great sword that is supporting a crown strewn with an olive branch and a palm. Implied by the palm of suffering and the olive branch of peace are the dual possibilities of action attributed to the "Sword (Mind) of Good or Evil". There is no Crown on the Modern Witch Tarot Ace of Swords. The Crown is one of the symbols for the 1st Sephiroth-Kether, on the Qabalistic Tree of Life. The six Yods (flames of Spirit) imply that this is the "seed " of the Solar Logos, and that of Tiphareth, the 6th Sephiroth called Beauty, which is attributed to the Christ or Buddha mind both of whom suffered and spoke and acted on peace.

The Modern Witch Tarot-Ace of Swords depicts a silver sword pointing upward and disappearing into the heavens; implying, that this intelligence goes beyond the visible. The White Clouds are the color of Kether, the 1st Sephiroth and gray is the color of the 2nd Sephiroth-Chokmah known as Wisdom, the first expression of Kether. The sky is the color of the 2nd Sephirotic Being called Chokmah. The rose colored landscape of mountains implies that this is the beginning of a difficult path.

Often in Ace of Swords there is a power struggle, a card of ideological conflict; battles over point of view where the strongest but not necessarily the best, advocate is the victor. Since the real truth comes out in this battle, someone may be seriously hurt---emotionally, physically, and perhaps, financially. Since swords are considered the "death suit', this can be a very violent, a very direct, and a very open struggle. However, something positive always emerges from struggle as mind sets are played against one another producing entirely new ideas while over turning preconceived notions, and intellectual positions that may also be overturned, including the discarding of outworn ideas .

This conflict may be on a small scale amongst individuals, at home or work or it may happen between Nations. The Ace of Swords represents the very root of passionate thought. Swords are the suit of the Son, and the first material of creation that we call "thought", is the joint process of Female-Mother-Unconscious (Will to Form) and Male-Father-creative Spirit (Will to Force). There are eight yods in this card as opposed to the normal number of 6, implying a connection with the 8th Sephiroth-Hod, known as splendor. Here the artist is emphasizing the racing thoughts, a "splendor" of thoughts, as the mental wheels are turning producing a revelation.

WHEN THE ACE OF SWORDS IS THROWN DURING A DIVINATION,

It implies;

• Mental clarity and inventiveness.
• Problems being overcome with Original thinking.
• The dawning of a new intellectual process.
• Acting with logic and discrimination
• Strength in adversity. Out of evil some good will come. Something that looks bleak can surprisingly turn out to be promising.
• The beginning of and idea or information. The arising of Inner insight.

If reversed it implies:

• This card depends on the surrounding cards to show whether it is fate or rebirth.
• Doom, this is the card of Morgan the Fate. 
• Finality, Tragedy, and ultimate fate; However, it is release, freedom from past restraint and a new lightness and/or a kind of salvation.

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