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"Six of Swords"

Six of Swords: Science.  Mercury in Aquarius.  Tiphareth.

The points of the swords centre in a rose and cross.  They are lying on a fencer's diagram (14th century) which was worked out scientifically to show the positions in which a fencer can stand and be invulnerable.  The card suggests by its symmetrical design a perfect balance of intellect and principle.

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Tiphareth in the suit of Air.  Mercury in Aquarius.

The ornamental hilts of the Swords form a hexagon in the card.  Their points touch the outer petals of the red rose upon a Golden Cross of six squares.   The perfect balance of mental and moral faculties, hardly won and impossible to hold, interprets the idea of Science.

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Intelligence that has realized its goal.  Labor.  Work.  Success after anxiety.  Passage from difficulty.  Journey by water.  Ill-dignified: Selfishness.  Conceit.  Intellectual pride.

 

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