ROZA · TAROT
From Roza’s deck

Eight of Swords

self-imposed restriction · feeling trapped · fear

Eight of Swords

Bound and blindfolded among swords — trapped by beliefs; the bindings are loose, the feet free.

Reversed, it falls differently: The blindfold falls; walking out of a prison that was never locked.

For the heart: The cage in this bond is partly imagined — test the door.

For bread and coin: "I can't" deserves an audit; most of the swords are thoughts.

For the road ahead: Step forward — the prison walls move with you until you stop believing them.

A card on a page is a word, child. A card your own hand draws is a sentence. There is a difference.

Every dawn one card waits face-down on my table — come and turn yours. Or bring the cards a full question: the table is there.