{Cutting Cards}[13th January 1988]

[Redbook4:322-323][19880113:1107f]{Cutting Cards}[13th January 1988]

19880113.1107

[continued]

Given the interpretation of the Sword,* where do swords and other sharp instruments occur in the main Tarots?

I	Magician	– knife on table, + other symbols – he holds a rod (Fool has 2 – unformed cross?)
VI	Lover	– arrow
VIII	Justice	– sword upright
X	Wheel of Fortune	– top figure has sword near-upright
XIII	Death	– scythe.
XV	Devil	– holds blade upright

The blades are all at vital points:

					(Arrow)
					TVI
			(Scythe)		|
			TXIII \		|		/
				\		/
	–	– TXV	(Upright blade)		☼			–	– TVIII	(Upright sword)
				/	|	\
			/		(Sword on shoulder)		\
					TX
					|
					TI
					(Knife on table)

[The ms diagram's square and diagonal indicators are symmetrical at 45^o on both axes.]

In particular, the two upright blades are opposite each other and mark the start of the two Mantelpiece** columns sevens or 'Circles' (three-quarter circles or Arcs) which run from their 'Driving' cardinal point rather than from and to +C†I~. The only other straightish blades are the knife at TI, which is the beginning of the 1^st 7 (Mantelpiece Row); and TX's leaning sword, which is at the same Circles point as TI.

[(]The arrow at TVI, of course, is a flying blade or point;*** the scythe at ~TXIII is a curving or turning blade, where you can turn.)

*[See presumably e.g.

[Redbook4:303-304][19880109:1445l]{[The Tarot [continued (9)] – ]Aces [continued (7)] – The Sword and the Rod}[9th January 1988];

[Redbook4:304-305][19880109:1445m]{[The Tarot [continued (10)] – ]Aces [continued (8)] – The Sword}[9th January 1988];

ff.]

**[Ref presumably [Redbook4:241-244][19871219:1055h]{The Mantelpiece (1)}[19th December 1987]ff;

& presumably [Redbook4:246-249][19871221:0000b]{The Mantelpiece (2)}[21st December 1987] ]

***If fired up[wards], they curve down[wards]

(cf. [Battle of] Crecy [1346].)

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