The image on the True Black X of Swords shows a large Sword, point down and grounded, surrounded by nine other Swords with points up. Impaled on six of those Swords is a dead bird. Sitting on the hilt of the large center Sword is a live bird; behind the bird is an orange sun in a dark sky. The keywords for this card are crisis, breakdown, perseverance, and closure.
The Queen of Pentacles image shows a seated woman. Behind her is a leafy plant; one of the leaves stretches up over her head, sheltering her. Around the plant and over her head are golden coins. She offers a coin to both a bird and a snake, two animals known for their distrust of each other, but who are able to coexist while with this Queen. The keywords for this card are giving, nurturing, welcoming, and authentic.
These two cards come together nicely. The X of Swords tells us that this cycle of dealing with the effects of the mind and the intellect is complete. We are still feeling the echoes of what has happened and we have not yet moved on to the Ace and the next cycle, but for now we have a pause so we can regroup. Our Queen of Pentacles is providing us with a safe place to decompress. She shows us how to use the workings of the physical world around us and the flows and cycles of the natural world to not only feel safe, but to also feel the beginnings of curiosity about the workings of that world which will bring us forward into a new cycle of learning.
While the suit of Swords within the world of elemental Dignities encourages us to make use of logic and analysis as well as our intellect and the workings of the mind, the number 10 tells of some kind of culmination or closure, or at the very least a plateau or rest before moving on. Our X of Swords tells us we are at the darkness that precedes the dawn of a new day, so perhaps that pause is in order. Our Queen of Pentacles is Water of Earth; she brings the stability that allows regeneration, and she shows us how to effectively manage our resources going forward. Remember, watering a seed planted in fertile soil does not bring an instantly perceivable result, but it does initiate the creative process. Yes, it is dark, but within the darkness, new possibilities are stirring.
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