The image on the Ace of Swords shows a beautiful Sword emerging from golden flowers, and is topped by a flaming golden crown of leaves. A few of the leaves and a few of the flower petals have been cut or sliced off and are falling downward. The keywords for this card are truth, reasoning, objectivity, and breakthrough.
The True Black Hierophant card image gives us lots to think about. Our Hierophant is seated on a platform of large bricks, situated in a manner that provides the most support to the whole structure. His elaborate golden headdress is made of interlocking pieces; the front of that headdress comes down over his face with stylized eye and nose openings allowing him to see and breathe and at the same time, hide his personal identity. He holds a large open book in his right hand and his staff of office topped by a large bee's nest in his left. Behind The Hierophant is a hologram of Australia's Lake Mungo, the location of the world's oldest ritually cremated remains. The keywords for this card are belief, cooperation, community and tradition.
These two cards together are pretty powerful, especially because the have appeared on Imbolc Eve. All of the Aces are powerful cards that represent the idea or possibility of the suit manifesting, rather than an actual manifestation. The possibility presented by the Ace of Swords might not be visible to others because that spark of newness is happening within the workings of my mind. My Ace is reminding me that now is not the time for emotions, but rather for clear thinking and reality.
The Hierophant is about the good of the group rather than the good of the individual, and he believes that he knows what I should do with this burst of mental and intellectual possibility. The Hierophant is about knowledge, about learning and about teaching, and about the importance of culture and beliefs and their ability to support amazing civilizations. His mask hides his identity, and that mask reminds me that what I perceive with a quick glance is nowhere near all there is to learn and know.
My Ace offers me wonderful potential, and The Hierophant asks me to look beyond myself and make good use of what is being offered.
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