“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
The spoiled tyrant rides the beleaguered man-horse in this graphic version of the Six of Swords. The journey is difficult but as I have come to realize with this version of the card, it is not just because 1. SOMEONE isn’t pulling his weight, but even more so because 2. Someone ELSE is cooperating . Both have to be complicit to comprise this scene.
It’s easy to judge the rider harshly. He is unlikeable and ostentatious. I mean, a rooster hat?! Really? Most would identify more readily with the man beneath him. But if the man bearing the load overcame his fear, used his strength in support of right instead of letting himself be bullied, that mountain summit suddenly becomes a whole lot more accessible.
This is a card of a heavy or difficult journey. Traditionally, it shows transition from a painful period to a better, more fulfilling time. But if you feel like that man-horse, I would caution not to fool yourself by saying you had no role in what happened. Yes, you can get through it but at what cost?
This isn’t so much blame-the-victim as it is about helping the victim escape an onerous role.
Maybe a weakness was exploited unfairly to set the situation up—probably. But that too, is useful information. Who of us would not be better off if we were aware of (and thereby can protect) our weaknesses?
If you’re under an undue burden at the doing of someone else, ask yourself why. How can you escape the load, and keep it from happening again? If you can figure that out, you can get back to the business at hand of climbing that mountain. This is where your right and true accountability lies.
Do you relate?
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