An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

Swords · II

Two of Swords

Lord of Peace Restored

The face of Two of Swords, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Peace Restored.

A truce in the mind. Be still long enough to hear the choice you are avoiding.

Upright

Stalemate, a hard decision and blocked feeling. Peace through stillness.

Reversed

Overwhelm, or a decision finally made.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Amon tells all things past and to come by day; Sabnock builds fortresses by night. Ask the question you have been avoiding.

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Correspondences

DecanMoon in Libra, 0° to 10°, the first face
Tree of LifeChokmah in Yetzirah
Governing angelsYezalel by day, Mebahel by night
Image of the decanAn angry man with a pipe, and a man reading a book.
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Day spiritAmon, marquis
The seal of Amon

Appears as a wolf with a serpent’s tail breathing fire, then a man with a raven’s head. Tells all things past and to come, stirs feuds and reconciles friends. Goetia 7.

Night spiritSabnock, marquis
The seal of Sabnock

Appears as an armed soldier with a lion’s head on a pale horse. Builds towers and cities, can afflict with wounds, gives familiars. Goetia 43.

Two of Swords in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.