- Arcana
- Minor · two of swords
- Correspondence
- The Moon in Libra · first decan
- Element
- Air
- Sign
- Libra
- Planet
- Moon
Two of Swords
The Moon in Libra · first decan
Upright
stalemate · blindfold · held decision
Two equal arguments and no view. A real pause, not an evasion — yet.
Reversed
stalling · information arriving · forced choice
The blindfold coming off, or being kept on deliberately.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Two of Swords is the moon in libra · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.