The Seven of Swords shows a man sneaking away from a military camp with five swords in his arms. He looks over his shoulder at the two upright swords he has left behind. The smile on his face suggests that he is proud of himself for having slipped away without being noticed.
The subtlety of the After Tarot Seven of Swords is inspired. Here we see that our deceptive thief is not as clever as he thinks, and that he is about to be tripped up, his deception revealed.
Waltzing Matilda is, indisputably, Australia’s most popular folk song and bush ballad. Andrew Barton “Banjo” Paterson, journalist, author and bush poet, wrote the lyrics during a visit on Dagworth station near Winton, Queensland, in 1895 and has been attributed to writing the song.
‘Colette’, starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West is just one recent film that exposes how men have taken the credit for women’s work. Not surprisingly, history is littered with stories like that of Colette. Fortunately, she went on to be recognized as the a giant in French Literature but others have been relegated to obscurity.
Christina Mcpherson is just one Australian example. The iconic Waltzing Matilda was always attributed to Banjo Patterson. While he did write the lyrics the unsung hero, who played him the first score on her zither (auto harp) during a visit on a Queensland sheep station, was Mcpherson. Her contribution was not discovered until 1991 when a music sheet in her handwriting was found. These records demonstrate that Christina played a vital part in the composition of Waltzing Matilda and without her contribution, there would have been no song called Waltzing Matilda. However, she remains unknown to most Australians.
Christina Rutherford Macpherson was born on 19 June 1864 at Peechalba Station (near Wangaratta), Victoria, Australia. She was the ninth of eleven children born to Ewen Macpherson and his wife Margaret Brown Rutherford who had migrated to Australia from Scotland around 1854. Peechalba Station, a property of about 150,000 acres was jointly owned by the Macphersons and Rutherfords who had homesteads close to each other.
Her story is one which screen writers could have a field day with. Macpherson may not be compared to Colette or the women in science whose work was forgotten and buried but it is another example of how some deserving slip into obscurity, deceived by men who they were infatuated with.
The Lady Bushranger
The Seven of Swords tarot card stands for trickery, theft, and dishonesty. You or someone around you might be using deceitful tactics to achieve a goal. The intention of these actions is deliberate and they are done without thought of how it will affect other people.
Born Elizabeth Jessie Hunt in 1890 in NSW, Jessie’s mother sold her to a travelling circus when she was just eight.
By the age of 17, Jessie was a champion rough rider and ring mistress of Martini’s Buck Jumping Show.
Leaving the circus, in 1913 a pregnant Jessie waved Ben Hickman off to war. Shortly afterwards Jessie gave their son to a friend to raise and headed to Sydney for a life of crime.
Jessie stole cattle, pinched clothing and dodged the police.
Unfortunately for her, she wasn’t always fast enough.
Wild Mother Calling 