Two of Swords

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The idea is looking for a way to take form. You carefully weigh the options and try out the first steps, as if testing a blade by touch. Your mind holds the balance between "yes" and "no", and this pause is useful. The opportunity is already near — all that's left is to choose which side to approach it from.

Reversed

You freeze between two thoughts and don't take a single step. The weighing goes on endlessly, and meanwhile the opportunity grows cold. The process has stopped at the very start: until you dare to choose, the idea won't move any further.