King of Wands reversed/Judgement reversed. The King of Wands (cusp of Cancer, “I feel,” sensitive, nurturing, moody, and Leo, “I am,” passionate, dramatic egotistical) is honest and open hearted, and rules his realm through the advantageous use of his creative impulses.  He is bold and courageous, is a natural leader, and earns the respect of others through his own actions.  This King of Fiery energy accomplishes his masterpieces because he combines skill and enthusiasm with lots of experience.  He can control the Fire. Judgement also corresponds with Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes, and spontaneous, impulsive and energetic change), Pluto (power, metamorphosis, cycles of dying and becoming), Shin (fang), and the Path between Malkuth (the physical world of action and physical, outer reality) and Hod (provides analysis and communication) and represents an opportunity to tally up and pay the bill so we can have a fresh start.  Both of these cards are reversed, and it is possible that I won’t have the energy or the enthusiasm or the Will to get them accomplished.  Maybe tomorrow.

My Thoth card is the Nine of Wands.  Another Fire card!  “Strength” is Crowley’s keyword for this one, and it’s upright, but this is the kind of strength you need when you are being challenged. The Nine of Wands (Moon, feelings and emotions, illusion, imagination, in Sagittarius, “I seek,” philosophic, fun-loving, adventurous, blundering) tells us to prepare for the worst, but to wait before being aggressive.  Crowley feels that the energies of this card actually bring stability; his mantra is that change brings stability, and stability needs change in order to continue.

My Legacy card is the Knight of Cups reversed, flavored by The Fool. Knight of Cups (cusp of Aquarius, “I know,” friendships, the group, cause-oriented, and Pisces, “I believe,” feelings, duality, suffering, soul growth) in an upright position is about feeling things strongly and without restraint or grounding.  My Knight is reversed, however, and allowing my emotions free reign may create some difficult situations.  He is being flavored by The Fool, which in this case is a warning and a suggestion. The Fool corresponds with Air (hot/separates and wet/adapts, and challenges that tend to require the use of the intellect to solve), Uranus (technology, science, radical change), Aleph (the head, youthful learning) and the Path between Chokmah (male in the electric sense, dynamic energy and the origin of vital force and polarity) and Kether (the source; limitless possibility).  The Fool is the spark that begins the idea, and the neutral powers of creativity.  He is optimistic, and his optimism is going to either flavor the energies of my reversed Knight in a good way, or encourage him to run amok, emotionally.

My 6-digit date number is 3, the number that tells of a new creation from the position and potential of the Ace, and the polarity, duality and energy of “distance between” of the 2.

My horoscopes: “You might be surprised by how clever and creative you are today, Sagittarius. Just for fun, you may decide to pick up a paintbrush and try watercolor painting or perhaps writing some poetry. Whatever you attempt, you can be fairly sure that it will work out favorably. Your creative muse is there on your shoulder and waiting for you to make use of her!”

And: “Did somebody say vacation?! It looks like you are more than ready, because you can barely keep your head in the here and now. A friend may talk your ear off and get your juices really flowing. Try to settle down, though, and get through a minimum of your chores or tasks. Later you can spend the time dreaming about the soft white beaches or white mountain peaks that await you.”

My Shadowscapes Insight is regarding the Page of Wands.  More Fire!! This Page is about confidence and child-like joy, creativity and passion, and she is encouraging me to push the envelope and enjoy the adrenaline rush!  Creative possibilities are all around me, and perhaps today I will only be able to see them if I look through the eyes of a child.

Another Wild Unknown card!  The Ten of Wands.  This is a dark card, but the darkness is caused by the many Wands, acting like dark brambles, blocking the light that is in the background of the card.  Just the anticipation of attempting to push through those brambles to the light beyond them, or even to cut them away in order to allow the light in, is overwhelming.  Granted, the end result could be beneficial, but from this vantage point, all I can see is an almost impenetrable blockage, the overcoming of which just might take more effort than I have available to me.

This was a truly relaxing day, spent with friends.  It is amazing how much Spanish I am coming to understand, through years of listening to conversations.  Not that I can speak the language, but I can understand a bit. 

The sun was out most of the day, and we accomplished a lot and still had lots of time to sit and drink coffee and enjoy the beauty of the surroundings.  Now, an evening thunderstorm is passing, bringing a nice cool breeze, and the soothing rumble of distant thunder.  Soon we will sit outside and watch the sun set. 

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