The Empress/Ace of Cups reversed. The Empress (which corresponds with Earth (cold/binds and
dry/shapes, and stable, material, practical energies that are slow to change),
Venus (beauty, allure, pleasure, relationships), the Hebrew letter Daleth (door
or womb) and the Path between Binah (female receptive energy and the origin of
form and structure) and Chokmah on the Tree of Life (dynamic male energy and
the origin of vital force and polarity)) is one half of the Major Arcana
representation of the Sacred Feminine, the half that is about creativity, fertility
of all kinds, a deep connection to Nature and the nurturing of others, and an
enjoyment of the senses. She is my
significator, so her presence either upright or reversed is a huge “pay
attention!” to me. Because she is
about enjoying the pleasures and the bounties of life, she is a fitting card to
throw on Christmas Eve, particularly after doing a Yin Yoga class; she also
appeared in my card throw on the Winter Solstice. It is interesting that she has appeared on both Yule and
Christmas this year, the year of my second Saturn Return. The Ace of Cups
(Libra, “We are,” partnerships, balance, cooperation, Scorpio, “I desire,”
intense, deep, mysterious, obsessive, Sagittarius, “I seek,” philosophic,
fun-loving, adventurous, blundering) in an upright position tells of the
potential to experience deep emotions, a connection to my Inner Voice, and a
connection to those around me.
Perhaps this card is in a reversed position to support the energies of
my Empress, who is about feelings but also about a connection to nature and the
earth.
My Thoth cards are the Five of Disks (“Worry”) reversed and The Devil
reversed. The Five of Disks
(Mercury, reason, intelligence, education, skill, communication, in Taurus, “I
have,” sensual, cautious, stubborn) tells of some loss or need within the physical
world. The keyword for this card
is “Worry,” the way a dog will worry sheep, but I should be able to prevent
that kind of strangulation today. The Devil
(Earth (cold/binds and dry/shapes, and stable, material, practical energies
that are slow to change), Capricorn (“I build,” ambitious, competent, cautious,
cunning), Ayin (the eye, senses), and the Path between Hod (which provides
analysis and communication) and Tipareth (the hub of the creation process where
energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and clarify) in an upright position
traditionally tells of being caught up in the physical world and the effects of
the physical senses, to the point of being bound or addicted to those things. Since my Devil is reversed, and
especially because it is paired with another Earth-focused card, while there
could be discomfort today, I should be able to endure without too much
endurance, if you know what I mean.
My Legacy card is The Empress reversed (Bookends!), flavored by
The Hanging Man. Ooooh,
interesting pair! The Legacy of
the Divine Empress card represents both motherhood/fertility and the richness
and variety of life in all its myriad forms. Because my Legacy Empress is reversed, there is an imbalance
in my experience of these things.
Perhaps I need to remember to more deeply appreciate all life and see
beauty everywhere, even in situations that are not comfortable for me. My reversed Empress is being flavored by
The Hanging Man. The Hanging Man corresponds
with Water (cold/binds and
wet/adapts, and emotional, sensitive and imaginative energy that tends to move deep, and attempts
to take the same path as in the past), Neptune (inspiration, spirituality,
magick, enchantment, dreams, altered states), and the Hebrew letter Mem (water,
stability and balance, the reflective quality of thought), and presents the
kind of balance that comes to us through surrender, and through deliberately
attempting to see things in a different way. The Legacy Hanging Man represents surrender and sacrifice,
but it also tells of the pause and suspension of time that occurs at the
halfway point of a project or effort.
He is validating the message of my reversed Empress, and telling me that
in order to truly perceive and experience the beauties around me, I must first
release the fog that clouds and distorts that perception. Fitting advice!
More about The Empress, my Bookends card of the day. As I mentioned already, this card has
been my significator for some time, given to me by one of my Guides, The
General. It is a card that is near
and dear to my heart, and it tends to appear just before or during experiences
that end up being life-changing.
The Empress is considered to be the Queen of Heavens, and thus she
bridges the stars in the sky and the earth below our feet. She is the stable foundation of the
Supernals of the Tree of Life, the “triplet of the mind.” The Empress represents the 14th Path,
connecting Binah and the Sacred Feminine, and Chokmah and the Sacred Masculine,
and the union of masculine and feminine through the emotion of love, which
equals fertility. The Empress represents
the workings of Deity in nature; I have been told that nature is the robe that
the Goddess wears so we can see and perceive Her, and perhaps The Empress of
the Tarot allows us to connect to Her.
The Empress is about pregnancy and thus about transformation and about
the sacredness of all life and the workings of the world around us, her Hebrew
letter is Daleth, the doorway, and The Empress is indeed the doorway into
physical life. It is also correct that The Empress correspond with the element
of Earth. The physical body is the
home of the soul, the life force, and since it exists mostly within the
physical plane, that is where much of my transformation must begin. It is through The Empress that Deity is
born within us. If reversed, this
card tells of an imbalance in our ability to perceive and enjoy the
possibilities and pleasures of our physical existence. This imbalance can come to us through
lethargy, overprotectiveness, materialism, vanity, extravagance or promiscuity. Because the 14th Path
crosses the width of the Tree of Life and provides stability and grounding to
the Supernals, a reversed Empress could also tell of an imbalance in our
perception of gender, sexuality, or the necessary presence of both yin and yang
within our very being.
My 6-digit date number is 4, the number of depth and
stability.
My horoscopes: “Stress-related health complaints
could force reevaluation of your current situation, particularly your job. You
may take a good look at your skills and consider how they can be put to use in
other fields. Communication from distant places may bring new opportunities to
pursue old ambitions. Don't write them off right away. Change is in the wind.
It isn't wise to try to stop it.”
And: “It's true that having to earn a living
isn't always the most agreeable thing that we have to do in life. However, we
all know that it is necessary. Have you thought about adding more balance to
your life? Remember that all work and no play make Jack a dull boy. This would
be a good day to examine your daily life and add some new elements. Yes, it is
time for you to choose a hobby.”
It is Christmas Eve.
I began the day with a beautiful Yin Yoga class, the class I will be
teaching as a sub beginning in January for 11 weeks. I look forward greatly to immersing myself in a Yin
practice, and interacting with the students.
I will be with family this evening and tomorrow evening,
celebrating. I plan on throwing
cards tomorrow morning and will do my best to get a blog post up.
Happy Holidays!
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