Hermetic Tarot today. My cards are The Empress reversed and
the Knight of Cups reversed.
The Empress (my
significator card, 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 (along with The High Priestess), 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. My Empress, who is the
mother of form, tells of creative intelligence; she reveals the concepts
guarded by The High Priestess, and she encourages me to immerse myself in the
manifestations of the physical world.
The Hermetic
Empress is seated on a throne amidst crescent moons, flames, the stars of the
zodiac, and the scales of Libra.
She is surrounded by symbols of transformation and fertility found in
Nature; even her scepter, topped by a diamond (a shape personally significant,
which transforms into the octahedron, symbol of “as above, so below”), is
connected to the transformative powers of Nature. Upright, she tells of beauty, pleasure, happiness, success,
fertility and action. Reversed,
she represents inaction, vacillation, distraction, or a lack of interest.
The Knight of Cups (cusp of Aquarius, “I
know,” friendships, the group, cause-oriented, and Pisces, “I believe,”
feelings, duality, suffering, soul growth) is about feeling things strongly and
without restraint or grounding. This
Prince appears calm to others, but inwardly he feels things strongly. This
makes sense when you consider that within the Thoth Tarot, he represents Air of
Water. The message here is that
whether upright or reversed, my Prince indicates that I tend to respond deeply
to life’s events, and that intensity will have an effect on my day.
The Knight of
Cups of the Hermetic Tarot is known as the Lord of Waves and Waters. This Knight rides a beautiful white
stallion, prancing amidst the waves, and on his shield are symbols of his suit
and rank, the crab and the peacock.
When upright, he is graceful, poetic, enthusiastic, maybe even a bit
psychic. When reversed, he is
sensual enough to be imbalanced, subtle enough to border on being untruthful,
and hypnotized by pleasure enough to be lethargic.
I see a
pattern in these cards, and it makes sense. This is the typical “hazy, hot and humid” spread, and that
is the weather we are having. I
get quite sluggish during these times, and oh boy, are my cards validating
that. I need to understand that
this sluggishness is valid, but I should do my best to not allow it to rule my
days, or my emotions, my visions, and my ability to create new ideas and
opportunities will all be affected.
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