The Emperor/Eight of Cups
reversed The Emperor
corresponds with Fire (hot/separates and dry/shapes, and spontaneous,
impulsive, energetic change), Aries (“I want,” action oriented, assertive,
competitive) and the Hebrew letter Heh (window, illumination), and represents
confidence, authority, and the archetype of the Father. Order and structure and
a willing acceptance of responsibility can certainly coexist with enthusiasm
and excitement, and rules (which are there to support and enable) can still be
put into place without putting out the Fire. I need to remember this today.
The Eight of Cups (Saturn, discipline, responsibility,
limitation, law and order, in Pisces, “I believe,” feeling, duality, suffering,
soul growth) in an upright position tells of an ending or a decline or a change
of direction, often one associated with emotions, and it offers one possible
response to that decline or change: moving on. My Eight of Cups is reversed, however, and endings, whether
emotional or not, will not be a part of this day.
My Thoth card is the Princess
of Cups. The
Princess/Page of Cups
corresponds to Libra (“we are,” partnerships, balance, cooperation), Scorpio
(“I desire,” intensity compulsion, mystery) and Sagittarius (“I seek,”
philosophic, adventurous, blundering); is a card of soft and tender energies
and of getting fulfillment through connections to others, and through innocent
and simple joys. The Princess of
Cups is imaginative and playful, and eager to serve, and she is telling me that
helping others and nurturing others is another way to nurture myself.
My Legacy card is the Two of
Coins reversed, flavored by the King of Cups. The Two of Coins
(Jupiter, expansiveness and growth, justice, fortune, in Capricorn, “I build,”
ambition, caution, cunning) in an upright position reminds us that everything
always ebbs and flows, and we need to do the same in order to remain
dynamically balanced. Perhaps this card is telling me that stillness is more
valuable. The King of Cups (cusp
of Libra, “We are,” partnerships, balance, cooperation, and Scorpio, “I
desire,” intense, controlling mysterious, obsessive) is the expert on emotions
and the subconscious, mainly because of his life experiences. He is able to be calm, caring and
diplomatic in order to keep people working together in a productive way, and in
some ways he is similar to my Emperor above, but with more compassion and
mercy. He is flavoring the
reversed Two of Coins, perhaps telling me that balance may not be available,
but we can still all be friends.
My 6-digit date number is 8,
the number that tells of the conscious and deliberate response to the pause and
beginning of degeneration of the number 7.
My horoscopes: “You may find it
hard to admit that you can't do everything, Sagittarius. There are some jobs
that you aren't cut out to do. Why pretend when a better option would be to
delegate the task to someone else? If you don't feel a strong connection with
something or someone, don't force it. Pretending that you're capable of
something will only cause frustration for you and everyone else.”
And: “Keeping secrets isn't
difficult for you. With the added boost from the planetary aspects today,
nothing is likely to get past you. The only problem is that maybe those
hush-hush things shouldn't be kept quiet. If someone has told you something
that you recognize as illegal or likely to cause another person harm, rethink
keeping such a secret. Don't take part in something by keeping silent that you
are going to be sorry about later.”
My Shadowscapes Insight is
regarding The Star. Gentle and soft light, and serenity. No judgment, no stress, just a time of
peace, of being surrounded by security, and being surrounded by those we love. Heaven.
Today,
I read this by Ram Dass: “I
think people awaken originally to a spiritual dimension in their life in an
incredibly wide variety of ways. Some people seem to open up to it through
traumatic experiences, when people describe a near death experience or at a
moment when they touch something much deeper than the traditional way that they
thought about things. Other people arrived at that awakening through meditation
or through religious experiences. Others arrive at it through sex or through
drugs. There is a wide variety of ways.” Yes, indeed; even anger can be cleansing, as long as we
allow it to die a natural death when the time is right, rather than striving to
keep it alive.
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