Temperance/Five of Cups
reversed. Temperance corresponds with Sagittarius
(“I seek,” philosophic, adventurous, blundering) Fire (hot/separates and
dry/shapes, and spontaneous, impulsive, energetic change), Samekh (the tent
post), and the Path between Yesod (the place where patterns and images emerge
that may manifest into the physical world of action and outer reality) and
Tiphareth (the hub of the creation process where energies harmonize and focus
to illuminate and clarify), and this card presents one version of the concept
of balance: balance achieved through knowledge and experience of extremes. I know that I have experienced the
energies of this card often, and each time they manifest I learn something new
about myself. The Five of Cups
(Mars, action, aggression, drive, in Scorpio, “I desire,” intense, controlling,
mysterious, obsessive) in an upright position tells of an emotional setback or
disappointment, or perhaps the belief that a wrong choice has been made. The good thing is that my card is
reversed, so any emotional setbacks will not be debilitating. The message here, offered by these two
cards, is that there is value in every life experience, whether pleasant or
uncomfortable. Today, running away
is not an option.
My Thoth cards are the Ace of
Cups and the Two of Wands. 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) tells of the potential to
experience deep emotions, a connection to my Inner Voice, and a connection to
those around me. Looks like
emotions and feelings and an inner connection are valuable to me today, and I
am already tapping into this awareness.
Maybe several times during the day, I should take a bit of quiet time to
ask myself how I feel. Not what I
think, but how I feel; and maybe if I listen quietly, my Inner Voice just might
offer a bit of encouragement. “Dominion” is Uncle Al’s
keyword for the Two of Wands. The
Two of Wands (Mars, action, spontaneity, aggression, drive, in Aries, “I want,”
action oriented, pioneering, assertive, enthusiastic) tells of power, influence
and authority. This card tells of
the purest of Will, in the “now” and undiluted by past or possible future
events. I feel this energy
already, a confidence in my ability to react to the world around me.
My Legacy card is The High
Priestess, flavored by The Lovers reversed. Oh this makes sense to me! These last two cards clarify the
other four. The High Priestess (Water; the Moon,
feelings and emotions, illusion, imagination; Gimel, the camel who safely crosses Da’ath, the Abyss, and
thus, has the secret of life; and the Path between Tiphareth, the hub of the
creation process where energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and clarify,
and Kether, the source, limitless possibility), is one-half of the Major Arcana
representation of the Sacred Feminine, with The Empress being the other half.
The High Priestess is the source of the power of The Magician, the feminine
version of The Hierophant, and the Keeper of the Mysteries. This card is telling of more than just
an intense connection to my intuition; my High Priestess is also telling me
that there is plenty of information and advice available to me. I do need to remember that the
knowledge offered by The High Priestess is spiritual knowledge, which cannot be
measured or contained. No
physical-world proof! The Lovers
(Air, hot/separates and wet/adapts, quick and animated, intellectual, problems or
challenges; Gemini, “I think,” curious, talkative, sociable, dual; Zayin,
double-edged sword; and the Path between Tiphareth, the hub of the creation
process where energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and clarify, and
Binah, female receptive energy and the origin of form and structure) tells of
duality, union, and personal choices.
This card is about love, but it is also about our personal values and
how they affect our choices, and the promises we make to others. The Lovers present the two halves that
when united are greater than the sum of their parts, but today, spirit and the
mind might be in opposition to the physical world. Because my reversed Lovers card is flavoring my High
Priestess, there may be issues with the manifestation of what I know and what I
feel. My first card today,
Temperance, is offering a valid focus. Oh-kay!
My 6-digit date number is 11
(Archangel Uriel), which reduces to 2, the number of balance, polarity, and the
energy of “distance between.”
My horoscopes: “Being
around others should be especially gratifying for you today. Most people should
be friendly, and you'll enjoy their company. The downside is that your psychic
faculties are acute, so you might pick up some unsettling feelings from those
you talk to. You're likely to find that many smiles hide turmoil inside.”
Aaand I did not get my second
horoscope.
My next Wild Unknown card: The
Ten of Pentacles. This card is
alive and vibrant with fertile energies! Ten Pentacles arranged in a diamond
shape, with circles of the colors of the elements or of a rainbow as a
background. The diamond for me is
personally powerful for it is one view of the octahedron, the shape of the
physical world and the concept of “as above, so below.” The circular colors go from indigo on
the outside to blue, green, yellow, orange and red, moving through the chakras
from the spiritual realm to the physical world. What powerful symbolism! Can we bring our bounties into the physical world and
maintain our connection to gratitude and generosity and love? That is the goal of this card, and
indeed the whole suit of Pentacles.
Those blessings cannot become stagnant; instead we must maintain them in
the position between the physical world of manifestation and the astral realms. We do this by assuming the role of
catalyst in order to activate the fertility to be found
within those blessings.
Today, I received the most
amazing gift from my sister and mentor, Lilyth. I am preparing to visit my High Priestess in order to be
initiated as a Sacred Mists Third Degree Priestess, and Lilyth knows this. In fact, I will be staying with her
when I go to be initiated.
Lilyth was given three
naturally shed deer antlers, and she was drawn to create a lovely wand for
me! It came in the mail yesterday,
and I waited until this morning, after Hubby went out, to sit by my altar and
open the box. Oh. My. God. Powerful!! A clear quartz point, a sunstone, and a scarab!! All held
into place by green leaves and vines accented with orange. And there are even a few strands of hair
from the deer! What an amazing
magickal tool; I had trouble putting it down to write this blog post.
Just holding this wand has
cleansed me, has sent in a fresh breeze to clear the cobwebs. My connection to Nature and the
physical world has been intensified, and I am seeing the blue sky, hearing the
calls of a flock of Canadian geese as they pass overhead, with new intensity,
similar to after my Reiki attunements.
And I haven’t even consecrated it to me yet!
My heart is filled with
gratitude. I am privileged,
greatly privileged, to be accompanied by such awesome Travelers!!
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