The Moon/Judgement. The Moon of the Tarot Major Arcana
corresponds with Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts, emotional and sensitive
energy that strives to stay the same), Pisces (“I believe,” feeling, suffering,
soul growth, duality), Qof (the back of the head), and the Path between Malkuth
(the physical world of action and physical, outer reality) and Netzach (the
stimulating factors of emotion and inspiration), is about feelings and emotions
and instincts and the subconscious.
The Llewellyn Moon card tells of disorientation and wild visions,
primordial instincts, powerful mood swings, and even hysteria. This is actually
a creative card, but the creativity needs to be controlled. Judgement 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) in an
upright position represents an opportunity to tally up and pay the bill so we
can have a fresh start. I love the
Llewellyn interpretation of this card: “A clearing away of dogma, outside
expectations, propaganda, and conventional, unquestioned wisdom that has
accumulated and entombed ones life.”
Perhaps it is through visions and being disoriented that I will be able
to break away from that which is holding me back.
My Thoth cards are The Moon and
Death reversed. Hmmmm . . . lots
of Moon cards these days. Crowley
assocates The Moon with illusion and deception, the unconscious mind and the
astral plane. This card tells of hidden knowledge that is more uncomfortable
than that represented by The High Priestess, knowledge that is accessed through
dreams and trances. When
repressed, this knowledge can hint at neurosis and depression, but in any event
these are truly magickal experiences. Death corresponds with Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts, and
sensitive, imaginative energy that strives to stay the same or take the same course), Scorpio, Nun
(fish head; liberation), and the Path between Tiphareth (the hub of the
creation process where energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and clarify)
and Netzach (the stimulating factors of emotion and inspiration), and tells of
natural change that cannot be stopped, and that usually involves the potential
to step upward on the evolutionary ladder. Crowley sees Death as representing
natural change through alchemic putrefaction. My Death card is reversed, and
this makes sense when combined with The Moon. I am being reminded here that while the idea of facing the
unknown can be frightening, it is after all the first step toward a new
life. Both of these cards tell me
that I am fearing the unknown, to the point of maybe struggling with the
natural cycles of my life.
My Legacy card is the Ten of
Swords, flavored by the Six of Wands reversed. LOL, as usual, this deck offers a different way to see the
day. The Ten of Swords (the Sun, the inner
core of a person or situation, in Gemini, “I think,” curious, sociable, dual,
talkative) tells of the perception of the complete manifestation of interference,
powerlessness and restriction. This
is defeat with overkill, and often it is only extreme defeat because I believe
it to be. Former ideas are no
longer valid, but this is as bad as it gets, so I need to be more optimistic. The
Six of Wands (Jupiter, expansiveness and growth, justice, fortune, in Leo, “I
am,” passionate, dramatic, noble, authoritative) in an upright position
expresses the celebration we feel when we have passed some test or successfully
met a challenge. My card is
reversed, and flavoring my Ten of Swords.
There is the celebration of accomplishment I am seeking, right there in
that card. But the card is
reversed; perhaps I can’t access that celebration because I am too busy
focusing on what has gone wrong.
My 6-digit date number is 7,
the number that tells of the pause as growth slows and degeneration approaches,
usually requiring an assessment and choice of some kind.
My horoscopes: “An increase in
your technical skills could bring you a new job or an increase in income. You
may have felt a bit nervous and stressed lately, but this should balance out
now. You feel focused and you're aiming carefully toward your goals. You'll
succeed if you keep going as you are.”
And: “Don't make any
commitments to groups or organizations of any kind today. It may be that you
are asked to do more than is realistic. If you accept you will be obliged to
see the project through until the end, and that could be a long time indeed.
You would be better of pursuing your own goals rather than helping others
trying to attain theirs. At least this way you are in control of the outcome.”
For the second day in a row, I
saw a red tailed hawk while on the way to the grocery store. Cool! Plus today, I had the added pleasure of watching a whirlpool
of leaves form and then move across the street right in front of me; the Sylphs
are out to play!!
Yay, it’s back. I am able to once again sense the
background hum of energy that is the Sacred. For a bit of time, I was so focused on the physical world
that I could not spare even a bit of energy to tune into that Essence that
fuels me and keeps me striving upward.
But this morning, as I sit at my desk, looking out the window at the
beautiful lace that is the maple tree across the street without its leaves, I
feel the optimism once more.
We are in the dark part of the
Wheel, and I do understand these foggy times, their benefits and their
challenges. This is the time to
look within, and I think that is validated by how many times The Moon is
appearing in my daily throw, both upright and reversed. Soon enough, I will
begin to anticipate the birth of the new year and sense the Essence of the
Sacred Masculine, growing stronger within the Womb of the Goddess. But for now, things are at the quiet
stage. Less and less are the
effects of the Holly King, as my memories of Him fade; not yet apparent is that
anticipation of the birth of the Oak King. It is as if the ebbing tide is approaching its peak and yet
the tidal bore of the waxing tide is still far out to sea; all is quiet and
there is much to experience and learn during this brief time of solar
passivity.
I read this lovely quote this
morning by Herman Hesse, a reminder that life and all of its challenges is the
gift, and it is the living of that life and experiencing those challenges that
is what it is all about.
“Man is not by any means of fixed
and enduring form. He is nothing else than the narrow and perilous bridge
between nature and spirit. His innermost destiny drives him on to the spirit
and to God. His innermost longing draws him back to nature, the Mother. Between
the two forces his life hangs tremulous and irresolute.”
Nothing is permanent, no matter
how hard we want it to be. The
Wheel of the Year turns!
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