Knight
of Wands reversed/Five of Cups. The Knight of Wands (cusp of Scorpio, “I
desire,” intense, controlling, deep, obsessive, and Sagittarius, “I seek,”
philosophic, fun-loving, blundering) usually represents a person of passion,
courage, enthusiasm and boundless energy; most definitely not background-type
efforts. This Fiery Knight tends
to be about the goal or end result, without taking into consideration any
consequences, but my Knight is reversed today. I wonder if he just might be telling me that being focused
on merely the end result could be discouraging. Better I should aim to achieve a little victory today,
rather than the entire war. The
Five of Cups (Mars, action, aggression, drive, in Scorpio, “I desire,” intense,
controlling, mysterious, obsessive) tells of an emotional setback or
disappointment, or perhaps the belief that a wrong choice has been made. Oh, yeah, I get this one today. My message is the traditional one for
this card: don’t focus on the things that are causing you pain. Look around and find the good things
that are coming from the situation.
They are there, waiting for you to discover them!
My
Thoth cards are The Aeon/Judgement and the Eight of Wands (“Swiftness”)
reversed. 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) and in an upright position represents an
opportunity to tally up and pay the bill so we can have a fresh start. Judgement is about that final step
which will allow me to release the past and move forward, and this card is
validating my first two cards. I
can’t move on until I clear away whatever is undone, and I need to be fair and
equitable about the process, even if it costs me. The
Eight of Wands (Mercury,
reason, intelligence, education, skill, communication, in Sagittarius, “I
seek,” philosophic, fun-loving, adventurous, blundering) is a card of action,
of quick developments, and of pulling it all together so things can be
completed. The energies of this
card when upright are fast and strong, and while the dust will surely fly, the
end result will be balance. This
one is kind of a Minor Arcana version of The Wheel, and since it is reversed, I
can have an effect on these energies, and I need to remember that. I’m not helpless.
My
Legacy card is The Hanging Man, flavored by The Empress reversed. I had this exact same pair this past
Friday. 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. This card tells of
initiation and destiny, as well as sacrifice and loss, but the interesting
thing here is that in many situations, the face of the Hanging Man is not
distorted by pain or suffering, as we would expect. Instead he is serene, as if he was experiencing a quiet
epiphany. Looks like I need to
look at this whole situation in a different way, not allowing my personal
discomfort to color the events that are shaping my world. The card flavoring my Hanging Man, The
Empress reversed, is encouraging me to see things in a very different and
inwardly-focused way. 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 is
reversed, and she is telling me to act like The High Priestess, turn away from
the messages of my physical senses, and blur my eyesight for a time in order to
better see the important yet subtle messages in the shadows.
My
6-digit date number is 3, the number that tells of a new creation sourced from
the potential and position of the Ace, and the balance, polarity, and energy of
“distance between” of the 2.
My
horoscopes: “Don't try to force your ideas on anyone, Sagittarius. It's
important to maintain neutrality so you can act from a stable state of mind
when someone brings you an issue that needs to be dealt with right away. The
key is to act rather than react to a situation. If you know you're right about
something, keep it to yourself. There's no need to rub it in anyone's face and
tell them they're wrong.”
And: “You
are likely to wake up today with a compulsion to clean. This is rather unlike
you. If we didn't know better we'd say that you were pregnant and the nesting
instinct is kicking in early. Indulge your domestic desires today. Tomorrow
you're probably going to be in quite a different frame of mind!”
Another
Wild Unknown Tarot card: The Ace of Cups.
This card has a simple image on it: a chalice. The background is blue, representing the element of Water
that is represented by the Cup, and it appears that golden light is shining out
of the Cup, but we can’t be sure.
Is the Cup filled with some kind of beautifully glistening Water? Or is it empty, and what we are seeing
is actually an illusion or a dream?
We can’t tell yet, but the possibility of experiencing something wonderful
is there.
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