Queen
of Pentacles reversed/The Hanging Man reversed. The Queen
of Coins (cusp of Sagittarius, “I seek,” philosophic, fun-loving, blundering,
and Capricorn, “I build,” ambition, caution, cunning, authoritative) is very
good at sustaining the physical world, keeping things dry and cozy and safe and
orderly. She has a “greatness of
soul” and can easily manifest this greatness around her through her visualizations. She is comfortable with all physical
world sensations and experiences, she understands the philosophies behind building and healing and
nurturing, and she is able to find beauty in all experiences. Our Queen
represents Water of Earth, and represents a time when emotions support the
senses (or counteract them, if the card is reversed). Because she is reversed, there
could be a discord today between what I’m feeling and what I’m sensing. 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. This card has a “wait
and see” feel about it, or maybe a fatalistic acceptance of what presents
itself. The key to The Hanging
Man’s evolution is his ability to see without expectations, and without
including the input of his body or his physical world, and this kind of
sacrifice might be difficult for me to achieve today, because my card is
reversed. This could very well be
the discord I am sensing in my reversed Queen of Pentacles. After all, she strives to bring
comfort, but The Hanging Man receives his Aha! Moment through discomfort!
My
Thoth cards are the Princess of Cups and the Queen of Swords reversed. 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) and is a card of soft and tender energies and of getting
fulfillment through connections to others, and through innocent and simple
joys. She is my only upright card
today, and thus she is important. Crowley sees
this card as representing a more immature version of the Queen of Cups, and
that means she might be seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. She is Earth of Water, and thus all
about feelings and sensations, particularly pleasant feelings and sensations.
That kind of optimism and belief that everyone has good intentions might be
nice to immerse myself in today. The Queen of Swords (cusp of Virgo, “I
serve,” practical, sensible, work and service oriented, and Libra, “We are,”
partnerships, balance, cooperation, grace) can be considered a Minor Arcana
representation of the Justice card, which is about responsibility and the
relationship between “cause” and “effect.” The main difference is that while Justice is about the law,
the Queen of Swords is about the intent behind the law. Interestingly enough, the upright Queen
does not appear to have the strength of Will to raise her Sword point up. The reversed Queen points her Sword
upright, but in a way she is using her weakness to accomplish this. Unreliability? Deceit of some kind? Food for thought?
I think I will stick with my Princess of Cups and all those good
feelings.
My
Legacy card is the Ace of Coins reversed, flavored by The Moon reversed. The Ace of Coins (Aries, “I want,” action oriented, assertive,
competitive, Taurus, “I have,” sensual, cautious, stubborn, and Gemini, “I
think,” curious, talkative, dual, social) tells of the presence of potential that
is connected in some way to the physical world. This card represents the seed of something that could be
great; this could be money or fertile condiions that could bring success, but
because my Ace is reversed, those possibilities might not manifest to my
advantage. My reversed Ace is
being flavored by The Moon reversed.
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), and is about feelings and
emotions and instincts and the subconscious. This card tells of falsehood and illusion, deception and
chaos, and the Dark Night of Soul, and about magick and mystery. The Moon also
tells of being either drawn to or susceptible to the effects of these things (and their manifestation can either be helpful or
harmful). I read an interesting
description of The Moon: it represents the life of imagination without the life
of the spirit, and it represents fears of the natural or primitive mind, and
this makes sense to me. Here is
The Fog I have been experiencing, but since my Moon is reversed, I am being
reminded that fear is the mind killer.
This fear could very well be what is not allowing me to tap into the
potential of my Ace. More food for
thought.
My
6-digit date number is 11 (Archangel Uriel), which reduces further to 2, the
number of balance, polarity, and the energy of “distance between.”
My
horoscopes: “Keep your ears open. You can talk with the best of them,
Sagittarius, but as the Moon in your ninth house of knowledge forms a cosmic
alliance with spontaneous Uranus today, it seems like a piece of news will be a
game-changer for you. Pay special attention to any clues you receive from
overseas, from books or even abstract philosophies. You might be able to apply
one of these concepts to your particular situation with stellar results.”
And: “You
may feel as if your smile is unwelcome today. It may seem to you as if there is
some sort of gloom and doom to people's attitudes that makes them unwilling to
accept any sort of good news. Don't let this stop you from maintaining your own
cheerful state. It is important that you not probe too deeply into the reasons
behind other people's behavior at this time.”
I saw
frost on the grass when I went for my walk this morning! Fall is at its peak right now, and I
can sense how the energies of the Sacred Masculine have withdrawn. Most of the leaves on the trees are no
longer green; yellow and orange and red are the canopy colors now, and leaves
swirl to the ground whenever the wind blows. Many trees are just about leafless, and more and more I am
seeing the lovely lace of branches against the sky. The Goddess is quiet too; Her pregnancy is advancing, and as
time passes Her focus moves away from Her Consort, resting peacefully in the
Summerland, and more toward the Child growing stronger each day in Her
womb.
I love
this quite time. I love looking
within as everything without settles in for the winter. We may actually get a bit of snow
tomorrow morning!
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