I’m feeling the urge to pick um
my Thoth Tarot (let’s be honest, my deck has been yelling and screaming and
stamping its feet because it feels ignored!), so that’s the deck I’m using
today. My cards are the Six of
Disks (“Success”) reversed and the Five of Wands (“Strive”) reversed. LOL, are my cards still having a
tantrum? Let’s interpret, and see.
The Six of Disks (Moon,
feelings and emotions, illusion, imagination, in Taurus, “I have,” Sensual,
cautious, stubborn) brings an awareness of resources to the situation, both
those that I have and those that I don’t have, in both the upright and reversed
position. This card shows us what happens when we don’t let the apparent
failure of the Five of Disks hold us back.
Crowley sees the Six of
Disks as a card of balance, and while that balance is fertile, it is also
temporary. The Thoth Six of Disks
offers a brief reward for our efforts, and a glimpse of a possible end result
that will bring success. My card
is reversed today, and while I do need to remember that resources are
important, it is more important to remember that those resources are not the
be-all and end-all of the project.
The Five of
Wands, which corresponds with Saturn (discipline, responsibility, law and
order) in Leo (“I am, passionate, dramatic, egotistical) in an upright position
indicates a struggle caused by annoying cross-purposes, or this discomfort could
be caused by growing pains. The traditional image on this card makes me laugh,
and makes me remember setting up a tent in order to camp. LOL, talk about cross-purposes!
The Thoth Five
of Wands shows ten flames separated by Wands. DuQuette describes this one as “a picture of hot,
pressurized magma struggling to reach the surface of the volcano, but
frustrated by the sheer weight of the mountain itself.” That makes sense, in a unique “Uncle Al”
way.
Things can get done, and
done in a beneficial way, without any resources at all, so I can’t allow myself
to become too dependent on the resources.
This is the lesson that all mages need to learn once they accumulate
their personal tools. Don’t become
dependent on them! I also need to
remember that growth involves discomfort as well as euphoria, and it involves
the overcoming of inertia. This
last concept could be the message of both of my cards today. Struggling against insurmountable odds,
even if I fail, is a good way to add to my strength and focus.
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