Back to my Llewellyn Welsh
Tarot. My cards have been a bit
funky, lots of reversed cards, so I’m hoping the soothing and dreamy images on
this deck will change the energies a bit.
The cards I threw are The Chariot and The Hierophant reversed.
The Chariot, which corresponds with Water (cold/binds and
wet/adapts, and sensitive, emotional and imaginative energy that likes to stay
the same or follow the same course), Cancer (“I feel,” sensitive, tenacious,
nurturing, moody), Cheth (the fence), and the Path between Geburah (the place
where forms and structure are challenged or affirmed) and Binah (female
receptive energy and the origin of form and structure), tells of having the
control necessary to focus on goals, and to avoid distractions. My Chariot brings a sense of motion to
the day, and motion (and the control of that motion) is his forte. Comparing him to say, The Emperor,
would be a learning experience here. I am also being warned; while I have
control over the vehicle and the motor, I am to some extent insulated. If I look away for a moment, everything
might tumble, and focusing on the goal, way off in the distance, could end up
creating problems.
The Chariot for this deck really
typifies the energies of this card. A regal warrior with golden hair and a
golden breastplate rides in a chariot pulled by horses made out of an ocean
wave. I am very well acquainted
with ocean waves, both the gentle lappings against the toes and the wall of
water that crashes down on you and tosses you back on the shore. Waves can’t be stopped; they will
overcome anything in their way with a steady pressure.
The Hierophant
corresponds with Earth (cold/binds and dry/shapes), Taurus (“I have,” sensual,
cautious, stubborn), Vau (the nail which holds tradition in place), and the
Path between Chesed (the place where forms and structures are stabilized and
nurtured), and Chokmah (dynamic male energy, the origin of vital force and
polarity). This card is an
archetype of Spirit (with The Emperor as archetype of the Sacred Masculine, The
Empress as archetype of the Sacred Feminine, and all three representing the
supernal triad) that reminds us of the value of tradition, ritual and ceremony,
and conforming to the rules and traditions with the aim of presenting the
highest good of the group. There
is duty to be found in this card, as well as morality, and a suggestion that
tradition should not be accepted blindly, for there is a level of attainment to
be had from within a spiritual practice.
I love the meaning of the Hebrew letter Vau in connection with this
card. The practice of spiritual
traditions itself is indeed one of the nails that hold that tradition in place,
and it is this holding in place that is not important today. Yeah, kind of validates my Chariot.
The Llewellyn
Welsh Hierophant is Taleisin, the powerful bard of myth, and the card
represents authority and orthodox behavior. The Llewellyn Welsh Hierophant is an advocate of tradition
and instruction, initiation and spiritual systems or culture. Reversed, he is warning me of
fanaticism and of the danger of conforming for the wrong reasons.
Both of these cards can be seen
to represent competent leadership of a sort, The Chariot offering courage and
speed and The Hierophant offering tradition, ritual and ceremony. Because my Hierophant is reversed, the
energies of the day will be flowing just like those waves, rather than being
held in place. Sounds like I am
being told by these two Majors that I have the skill to manifest through either
of these two cards, but circumstances are suggesting The Chariot rather than
The Hierophant. Flowing Water
rather than stable and solid Earth.
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