We're bracing for a cold front here, and I fear that my camilla blossoms will not survive. Thankfully I have plenty of daffodils to enjoy.
The True Black Destiny card is the equivalent of The Wheel of Fortune of the Major Arcana. The image on this card shows a near-human entity, seated with his legs folded in a lotus position. Destiny, interestingly enough, has four arms and extremely powerful shoulders and chest, but those are not the most alien traits. His face, what we can see of it, has a beast-like snout and the top of his head is actually a multi-dimensional infinity portal filled with dancing orbs and strands of fate that weave a future which cannot be predicted. Destiny's two upper hands weave strands of fate from that portal, and his lower hands each hold a triangle, one upright and one reversed, representing opposition: good and evil, heaven and earth, beginning and end. Below him floats the golden sphere that represents our world. The keywords for this card are reversal, fate, luck, and inevitability.
The image on the VIII of Pentacles is of a worn and heavily used hammer or metal mallet; the two faces of the hammer are red, as if the metal was super-hot because of excessive use. Floating around the hammer are eight golden coins, each embossed with a part of a star map. The keywords for this card are crafting, work, quality, and diligence.
Destiny represents the things that could happen to a person or thing in the future, things that are currently at least partially hidden but could present an almost unstoppable power to affect how things play out, although this power is not completely beyond our control. All we can do here is prepare for the likely future that Destiny foretells so that we can get the most benefit (and the least discomfort) from the events to come.
The VIII of Pentacles tells of action and effort applied to a situation in order to manifest something, even if that thing being manifested is a repeat or something already in place and just needs active maintenance. In the Naples Arrangement, the number 8 tells of the effort to maintain balance as stability begins to erode and stagnation begins to appear. In the image of the True Black VIII of Pentacles we see a hammer or mallet that is worn and heavily used, but still strong and effective. This is a great metaphor for the energies of this card.
As a reminder, Fire is an active element representing the heat that separates and the dry that shapes, and Earth is a passive element representing the cold that binds and the dry that shapes, making these two elements neutral toward each other. Destiny (The Wheel) is associated with the element of Fire. Since it is a Major Arcana card that is transformative and focuses on long-term effects, Destiny may not be particularly affected by my Pentacles card and the element of Earth. Earth is a passive element, and while it offers fertility and stability, and the fuel that Fire needs to burn in order to exist, too much Earthly energy will snuff the Fires of Destiny.
The message here is that I need to embrace the exploration of the unknown offered by Destiny, but I should keep a small part of my brain focused on being realistic and practical. I don't want to allow that practicality to inhibit the benefits of experiencing what might occur (and what I might learn from that process), and while I need to keep in mind that Destiny offers me the opportunity to grow and benefit from a possible future, the way I minimize any discomfort in that manifestation is to be a Girl Scout, and be prepared.
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