Tarot 2008
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Tarot worksheet with notes. Originally a letter to someone I intended to cross-work or cooperate with. Includes one of t...
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MAJOR ARCANA 2nd Update & 1st typohunt 0 THE FOOL The clown or eternal traveller. It is the unnumbered card which can appear in any place and it leads to adventure. Spontaneity, enthusiasm, impulsiveness and frenzy. Sometimes frivolity. Recklessness, exhibitionism and lack of discipline. Surprise. Absences, journeys, abandonment and broken affections. Reversal: Injustice, mental instability, inability to understand, frigidity. FREEDOM 1 THE MAGICIAN The alchemist or spellmaker. Personifies willpower and a tendency towards new ideas. Symbolizes creativity, originality, dexterity and flexibility. Control and confidence in oneself. Spontaneity and initiative. The value and knowledge that success brings. Prosperity and astuteness. Reversal: A lack of firmness, indecision, charlatanism, trickery, dark aims. FULFILMENT 2 THE PRIESTESS The Mother Goddess of esotericism. Her viewpoint is cerebral and independent. She represents darkness and mystery. She is the mouth of science, of occult knowledge, the black f light of imagination. Positive and negative, the duality without which nothing exists. Under the control of her lunar side, wisdom appears. Understanding, foresight, objectivity and learning. Reversal: Ignorance, incomprehension, superficiality and egoism. OCCULT and WISDOM 3 THE EMPRESS The image of intelligence and sensitivity. A living and domineering part of evolution. Female, mother, sister, wife and love. She who is fertilized. Symbolizes natural, emotional and material abundance. She is happiness, sexuality, stability and tranquillity. She takes us to a creative business, a cured illness, a birth, the solution of problems, a rich family life and economic success. A fruitful lime to take on new projects. Reversal: Superficiality, laziness, extravagance, waste, the absorbing mother figure, unhappiness. INTELLIGENCE AND SEXUALITY 4 THE EMPEROR He reveals power over the world. Masculine. The great beast of the physical and material world. Balance and stability. He is the archetypal father and represents leadership, authority, pride, richness and world power. He announces a time of action. A time in which with the help of tenacity, ideas can become reality. Reversal: Obsession of fame and fortune, egocentricity, tendency to dominate, immaturity and indecision. FULFILMENT sometimes HIERARCHY
5 THE HIGH PRIEST Symbolizes knowledge adapted to the world. Faith and mysticism and on the other hand conformity and orthodoxy. He is the caress and the wrapping of wisdom together with comprehension. The head of ritual. The light that shines patience, resistance and humility. This arcane leads us to meditation and external esoteric knowledge. His search may also be the adaptation of religious for m and social approval. He is stability, confidence, teaching and good advice. Reversal: Insincerity, irresponsibility and fanaticism. FAITH in synthesis with KNOWLEDGE 6 THE LOVERS Choices and trials are the elements of this card. Unease. Attraction and uncertainty. It leads us towards optimism, to a meeting of contrasts and also represent the struggle between sensual and fraternal love. It is union and distancing, and leads us to the trial or the choice. Reversal : Frustration, selfpity, infidelity and hesitancy FREE WILL or TEMPTATION 7 THE CHARIOT Success and control of events. Energy, strength, health. The wheels of activity. Reference to love of travel and freedom. The risk of adventure with a promising future. Rolling along, it tells that this is the moment to get moving with vitality. Also ignorance of reality and escape. Reversal : Failure, defeat, vanity and cruelty. It is like a gloomy vision of the world SUCCESS and VICTORY 8 JUSTICE Just measure, impartiality. This is the card of rigour and precision. Represents a balanced spirit, justice and harmony. The clean game. It is discernment, good intentions and even virginity. Advice, honesty, virtue and honour. Reversal : Imbalance, frustrations, disputes, abuse, indecision, severity. FAIRNESS 9 THE HERMIT Represents the sage, the holder of secrets. Indicates illumination. Abnegation. Material austerity and inner wealth. Prudence, precaution, wisdom, advice, meditation, reflection, celibacy. Reversal : Meanness, sanctimoniousness, greed and isolation. Slovenly and with poor knowledge. WISDOM and SOLITUDE 10 THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE The image of the eternal return. The continual turning of destiny. Changes, modifications. Transition. Only those who answer the questions of the sphinx can forget the material laws which hold man prisoner. Advance. Outcome. Reversal : Risk of loss, slow progress, adversity, irregularity. Arrested change. DESTINY
11 STRENGTH This is the arcane of valour. It Symbolizes the eternal spirit of overcoming obstacles. Sensual feminine attraction. Potent sexuality. Conviction, energy, action and ability. Confidence, heroism, virility and physical strength. Might, conquest and resolution. Reversal : Cowardice, meanness, fear, weakness, lack of willpower and firmness. SELF CONTROL 12 THE HANGED MAN Symbolizes the spirit of renouncement and sacrifice. Conformity. Apathy, clumsiness, transition, boredom, abandon. Brings difficulties with it. Resignation. Immobility. Inner suffering. But it also speaks to us of spiritual decision and hidden power. Reversal : Problems, accusations, instability, melancholy. Lack of sacrifice. SACRIFICE 13 DEATH The skeleton represents the removal of the flesh which takes us to another state. It is a card which deals with the principle of modifying and renewing things. The necessary end. A new life. Unexpected change, failure, illness, accident, impotence. Sadness, pain, grief. Reversal : Transfer, pessimism, depression, fear of death. CHANGE or TRANSFORMATION 14 TEMPERANCE/ALCHEMY It is the harmony between the spiritual and the material. It tells us of compromise and moderation. It is the art of conciliating opposite extremes. Fusion. Serenity. Just measure. Patience, adaptation. Confidence, harmony and complacence. Good omens. Reversal : Discord and conflict, frustration, impatience. STABILITY 15 THE DEVIL A card with a double meaning. It tells us of human egoism and the slavery of fatal instincts. But it is also vital energy, overflowing sexuality, humour and materialist conquests. It represents the spirit dominated by the instinct. Enjoyment and selfindulgence, and also covetousness, vice, treachery and unclear situations. Includes selfdestruction, violence and malevolence. Reversal : Truce and freedom from shackles. PASSIONS 16 HE TOWER This is the Arcane of radical and sudden change. Catastrophe. But it is also the downfall of physical and material demands in search of a different gateway with new values. Rupture, disturbance, unexpected events, precipitation. Adversity, obstacles, troubles. Ruin, loss of stability, conflicts and collapse. Reversal : Routine and oppression. Imbalance, persecution, imprisonment. Dead end. DESTRUCTION
17 THE STAR The arcane of renovation and new possibilities. It is a card of optimism and happiness. The intuition that shows us the way. Creativity. Artistic inspiration. Brilliant perspectives, hope. Opportunities, pleasures, emotions and achievements. Reversal : Frustrations, deceptions, disillusionment, obstinacy. Emotional imbalance. HOPE 18 THE MOON The card of darkness. ft is uncertainty, unconscious reactions and instability. It is related to uncertainly, timidity and fear. Illusionary and lunatic feelings, lack of responsibility. Dark relations, Utopian illusions, doubts, mistrust. It also tells us of fantasy and nostalgia. Also of fertilization. Reversal : Changed humour, depression, fears. INSTABILITY 19 THE SUN This card tells us of light, genius, talent. It is the sun with its source of heat and energy. Happiness, favourable omens. Sincerity, achievements, social success, pleasurable sexuality. Vitality, happiness, material for tune. Reversal : Selfishness, excessive pride, fear of standing out, obstacles. LIGHT and VITALITY 20 JUDGEMENT Superior forces oblige man to reflect on himself. It is a call of freedom and life. The moment of truth, both good and bad. It reflects a moment of decisions. Change for the better, reward for past efforts. It is also liberation, the resurgence of the spirit, renewal. Awakening to a mystical world. Reversal : Incapacity to understand, displeasure, putting things off. AWAKING and CLARITY 21 THE WORLD Tells us of unification with life forces. Harmony. Perfection, fulfilment, adhesion and success. The final result being having reached the goal, definitive change. The control of earthly plains. The prize awarded for effort. For some, it is the most beneficial arcane of the whole tarot. A union of the divine with the human. Reversal : Failure, lack of vision, imperfection, obstacles. FULFILMENT and CAPACITY
MINOR ARCANA The pentacles symbolize protection, wealth, power. They belong to the earth sign and their world is material and physical. ACE OF PENTACLES The ace of pentacles is the head of this earthly power. Perfection, happiness, prosperity, triumph and delight. Reversal : corruption and greed. FORTUNE TWO OF PENTACLES Complications, difficult situations, pondering, difficulty in new projects. Reversal : pretence, manipulations of situations. WORRY
THREE OF PENTACLES Dignity and artistic gift. Talent and ability, Mastery and work. Progress. Reversal : mediocrity and inferiority. CONSTRUCTION FOUR OF PENTACLES Obstacles. Blows. Delay and uncertainty. Reversal : greed, covetousness, selfishness. Incapacity to love. DISILLUSION FIVE OF PENTACLES Mistakes and failure. Solitude in the face of adversity. Material upset. Incapacity to find good vibrations in the subconscious. Reversal : the end of a bad time. LOSS SIX OF PENTACLES Goodness towards the outside, external manifestation. Sharing, willingness, gift. Reversal : exhibitionism, greed, selfishness. Inability to deliver. GENEROSITY SEVEN OF PENTACLES The effort that leads to success. Projects are established and the fruits grow. The arrival of good times. Complicity. Reversal : anxiety, crazy actions. SUCCESS EIGHT OF PENTACLES Perseverance. Work that produces results. Adaptation to tradition, training, discipline and ability. Reversal : lack of ambition, hypocrisy, vanity WALKING FORWARD NINE OF PENTACLES Maturity. The search for serenity and security. Peaceful evolution. Prediction, ascent, comfort. Reversal : ruin, rage and bad faith. FULFILMENT TEN OF PENTACLES Personal wisdom, wellbeing, inner and outer wealth. Stability, success, satisfaction and adaptation to one's surroundings. Reversal : risk, theft and loss. SECURITY SQUIRE OF PENTACLES The youth of new projects, decision, high hopes. Bearer of news, of clear pictures. Reversal : servitude, wastefulness and loss. STUDY KNIGHT OF PENTACLES Ambition and tenacity. Effort. Constancy, diligence, the right path. Reversal : stagnation, inertia, crisis, sluggishness. RESPONSIBILITY
QUEEN OF PENTACLES Prosperity, luxury and security. The female materialistic side, safe, realistic, energetic, creatively imaginative and with a practical mind. Reversal : uncertainty, suspicion, fear of failure, weakness, insecurity, lack of trust. PLENITUDE KING OF PENTACLES Male generous side, pragmatic, practical. Prosperous future, with experience, loyal, intuitive, patient. Stable and cautious. Reversal : greed, corruption, threat, danger, perversion, extravagance and obstinacy. EXPERIENCE
The suits of cups is linked to water and refers to instincts and emotions. The unconscious, passions and satisfactions. ACE OF CUPS Beginning of high hopes. The queen of willpower given over to the sense. The pleasure and beauty of knowing how to enjoy oneself. Sexuality, happiness, goodness, joy, opulence, fertility, productivity. It leads to creativity, imagination, high hopes and fantasy. Reversal : instability, sterility, falsehood, argument, change, hesitancy. ENTHUSIASM TWO OF CUPS The union of extremes. Association, harmonious relation, union and cooperation. Consolidated friendship, love understood, the enjoyment of harmony with the other person, sympathy Reversal : separation, confronted desires and false friendship. BENEVOLENCE and FRIENDSHIP THREE OF CUPS Emotional satisfaction. Success in love, pleasurable sexuality, good luck, victor y and talent. Some readers of the fortycard pack talk of a "short journey". Reversal : selfindulgence and refuge in a dark past. HAPPINESS FOUR OF CUPS This is the card of dissatisfaction and it appears when searching for a change of direction. Lost passion. Mistrust of the future. Deception, misfortune, displeasure, adversity and tiredness. Reversal : exciting expectations, of timidity in the face of something new. DISILLUSION and APATHY FIVE OF CUPS The future is renewed and announces the end of a past life. Abnegation and change. Abandonment, worry, sorrow, loss. Reversal : an unexpected gift or the return of an old friendship. The broken pieces come together again. MISTRUST
SIX OF CUPS Under The prism of the past new opportunities arrive along with new knowledge. Old images in the memory. With this card a loved one reappears in our lives, but it also tells us of separation. Reversal : state of suffocation and the impulse to escape. NOSTALGIA SEVEN OF CUPS Fantasy, triumph of the senses, freedom of spirit. Desires are within reach and you can celebrate this with your surroundings. Reversal : desire has lost its path, energies are extinguished and our self confidence has disappeared. HIGH HOPES EIGHT OF CUPS Modesty and candour. It indicates a change of direction, a different attitude to wards disillusion. Selfsacrifice. The moment of change has come. Reversal : fear, cowardice. A difficult path, fear of commitment and deception. SELF CONTROL NINE OF CUPS Tells US of material and emotional stability. It is the card of material desires, good health, generosity and harmony. Reversal : excess and mistrust SERENE SPIRIT TEN OF CUPS The feeling of knowing you are loved and success in tasks under taken. Honour and esteem. The union of love and passion. Wellbeing Reversal : fear of showing ourselves as we really are, betrayal, CONTENTMENT SQUIRE OF CUPS Distant and timid but passionate and dominating youth. Fun but unfaithful. It is melancholy and imagination united with desire to please and serve others. Two ways: reserved and happy with friends, and cruel with enemies Reversal : deceit, hypocrisy. DELIGHT THE KNIGHT OF CUPS A relation which appears swiftly on horseback. Its relaxed appearance leads us to be seduced. In an agreeable, conciliatory and harmonious way, it tries to penetrate our hear t. Reversal : excessive ego and deceit. OFFERING QUEEN OF CUPS The feminine, romantic side that accompanies us. Inner concern for her own, understanding and sacrifice. Imaginative, sensitive and artistic qualities. Reversal : perversion and lust. A corner of dishonesty. SENSITIVITY
KING OF CUPS Masculine side that knows how to calculate in order to achieve dreams. Intelligence, romanticism and honesty tarnished by a possessive streak. Simultaneously erratic and stubborn character. Reversal : pessimist, leads us to a lack of objectivity and violent emotions. DISCIPLINE Swords tells us of the mind, of abstract thought. Of power and aggressiveness. Bring linked to the air it is related to the breath of the spirit. ACE OF SWORDS The ace of swords is energy and struggle. Strength, success, power, prosperity, fertility. Reversal : disaster, tyranny, infertility, impediments and obstacles. FIRMNESS TWO OF SWORDS Balance of strength and union, but it can also speak to us of doubt, indecision, having to make choices. Also communication from far away. Reversal : falsehood, distortion, lies betrayal and impotence. DOUBT THREE OF SWORDS Distance, return and regret. Documents. Pain. Deception and rejection. Reversal : distancing, mistakes, fights. SORROW FOUR OF SWORDS Retreat and exile, it is the card of illness. Solitude, isolation, rest and rumours. Reversal : cowardice and agitation. STAGNATION FIVE OF SWORDS Regret and monotony. Defeat and humiliation. Setbacks and obstacles. Reversal : weakness and disgrace. THREAT SIX OF SWORDS Dependency, little health. Tears and cholera. Exit, journey, change of direction. Reversal : desperation and delay DISTANCING SEVEN OF SWORDS Confidence in the future and perseverance, even with the risk of daring to sarcastic behaviour Reversal : arguments and slander. HOPE EIGHT OF SWORDS Talks of crisis, calamity, desolation and pain. Limitation and isolation. Humiliation and revenge. Reversal : depression, unrest and fatality. ENCLOSURE
NINE OF SWORDS Change, rupture, destruction, fear, desperation. It is also abandonment, doubt, sorrow, fear and unhappiness Reversal : doubt, shame, scruples. FATALITY TEN OF SWORDS Related to death , pain and illness. Misery, destruction and loss. Reversal : a passing improvement. ANGUISH SQUIRE OF SWORDS Independent in his youth, with a curious face, open to the world. Rivalry. Reversal : malice, frivolousness and cruelty. BOLDNESS KNIGHT OF SWORDS Passion, valour, willingness to confront the worked. Reversal : carelessness, excess and rivalry DARING QUEEN OF SWORDS Feminine spirit, shrewd, independent and distant under a veil of sadness. Pain which leads us to wisdom. Sadness that can become intolerance and resentment. Reversal : hypocrisy, arrogance. SOLITUDE KING OF SWORDS Innovative masculine side, with strong convictions, cold and clear. Reasonable, critical, intelligent, distant and objective. Reversal : cruel, revengeful, violent and sadistic. IMPOSITION The wands, staffs or clubs represent strength in the face of adversity and are characterized by action, selfsufficiency and impulse. They tell us of betrayal, the family and authority. They symbolize nobility of spirit. ACE OF WANDS The I of wands is authority, power, capacity to face new limes. Courage and vanity. Selfassurance and ability to convince. The decision to move forward. Vital force, dynamism, delivery, passion, fulfilment. Reversal : infidelity, passivity, spiritual void, daring. DECISION and ACHIEVEMENT TWO OF WANDS A time of waiting, expecting news. Mature cooperation following achievement. But is also talks of indifference, indecision, lack of compromise and even idleness. Reversal : sadness, upset, loss of faith, indecision, unease NEWS
THREE OF WANDS Good perspectives, security, confidence and success. Use of talent and originality. Reversal : lack of ability, disorder, getting lost in projects, failure. WORK FOUR OF WANDS Romance, harmony and tranquillity. It is the harvest and the fruit of working in peace. It refers to projects dreamed of but not carried out, to having one's mind occupied. Immobility and also tranquillity. Reversal : delay, insecurity, happiness and unfinished dreams. PASSIVITY FIVE OF WANDS Ambition, irritability, bitterness. Irregular life and disputes, incorrect behaviour or disorder and carelessness. Separation. Reversal : the need to pay attention and think about new projects. ARGUMENT SIX OF WANDS Recognition, small victories, welcome return, good news. The sweet returns of effort. The love letter Reversal : betrayal, fear, false pride, boastfulness and selfdeceit. ADVANCEMENT SEVEN OF WANDS Constancy and expectation. Without passion, but treading the path we arrive at the goal. Invention, success, sweet triumph and distant news. Reversal : it is envy, pointless competition, indecision, consternation and perplexity. INTELLECT EIGHT OF WANDS Sudden change and progress, positive influences. Unexpected impulses and great hopes. Reversal : disputes, jealousy, impetuosity, insecurity and remorse. MOVEMENT NINE OF WANDS Anticipation, sometimes even going back to start again, expectation of difficulties, deception, inactive time. Reversal : tells us of lack of initiative, adversity, problems, unhappiness, disaster. DELAYS TEN OF WANDS Give up old habits to start anew. Soon we will need to shed a load. Oppression and burden. Reversal : fear of risks, uselessness, contradictions and deceit CHANGE and RESPONSIBILITY SQUIRE OF WANDS Beginning of projects. Independent and altruistic preparation for the future. Objectivity, clarity, analysis. Reversal : instability, fear of the path, failure. PROJECT
KNIGHT OF WANDS Thirsty for adventure, heated and impatient. Imaginative, fickle, charming. Reversal : alienation, flight. VISIT QUEEN OF WANDS Openhearted and protective, independence and security. The feminine side of energetic will, fighter, brave and enter prising. Reversal : critical, harsh, dominant, treacherous. FULFILMENT KING OF WANDS The positive masculine and mature side, optimism, enterprise, strong mindedness and temperamental. At the same time high hopes, valour, authority, dynamism, creativity and solidity. Reversal : poor loser, power thirsty, intolerant, sever and selfish. INTEGRITY Multiple Coins Laid In A Spread Coins represent material things. They are associated with reaching goals and being rewarded for hard work. Physically, Coins often represent very fair or red haired people. If there are more than four Coins in a spread, this could indicate that materialism is a dominating influence the life of the subject. In this case, it is worth pointing out that material wealth will not necessarily bring spiritual fulfilment. Multiple Cups Laid In A Spread Cups represent the spiritual. They are associated with feelings and emotions, relationships and thoughts. Physically, Cups often represent people of common colouring neither dark nor fair. If there are more than four Cups in a spread, this could indicate a tendency to live in a world of ideas and feelings, getting little done. Encouragement to be practical might be in order. On a positive note, though, a predominance of Cups in a spread indicates that the subject is particularly emotionally aware and has a deep sense of the spiritual. Multiple Swords Laid In A Spread Swords represent the intellectual. They are associated with dispute and instability. Physically, Swords often represent very dark or black haired people. If there are more than four Swords in a spread, this could be an ill omen. Swords are the Suit of War, and a large number of them in a single spread could indicate that a major dispute or confrontation is brewing. Multiple Wands Laid In A Spread Wands represent creative things. They are associated things actually getting done: ideas being realized, new beginnings and ambitious changes being made. Physically, Wands often represent dark or brown haired people. If there are more than four Wands in a spread, this could indicate a new business enterprise, the beginning of a new creative project or the start of some other new initiative.
The spiral of selfrevelation © Andrè M. Pietroschek from this headline on Older books dabbled about tarot as a journey. The simplified version was focusing on the major arcana exclusively. The more hermetic one instead asked of all adepts, by rank each time again, to answer their on truth to each of the cards. The generic idea was, that from fool to the world world each card would represent one step. Logically this depends very much on definition. Maybe you don't want to be brainwashed into some “guruesque” dogma or agenda? Critical thinking may not always be wrong. For some it might work. As I define the tarot as illumination, an intuitive form of gaining insights via skilled application of the mind, there is some small discrepancy to the “magical” art of divination or scrying. •
Once a nice reading: P. D. OUSPENSKY THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TAROT PHILOSOPHY OF OCCULTISM IN PICTURES AND NUMBERS Once more, this is more a letter to a specific person, shared with the rest of the world. There is no big secrecy and my own revelations are not that worldshaking, as far as I know. I work to keep it short and not dabble myself into abstruseness. The list of tarotcard meanings above was an amalgamation of three files found freely on the web. They are what I could agree to, not much meddling and no dire change of cards meaning either.
I once more quote of Benjamin Rowe, who was not the worst on the topic of scrying. You can download the PDF by him on the topic scrying, if you just type his name and scrying into the search window of a search engine, Internet search. See included picture below here .
Certain experiences tend to be recurrent in everydaylife. Enough, to make books like the holy bible score some impressive moments among all the religious sermon or outright hogwash.
Tarot, as noted for hermetic adepts, is constantly used as a training tool and simplified practice of spiritual measure, or of varying importance. Most people outside the field of indulging “spiritual” topics seem to know only the moneymaking approach of “predicting the future”. I do not believe in such, intuition is not a preternatural power, but a brainfunction. Maybe a cerebral feature more distinguished in some people. Our TV has a great number of frauds and conartists, often with their only trick being, that they themselves believe what mindcrap they announce before cameras. On the other hand, if the law does not punish villainy, why blame the rogues? Those people work before TV cameras, reciting, that they are not allowed to give medical advise, then giving precisely that forbidden, illegal medical pseudoadvise anyway. Where is the lawoffice? Absent or disinterested again. It is in the nature of greedy people, to use and abuse all chances for fast monetary gain. They are somehow guilty, but only due the law not doing it's job could they commit their “criminal offence”. •
In Germany you must be studied in the proper medical science, to promise “healing” of any form. Politically correct theory at least.
To me the interesting part is, that powerful veil of darkness which protects such villains from persecution for years. They earn the fast and easy money, where I am just a pauper. Maybe they are powerful in their own villainous way. Maybe such is the magick of the modern age? •
Maybe their purpose is not yet known to me. Such seems to happen in society from time to time. Strictly forbidden stuff going unscathed, to tutor or demonstrate to the public.
The tarot journey or spiral. If one takes the time, to answer the meaning of each major arcana tarot card once per year, then there should be developments concerning these meanings. Seemingly this becomes a bookfilling task among certain hermetic lodges or orders. What the adeptus minor knew is proven flawed, naïve or lacking. Even by the same person when competence of an adeptus major is reached.
The Jester's Reign My 1st published, tarot or rune PDF was... not precisely a masterpiece. Graphically the first feedback arriving via the www.scribd.com , by the person nicknamed “Jester Raiin” was disillusioning, perhaps reminding to me. He did graphically better for sure. As sure is, that he emailed me permission to include the next picture you can see below here in the text. My own truth: A promising approach, but on closer inspection, it is not much, which the Celtic cross, tree of life or Inanna's descent spreads hadn't already defined before.
The Star includes “hope”. In a multitude of ways, this truth is real for me, when it comes to the Jester Raiin. Otherwise, just as a reminder, I criticised myself much worse, than what I mentioned about anybody else in this file.
The beneficial – baleful aspect of the one word per card meaning If one brings down all cards to one specific meaning, expressed in one word per card, then the simplification of card versus inverted, or reversed, card may be helpful indeed. Some say the card placed properly is beneficial and the card upside down is the baleful aspect of the meaning. Others, of course, claim that the proper card is baleful and the upside down draw is the beneficial. The bible claims its all insane devilry anyway. •
Isn't it just the same in the spiritual fight against the devil; one, recurrent in several cultures, intention of the devil is, to divide hearts, to take away the faithful love that makes peoples' solidarity work out well? For when faith, or maybe unconditional love, dies down, then they are easy prey and the devil inserts itself between soul and community, killing in both directions? The Muslims know, that anything which keeps us from god, is suspicious at best.
Generic notes Questions we can ask ourselves and others, on proper occasion: •
What am I passionate about? Including what do I dread.
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What distinguishes me clearly/frequently from others?
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How do I perceive the world/my life?
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What are my ideals? Or why do I lack any ideal?
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What major lessons of life have I learned and how? From whom?
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How have I grown or degenerated and due what aspect of the experience(s)?
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Where or when have I made a difference? What were the circumstances?
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Did I overcome a hardship? (Don't just say what happened, realize or explain, how it felt and what it taught you.)
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How is it, that certain tarot cards only trigger my mind, when from certain decks? Why do other cards always have, or lack, a meaning for me?
That one major, four minors approach One card, which is always somehow suiting, is the Fool. All humans have moments of folly or idiocy in their life. Sometimes just stuff we are unaware of. If I take my self as example, then I would spontaneously guess, that a major arcana representing me, could be the fool, the chariot or justice. I would prefer the hermit, but just because I like solitude more, than intense socializing, that doesn't really need to be my most defining signification of self. I have foolish moments for sure. I am a cancer by astrology, henceforth the chariot would be the housecard about me in several peoples teachings. I am decadent and enjoy certain ways of corruption, but like the fool, the devil always works as a significant for most humans. Best idea, select the major arcana by context of the reading at hand! Spontaneous Thoughts on the topic: •
Pentacles: I am a pauper, means an ace or two of pentacles in its mundane, financially severed or at risk, meaning would simply be suiting. I am not a master of the coin, no matter, if within or without.
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Cups: I have no spectacular deficiency here and serene spirit suits, nine of cups,... knight of cups as the wounded healer was true on occasion. I can bath in my emotional or dream states, must not always be the best choice.
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Wands: Three of wands was repetitive in my life. Squire and King “ring a bell” to me, yet depending on context and this is neither my diary, nor my confession.
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Swords: I am the daggertype, not the swordfetishist. Queen of swords, as it blends contemplation, sorrow and solitude. King card for my darker moments. Wow, a spiritual royalty? ;) Yin&Yang, not all “dark is evil” hogwash.
Visualization The one word per card approach makes this especially handy. Using imagination, the so called minds eye, to contemplate the meaning of a situation or person by imagining the most suiting tarot card. Helpful when one has lost the deck once again, too. Customers never actually steal the decks in some rush of superstitious greed... I will wait for some more feedback and contributions from other people, before advancing. As state of affairs is: I won't improve much here, before 15.09.2008 anyway. This is under the assumption, that the person nicknamed “Jester Raiin” survives the trip to Tunisia and returns, instead of building his own “Sufiesque”cult with harem in the desert. ;)
Heraldic insignia of the city I live in
Photo of me, early 2008
Like with sports, I won't lose overweight by someone else doing workouts – I have to do my own. I indulge my own, even when I know and often admit that poverty and my limitations do not make me the superior solution. Without trying not even my slightest improvements would be real either. This file was published at www.scribd.com more from this author was there on date of writing. Otherwise: www.esnips.com/web/pietroschekswebresearch/ www.esnips.com/web/pietroscheksotherstuff/ www.estories.de and www.estories.org/
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