Reading for the collective - 25/07/2020

Rider-Waite tarot cards (three cards, top row), in the following placements we have:

• Past influence (left) - Four of Pentacles

• Current energy (centre) - Two of Cups

• Looking forward (right) - The Fool 0 (major arcana)

Destiny cards (2 cards, bottom row), as insight cards to the situation & energies, we have:

• 6 the Money suit - Extravagance

• 13 the Work suit - Channeling your Power

Crystal Ally cards (far left and right), as elements, tools & for guidance, these showed up:

with reference to the past - the Wind element card of Lapis Lazuli - Self Knowledge

with guidance to the future - the Fire element card of Tigers Eye - Balance

NBstarlightguide comments are bracketed - this is the intuitively guided parts

Important points are bolded.

I always like to start with a solid structural outline (first there is the blueprint of the thought, usually associated with wind, or swords - in tarot, then there is the word, this is the scaffolding we erect within which we construct our palace/castle of dreams, wishes, passions, & desires. The construction part, is the action we take. So you have the process of thought, word, & deed, as a complete cycle), as the first card, we will address, indicates to us;

The Four of Pentacles, as a past influence

Pentacles is about tangible asset and relates well to both the work & money cards, as per Destiny deck, so we will discover more on this topic when we address those cards. However, essentially, this card is telling us to pull what we have, that works for us, closer, and assess what more can be left behind, as we move forward (The Fool card) on our journey through life. It seems as if we have already lost, or been stripped of much, over the past and many seem to be losing their material wealth as the various economic (capitalism as a win/lose scenario) and financial systems collapse under the current pressures of world-wide pandemic-like events. We need to keep our feet firmly on the ground, and use our true assets (our natural born talents, skills, interests, passions etc.) over false states of security & foundations (as the number 4 reflects), e.g. if you live a 'luxury' life, but yet have debt, then you are living a false illusion and it is not sustainable (as the parable of the man who builds his house on sand vs rock, shows us). When you have nothing to lose, you find your true power (as the worker bee from the work suit of Destiny cards shows).

One of the universal laws of life (as nature shows us), is that energy flows and the wheel turns (the question of Who is in the driver's seat of your life? is being asked of you and how you give your power away to others instead of owning your Sovereignty).

4 is security and building a foundation. It's about making decisions to relieve tension and/or anxiety.

I wrote more on this card in April, in this blog, and due to the placements of planets within constellations and their influence from then, is in play again now. If i can find the reference, it will connect here. And this card comes up as a past influence in it's placement, in this reading.

I am also being drawn to how the Self Knowledge crystal ally card as it re-inforces the need to know what is of value to us (skills, knowledge, experience, education, relationships, assets & liabilities, expenditure of energy and time etc.). We will address this shortly, as appropriate.

2 of Cups, as a current energy

The cups refers to our emotions, feelings, passions, dreams, wishes, desires and love, and suchlike. It is what we fill our the chalice of our life with, and how we do so. Many of us have unhealthy relationships (considered toxic, in another word) with people, things, places, races and spaces. These stem from our childhood traumas, essentially being those of rejection and abandonment, leaving us feeling unwanted, unloved and of no value. Our challenge in life, when living awake (awareness/consciousness), is to heal this issues by understanding how we behave in order to seek & gain love (through ourselves towards and with others). We tend to live in denial of what lights our soul & energizes our spirit for living, and simply engage in body needs and mind wants, leaving us feeling unfulfilled (the cup is only half full, or often times empty, like scraping the bottom of a barrel, as it where). Then we spiral through a negative feedback loop system in order to learn lessons that are harmful to the self and others. We project our 'lack of' upon others, to use them as a mirror for what we need to discover about ourselves. Some of the energies that flow through us are draining (like a vampire sucking out our life blood) and some are beneficial (again, i am being drawn to the reference of the art of war/negotiation where there are 4 potential outcomes: lose/lose, win/lose, lose/win, or win/win. Ideally, the latter is the best option all round because everyone wins, but this only happens when we are able to recognise how we add or detract from both our own cup and that of others. Do you always win? Do you always lose? Are you able to lose a little to win more? When you win/lose, why do you have that outcome and is it what you desire, even?)

As this card shows us, life is about opposites (yin/yang) and finding balance in the push and pull of the energies of life. Yang gives, is light, fire and the sun. Yin receives, is dark, air and the moon. The flow of energy relies on equal give and take. It requires a win/win for all in order to have balance. Duality can offer discord/conflict or cooperation and cohesion. Things either pull apart or pull together. Things that work, will magnatise towards each other while things that do not, will push away and be hard to grasp, like water.

It takes centering, courage, love, bravery to face our own truths, in order to be fully present for our lives and others within it.

The time to face our truths and accept what brings us joy, as paramount importance, even if it doesn't make sense at this time. We are being asked to follow the heart and fill this chalice with love until it overflows and benefits others.

It is time to forgive ourselves our sins. It is time to accept our wrongs and imperfections, as mere human mortals, and step into a soul-state of living. We are being asked to embrace the true Christ consciousness of these times. Judge less, accept more. Feel more (compassion & empathy), see more, hear more, speak more, be more.

2 is about balance or union (heiros gamos). It can indicate partnership or relate to a relationship, particularly in relation to the things/people/places/spaces that we love.

The Fool, as a looking forward card

This major arcana* shows that we can expect major things.

The Fool card is the very first card of the traditional tarot deck. Meaning clean slate, new beginnings, the start of creation and it asks us to Take a Leap of Faith.

You have all the essentials you need for your journey, loyal & trusted friends, hope in your pocket and sunshine on your back.

As Dr Seuss says, "You know what you know, and you're the guy who'll decide where to go" (Oh, the places you'll go! see here for reading)

This is a very auspicious card, for many, at this time.

So let's look at some insight into the current energies (and those going forward) using the Destiny cards;

6 money suit Extravagance

Six speaks to us of exuberance and experiencing a breakthrough, where we are able to enjoy success and happiness. It is time to revel in how wonderful, heady and intoxicating it feels to express yourself (through how you walk your talk, and talk your walk).

The money suit represents money, wealth and sustenance and how you choose to exercise power (as in the pentacles in tarot). It represents the fruit of your labour and calls into question your attitude to wealth. The means by which you acquire it and the way that you use it reflects your values. A lack of money is closely related to how and where you invest time and energy. Focusing on what you really want to do and/or are prepared to do to create wealth may resolve the conflict of not having enough and will enable you to place emphasis on doing the right things to acquire it.

It is also about our power in relation to ourselves and others (that reference to who is in the drivers seat comes up again, here!!!).

13 the Work suit - Channeling your Power

Thirteen speaks to us of Exercising power (a good reinforcement for the card above and 4 of Pentacles). This is where you have recognised your ability to influence and change your life. You contemplate how to exercise personal power for the good of all. You become one with the universal will (heiros gamos as the picture of the 2 of Cups shows the intertwining of 2 snakes represented by the caduceus as the body and mind wrapping around the central pillar of the soul's purpose) and no longer see yourself in isolation. You understand your greater role.

The work suit represents expression of oneself through action (yang principle) and realising your dreams (yin principle and the cup of life and living). It is about not only doing a job but expressing yourself through your work on the self, in the home, as a parent, sibling, offspring, lover, friend, artist, servant and/or leader of your comm-unity.

The Crystal ally cards show us that we need to learn from the past (self knowledge) in order to move forward (The Fool) with Balance between personal power and how we exercise this for the greater good of all, and this place-space-time continuum.

They show us how we move from the watery depths of feelings (water) to an active time of (trans) mutation & (trans)action.

When you boil a liquid, it gets hot and bubbles, and debris rises up to the surface. It thickens, as water evaporates and becomes enriched in flavour, it release steam and if left, unattended, will boil away and leave a burnt pot.

However, if the fire is carefully tended and the pot somewhat watched, it will temper itself, as in alchemy, and the right balance between what is good (we use constructively) and what is bad (lessons learnt and mistakes noted - maybe even corrected as in karmically and to learn dharma).

You are both the fire that requires building & tempering & maintenance (spirit) and the pot being boiled (body as the pot, liquid as the mind). It is the balance between knowing how to dazzle with your unique brilliance, using your strengths, and also being aware of your weaknesses and how to use them wisely and beneficially for that win/win scenario. I am being told to remind you that sometimes, in order to win the war, we need to lose a few battles. Sometimes losing, is taking the higher road to something better!

* The word arcana relates to the word arcane from Latin arcānus, equivalent to arc(ēre) to shut up, keep (derivative of arca a chest, box) + -ānus-an meaning known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric: