Thursday, October 10, 2013

Keep Your Powder Dry for the Battles Ahead

The atmosphere: The Empress, reversed. Stifling matriarchal influence. Unhappiness, selfishness, poverty and disruption of the home or family. Indecision, paranoia, and jealous rage. Sterility



The obstacle: Temperance, reversed. Lack of restraint and self-control. Losing one's cool. Energies dispersed through conflicts in personal, business, and spiritual matters.


The goal: The Queen of Cups. The essence of water, such as a deep and placid lake: Spirituality, maturity, and grace. A natural counselor and healer, One whose relaxed presence seems to embody deep love and spirituality. A tranquil poet who reflects the nature of the observer. The embrace of all things dreamlike and receptive, such as perfect and unconditional love.



Approaching influence: The Hanged Man. Pausing to reflect. Surrendering to an experience. Adjusting to new ideas through sacrifice. Opening oneself to intuition and enhanced awareness. Letting go of past patterns and growing beyond them. Inner peace, faith, and serenity.


The ultimate outcome: Ace of Swords. The seed of victory - perhaps as yet unseen. A challenge to be met and solved through the invocation of force. An opportunity to bring reason and intelligence to bear in the pursuit of justice and truth. An excessive power that must not be abused.


There was more of course, but not a single wand in the spread. Some major arcana and my old friend the Queen of Cups, but no fire, no light.

Time to cool my jets and gird my loin. The fight is coming.



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