Major Arcana

The Chariot

The Chariot Keywords Advancement, victory, triumph, success Meaning and Interpretation Upright Breaking through barriers. Moving forward with confidence and authority. Reaching the pinnacle of success. Basking in the glory of achievement. Guiding an effort to total victory. Establishing yourself as a worthy leader. Reversed Resting on laurels. Riding roughshod over the feelings or expectations of others. Focusing more on past successes than future opportunities. Failing to rein in impulsive behavior. Correspondences • Archetype: The Victorious Hero • Hebrew Alphabet: Cheth/Fence/8 • Numbers: 7 (imagination, inner work, psychology) • Planetary/Astrological/Elemental: Cancer • Mythical/Spiritual: Odysseus. Jason. The search for the Holy Grail. Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. • Story: With an eye toward solving the story's central problem, the main character commits to a quest, usually at the end of the first act. Advice Relationships Moving forward to mutual victory requires trust and cooperation. If you have this already, depend on it during an upcoming challenge. If you lack it, consider what choices have prevented forming this kind of bond. Don't rest on your laurels; successful romance is an ongoing commitment. Work What do you need to move forward? Now is the time to summon resources and plan for future success. Past successes might not be an indicator of current value. Remember that employers tend to ask "What have you done for me lately?" Work accordingly. Spirituality

Temperance XIV | Alchemy – Meaning & Interpretations

Who holds the secrets of the elemental powers? The Angel of Temperance; The Alchemist. The Alchemist is a magician, one who manifests his or her will. The Alchemist is an occultist, one who seeks the truth. The Alchemist is the high priestess, one who brings opposing worlds together. The Alchemist is an earthbound angel – embodying and harmonizing of all that surrounds. Always with a mind that can embrace opposing thoughts or concepts at the same time. The ability to hold diametrically opposed thoughts or concepts is represented frequently by the angels grounding – one foot stands on earth and the other foot that stands in water. No wonder so many people struggle to grasp at the true meaning of our Angel of Temperance. The one who makes opposites of equals and equals of opposites. The one who can mix fire and water. The Angel of Temperance appears in some tarot decks to be androgynous and does embody many character traits more traditionally perceived as masculine. However, Temperance is female. Our Alchemist must be a woman. She stands grounded in the feminine elements of earth and water – pentacles and cups. Standing focused on the work of creation and harmonization. One of the most obvious examples of which is procreation which blends together the male and the female inside the female body to bring about new

The Strength Card, Rider Waite Tarot | Lust Atu XI, Thoth Tarot

How do you interpret The Strength Card of the Rider Waite Tarot, or the Lust Card, ATU XI of the Thoth Tarot? Following are my thoughts on this card. I've also included different ways that it might be interpreted in a reading, to help you understand it when it comes up in your own readings. The human and the lion - make friends with your enemy or that which opposes, overpowers, threatens or preys upon you. Befriend your fears. Are things really what they seem to be? Do you follow what has been taught to you in the past, or do you live by experience? Is this card advising the querent to put mind over matter. Determination will pay off? Is it truly a lion being tamed? Or is it the beast within? The card can refer equally to the inner struggle as it can to the struggles that the outside world throws at us. Does this card tell us that change is coming? That yes we can stave it off, but only whilst we are applying sheer force. What will happen when force is removed? Will circumstances have changed? Will the lion be tamed? Aleister Crowley renamed this card "Lust" in the Thoth Tarot. The reasoning behind it makes perfect sense... think of the imagery on the card, a woman taming a beast - or the masculine. Crowley reminds us

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