by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Major Arcana, Tarot
Known also as the Children of the Voice and Oracle of the Mighty Gods and ruled by Gemini, The Lovers represents choices, love and relationship as a path to consciousness. When we look at the card of The Lovers, we see a union of masculine and feminine energy, the meeting of minds and the completion of a cycle of separation. It is said that we all seek a soulmate in life, someone who completes us. On a deeper level even than this, it is our desire to return to a state of wholeness that we all believe is possible but without the map to achieve this goal we often feel lost. The interesting thing about The Lovers card, is that it highlights our ability to learn so much about ourselves by what we feel is missing in our own personality and psyche. It is said that what we most yearn for, what we find irresistible in the "Other" is what we don't recognise in our own personality and yet what we deeply need in order to feel complete, at peace, and worthy of love. But these concerns are Mysteries, and not for everyone to contemplate or even attempt to solve. Most people will experience this card as an impulsive attraction towards someone, and often will result in creating romance, separation and resulting dramas when, inevitably, there is trouble. It can also represent an important relationship choice, one that seems rather tricky and likely to trip one up. If this is your experience, it is only presented to you now to help you differentiate what is really important to you on a...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Major Arcana, Tarot
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by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Major Arcana, Tarot
The card of Justice is also called the Daughter of Lords of Truth and Ruler of the Balance. It is aligned with Libra and so represents balance. She has links with the Egyptian Maat and her husband Thoth, as well as the Greek goddess Athena and the Hopi, Keresan and Navajo Spiderwoman. The Justice card brings to the Major Arcana the first of the so-called four moral lessons - along with The Hermit, Strength and Temperance - and these represents the necessary faculties to progress in life. The appearance of Justice in a reading means that you need to bring a balanced and dispassionate view to your current situation, and not be carried away by emotion. Emotion is hot and variable, while Justice is cool and considered. The situation calls for a calm and cool head that can step back and consider the facts in order to come up with a fair response. Embodied in this card is a lesson and instruction to step away from the well-meaning influence of friends, family and upbringing and start to develop your critical thinking faculty after laying out the facts, weighing them up and always taking the path of least conflict or giving people the benefit of the doubt. This card often presages a turning point in your life where you may currently feel some inertia and inability to move either way. But a decision is required, so best to take a birds eye view of the situation, remove the emotion from it, and honestly decide the pros and cons. If this gives you trouble, ask someone of your acquaintance who you know to...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Tarot
The card of Justice is the Daughter of the Lords of Truth and Ruler of the Balance. It is ruled by Libra and represents a return to balance, karma restored and peace after a long struggle. Justice shows a female figure blindfolded with a set of scales (a feminine symbol) that indicates the fine-reasoning and acuity required in order to deliver a fair outcome, one that is not swayed by appearances. It also points to the scales of Maat, the Egyptian goddess who weighed the heart of a departed person - if it weighed more than a feather then the person could not move on to a happy afterlife. She is also depicted with a sword (a masculine symbol) and this represents the mental realm of ideas and reason, and in the hands of female Justice, it symbolises intellect and intelligence tempered by emotional honesty. When the card of Justice appears in a reading, it is time to restore balance, order and clarity to one's life. It often turns up when an important decision needs to be made, especially when you have reached an important crossroads. It is time to put emotional reasoning aside and lay out the pros and cons of what must occur. If you are unable to come to a rational decision yourself then it is advised to seek the advice of a trusted expert or friend who is clear-headed and fair. This card also says that you should not be swayed by the emotional arguments and manipulative reasoning of others at this time, if this comes up for you. Lay out the facts, take your time and...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Major Arcana, Tarot
The Hermit is also called the Prophet of the Eternal and the Magus of the Voice of Power. He has affinity with Virgo and represents going inward to find one's inner light and the discovery of the harvest of internal riches. When The Hermit turns up in a reading, he turns your gaze inward to an world that you were previously unaware of - you may have suspected the depths to which your inner most being was capable of realising, but this is merely scratching the surface. Until now you have been concerned with outer appearances and values, and while these have been very useful and even diverting in the past, now they seem shallow by comparison to what is contained within you. Here we are talking about meaning, and a life without true meaning is a pale counterfeit to what is truly important - to you. To those who are not ready to take this innermost journey, it sounds fantastical and even strange - not something you would willingly seek out. And yet the call is unmistakable. If you have been feeling dissatisfied with life, as if nothing has any value or meaning, and the concerns of friends, family and acquaintances seem pointless to you, there is a reason for this. Often there is a feeling in your daily life of boredom, low mood and even depression, and yet the dream life is full of activity and movement. This is a sign that there is a lot going on under the surface and you just need to be still, to pay attention to your feelings and moods and not feel...
