by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
Known also as the Lord of Blended Pleasure and aligned with the Moon in Cancer, the Four of Cups represents love and care, tenderness and emotional riches. The Moon represents deep unconscious forces, ruled by emotional tides, while Cancer is the comfort and love of home and family, and fierce devotion. Four is a foundational number, and in the Suit of Cups it brings a wealth of emotional stability with lots of love and devotion coming your way - lucky you! You feel at a peak of satisfaction, comfort, security and happiness. You are in a place where your emotional fulfillment overflows and affects others with feelings of comfort and pleasure. The danger with this card, of course, is that of becoming dependent on outside sources (which are in abundance at the moment) for you emotional wellbeing and happiness. To keep the balance and a healthy perspective, it is important to learn self-sufficiency too. Coming after the celebration and enjoyment of the Three of Cups, the Four can sometimes feel like that is now as good as it will get. It's a bit like the bride who has built up her one big day and having had her wedding day finds the aftermath somewhat flat in comparison to the build-up of the big event! Which is why this card is called the Lord of Blended Pleasure - one must balance one's sources of pleasure to ensure long-lasting happiness. It takes maturity and pragmatism to balance one's emotional tides and not demand the highs without being willing to withstand and outwait the lows that invariably follow. Otherwise boredom and dissatisfaction...
by estellew | Aug 10, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
The Five of Cups is aligned with Mars in Scorpio and known as the Lord of Loss in Pleasure. It represents a loss of balance, misunderstandings in relationships and conflicts in feelings. Mars gives great energy to the intensity of Scorpio, and if not careful we may feel that we are overwhelmed on the feeling level. There has been stability and a sense of continuity in past relationships, and yet something new arises and as it is not yet understood, it causes confusion and pain. When something comes up for us on the feeling level that is not familiar, often we judge it as bad, but it need not be so. It is just a new element of relating to ourselves and others, and it is understandable that new emotions will create feelings of discomfort. But if we persist and instead of being fearful, get curious instead, there is the opportunity to experience even deeper levels of connection with others, whether they are those we know or those we are yet to meet. There may be a feeling that we have lost something that we cherished, and it feels like a period of mourning. What we don't understand is that behind the grey stormclouds is a beautiful rainbow that means the sun is about to come out again, we just need to turn our faces to it. Often this card turns up when there is something on the feeling level - either within ourselves or with an important relationship - that we have denied or pushed away, brushing it off as if it were not real. But the truth always...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
Known as the Lord of Pleasure and aligned with Sun in Scorpio, this card represents nostalgia, a yearning for a simpler time when life was uncomplicated, and an appreciation of joy and pleasure. The Sun is the ego, the centre and the life-force and when placed in Scorpio gives a passionate appreciation and lust for life as well as an empathy with the past, no matter how painful or bittersweet. When the Six of Cups turns up in a reading, it is time to learn the lessons of the past while being careful not to dwell there. It may point to a return to a simpler way of living, and a simpler way of living. Life is complicated enough, and as time and age creep up it seems that things become ever more complex and harder to understand. But it need not be so. Look at how a child embraces the day, with enthusiasm and wonder. The ability to face the future with joy and anticipation is available to anyone, and is the secret to true happiness. Children have so much to teach us. Do not be caught up in regrets of what might have been, nor yearn too much for the glamour and thrills of days gone by. Remember the happy days, to be sure, and yet don't forget to live in the present. The ability to find true happiness is equated with one's ability to be present to your life as it is now and your relationships with others. There is a need to declutter and simplify your life now. A good time to sort through all...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
The Seven of Cups is the Lord of Illusionary Success and is aligned with Venus in Scorpio. It represents over-indulgence, abundance of choice and illusions. This is a card of choices, and emotional choices at that. There are many tempting opportunities presented to you now and yet you are unable to decide - everything looks good. You will find it difficult to sort out the real opportunities from the illusory ones. and so this card advises to wait as a general rule and don't make any momentous decisions just yet. The air will eventually clear, the fog will lift, and the most beneficial opportunities will eventually become apparent. These choices most often are in the realm of the heart, or with creative choices in career direction. Be sure that your strongest emotions will be engaged and on alert. The Seven of Cups shows you that the Universe is an abundant one, with a plethora of situations, solutions and ideas that could be yours for the taking. It requires you to use your intuition and trust in yourself in order to make the right choice, and not follow the surface attraction of those offers you are presented with. So how has this situation arisen? Have you been scattered in your desires, one moment wanting one thing and the next wanting something else? If you are asked what it is you most desire in the world can you truly answer, and stay with that answer for a long time, in fact, until it comes to you? Or do you change your mind constantly, worried that you might be missing out? It is...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
Known also as the Lord of Illusionary Success and aligned with Venus in Scorpio, the Seven of Cups brings a sense of dissatisfaction amidst an abundance of choices. You have gotten everything that you have fought for, and now that you have your choice of prizes you find that you don't want what is on offer - so what do you want? If you find out, let me know! It may be that the choices presented to you are not really tangible and may disappear as you reach for them. This is not the time to make an informed choice - best to wait it out until you are feeling more grounded and sure of what you want. Making a decision towards something that you're not sure of will only lead to further disappointment. There are some powerful unconscious energies at work, and what you try to achieve now will either not come to pass, or if it does, then it will not last. The unconscious is a powerful enigma - we don't understand what it's up to until much later when our conscious plans are lying in the dust. But things have a way of working out anyway, especially if you don't try to force an outcome. You may feel compelled to make a quick decision, but all of the information is not in just yet, so you will need to take a wild guess, rely on your intuition or wait it out until the best choice makes itself known. I'd put my money on the third choice. You have the opportunity to look at where you have...
by estellew | Aug 7, 2015 | Cups, Minor Arcana, Tarot
The Eight of Cups is known as the Lord of Abandoned Success and is aligned with Saturn in Pisces. It represents emotional blockage, lack of clarity and an ongoing search for fulfilment. The Eight of Cups is an emotional and spiritual journey - there is always movement with the Eights, and with the Cups it manifests as a dissatisfaction and an inability to know what one really wants. There is a need to do some deep searching of one's innermost desires, and to come to some understanding of what the subconscious forces in your life have been designing for you and steering you towards. The events of your life will make more sense if you do this work and see the path you have traveled to get you to this point. On a mundane level, this card denotes a journey, often over water. The journey has some emotional basis, perhaps it is to do with someone close to your heart. Here is an underlying restlessness and a sense of ennui that does not allow you to settle and instead causes you to doubt yourself, your decisions and your direction in life. The Eight of Cups is linked to destiny and karma, and so there is a feeling of inevitability with this card. Some area of your life may be coming to an end as it has fulfilled its purpose whether you realise it or not. You may not like what it represents and it may cause discomfort and some emotional pain, but this is in order that something new may come in, something of much more value to you...
