As this final message of the Major Trumps is unchanged -- and indeed unchangeable -- in respect of its design, it has been partly described already regarding its deeper sense. It represents also the perfection and end of the Cosmos, the secret which is within it, the rapture of the universe when it understands itself in God. It is further the state of the soul in the consciousness of Divine Vision, reflected from the self-knowing spirit. But these meanings are without prejudice to that which I have said concerning it on the material side.
It has more than one message on the macrocosmic side and is, for
example, the state of the restored world when the law of
manifestation shall have been carried to the highest degree of
natural perfection. But it is perhaps more especially a story of the
past, referring to that day when all was declared to be good, when
the morning stars sang together and all the Sons of God shouted for
joy. One of the worst explanations concerning it is that the figure
symbolizes the Magus when he has reached the highest degree of
initiation; another account says that it represents the absolute,
which is ridiculous. The figure has been said to stand for Truth,
which is, however , more properly allocated to the seventeenth card.
Lastly it has been called the Crown of the Magi.
A major element of happiness is wholeness - the sense that
everything is working together in harmony. Not in a static way, but
with dynamic balance. Involvement is also important. To be happy, we
must feel connected - engaged with what is around us. There is also
accomplishment - knowing that we have goals and are moving toward
them successfully. When all these elements come together, we feel
fulfilled and blessed.
In her hands she manipulates the radiant spiral force, active and passive, each possessing its dual polarity. . . .. The Universe, so states the theme, is the Celebration of the Great Work.
All these symbols swim and dance in a complex but continuous
ambience of loops and whorls. . . . This card is to-day as bright and
glowing as any in the Pack.
In her left hand is a wand, symbolic of the male, in her right a
conch shell, of the female principle.
Key 21, The World, is the mirror reflection of Key 12, in number
as well as image....squaring of the circle, or the reconciliation of
bound and Infinite, Below and Above
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