EXERCISE CT #4: Emperor Spread macro
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 00:32:27 +0100
From: Moonchild
To: Comparative Tarot http://comparativetarot.com
Spread from Ariadne Tarot Site http://www.thaliatook.com/tarot.html
For this exercise, I selected the Rider Waite deck, since it won the
Emperor title in our "Tarot of Tarot Decks" poll.> This is a general spread for looking at your situation, goals, maintenance,
> general upkeep of your life.> 3 1 2
> 7 9 8
> 4 5 6> Shuffle the deck and lay out the cards per the diagram above, face down,
> turning them over as you go.> Card 1: This card represents you in command, how you go about things.
Queen of Pents--The world is our home, generously providing us will all
the things we need. She doesn't need to "command"; she knows we can't
live without her.> Card 2: This card represents things you can control.
10 Wands--She can control how much of a burden she will carry. And
there really *is* a limit! Some day she'll shake us off like so many
fleas. An interesting detail is how the bundle of wands is so spread
out, like the rotating of the earth's axis, and precession of the equinoxes.> Card 3: This card represents things you can't control.
7 Wands--She can't control that she is under attack, though she tries
her best to defend herself.> Card 4: These are things to discard, situations or attitudes that no longer serve you.
2 Pents--The world's give and take is no longer working. The cycles of
nature--life and death, consume and discard, grow and decompose, turn
and return--are not in balance. The world's ability to re-cycle no
longer serves to maintain her, because the system has been corrupted by
the human factor. Heck, they can't even use animal dung to fertilize
crops anymore, because it's so full of poisons. Although if this is
something to discard, I'd like to know what the alternatives are.> Card 5: This card represents things to keep in a modified form, things to prune.
10 Swords--OTOH, keep the mental awareness that humans are destroying
the earth. OTOH, prune the (effects of) destructiveness. Humans have
an effect; too many humans have too great an effect. The human
population grows while as-yet-undiscovered species become extinct. We
are consuming all the biomass. We could use our intelligence to bring
it back from the brink.
The Thoth card has the keyword "Ruin." Some ruin, as in decay, is vital
to the system. But this is overkill. It's time to "...bring to ruin
those ruining the earth." (Rev. 11:18)> Card 6: These are things that need maintaining.
Knight of Wands--any combination of these words, in any order:
active energy force idealism motivation
Of course, what really leaps out at me is energy. I'd have a lot to
say, but it would probably go places I shouldn't go on a Tarot list.
Give me religion over politics any day! But don't forget: E=MC2.
Oh well, no matter.
"My lands are where my dead lie buried."--Crazy Horse
"It does not matter where his body lies, for it is grass; but where his
spirit is, it will be good to be."--Black Elk on Crazy Horse
http://www.moonchild.ch/Tarot/court/WKn/WKn.html> Card 7: This is the result or goal you would like to reach, your ideal
> ordered situation or world, or, where this is headed.HP rev--Well, certainly not a goal or ideal, IMHO. As to where "this"
is headed, I see two possibilities. In one way, it shows how the
current system is turning away from silence, intuition, conscience, the
Church, etc. We're becoming anonymous and disconnected from the Source.
OTOH, if the HP represents Shekinah/Sophia descending/descended; then
perhaps "this" is headed toward her ascending, i.e. teaching the Teacher.> Card 8: This card represents an unexpected result, unforeseen or
> secondary consequences, something to be aware of.Knight of Pents--The patient Son of the nurturing Mother, he works to
maintain the cycle. He knows when to sow and when to reap, and when to
give it a rest. We're not owners, but stewards and we have to take
responsibility for sustaining the earth. We don't want to have to move out.> Card 9: This card represents your willpower, your desire for this thing,
> which can overcome the odds.6 Swords--We really do have to move out?! Cross the river and bring our
Akashic reports to the file room?
sOne Love All Love,
Moonchild
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