{"id":60554,"date":"2012-08-19T14:03:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T18:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=60554"},"modified":"2012-08-20T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:08:35","slug":"the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-august-19-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/reading-tarot\/the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-august-19-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Tarot Reading — Sunday, August 19, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Sarah Taylor<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Yet again, Cups predominate in one of our Weekend Tarot Readings; it seems the flow of things is about heart — our feelings. Yet today there is a stabilising quality to the reading in the form of the Three of Disks; feelings that are based in, and then emanate from, the solid core of consciousness that can only reside within.<\/p>\n

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Six of Cups, Three of Disks, Princess of Cups from the Thoth Tarot deck, created by Aleister Crowley and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. Click on the image for a larger version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you’re a regular reader of Planet Waves, you will hear this idea time and again: so much of this world asks us to base our feelings and our sense of self-worth (our feelings about ourselves) on what goes on outside and around us. Time and again we are reminded here that it is only the ‘self’ that can give us worth.<\/p>\n

The reason for this repetition is that excavating our idea of who we are is a process that is repetitive by nature. Like soil that is weed-bound, in order to ready it for harvest we need to dig it over more than once, to find what we missed, ensuring that we have created the groundwork for something that will bear good fruit. There is a deeply seated belief that runs through our group consciousness that tells us that we need to find stability from our relationships, from our jobs, from our possessions. This requires some digging.<\/p>\n

Even those of you who feel liberated from this belief might do well to stay with it and dig some more: the truth, and what we tell ourselves is the truth, can be two different creatures entirely.<\/p>\n

When you say that you don’t need anything or anyone in order to feel complete and content, are you speaking from the heart, or simply paying your heart lip service?<\/em><\/p>\n

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The reason I am focusing so much on this issue is because of the other two cards — the Six of Cups and Princess of Cups. There is something that is becoming available to you, and so much potential to harness it with maturity and boundless enthusiasm. And yet Cups are watery; if there is no strong, built-for-purpose receptacle to hold it, the potential will simply slip through your fingers. You are being asked to step up, inhabit your life, take responsibility for what is coming your way, and then meet it.<\/p>\n

And what will you be meeting? The Six — erotic energy at its most constructive — is balanced by the Princess — emotional freedom — with the Three of Disks as the fulcrum. There is an opportunity for a form of relating with the heart (perhaps in a very physical, visceral way) that is governed by interdependence rather than dependence — where you can feel grounded and yet open, childlike yet centred in your own power.<\/p>\n

It is probable this is an encounter that has been in your environment for some time. There has been a preponderance of Cups over the last few weeks, if not months, and the readings have had a palpable quality of integration (but isn’t it always about integration anyway?) — although it might have come in and out of your awareness, and, like Cups, might be difficult to apprehend\u00a0fully or get a handle on. If you can’t, maybe it is time to stop trying and simply see what happens when you start moving with it, letting it guide you step by step.<\/p>\n

However it manifests for you, it asks for that seeming paradox of letting go while remaining conscious that I wrote about last week<\/a>. This ensures that the interplay between Six and Princess remains in balance, so that the seesaw doesn’t leave either one dangling in the air or pinned to the ground (or you, for that matter — not unless you want to be). It also requires the interplay of Cups (heart\/feelings) and Disks (body\/gut), so that the seesaw remains connected to the fulcrum and the full power of the cards is yours to experience.<\/p>\n

Finally, this is a reading that is about being in the moment with whatever comes up to you and asks you to play. Does it make you feel good? Does it make you feel good and yet still remain centred? Does it ask you to give up nothing of yourself? Does the twinkle in its eye draw you to want to reciprocate? Well, then. Go out; open up; stay safe; have fun. This is a voyage of self-discovery above all else.<\/p>\n

If you want to experiment with tarot cards and don’t have any, we provide a free\u00a0tarot spread generator<\/a>\u00a0using the Celtic Wings spread, which is based on the traditional Celtic Cross spread.\u00a0This article<\/a>\u00a0explains how to use the spread.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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