{"id":62536,"date":"2012-12-05T13:04:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T18:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=62536"},"modified":"2012-12-05T13:04:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T18:04:23","slug":"the-queen-of-pentacles-a-mid-week-tarot-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/reading-tarot\/the-queen-of-pentacles-a-mid-week-tarot-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen of Pentacles: a mid-week tarot meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

A last-minute, but very welcome, visit with family means that I have had to put plans for an article on The Magician and The High Priestess on the back-burner, simmering away until I have the time and space to delve more deeply into their relationship — something I have been exploring in my Hermetics studies.<\/p>\n

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The Queen of Pentacles from the Rider-Waite Smith Tarot deck, created by A E Waite and Pamela Colman Smith. Click on the image for a larger version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week, I am going to work along the same principles I did when writing the series on the shadow (you can read parts one<\/a>, two<\/a>, and three<\/a> here), and invite you to consider a particular card.<\/p>\n

This time, however, instead of using it as a focus for meeting with your shadow, this is about approaching the card with no attachment to a particular outcome — or, in the words of psychoanalyst Wilfrid Bion, \u201cwithout memory or desire.\u201d<\/p>\n

The card in question is the Queen of Pentacles<\/strong> — one of the two senior court cards (her masculine counterpart is the King of Pentacles) in the final suit. Anything that is physical is ruled by Pentacles; it is the final stage in bringing something down from spirit and into matter. It might be worth bearing that in mind. Or maybe not. I\u2019ll leave it up to you.<\/p>\n

To do the exercise, simply take a moment to centre yourself, and then rest your attention on the card — either by using the larger image that you can reach by clicking on the Queen of Pentacles, or your own Rider-Waite Smith card, if you have one.<\/p>\n

Take in the card as a whole, and then start to move into the card — the use of line, the colours, the details, what is in the foreground, middle-ground and background.<\/p>\n

Notice your sensations: feel into your body. What is your body saying to you? How does your body want to connect with the card, if at all? Mirror the Queen\u2019s position. How does that feel bodily? No feeling is wrong; no feeling is the \u2018right\u2019 one. You are not aiming to feel \u2018Queenly\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Notice your feelings: how does the card feel to you? How do you feel in relation to the card? Are there any parts that feel different? If so, what different feelings do they stir in you? How would you feel if you were the Queen, sitting where she is, as she does, holding what she holds?<\/p>\n

Notice your thoughts: what are you thinking? What do you think the Queen is thinking? How do your thoughts correspond with hers? What is the card thinking? Are there any elements of the card that are thinking particular thoughts? What are you thinking now?<\/p>\n

If it starts to feel like hard work, or if you simply feel disinclined to do it, then stop at any time. The aim here is enjoyable contemplation.<\/p>\n

Make a note of any responses that you have that feel meaningful to you. You can also share them here.<\/p>\n

— Sarah<\/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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