{"id":65665,"date":"2013-03-31T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=65665"},"modified":"2013-03-31T14:27:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T18:27:57","slug":"the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-march-31-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/reading-tarot\/the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-march-31-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Tarot Reading — Sunday, March 31, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This week\u2019s reading is about the path to The Magician. Without giving too much of it away before I\u2019ve started, I would like to offer this observation about The Magician. As the first incarnate card in the tarot deck, The Magician has the ability to harness all the other 77 cards to perform his magic. We, too, have myriad resources available to us to be creators — and Planet Waves, for me, has been an invaluable tool of my trade in this respect.<\/p>\n

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

When I started cottoning on to the idea that I was an active participant in my own experience, Planet Waves helped me take this idea and expand it. <\/p>\n

One of things you\u2019ll read here with unfailing regularity is the statement that \u201cthe personal is political,\u201d and for good reason. Planet Waves emphasises the interweaving of the individual with the collective, that point of connection between \u2018me\u2019 and \u2018everyone and everything else\u2019, which forms the basis of the story of our lives if we choose to see it. When we do, we can see how our actions impact on our world; we start to see and experience cause and effect. In other words, we start to become Magicians.<\/p>\n

The thing is, magic doesn\u2019t happen by itself. We have to do something. At Planet Waves, there is a team of editors, contributors, IT, customer service and administrative staff, each of whom harnesses their own creativity in ways that make magic every day.<\/p>\n

For it to work seamlessly, however, it needs your participation in terms of what you take from it, and what you bring to it. As a member of Planet Waves, what you can bring is the means by which the Planet Waves team can continue to create content that is engaging, stimulating, challenging and a catalyst for growth.<\/p>\n

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For just $49 for 12 months, you can sign up to become an active participant in Planet Waves through a membership<\/a> for the paid astrology service. This is different from what is offered here on the blog; it includes Eric’s weekly and monthly horoscopes, plus other benefits, which you can read about here<\/a>. Consider it an investment in another tool that can shape your life as well as the lives of others.<\/p>\n

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I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
\nAs the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
\nAs the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.<\/p>\n

— Song of Solomon 2:1-3, King James Bible<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Something has been activated and is moving swiftly, even if it doesn\u2019t feel that way. In fact it might not feel that way at all.<\/p>\n

The continuation of the blue sky from the Eight of Wands to the Four of Cups suggests that there is a close correspondence between them — a linking of two pieces of a puzzle that make more sense together than they do apart. The meaning becomes clearer as we move from left to right, following the direction of the wands\u2019 travel.<\/p>\n

Coming into the reading, we see that the eight wands are already airborne; what took place some time back is still in flight, and there is a sense both of speed and of things happening on their own. The Eight of Wands also goes by the names \u201cSwiftness\u201d or \u201cActivation.\u201d All wands are flying in parallel. Like in the Seven of Wands they are not being held by anyone.<\/p>\n

This suggests that the arising out of the unconscious that they symbolised in the Seven of Wands (the card in the same position in last week\u2019s reading<\/a>) is now moving quickly into view. It will be hard to resist, and the message inherent in this reading and the last is that it has something unimaginably valuable if you remain receptive rather than closed off.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the protagonist sits in the present, in a landscape that is peaceful, if lacking in diversity and new growth (there are no flowers and no fruit — which feature regularly in Colman Smith\u2019s card illustrations). I have explained before in this column that I see this as the meh!<\/em> card. This meh!<\/em> can take many forms, ranging from boredom to ennui, which is a form of boredom with deeper roots that, like the tree, form the canopy and foundation of one\u2019s life. Boredom is a rainy Sunday; ennui is a life of quiet desperation.<\/p>\n

The figure\u2019s head seems to be pointed in the direction of the three cups in front of him, though it doesn\u2019t really feel like he\u2019s entirely focussed on them either. He has withdrawn — physically, mentally, emotionally.<\/p>\n

If he were only to look up he would see what the eight wands have carried to him: the Ace of Cups, which is the potential for love of the highest order. The Ace of Cups is the kind of love that so many of us strive to experience. Here, it is being handed to him from the world of Spirit, held in the hand that emanates from the cloud in the Ace itself. This is the gift of divine love, to experience it as receiver and giver. But it is potential only. The figure can choose to continue sitting there, closed off to the Ace, the Three of Cups, the landscape around him — the emergence into consciousness of something that waits patiently, but knows that it is up to him to reach for it.<\/p>\n

If he does, he is transformed. If you do, so are you. Taking up the mantle of The Magician, the Ace of Cups takes its place among the other Aces on the table — the four elements. The red tunic becomes ceremonial robe. The \u20188\u2019 wands are transformed into the lemniscate (figure-eight or infinity symbol) above his head. The ground and the tree burst into flowers — the roses and lilies of the Song of Solomon<\/em> quoted at the beginning of the reading.<\/p>\n

The Magician stands at the table of creation, his hands indicating the intention that sets everything in motion: as above, so below. From a position of being cut off, shut off, shut down, his position is standing, reaching up, reaching down, connecting the heavens to the earth. This is consummation, a physical act that is paralleled in our internal world and a reflection of the creative nature of Spirit. It is a rebirth — a perfect Easter message.<\/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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