{"id":69628,"date":"2013-08-25T14:02:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T18:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=69628"},"modified":"2013-08-25T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T18:04:28","slug":"the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-august-25-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/reading-tarot\/the-weekend-tarot-reading-sunday-august-25-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekend Tarot Reading — Sunday, August 25, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This week’s is an interesting reading. The reason I write this is because the cards tell an immediate, pretty concrete story that is hard to refute. As I drew them, the first thing I thought was, “This is a reading about marriage.”<\/p>\n

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Six of Cups, Four of Wands, The Hierophant 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

And indeed it could be in its most literal sense. From left to right, there is a progression of images that suggests the coming together of two people and an offering of love (Six of Cups), a celebration under an arbour of wands (Four of Wands), and a formal, if not institutionalised, rite of passage (The Hierophant).<\/p>\n

This interpretation, however, narrows to a point a reading that has something to say on a scale that is broader, but no less charged with the energy of togetherness and community, and the honouring of these.<\/p>\n

The foundation of the reading lies in the Six of Cups. This is the card of childhood and golden memories; it is also the card of soulmates. I see it as the foundation because the Six of Cups refers to the past, or, more accurately, the energy of the past as it shows up in the present.<\/p>\n

In the card, the figure of a boy presents a cup to a woman or girl — it’s hard to determine which. That, I feel, is the point. The strange perspective of the boy on the left seeming younger, and yet who is taller, than his companion denotes that sense of a bond that transcends one lifetime. In essence, the Six of Cups is a reunion, and one in which both parties are able to let down their guards — seen literally in the walking away of a greyed out figure carrying a spear in the background. In the foreground, there is full colour and each cup carries a flower. There is a feeling of tenderness, regard, and love. This is a connection that is respectful and uplifting.<\/p>\n

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The two cards that follow it have a parallel element to them: the two pairs of wands in the Four of Wands mirror the pillars in The Hierophant; the two figures beyond the wands — one in blue, the other in red — are mirrored in the two friars at the hierophant’s feet. There is a ceremonial aspect to both cards, but one which can take two approaches: improvisation and institution, unstructured and structured, fraternity and hierarchy.<\/p>\n

Even in The Hierophant itself without the Four of Wands, this dual pathway is considered. For all of its overt religious imagery, The Hierophant describes something that transcends doctrine: two paths, one sacred (the laurels), one profane (the roses), both leading to the same destination.<\/p>\n

It’s not how you get there; it is the invitation itself — to step up, to step forward, and to step through.<\/p>\n

This is commitment in the sense of following your heart, and understanding that you are not separate. Through commitment, you can serve something greater than yourself and any one individual. With that comes a sense of belongingness. You are welcomed with open arms into that same state that you first experienced when you came into contact with an element of your soul as reflected in another. This reading is saying that that initial recognition and contact — and the feelings they created — are all well and good; what next? And the choice as to how that stepping through looks is yours to exercise.<\/p>\n

Knowing that, what is it that makes your heart sing? What engenders in you a sense of community and belonging? What does it feel like to commit yourself to something greater than simply you? The doorway is open, waiting.<\/p>\n

Astrology\/Elemental correspondences:<\/strong>\u00a0Six of Cups (Sun in Scorpio), Four of Wands (Venus in Aries), The Hierophant (Taurus)<\/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":"

By\u00a0Sarah Taylor This week’s is an interesting reading. The reason I write this is because the cards tell an immediate, pretty concrete story that is hard to refute. As I drew them, the first thing I thought was, “This is a reading about marriage.” And indeed it could be in its most literal sense. From … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69628\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}