Tarot Tuesday: 5-8-18 Edition

Transition

A number of querents (including myself!) are currently going through major transitions and having to resolve them by making decisions and/or creating closure SOON. The Death card has been popping up a lot as shown here or energies that scream change have been popping up.

This past week and the near future simply look like resolving loose ends and making the decisions needed toward the end product. It feels like the resolving aspect of change, as opposed to the sudden shock of it.

At least that is what the situation is with me and a number of querents I have been in contact with recently. So interesting to see how humanity evolves in groups!

One of the most profound and useful pieces of information I have come across the Death card that has helped me maximize its application in my life to create what I want:

(Reminder- The Death card corresponds to the Hebrew letter N, pronounced 'nun'.)

The Book of Exodus says that Joshua was the son of Nun. His father's name signifies 'perpetuity'. Joshua means 'the nature of Reality is to liberate'. The name Jesus is a variant of Joshua.
-Paul Foster Case, The Book of Tokens Tarot Meditations

The rabbit hole runs beautifully deep with this quote. This might sound too abstract to apply for some, but it has been a useful filter for me to run my plans through when I am in the middle of a transition state. Just like anything Tarot, the process of figuring out the nature of this mystery via research and contemplation is an integral part of the process in being able to apply it.

SteemIt posts worth checking out this week

On the theme of powering through transitions...

Use Positive Affirmations and Mantras as an Aid to Self Improvement

by @beinart
Source

I saw this painting the other day and was reminded of a piece of advice the Tarot gave @research-mind about connecting with your Future Self. Here is an excerpt:

The Page of Cups is a court card that personifies 'air of water.' Its meaning in mainstream Tarot is that of an adorable, sweet and pleasant child engaging in sweetness. That personifies what we might be like when our minds (the intellect, air/swords) have properly merged with our soul (Neshamah, water/cups). Here we have two different species representing Awareness of vastly different orders of magnitude; the Page here being the entity capable of exerting more influence on The Matrix than the little fish he is being cute with as he carries around 'a lower octave' matrix that he is holding the fish in! This card is saying here, you are like the little fish, gazing upon that which you want to become, while that which you have became; is gazing back at you, actually helping you.

You can read the rest here.

Death from the Science Tarot deck.

Changes

Recently changed masthead.

The masthead of this blog used to read 'A conversation on Divination & Qabalah....' etc. I recently changed it this week to 'A conversation on Divination and Ancient Wisdom.' (I might change it back if I find myself specializing in the original topics too much!) The real name for it should be 'A conversation on Divination and Ancient Wisdom featuring Tarot and The Holy Qabalah' would be more accurate but it is too long to write in.

When I first started this blog, my aim was a lot more general but my Divination skillset and mythological & archetypal tool box is primarily derived from the Mysteries found in the West. Tarot makes the short list of potent and complex divination systems that take a lot of time and study to master, which to me has made other systems less interesting to study.

I would like to explore known highly potent and complex divination systems. The I Ching is widely considered to be amongst the most potent divination systems out there and I would like to become a lot more familiar with it.

Stay tuned each week to see my rotating menu of readings and specials to the SteemIt community.

I will also be offering some free experimental readings in the future as I branch out exploring different systems.

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