posted August 12, 2014 07:37 PM            

THE WARRIOR

Signature: Ares, Mars

THEME SUMMARY: AGGRESSION; CAPACITY TO ACHIEVE; CONQUEST; INSTIGATOR; PHALLIC POWER; ENERGY OF A NEW BEGINNING

Card Meanings:

A. Underlying the problem is the anger and aggression you have not yet perceived and acknowledged. What has happened to this persona? Why do you hide its feelings? Perhaps you think they are inappropriate, that you are too refined and everything must be governed by reason. Or perhaps you don't want to confront your own cowardice.

B. The task ahead of you involves becoming more instigative. You are being asked to unravel the Gordian knot holding you captive. You won't progress any further without acquiring the resolve to act.

C. You regain your ability to act. You have the strength to regenerate (now). The conclusion of the process heralds an absolute new beginning in which you gather strength and the warrior in you can embark upon a new round in the game of life.

THE LOVER

Signature: Taurus, Venus

THEME SUMMARY: WORTH; ATTRACTION; POSSESSION; SOCIABILITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTION

Card Meanings:

A. You are a prisoner of your own feelings of worthlessness deep down inside. This under-estimation of yourself (the words, "I don't like myself") must be allowed to come to the surface. It's no longer enough to use other people's labels or seek their attention in regard to whether they still like you or can be won over (will go to bed with you).

B. As much as esoteric circles propagate "letting go" of body and matter, your path ahead involved thinking about Venus. That means becoming her friend. Learn to see life as a sensual experience and to respect and value your body as the residence of the soul without exaggerating its importance or wasting your energy.

C. Your path has led you to gather self-esteem. You have learned to judge things realistically and to see them for what they are: material things.

THE MEDIATOR

Signature: GEMINI, MERCURY

THEME SUMMARY: THE MESSENGER (OF THE GODS), INTELLECT, CONTACT, THE ONLOOKER, EASE

Card Meanings:

A. You are unhappy with your position in life at the moment. You find it too boring, banal and superficial. You don't want to identify with the meaning and demands of Mercury; you have blocked and dispelled the messenger. You have lost his wings-his lightness.

B. Mercury offers his help in leading you to a solution. His message reads 'Give yourself some distance and take a quiet look at your present situation, speak your true feelings and face matters with a detached and objective attitude'.

C. Regardless of how difficult the road may be, you will be able to use 'Hermes wings' to unite the unconscious with the conscious and then observe yourself from a neutral position-in hindsight, maybe even with a mischievous smile.

THE MOTHER

Signature: CANCER, MOON

THEME SUMMARY: FEMININITY, THE FAMILY, THE INFANT, FEELINGS, DEVOTION, ACCEPTANCE, THE SPIRITUAL PAST

Card Meanings:

A. Your feelings-the waters of your soul-are being dried up by the inner child which says "NO" and the "NO" which closes off your inner being. You are frightened of feeling your own self, scared of your feminine aspect and the powerlessness it might generate.

B. This card clearly advises you to follow the path of your feelings. Discard reason for a moment and act intuitively. Look for the child within and let this child live and express itself.

C. Your journey will lead you to embrace the inner child and live in harmony. You reach a homeland of your own, return home to your feelings and your feminine aspect. You find security in yourself.

THE EGO

Signature: LEO, SUN

THEME SUMMARY: POWER; DESIRE, UNIQUENESS, GLORY, FERTILITY, CREATIVITY, SEXUALITY

Meaning of Cards:

A. You lack vitality, joy and a necessary form of hard-heartedness deep down. This means you cannot put your energies to use. You might be trying to compensate for your impotence and lack of power through dominant behavior. You need to ask yourself where you can still find life
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B. The path ahead involves learning to express yourself, your identity and your being. You need to live the way you are, even if it hurts others. All this may not be as easy as it sounds: just live your life!

C. Your path leads you back to life. Strength and vitality-perhaps lacking at the moment-return to you. You put your heart and soul back into things.

THE SERVITOR

Signature: VIRGO, MERCURY

THEME SUMMARY: REASON; ACCEPTING REALITY; RATIONALITY; SOBRIETY; SPIRITUAL BALANCE

Meaning of the cards:

A. This card says you refuse to accept your current position in life. You like to keep a clean image by blaming others; leading you to become caught up in your own projections. But the finger ultimately point back to you.

B. It's no use now; although it's a bitter pill to swallow, you have to accept yourself; set your sights lower and adjust to the conditions of life.

C. The result of your learning process is not the gold at the end of the rainbow, but quiet, unprepossessing order and a knowledge through which your soul finds composure and resumes its rightful place.

THE PARTNER

Signature: LIBRA, VENUS

THEME SUMMARY: THE OTHER; THE RELATIONSHIP; BALANCE; THE SYMBOLON; THE MIRROR; SUPPLEMENTATION; THE "BETTER HALF"

Meaning of the cards:

A. You are not yet prepared to look into the mirror of the other and recognize what you see there as part of yourself. You refuse to understand that the other is only expressing your own otherness.

B. The path involves learning to understand yourself in others. This means mutual exchange and offering your hand to the other in reconciliation (or understanding).

C. You have rediscovered yourself in the other, found balance and harmony between the inner and external partners. Now the symbolon has been reunited. The pieces have been put together.

THE SEDUCER

Signature: SCORPIO; PLUTO

THEME SUMMARY: THE DEVIL; THE IMAGINATION; THE IDEA; SUICIDE; OBLICATION; FIXATION; FANATICISM; THE UNDERWORLD

Meaning of the Cards:

A. You have become obsessed with an idea; now you are stuck. You therefore give away part of your soul in the hope of receiving something better. You are ruled by underworld forces; you are gambling with the Devil. Find out what idea it is you're obsessed with at the moment. Do nothing more and nothing less than you need to.

B. You can only reach the light at the end of the tunnel by tackling the landscape of the underworld and crossing it. Nothing more can be done; nor can it be 'bettered' (avoid looking for improvements-that's one of his favorite ideas). Only Virgil's words can help you now: "Look closely and go on!"

C. A metamorphosis will take place. Old images must be shattered, just as Moses destroyed the Golden Calf long ago. These images will ultimately dissolve like a morning fog in sunlight (because they never really existed!)

THE PREACHER

Signature: SAGITTARIUS, JUPITER

THEME SUMMARY: THE PRIEST; THE MISSIONARY; THE INNER THERAPIST; BELIEF; INSIGHT; PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE WORLD

Meaning of the Card:

A. Where is your sympathy, the memory of your own spiritual past? You presume to impose your opinions and knowledge upon others while your own soul remains unfertile.
B. Remember! That's what this card tells you to do. Look for an inner therapist (a person, if need be, who acts as a mirror). And above all, retrace your step. Solutions can only be found in your past.
C. You will continue to grow, to become mor open-minded and tolerant. Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory, has a treasure waiting for youat the end of the journey; insight is the treasure of the soul.

THE MASTER

Signature: CAPRICORN, SATURN

THEME SUMMARY: LEGITIMACY, RESPONSIBILITY, FATE, THE OLD MAN, DEATH, THE MECIRILESS TASKMASTER

Meaning of the Card:

A. You have become hard, retreated into a shell where no one can communicate with you or reach your soul. It is as if you have withdrawn to a fortress of loneliness high in the mountains. The fortress is part of you. Take a close look and try to accept responsibility for having built it.
B. The way through the problem is to learn to take life's gravity into account. The game's over-now you have to confront your problems honestly. It's all about becoming an adult.
C. The outcome is that you now realize an objective destiny prevails over you, a power (the power of fate) no one can influence, one you accept and acknowledge. Now you are responsible for yourself. This means responding and accepting responsibility with a firm "yes".

THE JESTER

Signature: AQUARIUS, URANUS

THEME SUMMARY: DELIVERER, FREEDOM, THE OUTSIDER, THE "TRUE" HERO, STEPPENWOLF

Meaning of the Card:

A. You have forgotten the original meaning of the word "freedom". You might believe you need to escape the prison of your situation in life, but you shake helplessly, in vain, at the bar of external conditions. You don't understand The Jester's real message: human beings have to work on every opportunity, every spiritual path, in order to grow from a situation.
B. Try to find spiritual space beyond your present complications. The path to freedom involves nothing more than release, letting go of your current problem-even if this now seems paradoxical. Try to come in contact with your own Jester and learn to laugh at yourself.
C. Conditions have catapulted you out of outdated and superceded ways of approaching things. Your path of development has given you wings-and you didn't even notice it. So fly!

THE ANGEL

Signature: PISCES, NEPTUNE

THEME SUMMARY: THE TRUTH, THE DEVINE SPARK, WISDOM, INTUITION, THE DREAM, THE ILLUSION

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