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Tarot Post – Four of Pentacles

Four of Pentacles (Power)

Four of Pentacles (Reimagined) by G A Rosenberg

Holding too tightly
coins slip from an old man’s grasp
order tossed aside.

Power contained not held
not grasped
willing to let it pour forth
and rise up and out at any moment
All comes from this moment
once embedded in matter then
only liberation remains
power when wielded becomes force
Rise up oh serpent mother
through this material form
as green springs up through snow
reborn
Let the spirit flow forth
from fractured shell

–G A Rosenberg

The suit of Pentacles refers to the element of Earth and of practical matters such as work and partnerships of a business nature and of the home. They can also represent nature, the Earth itself. Fours express a stability and manifestation of the energy involved. The Four of Pentacles represents a grounding of energy and taking comfort in control of our environment whether it means holding on to a schedule or our possessions. We clothe ourselves in our idea of order. While this can give us some necessary structure if we adhere to rigidly to either what we have or where we have to be, anything that throws it can make us feel insecure and there is always something that can come along and throw off our sense of order, so some flexibility can be a good thing.

Astrological Correspondence: Sun in Capricorn-The Sun in Capricorn energy is known for its ambition and control. It tends to take charge and like a goat feels that only by controlling the situation fully that it can make it to the top of the mountain. It is an energy that achieves but one that can be all too ready to engage and defeat anything that stands between it and its ambitions even if in the long run, that challenge can be a positive thing.

I Ching Correspondence: 2) K’un – The Receptive

This hexagram comprised of upper and lower trigrams of Earth refers to nature as opposed to space. It works best when it nourishes all and recommends letting go of the reigns of control and yielding at times. Tho it is important to be self-sufficient no one is an island and others are needed in order for our ambitions to be realized and that sometimes it is beneficial to yield control to those who can best help us realize those ambitions. Sometimes letting things happen can be as necessary as making things happen.

When the Four of Pentacles occurs in a reading, it can tell us that we are holding on too tightly to external control structures and possessions rather than grounding ourselves securely within ourselves and our relationship to nature. In other cases, the card can also represent generosity and sharing what one has.

Reversed the card can refer to a breaking down of our lives structure and a need to connect more to our inner selves where the real power lies through meditation or contemplation of nature. It can also refer to a hesitation to help another.

Tarot Post – Four of Cups

Four of Cups (Luxury)

Four of Cups (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

When life seems the same

New experience can bring growth

Explore potential

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There is something new to be had
I just know it
It comes into view and it will be better than
anything before
This new cup
This new game…
Have I said it before
of each of the others?
I mean it now…
I just know the next
dream come true
will make my dreams come true….

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The Most amazing gift
a dream created
A seed that if cared for
will become real
if not, it can join this pile
of seeds over here

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Cups deal with our emotional nature including love, both that as in a relationship between two (and rarely more) people and that of friends and companions. Fours express a stability and manifestation of the energy involved. In this case our emotions are stabilized and at peace. Something new appears on the horizon. Do we accept it as one more thing or do we fully explore its potential? When we become too jaded to see each new thing that appears in our life, good and bad as a gift to be explored, appreciated and integrated rather than something else to use and discard then we set ourselves up for frustration later on.

Astrological Correspondence – Moon in Cancer – Cancer is the moon’s home and in this sign, each thing encountered makes its emotional impression and adds to the awareness. It is also an energy that is always looking for something more as the possible answer to its needs and can never be totally satisfied.

I Ching Correspondence – 3) Chun – “Difficulty at the Beginning”
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This hexagram is comprised of the trigram for water over that of thunder. It has connotations of both a seed sprouting and pushing up above the earth and also that of a storm, rain and thunder combining to cause severe noise and tempestuousness. That same rain tho can make any seeds planted grow and will give much needed water to the biosphere. It needs to be appreciated for what it is. Everything especially in the first pangs of life struggles to find its way and how it will integrate new things into its environment

When the four of cups occurs in a reading, it can indicate something new that has entered the life of the querent, usually of an emotional nature. It can be something as simple as advice. Will we listen to it or at least seek to understand how it may apply to us or will we throw it away as just one more in a series of thing we have heard? Do we believe we have heard it all before or are we truly willing to listen?

When the four of cups shows reversed, it says that we have learned to use what is offered to us and to accept it in the spirit offered. It may also show that this has occurred out of necessity because everything that we have taken for granted has been seeping away.

When the Three of Wands is reversed, it means that finding the right path and deciding on goals feels unreasonably blocked. That may very well be the keynote for the reversal of the Three of Wands, a blockage of energy.

Tarot Post – Two of Pentacles

Two of Pentacles (Change)

Tarot- Two of Pentacles (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Balls are in the air

Can the balance be maintained

or will I drop them?

New given way by old
A tale I’ve oft been told
yet how do I proceed?

Surrender to become
Surrender what myself
then who am I to be?

Transitional Being
Balancing the meaning
combining alchemy

I stand in between
change’s doorway I mean
I hold and I balance
— G A Rosenberg

In the tarot the suit of Pentacles refers to the element of Earth and of practical matters such as work and partnerships of a business nature and of the home. They can also represent nature, the Earth itself. Twos represent duality, subject and object and relationship between the two. In the case of the two of Pentacles this means balancing between two different aspects of life and changing from one aspect to the other. This change also involves the idea of balance in this case between the old and the new. Other balances are between work and home, spouse and children, friends and work etc. This balance and maintaining it can be tricky as quite often we find one overbalanced at the expense of the other.
When writing of this card before I wrote:

“The other day I was watching a juggler balancing on a unicycle and juggling plates. I could relate for I too juggle on what seems at times an equally unsteady pedestal.

On the one hand my family and practical existence. At a time in my life when I had given up on steadiness, given up on love, I met someone who transformed my existence. Together we became married, we’ve raised kids, bought the house, have too many pets. We’ve worked hard to get to this point and there is always more to do. Joy and Satisfaction is there for the taking…at the right times and places and yet…
This year, my spirit has soared. New avenues to explore. New aspects of godhood to love. I feel freer, more awake and more alive than I have felt before. Creatively, I write, I create art. Ideas and expression flow through me like some kind of divine river that I just wish to surrender and el it carry me off. Teachers, Students and friends are there to join me on the journey. and yet…

The garbage needs to be taken out, The kid needs to be dressed. The dog needs to be walked “Oh by the way, we’re going to the movies today, be ready at two.”
It’s not as if I begrudge my family the time. They are my foundation. Anything I have done has been an outgrowth of their love and support. And yet…

Meditation, , a blog that needs updating., and something new and wonderful to share.
How do I keep my balance without falling off of this thing?

As much as I wish I could say I’ve managed this balancing act I must confess that the juggling is at least as tricky as it was before. Still perhaps I am learning..

Astrological Correspondence -Jupiter in Capricorn – Jupiter in Capricorn is an interesting study in balance–Jupiter expands in a cheerful optimistic way that looks towards the future. Capricorn moves slowly, carefully and tends to be about learning the lessons from the past. The combination of the two can bring success but only through hard work to methodically balance things out….

I Ching Correspondence- 16) Yü Enthusiasm

I Ching: 16

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Chȇn Thunder over K’un Earth– It is the strong fourth line that pulls all the other weak lines with it by din of its Ashe (personal power, charisma, flow), Movement. Leading people in the direction you want along the path of least resistance. To determine this, the great man or leader has to balance what he needs done with the most likely way the people he leads will flow….

In readings: This card is variously referred to as either change or harmony and it tends to be a dynamic one. Movement is needed to keep the two disks moving. Likewise, when balancing different aspects of our lives and relationships we can’t expect to rest on our laurels, we need to constantly adjust according to feedback in order to keep things harmonious. When the card is upright or positively aspected, things are flowing smoothly
Reversed in readings: The balance is not flowing so smoothly. Either we are not adjusting our balance in accordance with the feedback we are getting or things are moving too quickly for us to do so.

Tarot Post – Two of Cups

Two of Cups (Love)

Tarot – Two of Cups (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Let’s toast to our love

Our hearts have found their equal

We combine anew.

Meeting you
after all this time
has started things anew
Together we make a whole
so much greater
than what either has been before
Thank us for existing
for without either, we would not be..
–G A Rosenberg

Cups deal with our emotional nature including love, both that as in a relationship between two (and rarely more) people and that of friends and companions.
Twos deal with duality, subject and object. With the two of cups another has appeared, the one has become two and together the two are greater than the sum of their parts. This card is all about the love, romantic and mutual that draws two people together. This card is about bringing together two energies that were meant to combine. Of course ultimately how they combine may depend on how well each is attached to his own being…

Astrological Correspondence – Venus in Cancer –Venus in Cancer refers to the way many go into a love relationship. Even when it feels so right in so many ways, we get so traumatized by past misconnections that we feel caution. Still, we wish to have this loving nurturing relationship and it is a strong one. Venus in Cancer wants to build a home together.

I Ching Correspondence – 1) Ch’ien – The Creative

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This hexagram comprised of two trigrams of Heaven talks about success and bliss through perseverance Anything becomes possible in this combination if one is willing to work at it and perhaps can learn how and when to yield .

In a reading the two of cups denotes a strong relationship usually at its beginning. If the relationship has been ongoing, it can mean a new beginning and strengthening of the relationship that wasn’t there before.
When the card shows up reversed in a reading, it can mean that something has gone wrong in the relationship that one is currently in. Distrust and Jealousy may have entered the picture and the partnership is now in danger.

Tarot Post – Ace of Pentacles

Ace of Pentacles

Tarot – Ace of Pentacles (revised) by G A Rosenberg

Desire grounding in reality
New roads appearing in my destiny
Finding my way has gotten easier
down to earth feels good if messier
Looking at all that nature has given me
grounded growing seeing what’s inside of me
Realizing that this my new beginning
having to surrender my losing to my winning
–G A Rosenberg

Seed begins sprouting

Life’s potential eminent

Planted in our hearts

In the tarot the suit of Pentacles refers to the element of Earth and of practical matters such as work and partnerships of a business nature and of the home, the business side of the relationship. It also speaks of the natural world and feeling grounded. Where the other suits speak of potentials in abstract matters, Pentacles speak of concrete realities. The Ace shows the seed of this speaking at once of beginnings , strengthening and renewal.

In a reading the Ace of Pentacles can refer to a new business opportunity, renewed strength and trust in a relationship or a feeling of groundedness after a long period of being scattered. It can also mean new money coming in and a new period of health and vitality. When reversed, it is not so much that these things aren’t present as that they are not appreciated. As in the most beautiful sunset in the world being missed out by the couple arguing over finances. Money conflicts can also be signified by the reverse Ace of Pentacles

Five of Wands (Conflict / Strife)

Five of Wands (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Conflict Has Risen Voices Cry Out To Be Heard Defend Your Passion

Let’s Play War We’ll make forts and attack each other with sticks and shields rolling around we’ll wrestle until you’re pinned then we’ll get up and do it again Our energy cannot be contained Want to have a go? After all its only a game Isn’t it and in our youth we are invulnerable.

I Ching Correspondence – 49) Ko – Revolution

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When the Five of Wands is reversed in a reading, conflicts have gotten out of hand, what may have started out playful has become bitter and nasty and all rules have been thrown out of the window.

Angel has taken flight With heaven’s love behind her Where can she call home?

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Angel Flight by G A Rosenberg

Four of Pentacles (Power)

Four of Pentacles (Reimagined) by G A Rosenberg

Holding too tightly coins slip from an old man’s grasp order tossed aside.

–G A Rosenberg

Born from the sea I returned there for my being’s next iteration Water flowing around and through me in tune with my being feeling currents of peace as my inner tide subsides The womb calls me back and I am reborn the next time as fire….. — G A Rosenberg

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Aquatic (Redux) by G A Rosenberg

Four of Cups (Luxury)

Four of Cups (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

There is something new to be had I just know it It comes into view and it will be better than anything before This new cup This new game… Have I said it before of each of the others? I mean it now… I just know the next dream come true will make my dreams come true….

The Most amazing gift a dream created A seed that if cared for will become real if not, it can join this pile of seeds over here

I Ching Correspondence – 3) Chun – “Difficulty at the Beginning” ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______

Alice Never Checked Out Her Options

by G A Rosenberg

Portal by G A Rosenberg

Three of Wands (Virtue)

Three of Wands (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Holding tight the flame We learn to use our power. Endless creation.

Knowledge received soon to transmit out I understand now how to use what I’ve been given To channel it to others to the world even to the universe I set my sights on the horizon soon to manifest.. Now the journey can truly begin…. –G A Rosenberg

Astrological Correspondance – Sun in Aries – This energy always involves a moving and a sending forward. It is always moving forward inspiring other energies to do the same, no matter where in their own situation they may find themselves..

I Ching Correspondance – 50) Ting – “The Cauldron” _______ ___ ___ _______ _______ _______ ___ ___

Two of Pentacles (Change)

Tarot- Two of Pentacles (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Balls are in the air

Can the balance be maintained

or will I drop them?

New given way by old A tale I’ve oft been told yet how do I proceed?

Surrender to become Surrender what myself then who am I to be?

Transitional Being Balancing the meaning combining alchemy

I stand in between change’s doorway I mean I hold and I balance — G A Rosenberg

“The other day I was watching a juggler balancing on a unicycle and juggling plates. I could relate for I too juggle on what seems at times an equally unsteady pedestal.

Meditation, , a blog that needs updating., and something new and wonderful to share. How do I keep my balance without falling off of this thing?

As much as I wish I could say I’ve managed this balancing act I must confess that the juggling is at least as tricky as it was before. Still perhaps I am learning..

I Ching Correspondence- 16) Yü Enthusiasm

I Ching: 16

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Two of Cups (Love)

Tarot – Two of Cups (Revised) by G A Rosenberg

Let’s toast to our love

Our hearts have found their equal

We combine anew.

Meeting you after all this time has started things anew Together we make a whole so much greater than what either has been before Thank us for existing for without either, we would not be.. –G A Rosenberg

I Ching Correspondence – 1) Ch’ien – The Creative

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This hexagram comprised of two trigrams of Heaven talks about success and bliss through perseverance Anything becomes possible in this combination if one is willing to work at it and perhaps can learn how and when to yield .

Ace of Pentacles

Tarot – Ace of Pentacles (revised) by G A Rosenberg

Conflict Has Risen
Voices Cry Out To Be Heard
Defend Your Passion

Let’s Play War
We’ll make forts
and attack each other
with sticks and shields
rolling around we’ll wrestle
until you’re pinned
then we’ll get up and do it again
Our energy cannot be contained
Want to have a go?
After all its only a game
Isn’t it
and in our youth we are invulnerable.

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Angel has taken flight
With heaven’s love behind her
Where can she call home?