Chokmah in Air
The Moon (☽) in Libra (♎)
Two ideas —
seemingly in opposition but with no conflict
I’ve been given the grace to encompass both
I stand in contemplation
at peace, at prayer
I can stay like this for hours
or at least for now….
Two of Swords (Peace) by G A Rosenberg
Three of Swords by G A RosenbergTiphareth in Air
Mercury ☿ in Aquarius ♒
Mute, I watch your arrival
You climb onto my boat
unsure as you press this coin into my hand
You may smile or give a small laugh
but that stops when you notice
my eyes and my silence.
We start off
You seem surprised by the number of
rocks and debris in the water
You wonder about safety.
Oh Dear one
I know the way
as only one who has scraped
his bow on every single obstacle can
After awhile you start to know the signs
the childhood baggage, the failed marriages
Every time you denied the spark
in yourself (or in others)
they’re all here
and like I said
I know the way thoroughly
Though each route is different
I have known much the same
the odd twists and turns that obsession
and self-importance can place in one’s path
Intuition guides me through
the straits of old frustration
and intellect tells me
how deep they go.
You leave the boat
relieved of coin and burden
ready to survey your new landscape.
I push off.
You turn back to ask what they all do
but I am gone
Sailing. Home..
Six of Swords from the African Tarot
I Ching Hexagram 61 “Inner Truth” or “Insight”
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Sun-The Gentle Wind Above
Tui-The Joyous Lake Below
Visible effects of the invisible, The truth that lies within. Our “Truth” or our “Reality” as opposed to an objective truth. Not that the two don’t exist as a continuum, If truth exists (and I believe it does) then it is too great and expansive to be encompassed or fully comprehended by any one purpose or creed. Like the story of the six blind men who one day came across an elephant in the marketplace. One placed his hand on the leg and thought the elephant was like a tree, one touched the elephant’s ear and thought the elephant like a fan, one touched the elephant’s trunk and thought a snake, etc…Not one of them could believe that the entire elephant could be outside of their subjective experience..
The lines are closed at both ends yet open in the middle. This show an open heart , free of expectations..
Above gentleness and forbearance to those below,
Below joyous serving of those above…
None that came
and took the hand
of sorrow’s separation
Bleeding heart releases tears
Not only bloody down
the cheek of one’s soul
but burning holes
in the fabric of real
exposing chaos
What can come
spring forth from loins
of chaos manifestation
Lovely monsters coming through
not only ravishing
the whole of being
but with ecstatic
terrible beauty
exhorting night
III of Swords from Legacy of the Divine TarotBinah in Air
| Astrological |
♄ in ♎ |
Saturn in Libra |
| I Ching | _________ _________ _________ _________ ____ ____ ____ ____ |
33 Tun “Retreat” |
Ch’ien The Creative Heaven
Ken- Still, Mountain
When the Dark Ascends, the light retreats willingly
so the dark won’t crowd it out, thus do things happen naturally cyclically
It benefits one to understand the difference between retreat and flight
Timing is key and it is best to deal from a position of strength and choose one’s time
The Three of Swords (according to Aleister Crowley) is “dark and heavy” with “storm broods under implacable night” While other descriptions deal with a feeling of mourning or loss.
None that came
and took the hand
of sorrow’s separation
Bleeding heart releases tears
Not only bloody down
the cheek of one’s soul
but burning holes
in the fabric of real
exposing chaos
What can come
spring forth from loins
of chaos manifestation
Lovely monsters coming through
not only ravishing
the whole of being
but with ecstatic
terrible beauty
exhorting night
III of Swords from Legacy of the Divine TarotBinah in Air
| Astrological |
♄ in ♎ |
Saturn in Libra |
| I Ching | _________ _________ _________ _________ ____ ____ ____ ____ |
33 Tun “Retreat” |
Ch’ien The Creative Heaven
Ken- Still, Mountain
When the Dark Ascends, the light retreats willingly
so the dark won’t crowd it out, thus do things happen naturally cyclically
It benefits one to understand the difference between retreat and flight
Timing is key and it is best to deal from a position of strength and choose one’s time
The Three of Swords (according to Aleister Crowley) is “dark and heavy” with “storm broods under implacable night” While other descriptions deal with a feeling of mourning or loss.
Thoughts war with thoughts. Well, maybe not war as much as dance. They swirl around here and there without ease. Thoughts of home with happiness turmoiled. Kids, Schools, Teachers, Doctors, Social Workers, Art, Spirituality, gods, men, politics, philosophy, aliens, 2012, Math, Clients Art? Art all orbit and combine with reckless abandon. Research on the tree hanging from its branches locating gods so that I can locate myself? HUH? How many angels can dance on the head of a sephiroth? All depends on which one and what order of angels? How did that angel get into my pyjamas, I’ll never know yet I will survive. Other places fun is had and ale is drinken, here there is garbage that needs removing and decisions that need making on how best to handle kids, work and housecleaning.
STOP!
I need to stop my mind, to rest, to slow it down. Order can be put to chaos and yet the thoughts resist. Meditation not medication can win me surcease or a few moments peace. Contemplate Infin-naught. Tho, there is that in me which loves the potential of a cluttered mine for who knows when two discrete things will come into alignment and show me something new. Without that, with a mind newly organized, with each idea put into it “proper” place, do I face stagnation?
Still a respite, a chance to go within-to find peace and therefore become a happy medium.
IV of Swords Rider-Waite deckChesed in Air
| Astrological |
♃ in ♎ |
Jupiter in Libra |
| I Ching | ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _________ |
24 Fu “Return”
(The Turning Point) |
Geburah in Air
First Decan of Aquarius
Now the battle has been won
He collects the swords of the vanquished, us.
He walks on determined,
all but oblivious to our shame
He may be weary, we are for sure
with wounds to lick
This day too shall pass
and we may yet win out
tho for now we taste Ashes
Another day will come
V of Swords- Legacy of the Divine Tarot
I Ching:47 K’un “Oppression”
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The image is of a lake above water–the lake is dried up– the “superior” man is held down by the “inferior” tho there is an implication that by sticking to his truth, the superior man will win out with perseverance.
The card itself refers to defeat. It shows the victor in the foreground tho usually that represents that which the querent is facing…
There are implications of not only defeat but a loss of face and humiliation. This can also be seen as a warning about going into a contest with a defeatist attitude.
When the card comes out reversed it tends to indicate moving beyond past defeats and starting anew..
The First Decan of Aquarius energy tends to add to the persistent shining out one’s unique self quality.
