Hello Aquarius, And welcome back to TenPaths Tarot. Today we have a very powerful message for you from Spirit, and it starts with the oracle card, Self Reliance. And this shows a woman who is taking all that she’s learned– you can see all of the books she perches on– and all of her experiences… She’s dressed very humbly. Her feet are bare because she has put all of her effort into conjuring up this balance and this dream. And she hasn’t been sure she could do this, but she’s continued moving forward.
And so let’s see what we have. We will start with card number eight, because the bottom for cards are reflective of past. So I’m going from the past up to the present in a counter-clockwise fashion.
And so first we have the Knight of Swords. And look at this knight! His head is ablaze! His thoughts and emotions are just raging. He doesn’t know which way to go. And because he doesn’t know which way to go, the horse that could carry him to his dreams is in a state of confusion. It’s rearing up. It’s dark out. We don’t know where we’re going. So that’s an emotional energy here, and this is followed by the Ten of Swords.
More intense emotional energy. Something has really hurt you, and it’s possible you may have really hurt someone else. And it’s all because of this fire in your head and your heart that didn’t know how to release itself, or which direction to take. And look at the shape of that fire in the knight’s head. It resembles the shape of the wings that have been folded in the Ten of Swords; that are now dead because they’ve been exhausted by this wounding.
Some of this wounding you may have done to yourself. Some of this wounding you may have blamed someone else for. It’s different things for different people. But then somewhere along the way, we experienced The Tower.
This was an event, an experience, or a realization that made us say, “Something has to change, and something has to change fast.”
And in this card, we see two men falling from the tower. And they almost look like the same person, and I’m thinking this represents two sides of you. Will they both survive, or can only one survive?
The next card, the Two of Wands, says only one of those aspects of you survives, and it’s a positive aspect. The Two of Wands reminds me of the Strength card, in that the figure has the aspects of a lion. He has a lion’s mane and a lion’s tail.
This person is ready to start following his path, but in a position of renewed strength. And you can see there’s not much left of that tower there—only a few steps are left of it. This man is leaving behind his former view of the world, that everything should be rosy and perfect all of the time. And so he’s pulled himself up out of the rubble and is moving ahead.
And above the Two of Wands, we have the Six of Spirals. The number six represents stability. Things are going a lot better. Spirals can represent our wishes and dreams, and maybe what we wish for is give and take. In Celtic tradition, these flags are put out when you want something–when you’re asking to receive. However, in the Buddhist tradition, the flags are put out when you want to give–when you want to give unlimited love. So the Six of Spirals represents a balance of giving and receiving. And that seems to be the new destination.
And then we have the Three of Spirals. So here you’re taking a period of reflection. Three often means something is going away. In this case, it could be that secondary you. And you are taking time to reflect on what you’ve learned– on what has gone on in the past. And you’re reflecting on it all. And that Buddha face tells me that you want to do it in a way that will improve your heart; that will improve how you can give to the world and the people around you.
Now on this quest, here we have the Strength card. But although this individual is stronger now, he still harbors some of that scary energy inside of him– that dual character. A bit of anger and flaming thought is still with him. He’s still trying to conjure things to his liking. He has all of these charms, and he looks like someone we might be afraid to approach. And so that energy, that dual energy, is still there; and we’re trying to learn to control that.
We know we’re still the bear. The bear has many positive aspects. He’s very resourceful. He is strong. When there’s an obstacle, he knows how to push it out of the way. But sometimes bears are hot-headed and they react without thinking. And that’s the part that we all feel is dangerous. And so that is still lurking there.
And the person in this reading knows that’s still there, whether other people can see it or not. And he’s debating, “Should I continue contemplating and wall myself in (as in the Seven of Spirals), or should I start looking out at the world and consider my dreams; my desires; the possibilities before me?”
And that answer is going to be different for different people, depending on which stage you’re in. Maybe you do need to take more time to reflect. Maybe you have learned to control some of that power. Maybe you’re ready to move toward your dreams.
And so that is what the woman in the oracle card is trying to conjure. We’ve got the hourglass. There are two equal sides, representing balance. And she’s trying to harness that fire–that tower energy; that flame– and make some kind of use of it. She is trying to listen to that better side of herself that is guiding her. She is trying to find her way in the darkness. And I think there is a real possibility that she can, or that she has recently achieved this.
But it will be a matter of continuing the growth. I see growth in process here. I don’t see completion. Do we ever finish growing? Not really. So maybe that’s a normal state.
We just need to take down that bear energy just a bit. Maybe by exploring some of your dreams, you can let some of your playfulness out–that cub energy. That’s still very powerful, but it allows you to look at things in a fresh way and see the fun side of things. It prevents emotion from overwhelming you.
You know your past. You know the states you’ve been in. You have come a long way in controlling them. And it’s just a matter of continuing that growth. We don’t want to be the bear in the cave forever. So at some point, we want to come out of that cave and be able to harness that incredibly resourceful energy that the bear possesses.
And so that is what I have for you today, Aquarius. I hope this help. It’s a beautiful message, really. Spirit is encouraging you to go in the direction you’ve been going.
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