As Above, So Below for Thursday, 14 September 2023

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Reading Notes:

Significator runes: Gebo (7th rune, partnership, reciprocity, marriage, balanced energy exchange), Carcer (self-imprisonment, restriction)

Cards 7 of Wands (7, Fire, Minor Arcana), The High Priestess (2, Major Arcana), The Emperor (4, Major Arcana)

Overall numerology: 7+7=14=5 2+4=6 5+6=11 (Master number for awakening, enlightenment, spirituality)

Beginning with the runes, Gebo involves engaging in harmony and balance with others. Carcer, on the other hand, involves self-imprisonment or self-restriction. It’s staying within the bubble of your own perceptions and not stepping outside your own comfort zone. And it’s interesting that we’ve recently had Carcer in readings three other times. I didn’t see the one from 8/31 when I looked back at the other readings, but it’s there along with on Monday the 4th, and again on last Monday as well. So it looks like we’ve been dealing with stepping outside our comfort zones in one way or another for a while now.

The overall numerology for the reading is the Master Number 11 which implies awakening or illumination. How it might apply to the significators of the reading could involves becoming aware of how self-restriction can really interfere with your own happiness and when engaging in reciprocity with others.

Moving on to the cards, the 7 of Wands depicts a man holding a staff while standing on higher ground. Six staffs are below him and it appears that he’s defending himself (his ideas, choices, decisions, his success) against whoever is holding onto them below. He’s above them so that he can see the nature of what he’s dealing with. Considering the energy of Carcer in the reading, it could be that although he’s standing up for himself, in the past, that might have been difficult. So, in standing up for himself and defending his position, he’s stepping outside his comfort zone to do that. Because, if he doesn’t do that, then his voice, which matters, isn’t heard.

As soul-archetype cards, the remaining two cards in the reading from the Major Arcana imply that higher awareness is giving you the tools to step outside your own comfort zone to assert yourself to others. The High Priestess suggests that an inner balance needs to be reaffirmed or reset. Perhaps the projective (masculine) side of self is less strong than the receptive (feminine) side of self and that’s the reason for not asserting yourself or standing your ground in some manner, and a new balance needs to be created.

The Emperor card suggests that after a more realistic balance is struck within, then you may find it easier to speak up when your input is needed. You do that with the inner authority that you intrinsically possess, not from authority that you wait to be conferred upon you by others.

Remember that Gebo started things out by invoking balanced energy exchange, and although that typically is expressed with others, it first begins within the individual. In others words, without balancing that presence within, it’s difficult to express that to others.

SUMMATION

In order to have true balanced energy exchange with others, each person in the equation needs to be able to assert his/her own views and to have those views treated with the respect and dignity they deserve. Carcer suggests it might take stepping outside your comfort zone to speak up or stand your ground, but it’s clear that for a balanced interaction to happen, all voices need to be heard and respected, especially your own.