Awakening, Renewal, and Present Moment Consciousness ~ Tarot for Wednesday 9 November 2016

The Great Sword of the Magus depicted in the Ace of Swords begins today’s tarot reading. Invoking Elemental Air, the Ace of Swords cuts through illusion with brilliant clarity as thought manifests into form. In this card from the Thoth Tarot, we see a green sword, a snake wound around its hilt, extending upward from the clouds up through the middle of a golden crown of light. The Great Sword of the Magus invokes Divine Authority, triumphing over all challenges, all odds. Elemental Air influences our intellectual presence, our integrity and balance. When this card appears it indicates we have the power to achieve our goals.

Of course then we have the 8 of Swords which Crowley calls Interference. Now that we’ve cut through illusion with our brilliant clarity, we have to be careful to not interfere with our own thought process. I love this card and although many interpretations of Swords are negative, I see Swords as addressing our focus. So for me, Swords is synonymous with alignment in Source Presence. This card displays two large, identical swords pointing downward covering six varied swords, three pointing to the right, and three pointing to the left, possibly indicating that we could be pulled in many directions. If used correctly, our minds have unlimited intellectual potential. Allowing ourselves to break focus risks the achievement of our goals, so staying aligned is essential so that distractions don’t interfere with or thwart our progress.

The Aeon is an interesting card. It’s one of the cards whose name Aleister Crowley changed to reflect his own idea of the card. In other decks it’s known as Judgment, in DruidCraft I believe it’s called Rebirth. The only card from the Major Arcana in this reading, Aeon counsels us to live in the present moment. We hear this all the time and it does sound cliché, but it’s true nonetheless. There is no past or future in the present, just the now. We tend to live everywhere but in the present moment, typically judging everything and everyone through the lens of the past. In the present, however, we’re able to fully live our lives in nonresistance, while seeing everything through the past leaves us stuck.

We experience a continual rebirth in the present, and when we leave behind the past, our consciousness is continually transformed by our experiences. The Aeon counsels us to see the bigger picture, embracing the truth of our lives. Clarity is ours as we let go of what no longer serves.

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The world of form is an interesting place these days. Via something called the Electoral College, Americans can vote and have their vote not count at all. Even when the popular vote goes for one candidate, the other can win, which is what happened last night. Hillary Clinton won. But the other guy is going to be our President.

Irrespective of what happened, for most of us, there’s nothing we can do to influence the next four years, and it’s looking like many of our basic rights are in jeopardy. We can see the tarot spread as an indicator of new ideas coming which may be true, but as fragmented and scattered the crazy guy is, it will be interesting to see how much he blocks his own thought process.

Any rebirth our country experiences may just be at the expense of our constitutionally protected rights. So the lawyers will get rich and 20 million people will lose their health insurance among Goddess knows what else.

In the coming days, we’ll need to stay aligned in our Source Presence more than ever. As devastating as all of this seems, we really have no idea how all of this will unfold. We help nothing by letting ourselves become derailed by this outcome. The truth remains the same. Seeing a brother as the other only further creates separation and division. We know what racism, sexism, and misogyny has cost us. Regardless of this election’s outcome, that truth will continue to resonate throughout the world.

Love will always trump hate, no matter what anyone says or does. We will come full circle. We always have. The United States of America will arise from the ashes in which we now find ourselves. While this travesty plays out, our rebirth will continue, ready to take hold when all of this nonsense is over. We’ll let our integrity shine bright, our clarity of purpose driving us on. We’ll stand strong as we wait for the consequences of this choice to be felt by all.

It’s a genesis of sorts, this election outcome. But the genesis that will happen is not what the new guy will expect. He’s too wrapped up in himself letting his thoughts bind his way forward to understand the energy that’s building. Apparently some of us haven’t experienced enough drama. So we’ll wait until they’re done, and then we’ll get to work.

It’s what we do.

So stay strong, my sisters and brothers, the family is still intact. Stay strong, stay aligned, and stay loving, and let present moment consciousness be your guide.

Blessed Be.