Awakening As One ~ Tarot for 27 Dec 2016

The Queen of Disks, The Aeon and the 7 of Wands or Valour from the Thoth deck comprise today’s tarot reading. Both Earth and Fire are represented and the numerology for the reading is 9 or completion. Looking at the three cards, it seems that awakening is today’s focus, The Aeon in the center with the two surrounding cards bringing some information to the process.

Right away it’s easy to see that the surrounding cards bring a sense of peace and serenity with the Queen of Disks and the courage to stand our ground with the 7 of Wands. We balance the receptive or feminine aspect of self with the projective or masculine side. The Queen sits in quiet reflection, looking out over the land, holding her world in one hand and her scepter in the other. A ram looks in the opposite direction, keeping guard for his Queen. She’s practical and trustworthy, the Earth Mother who gives birth to creation. The wise Crone has learned to balance ambition with generosity, her connection to nature evident in the card as she reflects upon a life well lived.

On the other side of The Aeon sits the 7 of Wands. Crowley calls this card Valour with its six ornate wands crossed in a balanced pattern behind the single wooden wand of the adept, flames throughout depicting Mars’ catalytic presence. 7 is not only the number of divinity but also the number for magick. Strength is depicted in this card of valour, telling us to remain steadfast in our values and principles. We meet challenges with courage and honor, living our truth with love and dignity while avoiding destructive influences from others.

The Aeon asks us to see the bigger picture, to see beyond the drama and live with intention in the present moment. The tarot itself reflects the journey we take from the forgetting during incarnation to the eventual remembrance of our Source Presence. The Major Arcana gives us archetypal information to help us on our path of remembrance and awakening of Self as Source. When The Aeon presents in a reading, it indicates that a change of consciousness has either occurred or is about to occur.

A sense of duality is contained within our consciousness. We experience it in form and in the duality between the physical and nonphysical aspects of Self. Receptive and projective energies are referred to as feminine and masculine; we see separation and refer to that as self and others; and, we also reflect a self or other focus within. We divide things up as humans, male versus female the most obvious, catalytic versus receptive in nature, with judgment at its core. Either/or, us versus them.

Awakening is achieved when we realize that we are not separate from anyone, that in fact we are one Source Presence. Any appearance of separation is an illusion of form. We’ve learned over our lives to respond to all with love and compassion irrespective of present happenings, our catalytic presence driving us on to remembrance and awakening, our journey back to Oneness. We seek not to oppress others, but to lift them up in loving unity.

Our world has taken a dramatic turn and we don’t yet know the outcome. We’ve lost our balance and masculine energies have overshadowed the feminine resulting in such oppression and harm. But what I keep seeing with the cards I draw is the focus on unity and balance, not the drama and destructiveness that’s currently going on. I really don’t know how we deal with what’s coming other than to use our catalytic presence to stand our ground and continue building the unified world in which we wish to live.

Maybe we need this for our awakening, to be certain of what we already know. We’re stronger together than we are ever apart. In time, we’ll remember that. Goddess knows our next nutball in chief and his minions will give us plenty to be certain of.

Blessings to all