I'm using the Mythic tarot again this week. It's the first deck that was ever given to me, and I really love it.
As usual I've drawn three cards for you this week and I invite you to pick 1, 2, or all 3 cards, in any order you like. Whatever feels right for you.
As court cards, Queens can be considered numberless. They represent the ultimate feminine energy in a suit.
And cups are all about emotion and matters of the heart. The Queen of Cups is motherly, nurturing, highly intuitive. But she can also be ruthless and manipulative, or too guided by emotion rather than careful analysis. She may be drawing your attention to this dichotomy in yourself, or in another very strong female character in your life. Or she may represent your need for an emotional ‘safe space’. Feel for what is right, but don’t get so wrapped up in emotion that you lose your way.
Temperance has number fourteen. 1 + 4 = 5, but it’s a level up from the standalone five, and also carrying also the energies of one and four. That makes this a complex energy. If ones are a spontaneous, creative spark, and fours are contrarian in nature, it’s no wonder that fives present challenges. Take that up an order of magnitude, and you’ll have an idea what fourteen is all about.
But this card points out to us that opposites can be reconciled. That’s your challenge. Temper your reaction to that which appears irreconcilable, and things will become much, much easier. For opposites can react to form new things, depending on your approach. Hydrogen, a gas which burns fiercely, and oxygen, a gas which causes other things to burn fiercely, react to form pure water which cools to liquid and can temper hot steel. And so it is with the “irreconcilable” things you now face. Reconcile them and you will have the glee of the alchemist who just got water out of fire.
In tarot, the aces represent the start of new journeys in each of the four suits. They are doorways from the major arcana into the minor arcana. The tool chosen by the Fool from the magician's table, will now be put to work.
In this case it is the Pentacle. Take it, pop it in your wallet, ground yourself, and get on with that project you started but never finished. Work at it, and let it become. This will provide you with satisfaction, and perhaps resources will follow. But first focus on getting grounded. If you’ve been procrastinating, or emotionally unable to face the task, or distracted by trivial things, this is the call to stand solid on the ground with a renewed drive to build and finish that which you started, no matter how difficult that is at first. You can’t bank on motivation to get you to finish this, but finishing it will surely give you more motivation for the next task.
