Rose Lalonde Posted June 3 Posted June 3 (edited) (I'm late putting this up for us, because I forgot to refresh at TabulaMundi.com.) Part 1 at TabulaMundi.com Part 2 Telos Tarot of 777 From tabulamundi.com: "The full Golden Dawn title of the Nine of Swords is the Lord of Despair and Cruelty which is often more fitting than Cruelty alone. Here the woman takes the form of Despair, while the eagle-headed man is Cruelty. Cruelty can be directed outward or inward as self-cruelty, which often stems from Despair. The eagle-headed man directs the Cruelty outward with his bow, aiming to wound with a cruelly barbed arrow. The lion-headed woman here directs the abuse inward, impaling herself upon her own sword. The figures stand back-to-back on a raised peak, yet still cannot see their way out of the dark forest. The forest is a forest of pines referring to Attis, who in Ovid's Metamorphoses transformed himself into a pine tree. Attis represents death and rebirth. In Cybele's cult ritual, a pine tree was wrapped as a corpse and wreathed in violets to symbolize the body of Attis. The pine is also a symbol of the high view, a reminder to see things clearly, rather than through any haze of self-loathing or hatred." And don't miss the end of this post which talks about positive ways to engage with this decan. 9 of Swords The Lovers for Gemini The Tower for Mars RWS King of Swords/Thoth Knight of Swords - (decans are Taurus 3, Gemini1, and Gemini 2) Edited June 10 by Rose Lalonde
FindYourSovereignty Posted June 4 Posted June 4 The beginning of this decan has been a whirlwind. Fascinating to me the manmade cycles that occur at this time of year: graduations, rehearsals, recitals, theatre performances, end-of-the-school-year, weddings, in my immediate family we have three birthdays and my close extended family we have six more. It kind of feels overwhelmed and, if I allowed myself, I could feel shamed over being overwhelmed because, compared to most others, I don't 'do' a lot that is visible to my immediate community. Regardless, at this time of year, this cycle, there are all these outside activities calling my attention and affecting my experience. .
FindYourSovereignty Posted June 7 Posted June 7 (edited) Yesterday, I did a recording with two tarot readers regarding the Decan walk and one had the Tabula Mundi deck and the other has it on their wish list.. And later in the day I held a tarot practice group where one of the readers had purchased the Telos Tarot of 777 deck for a birthday present and pulled out the Tabula Mundi to share with the froup how the card images within the decans have symbolism to show their connection. It was a great reading day! I love sharing what I am studying and learning where people are in their tarot pursuits. Edited June 7 by FindYourSovereignty
FindYourSovereignty Posted June 9 Posted June 9 This decan has been exhausting, mentally, emotionally and physically. Gemini runs through my 9th House. Several things have been happening quite powerfully: so many of them related to death and one we are devotedly focusing on receiving a miracle and avoiding death. I am finding comfort and focus from the 360 Degrees of Wisdom, by Lynda Hill. Thank you @fire cat pickles, for this gift. The Elemental Tarot is not resonating with me for this activity. I am going to try the Star Tarot for a bit and see how it goes. I am immediately drawn to the Tower's lightening bolt and the Lover's beam of light. They appear to be swirling through the 9S. What a troublesome energy is sensed here; the mental web we weave as well as the web of our universal connection to all. In 36 Secrets, T. Susan Chang describes the 9S "regret of past action, fear of future consequences" and states, "... anyone suspended between regret and fear is bound to suffer." I am highly curious how the 10S will present.
Rose Lalonde Posted June 10 Author Posted June 10 Part 2 is up at TabulaMundi.com I've been sick, so have not had a chance to post yet, although I suppose that's fitting, since the night before symptoms start, I'm usually anxious, pessimistic, and the inner voice can be a bit cruel. When I get like that, I say, I hope I'm not getting sick. I was though. I'm off with a fluffy blanket to bed... Hopefully without the scene from RWS 9S.
FindYourSovereignty Posted June 11 Posted June 11 6 hours ago, Rose Lalonde said: Part 2 is up at TabulaMundi.com I've been sick, so have not had a chance to post yet, although I suppose that's fitting, since the night before symptoms start, I'm usually anxious, pessimistic, and the inner voice can be a bit cruel. When I get like that, I say, I hope I'm not getting sick. I was though. I'm off with a fluffy blanket to bed... Hopefully without the scene from RWS 9S. I hope you are feeling better soon, @Rose Lalonde. It's no fun to be sick.
JoyousGirl Posted June 11 Posted June 11 Hope you're feeling better @Rose Lalonde. As someone who has long experienced the 9 of Swords, I realise I seem to be getting to a different stage of awareness. More often I will see it as it happens and nip it in the bud - but not always. This Thoth card shows swords dripping blood as we rip shreds off our mortal self, and to me there's broken glass all around - the fragments - we're fragmented instead of whole. That broken glass requires treading gently, and I see it as a broken window through which we see things. There's so many different parts to us, they are not all broken. It is the window through which we see that is broken. I also see this as those who may cut themselves or self-harm. I've heard it's a way of release. I don't understand it, but it happens. One example of nipping self-cruelty in the bud is when I was training for a job. Each had partners for a set of activities we were going through. I was doing an activity and thought I had made a mistake and said to myself silently "You are so stupid!" But awareness entered in and said "So what?!" This is a very simple example, but it shows how we spiral down into self hatred and constant picking and wrong-finding, choosing examples in the past which support our faultiness. There are so many others who think they are superior and faultless and will do this for us!!! So what am I getting at? Well, I suppose that if I had followed the "You are so stupid" trajectory I would have given up and felt miserable and done the spiral of shame. That's this card. Stepping on all those broken bits of glass, not avoiding them or sweeping them up and putting them out of the way. There's the situation and there's a way of managing it. Like we would be careful with the glass, we can be careful with our thoughts, acknowledge that the glass is there and manage it tenderly. That doesn't mean it all goes away, but it identifies when it is happening. To conclude, it wasn't me that was making the mistakes in the tasks we were assigned, it was the other fellow. He had a fancy car and expensive clothes. I don't. So there's something to be said there ....
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