Category: magic

The Four of Cups indicates that we are lost in the working of our own mind rather than trusting our connection with the universal heart.

While the universal heart tenderly ensures our protection, we remain self-absorbed in irrelevant contemplation. This contemplation is taking us deeper into the illusion that we are helping ourselves.

We convince ourselves that our being contemplative is helping us solve an emotional problem.

Are you trying to think your way out of a challenge and actually exacerbating it? Take a deep look. Is all this internal philosophizing a way to distract you from feelings? It’s okay to take a break from hardship, but thoughts won’t solve this particular predicament.

Eventually you will need to sit with your emotions which will neutralize, become calmed, from your love. This will bring you back to the universal heart. Guidance will be profound.

Right now you are not receiving the guidance as you are determined to run your own show, use your own mental apparatus to control, feel like you are the one who knows. This need to control has isolated you while the problem continues to fester inside.

The universe compassionately holds you, reminding you that waters of healing and wellness are yours when you are ready to face your own vulnerability.

It is possible that you got in this predicament by saying an imbalanced yes to people too many times. You may need to learn how to hold the loving force of a healthy no when you come out of your mental retreat.

What feeling propelled you into your excessive thinking? What emotion was unbearable? Can you identify where that emotion is in your body? Aim to be so present with this feeling that it takes you to new waters! It is suggested that you work with a healer or therapist to do this process as it can bring up a lot of vulnerability.

When you are ready to experience the emotions that have taken you into your mind, great liberation and freedom awaits. It will feel like drinking and bathing in deeply healing waters. The Lemurian Hawaii waters are yours from within when you are ready. Relief will then come.

When you reject the Four of Cups consciousness, you are cleverly distracting yourself with excessive mental activity that entices others. You are being a funny clown or entertainer who takes yourself far away from your heart and soul. While others are clapping, headed toward distracting rides themselves, your self-imposed sham will vanish or crash. In time, you will be forced to look into the gifts that call you more deeply!

The Four of Cups appears when growth is on hold, an emotion is purposefully blocked and you are taking a time out, looking for false solutions. It’s okay. When you are ready for your bounty, you will do the work-play required!

Contemplation

Which emotions am I running from or fighting?

Meditation

What feeling is in my heart? Go through the layers of what you find in your own heart. It is recommended that you do this with the help of a trustworthy healer or therapist.

May your happiest dreams be actualized and may your life be full of miracles!

Laurie

With the Ten of Pentacles experience, you know the virtue of wealth but you also know the joke of life. It feels great to have far more than enough. It feels great to laugh. It’s good to seriously thank life for gifts.

It’s good to see how arbitrary and self-propagated all human dramas are. You created the wealth from knowing what it does and doesn’t mean, so now you sit in gleeful enjoyment. You give joyous thank with a wink to the divine!

You have lived too many lifetimes in the cycles to glorify self-imposed poverty in hopes of enlightenment. You know the neutral. You see the whole world is a comical play. You don’t give undeserved power to your thoughts or anyone else’s. Yet you do use your thoughts well.

You construct wealth from air, mental wisdom and proper action. You stay aware of the nothing out of which all something happens. You laugh a lot. And of course, little can perturb you. You have the balance of the inside openness, the awakened consciousness and the duality street wisdom. You pay no heed to others’ dogmas.

The Ten of Pentacles is a very blessed card. You have compassion for people. You give to others. Your wealth is intricately related to all your tithing or service in one form or another! No guilt. No embarrassment,. No shame. You passed on those long ago,

You feel grateful to receive and grateful to give. Natural to you. You don’t take the merry-go-round of life too seriously but you give thanks non-stop. And so you invite richness in as you take it all with a light laugh, forever willing to lend a hand and having the ability to steer clear of other’s dramatically self-created agendas.

Ten of Pentacles consciousness lives in completion with loved ones. Family, animals, nature are all valued. Beauty abounds. Fullness is the norm. Focus is on what is good, genuine contentment. Good for all which includes self is your only care. Light shines straight out of your heart and into your yard. Your family members generate balanced bright auras.

When you reject the energy of this card, you just don’t comprehend how wealth or enlightenment work. You sure think you do. You betray the generosity of wealth with self-aggrandizement for your vows of poverty. You pretend you are enlightened when you are very attached to your ego trip. Give it up already. Who are your pleasing?

The Ten of Pentacles is the love of material wealth used for a foundation of warm, happy environment to support the deep union of love, health, family, community of all species, and contentment. You don’t create problems to solve. You don’t escalate difficulty to be a hero. You don’t intensify difficulty to get sympathy. You don’t escalate challenges to build false philosophies, medical establishments, spiritual paths, or religions. You don’t entertain yourself with trouble.

You let life be deeply good. You maintain an equilibrium of care and non-attachment, empathic love and individual protection, gratitude and laughter in ideal balance. If the rest of the world wants to dance in chaos, so be it. You gave up the heal-the-world routine seven lifetimes back. You lend a hand and generously share your wealth to anyone with a good heart or a genuine need. You fund artists, the hungry, and the garden growers.

You feel very at home being your partially-conservative, partly-quirky and slightly-eccentrically green self.

Good for you!

Contemplation

You are done. Nothing to contemplate. Maintain your observational devotion and subtle sense of humor about it all.

Meditation

Nothing new to mediate upon. Life is your meditation.

May your happiest dreams be actualized and may your life be full of miracles!

Laurie

There are times in our lives when we must accept inevitable change and allow things to come to a natural end.

The Judgment card is often referred to as a time of resurrection and awakening, a time when a phase or period of our life comes to an absolute end making way for dynamic new beginnings.

It may be that a long-term relationship or marriage has had its time and whilst it may feel painful to accept this finality, the Judgment card is saying try and accept that this is a time of fast-moving, positive change and action for you.

Whether it’s the end of a career, a time when your children have flown the nest, or a turn of events that make you wish your life was different, this card represents karmic change and it indicates that bigger and better things are yet to come into your life.

Quite often, fantastic events and opportunities follow sad and difficult challenges and this card can represent any events that may feel like ‘Judgment Day’ has come. Changes that may be indicated upon the appearance of this card can be significant, so this would not be a time for regret and fear but a time for courage and rejoicing in what you have achieved and what you are yet to achieve.

Your life may well pick up a pace when this card appears, so whatever future possibilities are indicated in your reading, these events may happen quite quickly.

If the Judgment card comes up in a reading about legal issues, it is a positive sign that any ruling will be in your favor. However, if this card is surrounded by negative cards, it may indicate legal battles ahead and the possibility of having a ruling made against you.

In general readings, if this card is surrounded by negative cards, it could be that the swift conclusions foretold by the positive aspect of this card may be delayed. This can mean that you are fearful of such significant change and may be ignoring opportunities that may well promise a brighter future.

I also feel that when this card comes up, it’s important to use your own judgment wisely and not to judge yourself too harshly. It is a signal for you to open your heart and mind to accept that all things come to an end and nothing lasts forever, yet for each ending there is always a new beginning.

Embrace such significant and inevitable change and a whole new world of opportunity can unfold for you – the Judgment card is a calling for you to be all that you can be.

Best wishes
LT

You arrive at the path of achieving and enjoying success…

The King of Pentacles represents someone who is unusually successful in business dealings and acquiring material possessions. I call this Pentacle “The Midas Touch” or “The Husband Card” in my deck. This King could represent you, a friend, family member, father figure, boss, lawyer, businessman, mentor, potential lover, potential marriage partner, or even an open enemy.

The Court Cards represent significant people who will enter your life. The Minor Arcana represents your choices and actions throughout the realization of your destiny. The Tarot card Kings represent authority, sound judgment, control, and strongly influence your current situation. The Pentacles represent your desire for material success, good health, and a happy home life.

Astrologically the King of Pentacles is related to the earth sign of Capricorn, the ambitious hardworking user of people and lover of things whose mind rules the heart and who is serious, traditional, economical, cautious and business-like, or domineering, egotistical, unforgiving, fatalistic, stubborn, inhibited and status-seeking.

The King of Pentacles astrological relatives are the planets Saturn (the structured teacher, lord of karma and lessons to be learned through trial and error), Venus (the morning and evening star that guides you to higher ideals. However, Venus is beauty or the beast. The beauty of a relationship that grows, or the beast of a relationship contract that could not achieve resolution and balance), and Mercury (the speed with how you gather information and think).

Symbolism

The King of Pentacles wears a golden crown decorated with red roses, yellow lilies, and a yellow and blue knotted laurel braid. The red roses represent the King’s passions, desires and actions, and the yellow lilies represent that the archetype is inspired with every step he takes. The tightly-knotted laurel braid indicates the King’s dedication, education, experience, and the status of his business achievements.

The King’s throne is decorated with goats (determination). Goats like to explore high vistas and climb the mountains of success.

The castle in the background represents goals and the solid foundation built to support these goals. The flag (announcement) flying over the blue (thought) roof may indicate that the archetype is thinking about announcing that a new business contract is in the works.

The King’s robe is decorated with grapevine leaves (growth) and red berries (the harvest of wealth). In one hand this archetype holds a globe scepter (indicating a businessperson who works worldwide). In the other hand the King holds one pentacle (new business opportunity).

The King shows only one steel boot, a sign that he would trample his would-be enemies if needed. The other boot is hidden because this King would never reveal all his cards.

My Interpretation of the King of Pentacles

The King of Pentacles has the Midas touch, is wealthy and loves the finer things in life. He embodies the combined royal qualities of the Tarot Kings with the earth-based qualities of the ambitious Capricorn mountain goat. He uses his authority, sound judgment, discipline, and his desire for structure to obtain status, social acceptance, a distinguished position, and financial security.

He is a financial genius, a business-savvy wizard, and a comfort seeking pleasure-lover. He is willing to work hard and may suffer many hardships in order to reach his goals and realize his dreams. Once he has obtained what he was pursuing, he is content to enjoy his well-earned rewards.

The King of Pentacles is a dedicated family man who follows tradition and expects the same from his partner and family members. He is the poster-boy of proper social behavior. He is solid as a rock and a good provider.

However, the King is always in control of his of environment or his castle. He handles conflicts by getting to the root of the problem to find the solution, and will also hold others accountable for their actions.

Positive Position: You may make solid business decisions and wise investments for yourself, a friend, family member, father figure, boss, lawyer, businessman, or mentor. The King may represent a potential lover or potential marriage partner, someone who is trusted, honest and dedicated and may sweep you off your feet. You may deal with an open enemy who has hidden intentions. See Note below.

Negative Position: You might be controlling, inflexible, rigid, nasty, and narrow minded. If you consider people to be unequal or of a lower social status, you may treat them badly. You may have trouble with a love relationship or your marriage may be in trouble. You could receive a bad performance review at work or lose your job. You may meet an open enemy who goes out of the way to ruin your reputation. See Note:

Note: You need to pull a clarifying card and cross the King of Pentacles to see if the energies are positive or negative to understand their intentions. Crossing cards indicate energies that need resolution. Swords = conflicts and challenges, Pentacles = growth and development, Wands = taking action with what you desire to achieve, Cups = love, feelings and emotions.

Timing is unpredictable and unknown.

With Love,
Safina

The World points you towards a path of initial completion as you continue your journey through the seventy-eight passageways of growth. This is the next level up on your continuous cycle of change and is the final Major Arcana path.

Starting with the path of the Fool, you had to attend “The School of Hard Knocks” and learn very hard lessons to gain wisdom from mistakes and to become a stronger person. Today is a graduation.

Congratulations on climbing the last mountain of setbacks and struggles! You are receiving your diploma and standing at the gate of a fresh new start. The past does not hold you back anymore because you tied up all your loose ends and will not wander back in time and repeat old patterns that got you in trouble.

You are at the end of your journey, placing the final touches that allow the forging of new beginnings – the end of a cycle and the time of completion. You closed the doors to the past and are now opening the new doors to the future.

Remember, all endings bring new beginnings and this card reveals that yours will come very soon. When you reach the World on your journey, you will realize that you have finally reached an important point in your life’s education. Having grown, you should be proud of what you have accomplished and acknowledge the distance and time that it exacted.

Numerical Number 21: This number is related to working hard to achieve your goals and having learned the necessary lessons, closing the doors to the past. You will feel inspired and optimistic about the future and the new goals that are waiting for you to explore.

The World, enumerated 21, consists of: 2 (making a choice) + 1 (a new beginning) = 3 (rebirth, creating something new. You will expand, give birth to life and create something beautiful with people who are close to you).

The Element of Earth: The World is associated with the planet Saturn (wisdom received from making mistakes and rolling up your sleeves to do the hard work to complete your education).

Probable Outcome: You are experiencing self-completion and success. You are the commander and chief of your life, no longer ruled by old thoughts because you live in the now. You have tied up loose ends and everything is starting to fall in place.

You might receive recognition from others and feel respected and appreciated.

Possible Outcome: Things from the past rule your mind, or you still have loose ends that need to be tied up. This might be a time of frustration, delayed completion, or a stagnated situation, but not failure. Things are not moving as fast as you wanted.

It’s possible that you are not receiving recognition from others, or do not feel respected and appreciated.

Then again, you might not be able to channel the World’s energies into your life. If this is the case, then you are not willing to make changes because you are too structured.

It’s also possible that you unwilling to end a situation and your resistance to make this change indicates a delayed completion to achieve your dreams. You are still a student in the “School of Hard Knocks” because there is still more work to be done.

Timing: The World predicts that an important event may occur within the next 30 days.

With Love,
Safina