The Year of the Hierophant and the Need for Temperance
As a new year advances, I took a deep dive into Major Arcana numerology.
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As a new year advances, I took a deep dive into Major Arcana numerology.
Read MoreThis is a cross-post from my Tarot Trends Personal Blog.
Who are you, at your core?
This is a topic I often speak about, and write about, because it comes up so often in readings.
One of the reason that divination is so helpful is that divination is a way to help us discover our true identity – our core.
Sometimes we get stuck trying to be the person other people want us to be.
Sometimes we get stuck trying to become the person we think we should be.
Sometimes our self-perception is marred by low self-esteem or over-inflated ego.
Tarot, astrology and numerology are ways for us to look into a cosmic mirror, and discover things that are true about the self.
The more we are able to understand the core self, the more at peace we will be.
There are some people who misuse tools of divination, like tarot. They use the tool only to make predictions in an effort to assuage anxiety about the future. They never use the cards, nor any psychic tool, to actually question their own behaviors and discover more about the self.
The irony is, this very practice works to dispel anxiety, because once we feel solid in who we are, it is very hard to feel anxious about anything. Anxiety is most often born of a misunderstanding of self.
The significator card in a tarot spread is helpful in discerning “Who am I at the present moment?” Significator cards that we chose to represent ourselves help us discern “Who am I at core?”
If you want to learn about yourself, learn about your birth number, your sun, moon and rising sun, and the tarot cards associated with them.
This information should paint a clear picture of your motivations, your path and your sense of self.
There are those who say that we should not read tarot, or use other tools, for ourselves. They people may think we will come from the perspective of the anxious person using tarot to relieve her fear of the future.
But when we use our tools to understand who we are, we become strong, self-aware and healed.
I will be teaching a webinar on self-reading on July 24. Join us!
The recent Lammas Tarot Blog Hop focused on the suit of Pentacles. It was very cool to read how 37 different tarotists view the Pentacles, and the particular cards within the suit. I read a few discussions about the Five of Pentacles that sparked my interest.
It seems many tarotists view the Five of Pentacles specifically as a financial or physical loss; a loss of job or income, or a deficit in health. Certainly the Five of Pentacles can show up this way for all of us from time to time.
Traditionally, some readers actually associate a romantic loss with this card. Although the suit of Pentacles is more often associated with money and resources, many people see this card as describing a situation where a romantic opportunity is lost, perhaps due to misunderstanding or lack of communication.
This is an interesting example of how the four elements can cross between the tarot suits. Romance (usually associated with Cups) shows up in cards like the Ten of Pentacles, or more sadly in the Five of Pentacles. Communication, more often associated with the Suit of Swords, can be the deficit in the Five of Pentacles.
The word “opportunity” is one I like to associate with the Five of Pentacles. In fact, I prefer the concept of “missed opportunity” for the Five of Pentacles to the concept of “loss.” In many depictions of this image, it seems clear that the characters on the card are missing the opportunity to gain a resource they need.
The question is this. Why are they missing the opportunity? Is it stubbornness? Could it be laziness? What about lack of faith? Maybe it’s lack of imagination? Are they stuck in pride? Are they afraid? Or are they just plain stupid?
Often when I see the Five of Pentacles, the message I get is this. The opportunity you need is right in front of your face. You’re just not seeing it.
In tarot, all the “five” cards depict some difficulties and conflicts. That’s because five is the number of expansion. In the number four, we are in our safe comfort zone. With five, we push past those limitations.
From this numerological perspective, perhaps the Five of Pentacles is asking us to push past our own limitations to discover what is truly possible. This may be especially true in areas of business, money, physical ability and wellness.
When you see the Five of Pentacles, try asking yourself this. Where are opportunities to improve my physical and financial wellbeing? Am I resistant to opportunities I should be embracing?