Weekly Tarotcast™: 4-16-19 through 4-23-19 Eight of Disks This week’s Tarotcast card is the Eight of Disks. This suit is also called Pentacles or Coins. This card represents order, self-discipline and attention to detail. There are benefits to knowing when to watch and wait, to wait and see. With a stable, secure foundation one can build as needed when the time is right. The Elements The energy of the Sun warms and quickens the Earth. Plants and trees grow, providing  light, beauty and nourishment. The Number 8 The 8s of the minor Arcana evaluate and organize. They bring reason and communication to their respective suits and elements. The eights bring justice. Also karmic balancing or rebalancing, order and structure within limitations and boundaries. Like the sevens, their position on the Tree of Life is somewhat weak and unbalanced. So where’d all this balanced energy in the Eight of Disks come from? It gets its unique benefits from its astrological correspondence. Kabbalah On the Tree of Life, this card represents the formula 8. Sephiroth or sphere 8, Hod (Splendor, sphere of Mercury and the feminized Male) in the suit of Disks (the element of Earth – Assiah, the material world; our …
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Weekly Tarotcast™: 4-09-19 through 4-16-19 The Devil This week’s Tarotcast card is the Devil. This major arcana tarot card symbolizes burdens and temptations. Short-sightedness and a lack of perspective enslave us through our desires. Passivity, victim consciousness and fear dominate our consciousness. When we realize that we are the only ones who can remove the chains which bind us, we escape from bondage. Kabbalah On the Tree of Life this card travels path 26. It joins sephiroth or sphere 6, Tiphareth (Beauty) to sephiroth or sphere 8, Hod (Splendor). Its Hebrew letter is Ayin which means “eye.” Our physical “eye” is our way of seeing the world. Our other “I”, or ego, is the way we want to see ourselves and want the world to see us. Astrology This card is the zodiacal trump of Capricorn in which Saturn rules and Mars is exalted. In real-time astrology, the Sun continues its transit of Fire-sign Aries. Saturn is transiting its home sign of Capricorn (through March 2020). When it retrogrades later this month, new restrictions, limitations and boundaries arise. Additionally, existing ones may become stronger. There are no easy shortcuts and this is not the time to cut corners. Saturn gives …
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Weekly Tarotcast™: 4-02-19 through 4-09-19 Four of Cups This week’s Tarotcast card is the Four of Cups. The energy here is protective and nurturing. These are qualities associated with the maternal instinct. Caring, affection and emotional stability will be recurring themes during this week. We will likely be looking for ways to express unconditional love. This can contribute to a period of relative ease and feelings of security. Yet, this energy borders on being too much of a good thing. “Mothering” turns into smothering when we attempt to bind, restrict or limit others in the name of “love”. The Elements The fluid element of Water does not contain itself or conform to structure. Unstable liquid needs something outside itself to impose order. The Number 4 The Fours of the Minor Arcana bring form and structure to their respective elements. Here is stability and nurturing for further development and manifestation. The Fours bring unification, domestication, reflection, or gestation to events and situations. Kabbalah On the Tree of Life, this card represents the formula 4. Sephiroth or sphere 4, Chesed (Mercy, the sphere of Jupiter and the rule of law). Plus the suit of Cups (Briah, the Creative world; the element of …
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Weekly Tarotcast™: 3-26-19 through 4-02-19 The Hierophant This week’s Tarotcast Major Arcana card is The Hierophant. This card was known as the Pope in the earliest tarot decks. He is now a high priest, vital and powerful, partnered with his Scarlet Woman. He represents a teacher, priest or religious leader. He can also be a representative of the law (including police officers and attorneys). The powers that be will be powerful indeed this week! We’ll contend with corporate, academic, religious or legal entities. Also any authority figures within our personal sphere. Kabbalah On the Tree of Life this card travels path 16. It joins sephiroth or sphere 2, Chokmah (Wisdom, sphere of the Divine Masculine, Yang) with sephiroth or sphere 4, Chesed (Mercy, sphere of Jupiter and the rule of law). Its Hebrew letter is Vau, meaning “nail.” We use nails to build and secure a structure. But we can also get “nailed” if we’re not careful and we’re doing things we ought not do. Astrology This card is the zodiacal trump of Taurus, with Venus ruling and the Moon exalted. In real-time astrology, the Sun is transiting Fire-sign Aries. Aries’ is action-oriented and energetic. Combined with this week’s card, …
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Weekly Tarotcast™: 3-19-19 through 3-26-19 8 of Wands The 8 of Wands is this week’s Tarotcast card. This card represents the end of stagnation and delay. Good news is on the way, and it’s coming fast – the focus is on communication in all forms this week. As far as how fast news travels? Well, time (and motion) are relative, after all. The Elements When the Air element inspires the Will (or Spirit), it releases high-velocity energy. This card is a representation of electricity and light. The Number 8 The 8s of the minor Arcana evaluate and organize. They bring reason and communication to their respective suits and elements. The eights bring justice. Also karmic balancing or rebalancing, order and structure within limitations and boundaries. Like the sevens, their position on the Tree of Life is somewhat weak and unbalanced. This card benefits from its astrological influence; ideas or impulses rise and expand to serve a higher purpose. Kabbalah On the Tree of Life this card represents the formula 8. Sephiroth or sphere 8, Hod (Splendor – the sphere of Mercury and the feminized Male) in the suit of Wands, (the element of Fire. Atziluth, the archetypal world; our Will …
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