Up close and personal:
Lady Luck, they call you, and with this power you wield, you either drop golden coins on surprised recipients, or you empty the pockets of those daring enough to face off with you one too many times. It gives the world pause for thought. Is life just really one big chance? Are we here to fulfill a destiny, or are we nothing more than numbers spinning on some luminous game of chance in the center of this big black universe? And what is destiny, after all, and what constitutes riches and golden precious coins. All of these things may be something different for each individual, and it’s this glaring fact that you chase us with.
Wheel of Fortune, you inspire us to follow our dreams, to listen to our intuition, to open our arms to visions. You remind us of the connection we have with Spirit and the laws of physics, and the hard reality of life. You remind us that chances often come from the most unexpected direction and source, and you fill us with a sense of hope. If life is a game, you tell us, we all have an equal chance to win.
Affirmations for Meditation:
1. I won’t be afraid to take a chance.
2. I won’t be afraid to take a chance while using Common Sense.
3. I won’t let an opportunity pass me by.
4. I will learn and live, love and grow, by grasping at Life’s impossibilities.
5. I can do it; I can do it; I can do it!
Images & Symbolism:
Hebrew Letter/Kaph
Symbol for Letter & Sun-Sign/grasping hand
Crystal or Stone/amethyst
Color/violet
Musical Note/A#
Up close and personal:
“All is fair in love and war”, so the old saying goes; but in reality, no, it’s not. Within both realms, Justice, you are hiding the best and worst of everything that humanity can dredge to the surface of life. Love is often described as a battle field by the more cynical individuals, and this perspective most often comes from having fought the fight, having survived the skirmish, perhaps with a few wounds and tender spots to show for it. And war? The injustice that surrounds this event, no matter where it’s fought, no matter who the participants, is a glaring blight on humanity. “Imagine”, as John Lennon once said, in his song of peace and acceptance. And that’s what you’re trying to tell us Justice, to be fair, to do things right, to be kind.
We don’t always get everything we wish for, but then again, it seems like some people always do (the golden children). Life isn’t always fair, this is what you’re trying to tell us, Justice, like a parent talking to a child (as we stand before you with arms crossed defiantly on our chest, with a clenched pout plastered to our mouth, with eyes stubbornly averted from your glorious face). Humanity can behave like a group of children who have never grown up, children who are spoiled, children who feel entitled. You’re trying to tell us, Justice, that during our lifetime there will be moments of pleasure in wishes granted, but don’t expect to receive everything you desire, and when you realize that it’s not coming to you, learn to accept this fact with grace and dignity.
As you sit upon your thrown, sword raised to the heavens, the scales of justice held in your capable hands, your voice can be heard: Happiness comes to those who do things right, those who try to be fair, those who treat others with dignity, those who fight for justice in this world upon so many levels, and in so doing bring a rush of positive energy and a flash of pure spirit. Sweet Justice, as you look out from the center of your card on humanity, with that placid calm expression on your face, you try to assure us... Everything will be okay.
Affirmations for Meditation:
1. I will rise to the occasion.
2. I will not suffer injustice without putting up a fight.
3. Always take the high road.
4. I fight for “the principle of the thing”.
5. Live beyond reproach.
Images & Symbolism:
Hebrew Letter/Lamed
Symbol for Letter & Sun-Sign/ox-goad, scales
Crystal or Stone/jade
Color/green
Musical Note/F#
Up close and personal:
One reason you’re stuck in this precarious position, dear Hanged Man, is that you tried too hard to conform. You let everyone around you -- family, society, friends, peers -- lay out the rules of life, the boundaries, the white areas and the black shadows. The only tremendous problem with this, one you apparently didn’t think about, is that Their boundaries may not be Your boundaries. You’ve wound up avoiding all the black areas that would have embraced and taught you, and you’ve stood too long in the white areas that didn’t apply to you and your life, resulting in a terrific burn, as though you were standing under the brilliance of the sun too long. This experience has left you voiceless, tied to standards that you don’t know how to drop at this point. It’s left you with no confidence in yourself, or your ability to break free and think on your own, act on your own. It left you unable to embrace Yourself.
The beautiful Moon, so brilliant in her spiritual aspects, has turned the face of deception upon you. The wonder of it is that this deception, so cunningly placed here by The Moon, works both ways. Since your self-esteem has been eroded, you have come to follow a pattern of submission, and you believe and accept almost everything other people tell you, though their reality and their truth are so often patterned after themselves, or harbor a wickedness that comes with the face of a liar. The other harsh truth of The Moon, dear Hanged Man, is that she often points a beautiful shining accusing finger at the victim of self-deception.
Why are you bound to that tree, Hanged Man? Why can’t you just step down?... You didn’t know when to quit. You didn’t’ know when to stop trying, or stop Sacrificing Yourself and leave behind poisonous situations and people, leave behind something that was harmful to your spirit. It’s that Hierophant with his hand on all this, the one who demands conformity. And you lost all sense of your own instincts, of your own inner voice. You ignored your spirit guide, or your guardian angel, and you tried to follow the path of least resistance through life, so as not to make any waves, to cause any disruptions, to receive any criticism.
To release yourself from that tree Hanged Man... you need to reclaim Yourself.
Affirmations for Meditation:
1. Self-sacrifice has its place.
2. I will do the best I can without sacrificing my own health & security.
3. I will know when to give, and when to withhold.
4. I will learn from past mistakes.
5. I will not judge myself by the standards of others.
Images & Symbolism:
Hebrew Letter/Mem
Symbol for Letter & Sun-Sign/seas
Crystal or Stone/lapis lazuli
Color/blue
Musical Note/G#
Up close and personal:
Dear Death, though you inspire shudders upon those who first view your face from the confines of your card, you are there to support us and guide us through life. What a paradox that seems to be, but it’s true. When we don’t have enough courage to leave something negative behind, you deliberately start slamming doors and throwing open new routes, revealing unexplored passage-ways. With a gentle hand on our back, you say, “It’s time to move on now, let’s go.”
Death, you take us by the hand, reassuring us that the storm shall pass, that the clouds will part, and The Sun’s rays will burst forth again. You look down on us through dark and hollowed skeletal eyes, and within this blackness we see the shining light of hope.
Affirmations for Meditation:
1. I will not be afraid of change.
2. I will accept and learn from the transitions of Life.
3. I will listen for the voice of Spirits.
4. I will embrace the inevitable with courage and fortitude.
5. I will teach my children to juggle and adjust to the bumps in Life’s road.
Images & Symbolism:
Hebrew Letter/Nun
Symbol for Letter & Sun-Sign/fish, scorpion
Crystal or Stone/turquois
Color/blue-green
Musical Note/G
Up close and personal:
What’s it all about anyway?
It’s all about learning to accept who you are and your lot in life. It’s the idea that if you aren’t satisfied where you are, no matter where that is, you won’t be satisfied anywhere. (And I mean this both literally and figuratively.). Once we learn to accept where we are, and we figure that we might as well make the best of it and give it all we’ve got to make it livable and desirable, the Universe says to us -- You’ve got it, by golly! -- and then it hands us something new and unexpected on a silver platter, another rung up the ladder. And we think to ourselves, okay, that’s what it was all about, huh.
It’s all about learning what Judgement is, really, and learning when to pay attention to it, when to apply it, and when to avoid and ignore it. Whose judgement are we passing anyway? Who has the authority to pass judgement on us? Life is subjective, that’s what you’re trying to tell us Temperance. You’re saying that if everything in our world is checking out okay, on every level, and we’re not being harmed, or doing harm, then it’s good. It’s all good. The hell with what anyone else thinks. I think this is all part of the first lesson following on your tail, learning to accept ourselves, even if society, or family members, or the snob down the street doesn’t.
So, for the big picture, just out of curiosity, what are you trying to convey to us, Temperance? That power comes from within? That when we allow other people to judge us unfairly, we hand our power over to them? That everyone has phases or moments in life when they aren’t as strong or powerful as they thought they were, or they thought they should be, but it’s all a temporary state anyway. I know what you’re saying Temperance, we’ll get our power back, just keep our heads down and stay with the program, whatever that might be.
Affirmations for Meditation:
1. I will aspire to balance in all things.
2. I will aspire to fairness.
3. I will aspire to decency.
4. I will embrace the attributes of saintliness as positive energy.
5. I will spread these aspirations to everyone I touch.
Images & Symbolism:
Hebrew Letter/Samelch
Symbol for Letter & Sun-Sign/archer, centaur
Color/blue
Musical Note/G#
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