"7 of cups. Debauch" and "Knight of Wands" THOTH TAROT CARD: READING/s. These cards were pulled as a double reading, as a single card has been read in past tarot readings on chiasmus. The Order of the reading is from left to right.

 

7 of Cups "Debauch" is one of Aleister Crowley's (d1947) more Gnostic Christian, alchemist and astrological influenced Thoth Tarot cards.  And according to the Book of The Thoth, the card represents Venus in Scorpio, which Crowley equates with bad luck and "lack of balance".  He further relates this to the planet Venus, as seen in Hermetic alchemy as the Planet of Copper that is "external splendour and internal corruption", which sounds like a quote from Christian Theology and historians supporting the Fall of the Roman Empire.  The Seven Lotus flowers are inverted to become Tiger Lilies, which emit a green slime, rather than water, which may symbolise the inversion of the card to be a negative reading.  Crowley also refers to the Six decaying looking Lotus flowers, above the larger Seventh, borrowing from the Book of Revelation that they reveal a "Sacrament may be profaned and prostituted".  In conclusion, the 7 of Cups "Debauch" overall meaning is losing touch with the Kether, and in Jewish mysticism relates to the supreme of the 10 Sefirot, that being One equalling itself as "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh" (I am That I Am) or a God like ambience.   That if you lose touch with the holiest mysteries of the omnipotent, you will evoke the obscene. 

Reading:

Do not overread the numbers Six and Seven, for they are just numbers, or both of the Prime and Composite, as we are born of the Six.  The legs, arms, head and body.  We are not born under rule, we are born to be free, and yet the child is born with an open mind.  It does not see Debauch as wrong, nor does it see a weed any different than a flower.  The 7 of Cups "Debauch" may represent Venus, the Morning Star, the brightest and most illuminated Star of the Seven planets.  So, marvel at its defiance, as it brightness that evokes Freedom, yet it is so hostile, a poisonous planet.  The Second closest planet to the Sun, which is both the creator and destroyer of life. Meditate on decay, before you know life, live Debauchery before Purity.  Be imperfect, and be flawed.  Redeem oneself, and be reborn.  Know yourself, and live under no rule.  And if it is, "I am That I Am", may indeed see the corruption, of its creation gone astray.     

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I pulled this one this morning (December 5th, 2023), after shuffling the full deck of Aleister Crowley's infamous Thoth Tarot cards.  Which if one is aware of the late English occultist very detailed and relatively complex occultism theory, that is a combination of medieval Hermeticism, Jewish Quabbala, esoteric Taoism and Egyptian mythology.  Crowley's Thoth Tarot is very unique, with incredibly rich and detailed art by Lady Frieda Harris (d1962) in 1940's surrealistic, geometrical and cubist styles. So, the meaning for each card are a clever mix between the said occultist themes.  And the above card, "Knight of Wands" if I was to summarize from the explanation for the card, represents the impulsiveness of the male, particularly in war as a brutal warrior, with cruel and bigoted intentions.  The actual Tarot cards were developed at the onset of World War Two, so some of the meanings may be indicative of the global events that were transpiring at the time.  I would read this card as a warning to rash decisions, and be careful with fire, lean to cultivate its ferocity and tame it or be engulfed by it. 

The Knight of Wands card, maybe indicative of our current times.  Since nations are now resulting to Total War theory and 'forever' wars.  We never learn.  Do we?

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(A.Glass. 2023, 2024, 2025)

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