"1. The Mangus" and "Prince of disks" THOTH TAROT CARD: READING/s. These cards were pulled as a double reading. The Order of the reading is from left to right.

 

"1. The Magus" 

Reading:

Don't take the mind or thoughts for granted, despite, at times the wandering logic.  The jungler, like the illusionist and the conjurer mock reality, in defiance against the predicaments of gravity.  Perched upon his tippy toes, he achieves the seemingly impossible, of great skills honed, timing and its coordination.  Yet, the juggler must be focused, when at perfect harmony, he may be able to set forth motion in an unconscious state.  But, be wary of the xīnyuán, the 'monkey mind', of the restless, lacking control, impulsive and obsessive.  It does not tempt, as it cannot control.  For it represents an erratic pitfullness.  But, the cultivation of mind would be juggling the symbolisms of reality, within a setting of chaos. 

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"Prince of Disks"  

Another card from Aleister Crowley's (d1947) Thoth Tarot and part of the 'Court Cards', the "Prince of Disks", which shows up his interest or at least speculatively influenced by French psychiatrist from the early 18th Century, Philippe Pinel, and his "madness without delirium" or later the "moral insanity" study, and ending up later as English psychiatrist, James Cowles Prichard in 1835, decreeing the psychoanalytical term as "psychopathy".   Whilst analyzing criminals in jail, who appeared to show no empathy for their actions, and now, via our digital relays, it has been mythicized into the so called "Dark Triad" of personalities, more so dramatising the 16th Century writer Niccolò Machiavelli, and his book "The Prince", and the ethos of the Machiavellian personality.  Which is surrounded by fiction rather than fact. But, nevertheless enticing, that one could be morally detached, therefore able to seek gain over loss, without the moral, empathetic weight, would be favorable.  Cue, the masses of Trumpian supporters, podcasters and the like waffling on with a male romanticism, about how one should rule and be ruled. 

Crowley, who was at times paradoxical with his views on feminine, was mostly a chauvinist, sexist and with misogynistic viewpoints towards women, and throughout his occult legacy, he saw them as unruly and chaotic.  Crowley's interpretation of the card via "The Book of Thoth" is indeed marked with his usual ramblings, yet offering the Prince of Disks some moral obligations, seen as a more balanced archetype from the Machiavellian scale, as described by Crowley:

 

"The character denoted by this card is that of great energy brought to bear upon the most solid of practical matters. He is energetic and enduring, a capable manager, a steadfast and per severing worker. He is competent, ingenious, thoughtful, cautious, ‘trustworthy, imperturbable; he constantly seeks new uses for common things, and adapts his circumstances to his purposes in a slow, steady, well-thought out plan. He is lacking almost entirely in emotion. He is somewhat in sensitive, and may appear dull, but he is not; it so appears because he makes no effort to understand ideas which are beyond his scope. He may often appear stupid, and is inclined to be resentful of more spiritual types. He is slow to anger, but, if driven, becomes implacable. It is not very practicable to distinguish between the good and evil dignities in this card; one can merely say that, in case of his being ill-dignified, both the quality and quantity of his characteristics are somewhat degraded. The reaction of others to him will depend almost entirely upon their own temperaments."

The card also represents air (Taoist beliefs), the Earth, agricultural mastery, Universe, prefection, meditation, and calm resolve.     

Reading:

The Prince carries the Orb of the Earth in his left land, as the Left Hand Path is of the Earthly realm, the right points upwards towards the cosmos, we come from the Earth, and in turn, we will leave this Earth.  The cultivation is of the self, as we grow within the Earthly realm, nourish the self, but find balance between the ruling of others and being ruled yourself.  As the spirit is seen as circular disks, naturally free, and yearns to embellish the lifeforce until the material body ends.  Listen to the master, as their insight and knowledge of the world is of its superior standing,  and this, is simply listening to the self, the body, the mind, the nervous system, to control it, to discipline it, and to use it.  You must learn to rule yourself, before you can rule others.  Yet, the path of superiority is fraught, and many have tread this and failed.   And the card also represents air, which is derived from also from Earthly realm, wind is persistent and steady in its power.  Learn from its resonation, see how it oscillates, as it moves through the trees, and moves the clouds.  As a constant flow, while it carries the eons of reality.    

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(A.Glass 2023, 2024, 2025)

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