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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"5 of cups. Disappointment" is one of the more negative of the Thoth tarot cards, akin to 5 of Disks "Failure", both representing the geomantic "Rubeus", from 17th Century geomancy, which many early occultis used as a way of discerning patterns in nature as divination and patterns that were devised to create a foretelling. Rubeus being seen as an inverted glass, within its dot symbolism, and is latin for "Red" and essentially means evil if it is revealed to the participant of the reading. The card shows five empty cups in the formation of an inverted pentagram, the lotus flowers leaves are falling from the "fiery winds" sitting above a "dead sea", and according to Aleister Crowley's (d1947) interpretation, the card represents the beginning of destruction. "5 of cups. Disappointment" is ruled by Mars over Scorpio, apparently also a bad omen.
Reading:
Is the Earth, another planet's hell? Is the hell state of the mind? Do the unsettled thoughts, create the stagnant waters? The dead sea within? Did you expect that all would be well from a lofty heights, and you did not expect to fall? Then you have entered the hell realm, and from here, one must face the fiery winds, the turmoil, as what points down, is the inversion of the will of the self. But it can be ruled, overcome, and reclaimed. Self destruction is not your only salvation. Watch the Lotus flowers wither and die in this place, and see this as only temporary, to withstand is to elevate, and leave this place. Like the Unorthodox Hindu Aghori sect, who meditate within a ring of fire. Understand, that the five cups, being the fire senses, can be dulled, controlled and switched off, so I can endure this place. And, when liberated, may the cups be filled again with the water of life, the sacred elixir.
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All Thoth Tarot readings to date: chiasmusmagazine.blogspot.com/search/label/Thoth%20Tarot%20reading
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