"10 of cups. Satiety " and "4 of cups. Luxury" THOTH TAROT CARD READING/s. These cards were pulled as a double reading. The Order of the reading is from left to right

 "10 of cups. Satiety" is one of Aleister Crowley's more balanced and oracle like cards, and a warning of destabilisation, in Crowley's eyes the planet Mars in Pisces which rules over this card, metaphorically, is seen as a "gross, violent and disruptive force", which he is actually correct. Mars is a radiation filled dead planet, with little or no atmosphere and is constantly pounded by asteroids, massive dust storms and basically nothing can live on that planet. Why would we want to visit it? The balance of the card is the Water, pouring through the Ten of cups, which is to pacify the Mars influence, also equating to Crowley's fixation with the Tree of Life ala the Qabalah.

Reading:

Meditate on the Ten, the first decade of years lived, allow the water to pour through. Be nourished by its flow, as it creates the balance, for the living organism. The bases of elixir and alchemy, the fluid of life. Yes, Mars is a warning, a dead planet, as it moves over Pisces, ravaged by radiation, its atmosphere is thin, unlivable, pounded by the asteroids of chaos. A reminder of destruction and turmoil. Earth is beautiful. It is our home, our lifeforce. Protect it.

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"4 of cups. Luxury" is on of Aleister Crowley's (d1947) instability cards, or forewarning of collapse, more so of the individual.  In similarity to "5 of Cups. Disappointment", relating to 17th Century geomancy, which is an early manifestation of symbolic occultism, where random shapes, in both nature and structure could indeed foretell fortune or a warning or at least offer an aesthetic vibe, that may lift mood (or decrease it).  Which is based around basic number sequencing, with Crowley, from The Book of Thoth, attributing the number 4 as an "awkward number", also identify the 4 of Cups to be aligned with the Latin "Via and Populus", Via meaning "change" or "movement", "clear direction" and Populus, the "crowd" "without clear direction" .  According to geometric lore, both are inverse to each other.  In which, as discussed, Crowley like many of the post Age of Enlightenment era, saw the utmost of structural stability over change, which indeed lead to elements of proto-Fascist beliefs in the Century that followed, that individualism could lead to social disorder and collapse, as quoted by Crowley, from "The Book of Thoth" :

"...For although the number Four is the manifestation and consolidation of the dyad, it is also secretly preparing catastrophe by emphasizing individuality..."

Possibly Crowley referring to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and: 

"...The card refers to the Moon in Cancer, which is her own house; but Cancer itself is so placed that this implies a certain weakness, an abandonment to desire. This tends to introduce the seeds of decay into the fruit of pleasure..."

Very much aligned with Crowley's proto-Fascist beliefs (which holds large doses of contradiction) of a moral collapse.

I will attempt to redeem the card.

Reading:

The mind at times may sense that turmoil is near, in the inner waves of thought, contentment and thinking about a future that has yet to arrive, when these clash, you may find yourself sinking.  And this is when the individual, the self becomes afixed on the self, and when things go awry, the self connects to the other selves, to form the crowd, which can become an aimless, ruckus, mass controlled by fears.  The instability, although real, will pass, best let it go, then reconnect to other.  And even though you may feel balanced on these 'waters' of thoughts, if one can detach from the structure, one can see transcendance, that numbers, shapes are all temporary, moments in time, interpret them as you will, use them for comfort, but realise that once utilized they must be left as pure symbolism.  Not as entities.  The material world fades, and "luxury" is a flower, which will wither and die. 

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(A.Glass 2023, 2024, 2025)

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