Each month we will have an opportunity to discuss
      our thoughts, stories, dreams, epiphanies and whatever
          else might suit our fancy on one card of the Tarot!

                  Keywords for The King of Swords

    
   Instinct: Activity, astuteness, intelligence, thirst for knowledge
"the spirit of the storm winds"

   Goal: Intellectual strategies, keenness of thought that discerns
things as they are and changes them

   Light: Enlightenment, scientific methodology, intellectual agility
good merchant mentality, eloquence,power of discernment
   Shadow: Too much emphasis on the mind, emotional coldness
biting and cynical criticism, dazzling ambiguity, fickle instability,
the snare of thinking


   Quality: Mental power (intellect, intelligence, abstract thinking




















             Every week over a period of a month a new series of exercises
  will be posted for you to work on. These range from simple
  questions to full blown creative efforts, such as designing
  spreads, creating mandalas and writing rituals. NEW on the
  site this year are Monthly Sunday Chats, Tarot Slam Book,
Tarot Kaleidocope, Tarot Incantations and more!
Come join us!

~ Paulina Tarot King of Swords ~
Card of the Month

    The King of Swords




























                   Correspondences

     Element: FIRE of AIR
     Astrological: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
     21 degrees Taurus - 20 degrees Gemini
     Kings: Shamans, Mastery,
    Title: Father of Perception
     Essence: Black Pepper
     Incense: Peppermint
     Stones of Power: Tektite
     Place of Power: Hermupolis Magna
     Color of Power: Transparent blue of ether
     Affirmation: "I acknowledge my ability
     to stand up for what I believe"
                   
                                  *Mary K. Greer
                                               Tarot for Your Self
                                               The Essence of Magic
                                              *Akron* Hajo Banzhaf
                                               The Crowley Tarot Handbook


     Join us at The Temple of Fortuna for  
lively  discussion about this card as well as
other Tarot topics. We will look forward to
seeing you for our NEW Sunday Chats
featuring
The Card of the Month
Next one is February 12th @ 10:30 AM EST
in The Atrium