#1 MOUNTAIN – YOUR CROSSROADS WHAT AM I BASING MY DECISION ON? #2 EVE – YOUR PLEASURE WHO OR WHAT IS MY TEMPTATION? #3 ADAM – YOUR DUTY WHO OR WHAT IS MY REDEMPTION? #4 TREE OF LIFE – YOUR EMOTIONAL CHOICE WHAT DO I TRULY DESIRE? #5 TREE OF KNOWLEDGE – YOUR SPIRITUAL CHOICE HOW CAN I MAKE A COMMITMENT? #6 CLOUDS – YOUR ATTRACTION HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WHAT IS LEFT UNSPOKEN? #7 RAPHAEL – SACRED MARRIAGE WHAT IS MY HIGHER PERSPECTIVE? #8 SUN – LOVE WHO OR WHAT WILL BRING ME FULFILLMENT? KEYWORDS: CROSSROADS, DECISION, PLEASURE/DUTY, TEMPTATION/REDEMPTION, EMOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL CHOICE, DESIRE, COMMITMENT, ATTRACTION, COMMUNICATION, SACRED MARRIAGE, HIGHER PERSPECTIVE, LOVE, FULFILLMENT ~Igraine from Tarot Portals Meditation on The Lovers The way now opens on to a wide plain, where myrtle spills out splendidly at its edges and bees hum in scattered fragrant flowers as if bordering paradise. A single, sentinel mountain reigns central in the distance... lone on the horizon, seeming to symbolize your ultimate destiny. This is a moment of exquisite stillness and space as you survey the scene before you. It seems surreal in its simple line and perspective, with the midday sun marrying light to shadow. Your feet move tenderly forward as if each step that falls is sacred, blessing the earth. Pausing, you raise your arms and lift your face exultant to the glory of the sunlit, spanning sky. The light grows brighter behind your closed lids, pouring down from on High. You gently open your eyes to behold a shining, billowing cloud descending... The air is electric, bringing not apprehension, but profound Love that transfixes your soul. And as this cloud softly dissolves like the sun chasing the dawn mist, it coalesces into the beautiful face of an angel! Raphael the Archangel. Radiant One of The East. Divine Healer. Infinitely Compassionate. He lifts His shining hands and, great palms downward, bestows His blessing upon you. The rarefied, radiant energy surges down and then in an upward swell setting your chakras spinning to burst and blossom through the bejeweled lotus of your crown. The taste of nectar is in your mouth and a liquid fire pulses at once in your heart and brow. To your wonder, two fiery figures alchemically emerge from your body. They flame and furl like elemental spirits of fire. The Archangel gestures to them in curious mudras and they generate into a more temporal form; those of a woman and of a man. Here they part to move on separate paths. The woman supplely walks to the left, her gaze ever on the beloved Archangel above. The man walks to the right, with his hand yearningly outstretched to her. They are "The Lovers". You look questioningly up to Raphael, hearing the words "the threefold aspect of yourself is revealed. Ask in love and you are answered". Look now to the woman, the man, and to Archangel Raphael. ~ Nimue form Tarot Portals |
| Card of the Full Moon |
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/Concepts for The Lovers *from The Crowley Tarot Akron & Hajo Banzhaf Instinct: Devotion and unification of opposites Goal: Merging with totality; becoming one Guiding principle: Love as expression of totality and completeness Light: Avowal and free decision from the depths of the heart Shadow: Unattainable ideal of love, repressive neurosis, self-sacrifice, indecisiveness, inconsistency within oneself Quality: Courageous decisions Correspondences Astrological: Gemini Number: 6 = the symbol of harmony Color: Orange Animal: Magpie Hebrew Letter: Zain meaning Sword Essential oils: Lavender, Geranium & Peppermint Gemstones: Alexandrite &Agate Deities: Aphrodite, Innana, Venus & Eros, Amor and Cupid Affirmation: "I choose to be free from inhibitions, guilt and bondages in all my relationships." *Mary K. Greer Tarot for Your Self The Essence of Magic |
This card was randomly drawn from The Medieval Enchantment deck to represent our Card of this Full Moon |
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