The 'Ten of Cups' And Mars in Pisces

The sun will be in the Last third of Pisces on the 11th March until the 20th March. Golden Dawn assigned a Minor Arcana card to each Decan, a Decan being a third of each Zodiac sign. Each Minor Arcana card, except the Aces, gets one of these thirds. You can see a chart HERE.

This means, that the 'Ten of Cups' will be the next Tarot card for this Decan and its picture represents the qualities of the Mars in Pisces

Mars in astrology represents pure power. He is the driving force behind everything we do. Once we have decided to do something with our heart and mind, we need the energy to actually do it, and this is where Mars provides the energy.

The sign of Pisces is a water sign - the same association as the suit of Cups, with Water representing our feeling and emotions. People born under the sign of pieces primarily live life through their feelings and emotions and are very sensitive to their surroundings, and always seek to find a way to satisfy and expand them further. However, our surroundings are always changing, making it hard for Pisces to keep up emotionally and can become confused and moody in the process!

Now when Mars puts  power and  driving force to Pisces, he enables Pisces to keep up with the world world around him and to act upon the knowledge of the world that he has gained from his sensitivity to it. He no longer sits around and dreams of higher purposes or idealises of how the world should be. He now has the power and determination to touch the rainbow of high ideals, in the Ten of Cups!  But Mars is not solely responsible for the achievements of Pisces ....

In the two previous cards, Saturn in the Eight of Cups has taught him to turn his back on those things that do him harm emotionally, and Jupiter in the Nine of Cups taught him to avoid seeking satisfaction in things that will do him no good. Now that Pisces has learnt emotional control and discipline, he is able to use the the power of Mars to drive along the simple and straight road towards real happiness and contentment.

The picture of the 'Ten of Cups' shows a couple with the arms outstretched in unison towards a beautiful rainbow holding ten cups within its arch. Two children skip together and a little house on a hill can be seen in the distance. The picture shows an idealistic  way of living and a happiness that everyone can connect with. There is no drama, no  oversized house with two cars on the drive, no weight issues, drug problems or marital misery. Just pure love and harmony. Mars has given Pisces the necessary power to achieve the happiness and contentment he has always dreamed of. And because Pisces has learnt to deal regret, loss  and heartbreak through the lessons of Saturn and to avoid the cheap thrills, and instant feel-goods through the lessons of Jupiter, he has achieved the dream he had spent so long imaginging.

The 'Ten of Cups' shows that we have obtained that which is really good for us. We have not let ourself be misguided by our emotions and feelings, or sought after emotional satisfaction in instant feel goods, and that we have learnt from heartbreak, regret and loss. It tells us we have discovered and achieved the true meaning of happiness and will experience it for a long time to come. Happiness really does come from the free and simple things in life!

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Go Out! Even Though You're Ill!

I have a stinky cold today! And the day I have cold is the day I decide to try something more technical on the card reading front. Probably not a good idea when I'm feeling so good good, but hey! It's cheering me up,  I will go to languish on the sofa when I am finished though!

I wanted to find out about my day ahead, so concentrating on this and using the Tarot of The Angels in the form of a mini Celtic cross (because I am quite fairly limited to using a certain number cards to preserve copyright), I drew from 1-6, the 'King of Wands', the 'Ace of Pentacles', 'The Stars', the 'Ace of Wands', 'Five of Swords' and 'Justice'. 

Tarot of The Angels

© Lo Scarabeo

The centre card - the 'King of Wands' tells me the focus of this reading. The 'King of Wands' is a man of physical energy, and a man who is used to having a constant and fixed amount of energy, something I don't have right now being ill! Court cards also talk about other people in the my life, so I would say that the 'King of Wands' is talking about my Ol' Man who just happens to being have a few days off work! Handy for me being ill, but not so good being ill when me and the Ol' Man good being doing other stuff than watching me cough, sneeze and hack! So in this case, I'd say the the 'King of Wands' means that someone else is going to provide the constant source of energy today.

The 'Ace of Pentacles' crosses the 'King of Wands' and tells me what crosses, or rather what stands in the way of the 'King of Wands' or favourable influences. The 'Ace of Pentacles' is a card that says "focus on work and the abundance it brings" or that there are new opportunities. Well there is no work for me, as the Ol' Man is doing it, seeing as I'm ill, and the Ol' Man has no work because he's on holiday! So perhaps the 'Ace of Pentacles' is emphasising that I have no commitments to work, and I'm free do choose what I want to do (languish on the sofa!). I do have the opportunity to start my next course paper too, which would be fitting for the 'Ace of Pentacle's, because my course is a form of work and hopefully will lay the potential groundwork of working professionally in my line of study.

'The Stars' tell me the best possible outcome at the moment, which probably means that everything is going to go rather well! 'The Star' is a major arcana card, making a bigger reading emphasis, and is a healing energy too, so perhaps I will start to get better quickly with the Ol' Man helping out, she definitely indicates high hopes.  I am going to use her as a healing card to meditate on today, she is very soothing to look at. 

The 'Ace of Wands, tells me of influences that are going on in the background that I'm not aware of so, like the 'Ace of Pentacles', I am going to assume that this card means I need to focus on my energy which although low - like the number of the suit - will grow again after today. The suit of Wands represents opportunity for adventure too, and I would love to go on one, especially as its a lovely sunny day. But I probably shouldn't because I am too ill. Either this cards warns me to stay in and rest, through the rose's cross shaped form, or it tells me that there is the opportunity to go on some sort of an adventure. 'The Star' does seem to indicate that I will heal well, and things will go as I hope, so perhaps I will get away with going out!

The 'Five of Swords' -  who looks awfully like 'The Devil' card - tells me about past influences. This number five relates to change and discord and the suit of swords relates to thoughts and the way we act them out.  This particular card indicates that I have served my own needs in the past, or put myself before others. Well when the Ol' Man is at work and the children have gone to school, it just me and the little one at home! However, when he's been off work before, perhaps I let him look after the children a bit too much, while I did my own thing! 

But when the the 'Ace of Pentacles' and the 'Ace of Wands' indicate new opportunities today, I think the 'Five of Swords' means that in the past I have wanted to do things, like my course, writing and housework, but couldn't because I had the little one to look after, or I  have squeezed them in while the little one is asleep or is happy watching the telly. Whether squeezing them in or not doing them at all, I've felt awful and guilty for looking after myself, or have been annoyed because I've been unable to do them at all! But now the cards are telling me that now I have the opportunity to do the things I've wanted without feeling like I am leaving out the little one, or being annoyed because I cannot do them at all.

The last card, 'Justice' tells me about future influences and of looks like the opposite of the 'Five of Swords'. Rather than feeling like I have been unjustified in trying to carry out my work, today I will feel justified because I can do my work now that the Ol' Man is able to  take care of the rest! 

So the reading, tells me that the Ol' Man is here to help me today (King of Wands), giving me the opportunity to do all the things I'd hopped to do (The Star) which are to work and go out (Ace of Wands and Pentacles), without feeling like I am serving my own needs (Five of Swords, Justice)

Perhaps I'l leave the sofa languishing until later then!

UPDATE: 09/03/2010 10:00
Well, this day was rather surprising! The Ol' Man and I went up the mall to get dinner, but when we got there we didn't fancy anything to eat and began to wonder why we even went there in the first place. We decided to have a look around the shops anyway.

At some point my woman's inclination to shopping therapy became aroused and I decided to look for some things that the children needed but had, had no luck in getting. Come the end of the day, I had found and bought all the things they needed at bargain price and within my budget, with enough to buy a slap-up spaghetti and meatballs for the family, and even my Mum who I invited around after work to eat! The 'Ace of Pentacles' did the bring opportunities and abundance to get my children the things they needed. The 'Ace of Wands' did present the energy and an adventure at the shopping mall and the 'King of Wands' in the form of the Ol' Man and his car did a great job in providing me with support and energy. 'The Star' and 'Justice' told me that I would make good decisions that day and I felt happy and justified that the children had the things they needed. And the lovely dinner at the end brought balance and harmony. I did spend the rest of the evening feeling knackered, snotty and sick but hey! It was worth it. Perhaps the healing element of  'The Star' will kick in later!

Illustrations from the 'Tarot of The Angels' reproduced with permission of Lo Scarabeo, Via Cigna, 110 - 10155 Torino, Italy. Copyright © 2007 by Lo Scarabeo. Further reproduction prohibited.

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Court Appearance Reading - UPDATED!

I have just posted an interesting update and conclusion to the post titled "What Do I Need To Know About My Court Appearance".