The sun will be in the first third of Aquarius on the 20th January until the 29th of January. 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 'Five of Swords' will be the next Tarot card for this Decan and its picture represents the qualities of the Venus in Aquarius.
Aquarian natives are independent and freedom loving, they are intense and think differently than the rest of us which can make it hard for people to understand them, thinking that they are away with the fairies!
In astrology, the planet Venus represents the passionate, feeling and sensual part of us that loves to feel and do things that make us feel good! When these qualities combine with Aquarius, Aquarians become passionate about the way they think and want to make sure everyone else feels it too, but people don't tend to see it this way.
The image to the right, reproduces a famous painting of Sandro Botticelli entitled "The Birth of Venus." The painting depicts the nude goddess in a pose, typical of classical statues of Venus. She holds almost the same pose as the figure in the 'Five of Swords' who looks to have taken all the swords from two unhappy people who are walking away. He looks rather happy and smug about it too! But, he's not really being smug, he's just very passionate about his thoughts and idea's.
The suit of Swords represent words, thoughts and how we use them. The swords that the main figure is holding, are his thoughts and words that he his now feels with the venus passion. He wants people to understand how passionately he thinks, but because he thinks differently, people just don't 'get him' and have given up their 'swords' trying to understand him and he's left on his own. There are also two swords about him on the floor showing that even he does not always understand his passionate way of thinking. There is conflict within himself and with those around him but its mostly down to misunderstanding rather than deliberate intentions to alienate.
This card tells us that it's good to be passionate about the way we see things and to express the way we think, but it's also good to be aware of how you are come across to the people around you!
Aquarian natives are independent and freedom loving, they are intense and think differently than the rest of us which can make it hard for people to understand them, thinking that they are away with the fairies!
In astrology, the planet Venus represents the passionate, feeling and sensual part of us that loves to feel and do things that make us feel good! When these qualities combine with Aquarius, Aquarians become passionate about the way they think and want to make sure everyone else feels it too, but people don't tend to see it this way.The image to the right, reproduces a famous painting of Sandro Botticelli entitled "The Birth of Venus." The painting depicts the nude goddess in a pose, typical of classical statues of Venus. She holds almost the same pose as the figure in the 'Five of Swords' who looks to have taken all the swords from two unhappy people who are walking away. He looks rather happy and smug about it too! But, he's not really being smug, he's just very passionate about his thoughts and idea's.
The suit of Swords represent words, thoughts and how we use them. The swords that the main figure is holding, are his thoughts and words that he his now feels with the venus passion. He wants people to understand how passionately he thinks, but because he thinks differently, people just don't 'get him' and have given up their 'swords' trying to understand him and he's left on his own. There are also two swords about him on the floor showing that even he does not always understand his passionate way of thinking. There is conflict within himself and with those around him but its mostly down to misunderstanding rather than deliberate intentions to alienate.
This card tells us that it's good to be passionate about the way we see things and to express the way we think, but it's also good to be aware of how you are come across to the people around you!
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