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. As well as assigning a sign of the Zodiac to each Major arcana card, the Golden Dawn assigned a Minor Arcana card to each Decan too. A Decan is a third of each Zodiac sign. Every 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, and a facet of the major Arcana card 'The Moon'.

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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