May 14-16, 2014, 2014: Seven of Cups
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DEBAUCH
Seven of CupsMeditation Pattern: Place Atu III, The Empress, and Atu XIII, Death, side-by-side, with the 7 of Cups above them.
Traditional Description: The seven cups are arranged in two descending triangles above a bottom point. Lotus stems arise from the central lower cup. With the exception of the central lower cup, each cup is overhung by a lotus flower; but no water falls from these into any of the cups, which are all quite empty. Above and below are the symbols of the Decanate, Venus and Scorpio.
Netzach of Water: Illusion, deception, error. The mire of false pleasure. Lying, promises unfulfilled; slight success at outset, not retained. If well-dignified: imagination, idea, vision, and the mobilization of the power of visualization to the service of the Will.
Venus/Scorpio: Passionate disposition, strong powers of attraction. Possible success, but neutralized by the supineness of the person; illusionary success, deception in the moment of apparent victory. Lying, error, promises unfulfilled. Drunkenness, substance abuse, wrath, vanity, shame. Lust, fornication, violence against women, selfish dissipation, deception in love and friendship, betrayal, jealousy. Often success gained, but not followed up. Modified as usual by its dignities.
Venus + Venus: (Reinforces all Venus traits.)
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- To enjoy in Venus’ delights without Dedication leads to self-destruction. (It’s not a question of measure, quantity; but whether you are able to emotionally focus the Many into One)
- Tendency of the animal in us to drawn/flood the Impulse toward the Highest. “But exceed, exceed!”
- Approach that “all that is human is not alien for me”; accepting all of Nature’s proclivities and ways in love-making.
- The problem here is: tendency to pleasure for the sake of pleasure itself.
- Addiction; sadomasochism; various deviations regarding one’s relationship toward pleasure and pain; essentially, attachment to pleasure.
- While 5-of-Cups is drought, 7-of-Cups is flood
- Abandon; un-moral (out of accordance with own Will) use of own sexuality and natural “magnetic” energy.
- Personal pleasure as motivation, others may be seen as a means for this.
- On the constructive, growth-oriented side:
- conscious use of personal magnetism
*conscious application of sexual energy - being oriented to the Transcendental in love, sexual act
- power of Love which refines all aspects of own being
- unselfishness; dedication of own energy to Giving (while the Receiving-end stays open)
- will for healthy community among a group of people
- When I am dying, I see that the only important thing in life was: how and how much did I love, give, share.
- Imagination and its role in:
- creation of own reality in everyday life-experiences
- the forms which define personal experience of death .
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Day One:
Depending on the dignity, passion has taken over, the result can be an ingenius work of art or a complete binge of sex, drugs, booze & food. Sneakiness, conspiracies, doing whatever the fuck you want to do, materialism and ruthless pursuit of material objects, drug dealing, drug over doses, relapses, battling addiction, "the die-hard", losing control, being a loose cannon.Day Two:
Hopeless romantic, giving everything up for love, passionate devotion (for good or for bad), sensual indulgence (could be beneficial based on the dignity), enhancement of pleasurable activity, taking a load off, post-accomplishment celebration, selfishness, dedicating one's self to an artistic endeavor or creative pursuit.Day Three:
large appetite for sex and intoxication, sexual attraction, adultery, sexual perversion, infidelity, "poured up", "faded", being mindful of what can lead one astray from their sobriety.