September 21-23, 2014: Queen of Disks

Danica

THE QUEEN OF THE THRONES OF EARTH
The Queen of Disks – Queen of Gnomes
WATER of EARTH

Meditation pattern: Place 10 of Wands, 2 of Disks, and 3 of Disks side-by-side, with the
Queen of Disks above them. Below the two Disks, place Atu XV, The Devil.

Traditional Description: A woman of beautiful face, with dark hair; seated upon a throne,
beneath which is dark sandy earth. One side of her face is light, the other dark; her symbolism is
best represented in profile. Her attire is similar to that of the Queen of Wands; but she bears a
winged goat’s head as a crest. A goat is by her side. In one hand she bears a scepter surmounted
by a cube; in the other an orb of gold.

HEH of HEH-Final (WATER of EARTH): Heh of Heh-Final is the nurturing aspect of “Mother
Earth.” Besides this literal meaning, the Queen represents that in us which nurtures, and brings to
fruition, the primal seed or Will (Knight of Disks); that is, she brings creative action to fruition.
As Heh in Assiah, she is the intuitive faculty, or sense of inner guidance, which stands behind our
actions – and to which we either listen (to our advantage), or do not (to our disadvantage).

She rules from 20° Sagittarius to 20° Capricorn, including the constellation Aquila. The first two decanates
of Capricorn, ruled by Jupiter and Mars, are called HARMONIOUS CHANGE and WORK, respectively.
Neshamah is transcendent to the phenomena of manifestation, and is witness to them. She, therefore,
perceives the patterns of cyclicity, change, and movement (Kaph) that are the stable foundation
of a living and organic world – the means by which seeds of creative action are brought to fruition.
She also represents the application of the Mars force as the motive power of this building –
which sometimes includes tearing down, clearing the field, leveling the old in order to make way
for improved and progressive building. She witnesses this from a dispassionate distance, participating
only by her silent guidance founded on principle rather than dogma or script.

Capricorn implies height – the lofty view of the mountain goat – and also renewal through
the act of creation. Qabalists relate it to delusion and illusion, especially the tendency to focus on
the material form of a thing and not its underlying nature. Whereas that Princess of Swords, being
Heh-Final, exists on the same plane as these material veils, the Queen of Disks, being Heh, witnesses
them from above. She is not fooled by them but, with gentle humor, sees them for what they are.
She may, therefore, use this power of formation to her own ends.

She is also associated with the last decanate of Sagittarius, ruled by Saturn and called OPPRESSION.
This, which is neither her style nor her basic nature, is, nonetheless, her shadow side.
The power to control patterns and destinies from a great height always carries the risk of oppressive
tyranny that, ironically, is one of the few things that would abort the particular creation she
is gestating and guiding toward its birth.

In divination, she is nurturing, generous; nurtures and develops possibilities, bringing creative
action to fruition; kind, charming, great-hearted; intelligent, truthful; with a detached overview;
yet impetuous and of shifting moods. If ill-dignified, she is undecided, capricious, changeable,
melancholic, foolish; can become oppressively tyrannical.

Danica

Acorn on her head and spiral horns evoke the ideas of Fertility and phallic potency.
She is the relation between our Intuition and our action in material world, so she expresses our deeper motivation, or essential motive, of everything we do in the realm of Assiah.
She seems to be looking at a desert landscape, with scarce groups of palms here and there; she is the one transforming the desert into fertile land!
Dignity, stability, detachment to own work while doing it with full dedication; building, constructing; persevering connections to the origins while being open for the growth and development, for New and unpredicted (working with it and through it); changing own material reality with subtlety and skill; diplomacy; wise appliance of energy; accurately foreseeing future development of current circumstances.

She is a builder, she builds, but WHAT does she build depends completely upon the quality of the seed-Will which inseminates her.
She oversees the flows and cycles of Nature; through this, she knows how and when to apply (make a pattern, field-matrix for) what type of “force”, in order to get the best results i.e. make a particular change in the physical and mundane realm; she does it gently, softly, it goes almost unnoticed, but the results are visible.
In divination, she signifies: financial tycoon, an able business-person, organizer, enterpriser (10-of-Wands as shadow side is obvious).; an astrologer?
Regarding Initiation, she represents: ability for self-governance, taking responsibility for own actions and life in totto, self-discipline in thought and deed ; patience; long-lasting work on a single project; relying on authentic authority inside oneself (H.G.A.); courage to face & enter the new and the unknown without loosing stability; understanding of the value of material existence and of exchange of energy on this plane; success in the material world through this; gaining material independence and stability through own work; learning from own fears and Shadow through facing it, accepting it, going through it.

She is the impersonation of patience, because she knows the laws of Time and its rhythms.
She represents the management of resources, as well as those resources themselves; she teaches that everyone has something at his/her disposal, but the question is: what do you do with it!
Political systems; economy; social management.
Although very practical, she is also dis-engaged while being fully engaged in the material realm (unlike Princesses); she observes and that is what distinguishes her (she represents the ability of observation as such?)
Need to experience life in-the-body, i.e. material existence, in order to evolve.