May 29 - 31, 2012: Knight of Disks
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THE LORD OF THE WIDE AND FERTILE LAND;
THE KING OF THE SPIRITS OF EARTH
The Knight of Disks – King of Gnomes
FIRE of EARTHMeditation pattern: Place 7 of Wands, 8 of Disks, and 9 of Disks side-by-side, with the Knight of Disks above them. Below the two Disks, place Atu IX, The Hermit.
Traditional Description: A dark, winged warrior with winged and crowned helmet, mounted on a light brown horse. Equipment as the Knight of Wands. The winged head of a stag or antelope as a crest. Beneath the horse’s feet is fertile land with ripened corn. In one hand he bears a scepter surmounted by a hexagram; in the other, a Disk similar to that of the Apprentice Adeptus.
YOD of HEH-Final (FIRE of EARTH): Yod of Earth is the seed-power of earth – the vital, generative, procreative power of Yod seeding the receiving and fertile earth. From this we obtain the central idea of this card, expressed in the word “husbandry.” He is also Yod in Assiah, the aliveness of Creation, evident in every detail of our surroundings. The King is one with the land. Each thing that is, is right; for it is a consequence of an omnipotent and divine Will.
He rules from above 20° Leo to 20° Virgo. The first two decanates of Virgo, ruled by the Sun and Venus, are called PRUDENCE and GAIN. What better expression of the quality of husbandry than this careful, responsible nurturing of his domain? Sun and Venus are themselves representative of him; for, as the creative power in Earth, he is all that we mean by sunlight; and from Venus is his nurturing aspect reinforced. He cultivates, be it land, people, or ideas. The solar decanate indicates intelligence, skill, diligence, care to detail, and industry. With regard to Virgo in general, we recall that he is Yod, and all that this letter symbolically means to the Qabalist.
His shadow aspect is the last decanate of Leo, ruled by Mars and called VALOR. There are times his heart aches for heroism; but to indulge it is to abdicate his real focus of care.
In divination, the character is sage, skillful, diligent, attentive to detail, patient in material matters, hard-working, steady, and reliable; gain through prudence, attentiveness, intelligence, and labor; generative and procreative; cultivates what is his to develop. Unless well-dignified, he can be dull and material. If ill-dignified, he is avaricious, grasping, dull, and jealous. Tradition says he is not very courageous unless assisted by other symbols.
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Coming into the home stretch... Prudence & Gain.
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Seeing how the elemental dignities for the Court cards play out has been a pretty interesting experience. In the case of the Knight of Disks, we have the Knight who likes to takes things slow and steady. He's all laid back and methodical. Doesn't really like to rock the boat. Throw some fire under his ass and he's going from 0 to 60 in like 2.5 seconds, which sucks for him, because he can't sustain his performance under conditions that require him to throw everything he's got into it. He's a marathon runner not a sprinter.