November 25-27, 2011: XXI - The Universe
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XXI
THE UNIVERSE
(Saturn, Earth)MEDITATION COLOR: Indigo.
HEBREW LETTER: Tav, a sign, mark, or cross: Both an elemental cross showing the occupation of the Elemental Kingdom (Malkuth), and an indication of one’s pledge, agreement, subscription, or commitment.
CARD NAME: Through Tarot’s history, this Trump was usually called The World, though “world” was understood to mean “universe,” in the sense of the Latin mundus. That is, it means “all that there is,” and should not be delimited by time or space. Mundus has an unexpected history, which is worth symbolic reflection: As an ancient Mediterranean (probably Etruscan) root, it means a woman’s cosmetics! (The world – all that is – was anciently equated to a woman’s cosmetics.) Furthermore, the equivalent Greek word, kosmos, means both the universe and feminine adornment. This lends extraordinary insight into the design of the card and its symbolic meaning!
ESOTERIC MEANING: The Serving (or Administrative) Consciousness. It directs the movements of the seven planets, each in its own proper course.
TREE of LIFE: Malkuth to Yesod. (Links ‘the Kingdom’ and ‘the Foundation’; or ‘Physical Embodiment’ with ‘Subconsciousness.’ The first step along the Path of Return ascending the Tree of Life. Recognition of one’s existence in the Universe governed by specific laws. ‘The Vision of the Mechanics of the Universe.’ Opening material, sensory consciousness to astral perception.)
ESOTERIC TITLE: The Great One of the Night of Time
TANTRIC & ALCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE: The Seal: Completion of the Work. The universe newly formulated and manifest.
DIVINATION: The matter of the query itself. Synthesis, conclusion, the end of the matter. May mean delay, opposition, obstinacy, inertia, patience, perseverance, persistence through difficulty. The crystallization of the whole matter involved. Usually, as it denotes the actual subject of the query, it depends substantially on the accompany cards
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I have hard time connecting to the Universe... can't really feel neither the snake nor the maiden... the "glass city" in the bottom of the card is the only part i can connect to, i felt it like "New Jerusalem" - that's what came to my mind in meditation.
What's that scythe coming out of the eye?
The four cardinal signs/kerubs in the corners reminded me of amulets warding off evil eye that i received from a friend whose ancestors were Shamans in Mongolia (btw, i do have a past life there for what i came to with regression.)
That's it so far; while working with the Aeon was a discovery of a whole brave new world for me - Universe leaves me...* meh.*
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@magictortoise said
"What's that scythe coming out of the eye?
"It's not coming out of the eye. It's in the main figure's right hand. (The perspective makes it seem to overlap the eye.) And (though a scythe would be appropriate for Saturn), I think it's a pair of calipers. (The second arm is harder to see until you look for it.)
Regrettably, I don't see anybody really working with the actual posted meditation material - instead, people are tending to focus on the pictures in this one particular deck. That's kinda disappointing (and is actually why I teach Tarot with blank white cards that just have a few key attributions on them - until you can get the meaning with no pictures, you probably don't have a clue what the card is about). My concern is that when this meditation moes into the next phase, nobody will have the core elements necessary to actually understand WTF the Minors are all about.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@magictortoise said
"What's that scythe coming out of the eye? "It's not coming out of the eye. It's in the main figure's right hand. (The perspective makes it seem to overlap the eye.) And (though a scythe would be appropriate for Saturn), I think it's a pair of calipers. (The second arm is harder to see until you look for it.)"
Thank you, Jim!
@Jim Eshelman said
"Regrettably, I don't see anybody really working with the actual posted meditation material - instead, people are tending to focus on the pictures in this one particular deck. That's kinda disappointing (and is actually why I teach Tarot with blank white cards that just have a few key attributions on them - until you can get the meaning with no pictures, you probably don't have a clue what the card is about). My concern is that when this meditation moes into the next phase, nobody will have the core elements necessary to actually understand WTF the Minors are all about.
"Hmm. Its not how i see it, Jim. I do* really * work with the actual material. The part that was most amazing to me re. Universe was the etymology connecting the title of the Trump to make-up and female garments;
i had AHA moment connecting in my head "God wears lipstick" material (1st Kabbalah book written especially for women, who traditionally, as you know, were not encouraged to study Torah) to the Arcanum and hearing in meditation sth like *manifested word is - out of space, out of time - nothing but the cosmetics... *...from there i made the connection to I Ching's 22nd hexagram, the Grace and had *yet another * AHA moment.
So, that's the way i gain understanding - but i don't post these insights here so not to get another 'over intellectualizing', 'over -analyzing' or whatever critique once again.
Jim, i am deeply grateful to you for everything - i really am, beyond words; i am sure you are familiar with Gadamer and all hermenautics thing; we all have our own interpretations and the only thing i can say is that i am happy with the results of the serious work i am doing with your book - if its not the exact effect that's meant to be achieved with it... what shall i say? I am indeed happy within my own discourse and i can't possibly align it to someone else, whose perception, experience etc. has nothing to do with mine... I am deeply sorry if that causes you any kind of dis-pleasure, but i really don't know what else could i add to the topic.
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Ah. Got it! I just wasn't seeing anything actually appear here related to the material. Good to know it isn't going to waste
And... we now move into a whole different level of things. Should be interesting.
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@Jim Eshelman said
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And... we now move into a whole different level of things. Should be interesting."
That's why we are here, Jim...