December 23-25, 2011: 8 of Wands
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Eight of Wands
SWIFTNESSMeditation Pattern: Place Atu I, The Magus, and Atu XIV, Art, side-by-side, with the 8 of Wands above them.
Traditional Description: Eight wands, crossed four with four. Flames issue from the point of junction. Surmounting the small wands with flames issuing down them, and placed in the center at the top and bottom of the card respectively, are the symbols of Mercury and Sagittarius for the decanate.
Hod of Fire: Energy in its most tenuous sense. Hasty communications and messages; swiftness. Discipline and focus provide swift channels for flow of thought, yet narrow and specialize the viewpoint at the same time. Representative of process rather than *outcome. *
Mercury/Sagittarius: Very rapid rush, but quickly passed and expended. Too much force applied too suddenly. Violent, intense, but not lasting. Swiftness, rapidity, restlessness, courage, boldness, confidence, freedom, conflict, violence; speech, light, electricity; high-velocity energy; love of open air and the freedom of open space. Generous, subtle, eloquent; soaring thought; yet somewhat untrustworthy; dispersing and scattering one’s energies; rapacious, insolent, oppressive. Theft and robbery. (This card is highly susceptible to the influence of surrounding cards.)
Mercury + Mercury: (Reinforces all Mercury traits.)
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I re-wrote a sales letter for the very first time this weekend during the time I spent on this card. I had no idea how I was going to get it done but I was prepared for it. I found a book I purchased on copywriting a year ago and I used a step-by-step sales letter template. Got the thing done in 4 hours. The influence of this card is SPEEDY. Like being on coffee all day but having a clear head. There's an abundance of forethought and you're kinda 5 steps ahead. Maybe 6. Good arrangement for planning something, getting something done in an extremely short amount of time.