College of Thelema: Thelemic Education

Okay, I'll take a shot.

Your birth date does not correspond to Fixed Fire. You don't determine that from the Court Cards; you determine that from the Sign itself. Anything else is a misapplication. So, again, you're not Fixed fire. If you're Cancer, then your corresponding elemental quality is Cardinal Water. Don't let that confuse you any longer. You are correct that your birthday does not fall under the Sign of Leo, which is Fixed Fire.

However, the Court Cards do break down differently than the Signs. It's only used that way if you're meditating, selecting a Significator for a reading, or if you're trying to determine a window for the birthdate of a person (Court Card) that shows up in a reading. But it doesn't have anything to do with determining the elemental quality of the Sign under which a person was born.

So, yes, your late Cancer birthday makes you a Cancer Sun-Sign (which is Cardinal Water). But if you're looking to represent yourself in a reading according to your birthdate, then you are the Prince of Wands, which, yes, is made primarily up of Leo decans with one Cancer decan. But that doesn't mean "you're Fixed Fire." It doesn't have anything to do with that. That is determined by the actual Sign alone.

For an explanation of why the decans are separated like this, please see Liber Theta, p. 62, para. 4 & 5.

@Middleman said

"Notice how they seem to be generating current to power what looks like a 'bulb' on a 'spine'?"

It looks more to me like a drill. They take turns pulling on the rope and it spins the drill in the ground. Perhaps they are mining? Actually they might be making a hole in the ground to stick an obelisk or something in. Maybe they're planting a tree. ❓

@ldfriend56 said

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I also looked at the comment sort of like a key to understanding how a lot of the teaching process works in Liber Al and even Crowleyanity at large. When I got this I can't believe I didn't see the significance of it before - and it's kind of funny in a zen like manner.

The comment begins with literally the core teaching of Liber Al - "DO WHAT THOU WHILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW!" - and then immediately after that forbids you to do something!

In this regard to me the comment holds a special alchemical significance."

Not to mention that being a "centre of pestilence" isn't necessarily a "bad thing." THE XTIANS TO THE LIONS!

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@Froclown said

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Thelema like Zen seeks non-dual consciousness, but this attainment is not seen as an ends in itself, but a means by which one is liberated by restrictions upon ones TRUE WILL."

Nice. Thanks for the insightful responses.