The creative spark of Origin and Fire. All is possible if you can believe it.
The initiator of vision and imagination moves from the safe and conventional world into the unknown towards an imagined goal. It is a beginning of the great journey into the world of vision and imagination.
The element of fire, potential, sexual, creative power, force of nature, vitality, start of an activity, fertility, enthusiasm, individuality, originality, enterprise, new concepts towards trust, optimism.
Creative momentum. Active sexuality. Strong impulses, energy and drive. Life force. Beginning of growth. Dispersing one’s efforts in different directions.
A new enterprise or new phase in life.
Dramatic insights could bring a new way of thinking.
Lack of energy, restriction, repressed sexuality, a creative block.
Bulldozer, rash and impulsive action.
Dissatisfaction with present life breeds a restlessness that leads to change.
Unformulated goals which need defining.
The battle with the dragon, where creative vision collides with earthly reality – primitive power is now rebellion for change.
Sometimes one is forced into a new situation or it is challenged from an unexpected source. This irrational energy brings trouble on a concrete level and asks to use instincts and intuition to combat it.
The laws of the material world.
Compromises must be made while still retaining integrity of original vision.
This means strife and a challenge to express power through creative imagination and mindfulness to cause.
In other words, a totality of action, where the present moment is the most important moment of your life. Until the next one.
Overcoming. Getting over a weak opposition.
Breakdown of an equilibrium.
Focusing on the main objective. An initiative to make a winning move.
Violence, cruelty, fear of failure, deep apathy, resisting change.
Walking into a complex situation, losing one’s edge.
Compromises may have to be made before happiness is won.
Temporary misunderstandings could bring sorrow and conflict.
A struggle to achieve personal ambition. Discontent could arise from unrealistic expectations. Competition and possible deception from others.
Enthusiasm is high, new plans put in action, optimism and satisfaction out of actual accomplishment.
The establishment of primeval energy can have strength and virtue.
And often, it is only in the midst of the action is there understanding & experience.
This is a card of stepping above the constant mind amidst full-mindedly committing to the act itself.
Witnessing the mechanics of our own actions, disciple or work can its own unique wisdom.
Direction. Moving forward after a moment of hesitation. Finding a middle path between two courses of action. Gaining an advantage by keeping neutrality between two conflicting sides.
An offer of help or partnership in new project or idea, which must be acted upon immediately.
Moral, conceit, not willing to finish a potential idea to realise it totally, unfinished projects.
Envy of others could mar sense of achievement.
Alteration may cause disappointment but the resulting delay is fortunate.Beware of assistance offered for the wrong motives.
This card indicates failure to give ideas a means of practical expression. It calls for reaching the heart of action, where regardless of results or consequences, you enter the moment itself. A purer sense of focus and the clarity of personal action are what are asked of you by this card. You might that, and you will have the necessary insight to your particular situation.
Opportunity could be lost if slipshod methods are used.
Trusting oneself to the universe, and a leap into the unknown. A deeper commitment to follow through, chanced to the purity of emotion.
The image of the a romantic or poetic spirit. The experience of a sensitive dimension of love, even marriage.
Receptivity in an intuitive or even clairvoyant nature, but at the same time highly impressionable, still subject to passion, emotionally naive and vulnerable.
It is an initiation or the awakening of sexuality. Be ready for enchantment or conversely complete wherewithal of the senses.
A romantic gesture, offering one’s heart, courting. Openness, sincerity, a simple heart. A potential lover may appear.
An eager young soul may turn to you and offer you their trust.
An invitation which could change the future. A man of refined intellectual and artistic mind, or a bearer of sudden news.
Lonely or exploited. Superficial and unstable feelings. An over-optimistic but unrealistic attitude.
An overt display of shallow or insincere feelings.
The necessity for learning to be emotionally flexible. Success comes only after adapting ideas.
A loved one that may have opposing views on a matter.
Meeting someone who has a very suspicious or fearful nature. You may meet an introvert who cannot see their own true nature.
Beware subtle manipulation by a deceitful person.
Tremendous power or creative imagination that is the final struggle before the goal is reached.
Will is a force that cannot be shaken when stirred. It is our strength, stability and vitality. Its radiance and light. The happiness and joy of being honest to oneself, the will to live and the ability to inspire others.
Although it is often a state of exhaustion – take this final challenge – you are almost home. With hope and being open to knowledge, you can complete this journey.
A mystery that comes up, detachment of the psyche, understanding of what is happening around you.
Victory through strength and integrity. One last battle before the war is won.
Encouragement and help from a friend.
Strength in reserve and courage against all odds to ensure victory.
Interruption. Difficulties and oppositions too hard to overcome. Giving up one’s projects to avoid conflict. Starting anew after a challenging period.
A delayed triumph.
Hidden hostility from others is suddenly revealed.
Discretion may need to be exercised in situations or your attitude.
Equally so, you may be called upon to be discerning or to fine-tune the late stage of a project or action.
Chance, an unexpected breakthrough. Sudden change, usually of a positive nature. Fortune’s whim.
A new self-realization, personal destiny. Whirling energies and the effect of incalculable factors hazards something new.
Change in circumstances and position. A rise
after a fall. Capricious luck. Life cycles, closure of circles. Adapting to the routine of everyday life to new. A hint to previous incarnations and life lesson phases / soul paths.
New opportunities, surroundings and equations. Deep-seated change.
Future may depend on past actions or laurels.
The turning of the wheel, a signature of fate. Complex changes. A lack of control over alterations in circumstances.
Often a hopeless resistance to change.
Feeling out of control. Bearing destiny’s burden with a sullied outlook.
A decline after a period of rising. Danger lurks at the summit.
An unfair draw of chance, change must be accepted before progress. Giving more than receiving.
Unexpected sudden change. This is not a negative card per se, there is time or opportunity to rectify and cross-correct albeit briefly while change is happening.
Meeting of the Sword of Mind with the Cup of Love. The union of values & inner reflections.free will versus the compulsions of the instincts. Free will versus the compulsions & horoscopes of the instincts.
Without passing through this initiation by fire, we cannot understand how we create our own future. It is the encounter with feelings, love and beauty, passion and faithfulness, the harmony, uniting of differences. Lovers represents the creation of the world – the marriage of duality, by love awareness happens and in this surrender, new doors open.
Opposites are two sides of the same coin; one cannot exist without the other.
The need to make
a choice, or to disengage oneself from past influences. Inclinations of the heart correspond to the will of heaven. Small steps taken are the visible signs of inner desire.
Driven blindly by desires. Complex relationship between more than one person.
Tension or hesitation to act upon inner feelings or will. Need for creating close bonds with others. Inability to cope with uncertainty in relationships.
Overdependence, or an emotional trial of some sort.
Often reversed lovers can also indicate repressed or exaggerated sexuality as much as an imminent encounter of the heart.
Harmonious uniting of heaven and earth, divine protection and power to transcend the mundane world into inspiration and crystallisation.
Conjunction with the universal intellect and the insight that there are endless possibilities of existence as we connect with feeling, instinct, imagination or intuition.
Openness, simplicity, return to nature. Purity, honesty. Showing yourself “as you are,” accepting one’s body and desires. Generosity. Luck from heaven. Intuitive feeling of guidance or energy corning from a higher plane.
This is sum and cumulation of all of all our past decisions and conscious choices, when seen from the Universal perspective.
There is great silence, calm and mystic experience in this card, provided we look inward.
Either way, this is a sign of our ‘twinkling’ light, whether as light in the eyes or outer glow. There are usually several insights to this portent and sign. Celebrate or meditate, this can be a very fruitful time.
Blind hope. Naive optimism and wishful-thinking. Exposing oneself to danger or abuse. Difficulty in setting proper boundaries. Squandering, wastefulness.
Self-doubt could impede progress temporarily,
but confidence will likely find itself restored. A renewal of mental, physical, and spiritual energy.
Apply balance and restraint, there is immense subconscious process brimming inside you under the surface.
Reconnect with inner silence, and clarity with inspiration will undoubtedly heal you.
A coat of quotes and passing poetry
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"And as the seed waits eagerly watching for its flower and fruit.
Anxious its little soul looks out into the clear expanse
To see if hungry winds are abroad with their invisible array ;
So Man looks out in tree, and herb, and fish, and bird, and beast.
Collecting up the scattered portions of his immortal body.
Into the elemental forms of everything that grows.
He tries the sullen North wind, riding on its angry furrows,
The sultry South when the sun rises, and the angry East,
When the sun sets, and the clods harden, and the cattle stand,
Drooping, and the birds hide in their silent nests.
He stores his thoughts.
As in store-houses in his memory. He regulates the forms.
Of all beneath and all above, and in the gentle West Reposes where the sun's heat dwells.
He rises to the sun,
And to the planets of the night, and to the stars that gild.
The zodiacs, and the stars that sullen stand to North and South,
He touches the remotest pole, and in the centre weeps That Man should labour and sorrow, and learn and forget, and return.
To the dark valley whence he came, and begin his
labours anew."
"Artwork and Poetry | William Blake