Archive for the Arcane Category

2 of Cups

Lady Frieda Harris’s illustration of the Two of Cups is by far my favorite.  For me the card embodies the simplicity and beauty of the search for love; the duad.

This card shows how the monad, the androgynous soul, has divided to form the duad, feminine and masculine energies. Unstable in its brief existence, the dyad symbolizes an exchange of love between two people.  The interaction is always moving toward becoming larger than the two beings themselves. The duad always wants to become a triad. Becoming a triad happens without effort. True emotions of intense and delightful emotions create a third entity; a relationship. The relationship birthed from the mixing of male and female energies is more stable than the dyad itself.

The relationship created by bringing together masculine and feminine energies is always bigger than the participating individuals. Furthermore, each participant is in someway in service to the other. It is the transfer of energies that helps keep the relationship moving, growing and pure.

My man is on a plethora of mailing lists and often times I read and actually like some of the information presented. The following is an example of such. I’d like to thank The Shrine of Ma’at International for sharing this. In the spirit of community I share this list with all of you.

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Daily Intentions

I intend that I remember that what I am thinking and talking about all day long is what I am manifesting for myself.

I intend that I speak truth, be truthful and attract truth to me at all times.

I intend that I am putting my imagination to it’s best use by holding a vision of my ideal outcome.

I intend that I am aligned with the Highest Good in everything I say and do.

I intend that I am ignoring any doubts and that I am continuing to move forward toward the manifestation of my intentions.

I intend that I am looking within to see what would give me the most joy, and then I am consciously creating it.

I intend that everything needing to be known is known here today; that all of my words are clear, precise, uplifting, helpful, and fun; that each and everyone of us here is guided, guarded, and protected throughout this entire experience; and that everything we say and do here today serves the highest and best good of the Universe, ourselves, and everyone everywhere. And so be it and so it is!

I intend that I am staying uplifted and doing what I came here to do.

I intend that I am a mighty manifestor and that all good things come to me easily and effortlessly.

I intend that I am living in grace and gratitude.

I intend that I am creating a world that is always in support of me.

I intend that I am discovering and doing what I came here to do.

I intend that I remember to start out everyday by saying my intentions.

I intend that I am at peace within myself.

I intend that all of my intentions serve the Highest Good of the Universe, myself, and everyone everywhere.

I intend that I am guided, guarded, and protected at all times.

I intend that I am surrounded by love, peace and happiness at all times and I intend this for all those around me as well.

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Lakshmi SkeletonA little girl named Lakshmi, from India has mesmerized me with her spiritual and physical beauty. She has four arms like the Goddess Lakshmi, for whom she is named, and four legs. With her 8 limbs, she looks like a spider. Unfortunately, she is not able to move like a spider or a human.

Lakshmi is a ischiopagus conjoined twin. Her twin is termed a ‘parasite’ and stopped development in their mother’s womb. The parasitic twin and Lakshmi are fused at the torso. This has made learning to walk difficult and doctor’s have predicted that Lakshmi would not have lived further than her teen years without intervention.

The Bangalore hospital has a team of 36 doctors with various specialties, who performed 27 hours of surgery for free. Lakshmi is now in recovery and has been said to be doing well. She held her mother’s hand and cried that she wanted to go too, when her parents left for the night.

Lakshmi you are in my thoughts. You have already manifested the abundance and wealth for which you are already so well known. I look forward to experiencing more wealth, health and abundance through you.

The Last SupperToday for the first time ever, Leonardo Davinci’s, The Last Supper is viewable for all who have access to the internet. An incredible company, HAL9000, has cunningly devised a system that will allow people everywhere to view Leonardo’s masterpiece from the comfort of their own home and closer than we could if we traveled to the refractory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.

Using custom built hardware powered by two Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, 16 gigabytes of memory and a 2.0 terabyte hard disk, a team of six, photographed and “stitched” photographs together to create a digital version that we can enjoy today. Mauro Gavinelli, heads the team and developed a highly specialized lighting system to avoid damaging the 509 year-old fresco.

Surprisingly, the team only spent 9 hours shooting (excluding equipment set-up) and produced 1677 frames of the painting. The more difficult portion of this project was stitching the 1677 frames into a recognizable form of the The Last Supper. The result of the team’s labors is the highest definition photograph in the world, at 16 billion pixels. Viewers can enlarge sections of the painting in one millimeter squares.


Father Time Overcome By Hope Love and BeautyI do not worship the Keeper of Time. Instead, I am a devote of the Nurturer of Freedom, Mother Nature. Despite my intense veneration of the Goddess of Freedom, I still get my ass whooped by the Father of Law and Order, Time.

Father Time can be a very cruel God, satisfying desires and or needs at the last possible second. In many cases, blessings come just after they were due, sending the recipient running, stretching to make it to the finished line. He always seems to be in hot pursuit of you, especially when you want to achieve or manifest. He can never just be mellow and deliver everything to you in the perfect manner at the perfect time. Nope. Father Time has to chime away in your ear, reminding you of his presence. As soon as an experience becomes unbearably enjoyable, the situation changes or worse yet, it ends. El Padre screams in the loudest whisper “Tick, tock, tick tock.” Barely audible but always present, Time is always.

I have been at war with Him, fighting hard to free myself of a perceived cyclical jail and an insane mandate to march when and how I am told. So badly have I wanted freedom, that I have created my own jail. What do I need to escape this fate?

My great desire is to worship all that is fertile, dark and inextricably beautiful in Gaia. I have failed my mission to command Time and not be commanded. I have forgotten my power and forgotten the ways in which Mother Nature can rally those around her to overcome Father Time aka Saturn…… The stories exists in plenitude of how Time has been overwhelmed by might and/or wit. My favorite being that of Ra and Nut.

Nut & Geb (5 Days Added Myth)Nut is Ra’s Queen and she decides she wants to have children, but Ra realizes that if Nut has a son, then her son will one day be his heir. Ra does not want to give up his crown to any one. Ra curses Nut, declaring that she not be able to bear children on any day of the year. Grieving , Nut calls Tehuti to help her. Tehuti loves Nut and says he will help and knows too, that he could never reverse the spell cast by Ra.

He devises a plan and the Thrice -Great God decides to challenge Khonsu the Moon-God to a game of draughts. Tehuti wins and wins and Khonsu keeps upping the stakes to keep Tehuti interested in playing. Tehuti tells Khonsu that he will play again if Khonsu will offer light as the prize. Tehuti wins enough light to create five (5) more days and on each new day added, Nut gives birth.

I too need to invoke the wit and magic of Tehuti. I anticipate intense euphoria after I beat Time. I am in control and can manifest anything at any time. I need a little help from my friends…….

Saturn in Virgo is just beginning. Have you decided what needs your attention? Have you planned your defeat of El Padre?