Post by EMPATHY on Sept 16, 2009 3:42:45 GMT 1
I was given this card the other night - I wont say what the question was but I will show you something which you can work out for yourself. Just think about the card and what is printed below.
TENTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The Wheel of Fortune.
Two principal ideas are expressed by this symbol--
1. The idea of Command, of Supremacy.
2. The idea of the duration, of the eternal action of time.
The wheel of fortune suspended upon its axis. To the right Anubis, the genius of good ascending; to the left Typhon, the genius of evil descending, the Sphinx is balanced upon the centre of the wheel, holding a sword in its lion claws.
The first idea is expressed by the ternary, Anubis or positive, Typhon or negative, the balanced Sphinx the ruler.
The second idea is expressed by the wheel, a line without beginning or end, the symbol of eternity.
The 10th arcanum is midway between the 7th and 13th arcana.
7 + 13 = 20 20/2 = 10.
It expresses the incessant equilibrium, which modifies the creative realizations of the septenary by the necessary destruction by Death (arcanum 13). The three arcana, 7, 10, 13, correspond exactly with the Hindu trinity or Trimurti.
Brahma = Creator = Arcanum 7.
Siva = Destroyer = Arcanum 13.
Vishnu = Preserver = Arcanum 10.
p. 147
It represents the course of things according to the ternary law, which directs all the divine manifestations.
The tenth card of the Tarot commences the negative portion of the 2nd septenary, and expresses the notion of the septenary considered in its reflections.
It will therefore represent--
1. Reflex of will (see 4th arcanum).
NECESSITY.
The Karma of the Hindus.
2. Reflex of power and of realization.
MAGIC POWER.
Fortune.
(To will.)
3. Reflex of the universal soul.
FORCE POTENTIAL IN ITS MANIFESTATION.
10
The Wheel of Fortune.
AFFINITIES
SIGNIFICATIONS
Primitive Hieroglyphic: The Forefinger
Kabbalah: MALCHUT
Astronomy: The Virgin
Month: August
Hebrew Letter: Yod (simple)
Then look at this one.
This can represent a fatality/truce/ and yes even a death - though some say it is only recouperation. The point is that it points to a person in a tomb - it can also represent someone under the earth -
When you reverse this card as it has appeared to me and shown above - it seems to suggest a renewed activity fromr recouperation - but in general an enforced banishment/isolation which can be caused through severe stress and can affect the health adversely.
It is also a card for labour strikes which would show that work would have to be put on the back burner.
I thought it was a very interesting card. Im just leaving it here.
In the first card Wheel of Fortune - preserver - 2010? Nuff said.