Mystic Goddess: A Journey in Tarot

The seven of pentacles takes us further on our journey through physical prosperity and the understanding of our relationship to it. With this card following the six of disks, there is a shift that has happened for us.    Here we see a man dressed in an orange tunic with light blue underclothing. The orange represents the creative energy inherent in the second chakra or svadhisthana, while the light blue represents spiritual/intuitive connection. He is standing over a lush and overgrown bush that is sporting an abundance of disks. Clearly he has created this abundant outcome, as a result of his carefully laid plans and action taken to ensure a successful crop/job. He is gazing at it, enjoying the fruit of his labor, while also gazing in wonder at the way something as small as seeds, when tended to, can produce so much abundance. Among the plants are tendrils, signifying the plant and the fruit have assisted each other through a dense support system.  This card can let us k...

The six of disks is a beautiful card that’s meaning goes a bit deeper than the picture shows. It can be particularly  meaningful coming after the 5 of disks.  Here we see three people, two asking for a donation and one giving the donation. Above them are six disks, and the background seems to be quite lush, but not overwhelmingly so. The man standing in the middle, is dressed in the traditional clothing of a merchant, for the time period. In one hand he holds a scale and on the other hand he has 6 coins, 4 of which are being dropped into the palm of the person with the tan cape and bandage on his head, kneeling in front of him. The bandage indicates the person may be dealing with mental illness or a head injury and the tan cape indicate he is focused survival. Two coins remain in the merchants hand, presumably to be given to the person in blue, also crouched down in front of the merchant. The color blue indicates this person is on a spiritual path and may have chosen the life ...

The five of disks is not a card many like to receive. The picture is not one of the more joyful ones and can come across as very bleak.   We see two people in tattered clothing walking in the snow, one without shoes, the other with crutches and a bell around their neck. Their faces look despondent as they trudge through the cold, clearly feeling neglected and discarded. Behind them is what seems to be a church with stained glass window decorated with a plant that is sprouting 5 pentacles, leaves and two roses at the top. There are also two towers at the very top of the stained glass window, that can be easily missed if one doesn’t look. According to Madam Pamita in Madam Pamita’s Magical Tarot, the bell was a medieval sign of leporacy, so clearly this man is dealing with some illness that has left him an outcast. But the thing we need to take into consideration is the two towers on the window, as they tend to represent an opportunity to transform into a higher version of ourself....

 The four of disks is a card with a simple picture that can be seen in a few different ways. Let’s take a look… Here we have a man with a crown, perhaps a king and he is sitting up on a high wall, the city in the distance behind him. He is wearing a much crimson robe and has coin like pentacle disks with him. He is holding one, two are beneath his feet and one rests atop his crown. He seems to really have a tight grip on the one he is holding! Like chill out, my dude! The town so far away shows is he has distanced himself from others, and the tenacity with which he grips that coin suggests he is hoarding his wealth. We could assume he fears that if he gets near others, he will not be able to keep his wealth from them. Of course that would be hard to know if he doesn’t ever leave his castle wall! His crimson garments suggest he has obtained great physical wealth and that that he holds a lot of value in his earthly possessions. But does this card always indicated being “stingy”? Or i...

The nine of cups is a special minor arcana, as it has a sort of secret meaning. Although if you study tarot and know the cards it isn’t a secret at all… let’s take a look!  The nine of cups is a picture of accomplishment! We see a gentleman in a white robe with a red hat sitting with his arms crossed and a smile on his face. He is clearly very pleased with himself and knows he has come a long way to accomplish so much. Behind him is a banquet table, covered in a blue cloth, with 9 cups atop set out along the entire table. These cups represent emotional fulfillment, the result of a job well done, which he is now ready to celebrate. The white gown let’s us know the actions he took to complete this task we’re spiritually oriented, and at the same time he has remained equally as focused on the pleasures of the material world. His crossed arms show he has healthy boundaries and only allows those that are his equals into his life, and those cups are all put for him to share his good fort...