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Annual Card for Pisces (February\/March) = Ace of Cups <\/p>\n
1st<\/sup> \u2013 Self, Viewpoint — Ace of Cups<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Bliss, inner wealth, openness. Opening up to the mystery of all-encompassing love. <\/p>\n I find it highly auspicious that my 1st House card matches my monthly card from my annual reading. It gives me hope that the bliss and renewal I\u2019ve been feeling is not just illusionary. <\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup> \u2013 Finances, Income, Communication — XX the Aeon <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Transformation, new beginning, hope. Steps in the right direction. Encourages opening up to a new development, but warns against underestimating initial difficulties. <\/p>\n Not sure what to do with this one, as I\u2019m on a fixed student-loan income. Perhaps it\u2019s time to put out my shingle? <\/p>\n 3rd<\/sup> \u2013 Daily Experiences, Immediate influences — Princess of Swords <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Esprit, clarity, mental reward, provocation, quarrelsome nature. Critical confrontation with old thought patterns. People with common interests, fighting over standpoints, hateful atmosphere, debates, dirty tricks. Encourages coolly and decisively clarifying a situation; discourages frontal attacks and \u201csharp-tongued criticism\u201d. <\/p>\n However Ace of Cups-y I may be feeling, I think my temper may take a while to simmer down. I also suspect that the issue which prompted my last post may continue to cause me trouble. <\/p>\n 4th<\/sup> \u2013 Home-place, Family, Land, Roots — XIV Art <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Finding the right proportions, balance of powers, harmony, relaxation, healing. Overcoming inner tensions and finding the way out of an apparently unsolvable dilemma. Encourages giving one\u2019s best to overcome contradictions and differences; warns against underestimating the difficulty of a plan or the depths of a problem. <\/p>\n My first impulse is to take this as an admonition: to take this month to settle back into my home-place, to bolster the house-wards, and focus on deconstructing my growing sense of alienation and disillusionment with my college. <\/p>\n Alternatively, I\u2019ve already been thinking a lot about what to do with my apartment over the summer. The chief question is one of work: will I find work here in Sunrise, or will I go back to KC? or even Larryville? <\/p>\n Or, perhaps more literally, this is about getting back on top of my alchemy experiments. Mmm, Abramelin Oil. <\/p>\n 5th<\/sup> \u2013 Fun, Pleasure, Children, Hobbies, Lovers — Queen of Disks <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Fertility, sense of security, sensuality, serenity, endurance. Patiently trusting to natural cycles. <\/p>\n Nothing makes me more nervous that a fertility card in association with my sex life. (Child-free for LIFE!) At least it\u2019s not the Princess of Disks \u2026 or, worse, the Empress. <\/p>\n 6th<\/sup> \u2013 Work, Illness, Duty, Routine — 10 Cups \u201cSatiety\u201d <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Fulfillment, culmination, completion, gratitude, sociableness. Successful work, good business transaction, positive working environment. Encourages enjoying one\u2019s happiness; warns against the decline to follow. <\/p>\n This helps reassure me that, despite the volatile irons I have in the fire, and the could-well-be-read-as-a-warning-card in my 10th House, the work, itself, will go well. <\/p>\n 7th<\/sup> \u2013 Partnership, Associations, Spouse — Knight of Disks <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Firmness, sobriety, perseverance, stable values, reliability, straightforwardness. A mature, sensual man. Stable relationship, sensuality, mutual appreciation, trust. Encourages enjoying what has been achieved and using one\u2019s means in a responsible manner; warns against hording. <\/p>\n More fucking court cards. I hate court cards. I\u2019m never sure if they\u2019re talking about me or about someone I know or someone I should be looking for or something else, entirely. If it\u2019s a person, should I look for someone with the physical attributes or the birthday associated with the card? Yes, I know that this is a struggle most people go through with the Tarot. It\u2019s one I\u2019ve been going through for years. <\/p>\n I am not a Knight of Disks. (Am I? Please, someone, answer this question. I thought I was a Prince of Cups [yes, I know Crowley hated us. probably because we\u2019re better in bed than him.]) <\/p>\n 8th<\/sup> \u2013 Taboo, Crisis, Sex, Death, Taxes, Loans — XI Lust <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Courage, vitality, love of life, strength, passion, intrepidity. Desire to work, commitment, willingness to take risks. Encourages passionate devotion to a person, task, or experience; warns against trampling other people\u2019s values. <\/p>\n For a rarity, I think I have some idea what\u2019s going on here. My crisis is my passion: I\u2019m letting it get in the way of more practical ambitions, and the careful politics of academia. This may be good or bad, it\u2019s always hard to say. But right now, I\u2019m very nervous. <\/p>\n Also, my sex life is awesome, and if I can ever kick this head\/chest cold, it will be even better. <\/p>\n 9th<\/sup> \u2013 Higher Perception, Journey, Movement — Princess of Cups <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Dreamer, muse, longing for union. Having a medial experience. Encourages opening up and expressing concealed feelings or desires. <\/p>\n This seems self-explanatory, despite being a court card. Medial\/trance work is precisely what\u2019s on the table for the month. <\/p>\n 10th<\/sup> \u2013 Recognition, Career, Ambition, Status — 7 Disks \u201c Failure\u201d <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Destroyed hope, bad circumstances, bad luck, unhappiness. Failure of a project. Encourages recognizing futility and turning away from it. <\/p>\n looks like 3S \u201cSorrow\u201d <\/p>\n Bad news, disappointment, weakness. Encourages opening up to an unwelcome but necessary insight. <\/p>\n So \u2026 this makes me nervous. There are some very real problems in my academic life at the moment \u2013 struggles with a professor and the registrar (unrelated). Is this saying \u201cdeal with it!\u201d or \u201cgive up before it\u2019s to late\u201d? <\/p>\n No, I haven\u2019t done divination about it, yet. Yes, I know I should. <\/p>\n 11th<\/sup> \u2013 Friendships, Groups, Social Activities –5 Cups \u201cDisappointment\u201d <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Faded hope, melancholy. Dying feelings, the beginning of the end. Encourages showing one\u2019s worries and disappointments. <\/p>\n looks like Knight of Swords <\/p>\n Easygoing but unstable relationship. <\/p>\n So \u2026 no new friends this month. Possibly loss of an existing friendship. I don\u2019t really have any to loose, though. So \u2026. WTF? <\/p>\n 12th<\/sup> \u2013 Secrets & Fears, Hopes, Ambitions — XVII the Star <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Good prospects, hope, trust in the future, higher guidance. Following one\u2019s calling. Deep insight. Warns against getting too involved in the future and missing out on the present. <\/p>\n This is easy. I just want everything to come out alright. That is my secret hope, my ambition. <\/p>\n +2 \u2013 Current Position \/ Outside Influences — V the Hierophant \/ Princess of Wands <\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n The search for the truth, power of conviction, virtue. Meaningful activity, following one\u2019s calling, higher education, trust in one\u2019s own abilities. <\/p>\n Impetuous new beginning, desire for adventure, impatience. Innovative ideas. Euphoria. <\/p>\n I still struggle with Crowley\u2019s Hierophant. I have so much trouble separating him from the Waite-Smith Hierophant, who is pretty much the Pope. The Princess of Wands, however, I have a moderately good handle on. <\/p>\n The two together, here, as my natural state and influences for the month, I think I know what\u2019s going on: a conflict between my \u201chigher\u201d callings and my impulse to just throw down and have a good time <\/p>\n Underlying Theme \u2013 the Hexagram<\/u><\/strong> <\/p>\n Hand of fate. Do magic about it. Hahah, we\u2019re not telling. <\/p>\n First impulse: Fuck you, tarot deck. <\/p>\n Second impulse: Okay, let\u2019s do some fucking magic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last month was so crazy that I haven\u2019t even begun to process it. Hopefully, this month will be a little more manageable\u2014though this last week tells me it probably won\u2019t be by much. 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