When I did my annual reading at Samhain, the card I drew for for Gemini was the 5 of Cups, which I was to fix with the 10 of Pentacles (Robin Wood).\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if the decision I\u2019m going to regret is one I\u2019ve already made or one I\u2019m going to make over the course of the month.<\/p>\n
DARK MOON READING <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1st<\/sup> \u2013 Self, Viewpoint \u2013 Princess of Disks<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I am, apparently, laden with potential this month.\u00a0 Elsewhere in the reading, this card would make me very nervous[1].\u00a0 Here, it\u2019s a hint of things to come, and the first hint of the amount of magic I\u2019m going to need to do.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup> \u2013 Finances, Income \u2013 VII Adjustment<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019m working again.\u00a0 That\u2019s a bit of an adjustment.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked three twelve hour shifts in the last eight days.\u00a0 I am nowhere near adjusted to this shit.<\/p>\n And, after months of living on pennies, I\u2019m going to get a four hundred dollar check.\u00a0 Two weeks from now I\u2019ll get one for twice that.\u00a0 Most of which, granted, is going to go paying my rent and utilities back in Indiana.\u00a0 That\u2019s not just going to take some Adjustment, that\u2019s going to take discipline.\u00a0 See the 6th and 10th Houses.<\/p>\n 3rd<\/sup> \u2013 Daily Experiences \u2013 8 Wands \u201cSwiftness\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019m going to be energetic!\u00a0 Full of spunk and verve!<\/p>\n Who am I kidding? I\u2019m going to be running around like a chicken with my head cut off.\u00a0 Working open-to-close shifts in the mall, attending Heartland Pagan Festival, trying to catch up with all my friends in Kansas City \u2026 it\u2019s going to be a zoo.<\/p>\n 4th<\/sup> \u2013 Home-place \u2013 XV the Devil<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Uh, what?<\/p>\n 5th<\/sup> \u2013 Fun \/ Pleasure \u2013 XI Lust<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n So, I see there\u2019s going to be some sex, drugs, and rock&roll in my sex, drugs, and rock&roll.\u00a0 I can live with that.<\/p>\n 6th<\/sup> \u2013 Work \u2013 2 Disks \u201cChange\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Again, the meaning here appears straightforward and clear, given my transition from full-time student to part-time goon.<\/p>\n I think it may also be an admonition not to sink back into the employment ruts that were forming when I left Kansas City.<\/p>\n 7th<\/sup> \u2013 Partnership \u2013 7 Wands \u201cValor\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Aradia was sitting next to me as I laid out this spread.\u00a0 When I turned over the 7th House she said, \u201cplease don\u2019t set me on fire.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a fighting card in a place where I don\u2019t really see that kind of difficulty.\u00a0 The most optimistic interpretation here is \u201cStay on top of shit.\u00a0 Do not let anything fester.\u201d<\/p>\n 8th<\/sup> \u2013 Taboo \/ Crisis\u2013 X the Heirophant<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Of course I have issues with Tradition and Authority.\u00a0 What\u2019s new?<\/p>\n Oh, wait.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been studying at the feet of Tradition lately.\u00a0 That\u2019s only going to make things more complicated.<\/p>\n 9th<\/sup> \u2013 Higher Perception\u2013 VII the Chariot<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Looks like I\u2019m going places.\u00a0 The question is \u201cwhere\u201d?\u00a0 Crowley\u2019s Chariot is a lot less about Will than the Chariot in other decks and a lot more about Destiny.\u00a0 Perhaps I should ask ZG about this one.<\/p>\n 10th<\/sup> \u2013 Recognition\u2013 5 Disks \u201cWorry\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind.[2]<\/p>\n 11th<\/sup> \u2013 Friendships \u2013 5 Swords \u201cDefeat\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n This is worrisome.\u00a0 I need to stay on top of things.<\/p>\n 12th<\/sup> \u2013 Secrets & Fears \u2013 3 Disks \u201cWork\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Between working for money, working on my novels, and the Great Work \u2026 there is a LOT that I want to get done this summer.\u00a0 I know I won\u2019t be able to do it all.\u00a0 I\u2019m afraid I won\u2019t manage to do any of it.<\/p>\n +1\/6 \u2013 Current Position \u2013 5 Cups \u201cDisappointment\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I feel like this isn\u2019t really the 5C in particular so much as it\u2019s a generic swamp.\u00a0 It\u2019s my change of circumstances and Venus Retrograde.\u00a0 It\u2019s my indecision and my conflicting goals.<\/p>\n +2\/6 Current Influences \u2013 XVII the Moon<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n If 5C is a morass, the Moon tells me I have to cross it in order to continue my journey.\u00a0 Face the fear.\u00a0 Walk the Valley of the Shadow of Death.\u00a0 Descend to the Underworld.<\/p>\n +3\/6 What Crowns It \u2013 Hexagram <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n And here, at last, we get to the point: whatever it is, fucking do magic about it<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n +4\/6 The Root of It \u2013 I the Magus<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I am a magician.\u00a0 I do magic.\u00a0 See above.\u00a0 Sometimes divination is anvilicious<\/a>.<\/p>\n To pass from the Magus to the Hexagram, I must cross the 5 of Cups via the Moon.<\/p>\n +5\/6 Going Out \u2013 Queen of Swords<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve done an awful lot of thinking, talking, writing, and intellectualizing about my magic.\u00a0 That\u2019s going to have to wane for a while in order for me to get back to really doing<\/strong><\/em>the magic.<\/p>\n +6\/6 Coming In \u2013 XX the Aeon<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve set myself on a path of transformation.\u00a0 If I pursue it diligently over the next lunar month, I\u2019m going to undergo some serious changes.<\/p>\n 1 – childfree for life!<\/p>\n 2 \u2013 Snoop Dogg.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 I went there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019ve done readings at the last two dark moons.\u00a0 I\u2019ve even analyzied them, to a point.\u00a0 But I never posted about them.\u00a0 So I\u2019m taking a page from Aradia\u2019s book and I\u2019m going to decipher it before your very eyes. 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