Three of Cups

here comes a time in our lives where our own initiative and striving for independence is just not enough and the synchronicity of events and playful fate invites us to consider a different perspective: participate, support and integrate.

Just like in the pictorial aspect of Three of Cups we have different tools to incorporate in our life's path. Somewhere somehow there are people we can trust and we can reach to and another step might be creating some creative field where you can participate and implement it with your experience and sense of things. It can be highly artistic. You can work towards some goal that is selfless and charitable in nature.

This card can also denote quite a sociable period in your life. 

There are different messages here - you might be encouraged to stop indulging and binging on food and drink and try to withdraw yourself from that - give yourself some time and perspective to judge it.

You might also be a bit tired of hassles of social life which calls for halt - it's always good to think about those situations in different ways to find out exactly what might be a problem preventing you from living the life to the fullest.

Relationships can have its drawbacks - if you feel like being cheated or betrayed or even not sure about this but still feeling like your energy that you put into the projects is vanishing somewhere - it might not be your fault but a call to re-assess those relationships where something is clearly not right.

Sometimes there is a third person involved who is actually not working towards mutual benefit.

Two of cups

Two of cups is another card in the suit of cups and the one I will talk today in the next episode of our blog.
As we can see - it shows a unity of two different essences that flow through two vessels and it's not difficult to guess that the main theme of this excellent card is the relationships.
Relationships are the the all-time favourite when you think of the usual reading queries of the tarot.
But if you think of the reverse logic thinking that every question also signfies a hidden answer - let's ask who is asking about the nature of relationships? Instead of asking why ask ourselves - where does the core of the successful, giving relationship lie?
Is it in the understanding the connections between two people - thinking of tools sch as mutual respect and appreciation that in the end help us to reach higher planes of fullfilment? A win-win situation if we take all sorts of endeavours into consideration.
Two of Cups is an emblem of a blossoming relationship - the deeply heartfelt exchange of powerful feelings and emotions. Also lifting each other up to higher planes and better well being.
The reverse process involves themes such as self-love - a condition upon which lies the understanding of the deeply fruitious link to others. How much we need to devote to understand the other person? The answer is - as much as we understand ourselves. Otherwise the substance of love will be polluted with justifying the projections onto others and the thirst will be quenched by one of the biggest misunderstandings - the idea that possessions, and I also mean wrongly taken people as one of those can replace self-love. It's often so deeply embedded in the world of one's values that almost undistinguishable.
At the end of the day - relationships are about communication - the depth aspect of it can change a lot and bring many burning questions to solution. And it can help us to move on in understanding the nature of challenges that we are yet to discover.

Ace of Cups

Welcome to our blog of Djed Taroth.
And Welcome after a short break in New Year 2019. Have a happy one!

We will start the new series of articles describing the Minor Arcana starting with the Suit of Cups.

The Suit of Cups in tarot usually represents our feelings, emotions, premonitions, our inner life.
With a chalice represented by Ace of Cups we are being invited to creative expression of emotions and feelings as they are the igniting point to start a new endeavour or a project. Creative stream of energy is the highlight of this card - helps us to understand where lies the abundance of life.
It is also the part of this card to see a potential in new relationship or something that connects usto people we love - how the affection flows seamlessly when we are in the right state of mind.
The Ace of Cups is both about giving and receiving.
All this has a bigger importance when we supress and withhold our emotions avoiding seeing them or experiencing them in order not to get hurt.
The lesson we are being taught is understanding that through opening ourselves we let the stream of conscious feelings in and evolve into acknowledging them and later transforming them into something new - the elixir of our vital force.
Let's not wait, drink from this cup as long as it flows...

The Wheel of Fortune

The life as we see it - is constantly perpetuating in a neverending cycle of changes. Smaller or bigger. For better or for worse. The ones that we can notice instantly and the ones, of impact which, we are able to see from a time perspective.
The Wheel of Fortune shows us how important is it to see the progressing events of our life as a part of a larger unit, a cycle of happenstance. Traditionally and quite typically we tend to think of it as a karmic way of acting - where all the wrongdoings are being punished with "appropriate" punishment or reward. Although in a short run this might push us to just being more kind and forgiving it definitely doesn't show us the depper meaning and importance of raised awareness when it comes to living our life consciously.
The template we consciously create through understanding the perspective of ethical progress in our conscious life in unprecedent - it creates more and more little dots on the map that build an architecture of firm and moral construct that builds the immanence of superego - the world of our values. It elevates it to a higher level, and consciousness follows this.

When times hit hard - please be optimistic. Abundance will follow. Dwell in possibility and rely on your own ability. There is nothing more helpful.
The guidance comes from the most uncanniest of places in such moments. Maybe from somewhere you don't necessarily expect. Not necessarily like or agree but it will come.
It is sometimes, not what we think, we can control.
Forces at work may be, by design, force us to change the way we think of our life and what drives it.
It encourages us to come out of the circle and use more subtle of ways e.g. intuition.
Assume the responsibility for what is happening and the reward for it will be to understand that there is no reward, there is no punishment. There is a way to think beyond the schemes, prejudices and set ways. There is way more to it. There is one thing that will never let you down... A change.

The Empress

The Empress...
Welcome back to the newest episode of our blog in a series of bringing the tarot cards and their meaning to light.
When we often think about the material existence of our lives and reflect our identity and resources we think of the matrix of the Mother Nature - her always unfolding source of abundance and power/
The Empress is an introduction to understanding the feminine aspect - the nourishing and protective. The natural law of the Nature's cycles where we know that after the stormy season or untimely death of things we tended to - things are reborn anew with new shape and design which stems from what was before.
The Empress is the database of the needs and yearnings that need adressing. Sometimes it might be the case of showcasing and attracting the resources to fullfil them. On the other hand it might be the case of neglecting your own feelings and needs to the extent of looking after someone else's instead.
How does this happen?
We might not be able to identify it and therefore neglect our wellbeing but also it's a nature that the mechanism of a blocade represents. A creative blockage is not not only about artistic endeavours but also about fiding new ways to feel the world and everybody around us - being in touch with our feelings.
The nurture is the keyword here when we actually recognise how important is it to care and tend to.
Stay in touch with this process and as in the symbolism of the Mother - you will multiply all the allied forces of Nature helping you to live through this Earthly domain. It's really worth. Mind you the goal here is YOU.

The Sun

Welcome to another episode of our blog, today we will briefly introduce the card representing The Sun.
We are introduced to the adult life with a vision of hardship and difficulty we have to struggle in order to achieve the self-realisation and confirm our identity. It often affects our view of life's path in a way that we may loose this innocence of understanding ourselves - there's degree of cynicsm and disbelief that things can actually go smoothly and effortlessly.
The Sun brings back this forgotten hope - it's radiating with positive energy of being connected to your inner child, the Source. Connecting to the Source through purity, and strength.
The Sun is the card of radiance. But it also invites you to understand your ego and superego - the world of your values. In a common understanding "ego" can have quite a pejorative connotation related to being set in your own way of habitual actions and thinking. The Sun helps us to understand that ego is part of our psyche and character - and therefore we can elevate it to a higher level by understanding our desires and needs - where do the stem from? Understanding the roots of them and affirming the fact that they are important to our growth.
We are often downtrodden and pressed by the hardships that we fail to see the brightr side of life - especially when we see that life's path is distorted and uneasy. Or maybe just on the contrary - we are so overly optimistic that we fail to see the reality? What's happening?
The Sun roots you down in a balanced and harmonious view of the situation - inviting us to see things with a new fresh perspective. Be like a child, not naive, but innocent and attentive...

The Hanged Man

Hello dear readers!
After a short break we are coming back with a new episode of our blog.

There always comes a moment in our lives when the feeling of powerlessness comes along the sense of loosing independence we need to make decisions. The feeling of being suspended between inability and impossibility.
We are under pressure of the previousdecisions' consequences and the most important factor behind feeling fed up with unnerving situation is to let go of the illusion of control. We tend to try to control everything thinking that we can handle it.
The truth is - you have been overcome and there is absolutely nothing wrong about it. It's part of the design of your life experience.
Now is the time to surrender to it. Resistance to difficulties can evoke some unwanted consequences like further difficulties. The lesson to be learnt is to float on the waves.
The ultimate surrender and putting things on hold can create a positive space for reflection, for understanding that in empty space ideas spark out and come to being through peace of mind. This peace can come through either voluntary or involuntary way - if you are deeply atuned to your intuition you will recognise the moment when you should and would do it. The Universe otherwise might bring to light obstacles like health or financial issues or problems with your car - but it emerges when you, deceived by the will to have things run smoothly at all times, fail to recognise the urge to give things more reflection.
The frustration is the part and parcel of such situations which are characterised by The Hanged Man but fear not - it's just a break in pattern and things will come to the harmony. You can help this situation by enriching your experience - understanding the design of your life and work closer with it.
By patience, by surrendering, by trust and ultimately your deep wisdom drawn from life's theatre.
Thank you.