Today I am starting a new feature on 78 Roads To Wisdom. Tarot Pairs. The idea behind Tarot Pairs is to see how two cards relate to one another. This is not going to replace the Daily Draw. I hope to have this as a regular feature.
The initial pairing is the Queen of Wands - Rx and the Eight of Pentacles. On first glance I didn't see how these two got along. Our fiery, passionate Queen and our hard working Eight.
Queens represent the receptive, nurturing quality of their suit's element. The Queen of Wands is a loving, passionate woman who sits on her throne. Of all the Queens, she alone sits with her legs apart. She is aware of her sexuality and is not ashamed, in touch with passion. She holds a wand in one hand and a sunflower in her other. The wand is a sign of her fiery nature, her leadership ability and her ability to get what she wants. The sunflower shows her radiant, confident and warm nature. A black cat sits in front of her throne protecting her.
Reversed the fiery compassion of our Queen may become a charming schemer. She may become shrewish and be labelled a witch, bitch or ball buster. She may become jealous and vengeful of others. Her receptive nature may be blocked and her journey of self discovery and personal growth may be interrupted. Projects that she has undertaken with love may fail or be undermined.
In the Eight of Pentacles we see a young man toiling away crafting pentacles. Way in the back we see the city and a golden yellow road between them. Our young craftsmen is busy learning and practicing his craft. Only by his focus and discipline will he be able to graduate to the energy of Nine. But focus and discipline just for their own ends will not breed success. The city in the background and the connecting golden road remind us that there must be a passion in what we do. A love of the process. Concentrating on the end result will not bring satisfaction.
This pairing reminds me that I am on a personal journey and that journey will hit some bumps in the road. The tarot business, both reading and teaching, is not just a way to make ends meet and pay my bills. It is the vehicle to drive my growth and exploration.
In the past few days I felt as if my personal journey was held back and I lost my vision in why I wanted to read and teach tarot. I lost faith in myself. This pairing brought me the reminder to stay focused, stay compassionate and to remember the higher reasons I feel drawn to this.
This is an interesting direction for the blog. Personally, I feel I can never have enough practice reading combinations, and it's fascinating to see how another reader interprets them.
ReplyDeleteYour post also reminded me of something interesting I read yesterday about the Queen of Wands: Upright, she's Queen Elizabeth I. Reversed, she's Anne Boleyn.