Tuesday, August 12, 2014

A short break

    Part of this process is that I had found different things as I have gone along, and I am reworking my process while I do this. I knew there was more as I studied, but likely was not ready. By the time I laid this course out I had independently invented much of the course in Eliphaz Levi 'Liber T-1' He added to what I had seen. Crowley's 'Book of Thoth' is similar in several ways. These get deep into the theory, which, honestly is not used that much in reading.
    It works a bit like this: reading is largely intuitive, and comes much from impression of the images as presented. All the study just helps to put words into the impression. I have long told people that I go into the vision and get what I need. Then I  come back and need help putting words to the vision. This is where the cards come in. I can give you a few words off the vision, or I can read, and give you several paragraphs.
    This came to bear just here because the court cards are the nexus that the other cards join from. The lower cards are about the motive energies of the querent. The Major Arcana are more about how the querent fits into the universe. The court cards are about where these energies meet and how they work. This is a lot more complicated, and this is why a lot of readers (myself among them) have trouble getting clear interpretations. Notice this is interpretations. The reading is right, it is about expressing the reading, and the energies it represents in terms we will find useful in this life.
     It may yet take a few days for me to integrate the stuff I have learned onto a presentable form. It is one thing to know a lot of stuff. It is quite another to explain it in ways that others will understand.
    Blessings   

Monday, August 4, 2014

Nine of Pentacles

    The Nine of Pentacles demonstrates a stage approaching another completion. Among things Tesla said was learn to understand the trees, sixes, and nines. This has the sense that the idea conceived brought down to manifestation.  This is what Pentacles are about anyway. Gain, rewards, sudden gift, accomplishment, love of nature, efforts brought to fruit. Reversed it depicts loss, possibly through lack of diligence.
    In the creation we can see several things. It can be drawn at the top like the other circle. Here it shows us a fourth harmonic. It adds paths for second harmonics. In cymatics, it would make a more complicated wave shape. It could also be drawn on a bottom corner, giving a different path to the fourth harmonic. Both are right. While all of these forms are resonant on various levels, the center flower being complete has higher harmonics than the incomplete ones. The frequency divides as we go to  'lower' harmonics. There is inverse reasoning. The fourth harmonic down means longer wavelength, so lower frequency. Pyramids use this in one of their processes of building energy. Each 'lower' harmonic amounts to a longer wave that both supports and is supported by the 'higher' harmonic. In three dimensions, configured like the Merkaba, every place the next sphere is attached is the same as every other. The Merkaba is symmetrical, so all twelve locations are the same.
    This can read as several types of incomplete balance. There is accomplishment, but a requirement that the effort that got here must continue in order to stay here. There is gain, and satisfaction in it, but a need to continue in the effort. 
    In numbers we have several interesting things growing. In the craft we have things like the rule of three. Simply, whatever you do comes back times three. Less simply it can be 3x3x3. Simple it is that in that multiple, we first see three triads. (9=3+3+3) This gains power later, but here it is a powerful expression. Our linear number line has grown to:1,1,2,3,(4),5,(6),(7),8,(9). Another progression works as 1,3,9. Eventually as we work more patterns there are significant numbers both in patterns that meet, and in diverse places. We are into the third step of yet another progression, 1,7,17. As we see, some things complete, and others continue. All are important in some way.
    There are things better left unsaid. Nine represents a lot of things, for example, on a particular altar there are nine positions, five elements, Maiden, Mother, Crone, and the God. There are other altars, but this one calls for masculine energies as well as feminine. This is a step different from the card that is usually considered feminine. This is about not so much conjuring as encouraging ongoing efforts to bear the expected fruit. This represents the growing phases of the moon, and close to producing results. This is an ongoing manifestation, and being earth, in this realm.
    So how is  this manifested in our day? Are we ready to bear fruit in our life? Is it time for diligence to pay off? Are we in a spot to get lucky? Reversed, Are we needing to improve our score on making the contributing efforts to get the results we want?
    We come here with lessons to learn. Each lesson will be repeated until it is learned, and can be more harsh each time. As we learn, more is both given, and required. With this card we have learned lessons and applied them, and are getting results.  

Ten of Pentacles

    The Ten of Pentacles represents a completion. Efforts that have been ongoing, possibly for more than one generation, come to fruit in a lasting way. There is a sense of maintaining an effort to stay in this place, recognizing that change happens, but the wealth, comfort, and well being will not be allowed to change. Generations that come are to recognize that it is important to keep their whole system, household, village, whatever all is kept and not to forget it is an effort to get there. This can be about sudden wealth like windfall or inheritance. Reversed is about losing longstanding efforts, or loss in a lasting way.
    In creation we have in the upper two circles a figure of great importance, but in lesser form. The centers of the circles in 9 and 10 make a small tree of life. This is manifested more so in a complete flower of life, but here in a lesser way. If we worked this another way it would complete a triangle. This way or the triangle produce a fifth harmonic bent in the long direction. These harmonics both gather larger energies, and vibrate more. In three dimensions, it adds a sphere either next to or directly opposite the previous one. I have not found the occult reason for this, but this is a natural chemical formation. It is fascinating that cards and mathematical drawings naturally depict the structures of nature.
    It is also interesting that while it completes several things in sacred form, it is smack in the middle of number lines. In the linear line we have 1,1,2,3,(4),5,(6),(7),8,(9),(10). The structures we have been working are all incomplete here.
    In spellwork this is like a completion of the growth of wealth. You could, for example, use it approaching the full moon for material growth, or gain in a career or skill. It is the energy used to obtain  culmination of effort, promotion, winning.
    So how are we like this card? Are we resting in the comfort of success? Have we done everything to bring our success about, and are moving into the results? Is it reversed and we are in stages of loss? This can also mean minor loss in order to be ready for major gain.

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Eight of Pentacles

       The Eight of Pentacles In every discipline represents hard work and skill well applied. A hint of over focus on detail, possibly penny wise and pound foolish. Obviously reversed to mean lackadaisical, lacking focus, maybe lazy.
       In the creation, here we divide. In two dimensions we were in a stage of completion, now we are growing. Eight circles is one more than a pattern, so we are starting a larger pattern. In the drawing of the flower it is on top for reasons we will get to in a couple of cards. It could be anywhere defined by the crossing of two previous circles. There is anticipation, but not yet manifested of a fourth harmonic, just lacking a couple of structures yet, so we get more first, second, and third harmonics, taken from several directions. In three dimensions it is different. There are two different forms. One has six spheres in a circle, with a seventh above, and an eighth below. Several chemicals form this way. This is one natural form in nature. The intersections of the spheres now completely define an icosahedron, completing the sacred water form. In another form the six spheres are more like a wave, three up, and three down, with one above and one below. The centers of the spheres make two intersected tetrahedrons, also known as the merkaba. This is the earliest form that we can do this. It is said that this form in energy is the chariot of the Gods. It is said to have the  tetrahedrons rotate in opposite directions and defy everything from solid form to dimensional 'reality'.
       Really? Now what does this have to do with the card? Ok, let's look closely. When we spread the cards, each one looks into the soul, but they are part of a larger pattern. Taken linearly, the patterns are obvious, but randomized into a spread, what is it showing us? We have a card that when it shows it teaches us that the energy of diligence is present, that it depends on where it is and what surrounds it, it can be a completion, like the eight spheres, or a little more than complete, like the circles. It can be like water, healing, or like the merkaba, stepping into new dimensions. How does this apply to the querent?
        In numbers we have another fibonacci point. 1,1,2,3,(4),5,(6),(7),8 3+5=8. In two places we have opened the third dimension, allowing spirals to conjure or banish. We have yet another sequence, In the third dimension we now have 1,2,4,8. In our universe it is order that we have completion in one way is still in work another.
         In spellwork we now have the ability to call upon diligence, skill, exit to a spiritual realm. Drawn out this can grow to larger form, or diminish in a more profound way. We are calling on energies from more dimensions.
     So how are we like this? Are we diligent, taking rewards from skill, or lackadaisical, and missing the mark? How would we meditate on this to improve our score? What energies are now available to help us find our way?

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Seven of Pentacles

      The Seven of Pentacles , being seven in many schools is completion, but here, no. This is a time of assessment. Things have progressed, but are incomplete. It is a rest between efforts. One school calls this failure, but I get the sense that it is potential failure in the event of carelessness or lack of diligence, more like a warning. Other schools give a sense of progress toward rewards, but stopping to look to stay on track.
      In the creation, some accounts claim that the creation is complete and it is time to rest. This is a bit simplistic, but makes a point. It is not so much like the work is done, but that the seeds are in and there is a moment to assess while waiting for the result. In two dimensions, we have a complete flower, at this point called the seed of life.  This is the first completion of an energy form. With this form we have the image to call the power of the second dimension. I know, there is more. We will get there. The power is found by seeing that six times in this drawing we have the fibonacci 1,1,2, and as we reach the 2, we have a new property. If you will trace the curve of any petal, you will see that it starts at the center, touches the edge of the first circle, then adding 2, skips a space to a not yet defined mark. This works clockwise and counterclockwise, thus calls any of 6 energies to conjure or banish. With a completed hexagram, we have one of the most used sigils upon which some arts do their workings. People have not always been so about sharing. In ancient Greece this was one of two sacred forms that could be used publicly without being put to death by the order. They took their Sacred art very seriously. In three dimensions, this is the top half of the icosahedron. This is pretty hard to visualize without drawings. This is the Sacred form of Water, and the last elemental form.
       In spellwork we have reached an important milestone, we have four elements, and a working sigil. By having the beginning of a spiral we have the ability to call energies that grow toward us, away from us, or by reversing from outside in we can call things to diminish. We have four elements to collect our energies from.
       On a number line we have 1,1,2,3,(4),5,(6),(7). We are beginning to see the power of numbers though. We have Fibonacci, 1,2,3,5; we have primes, 1,2,3,5,7; and we have something new, 1,7, fractal we have 1,3,6. This will grow. The series of the Flower of Life will later show an important pattern.
      At this point we need to ask the usual questions. How am I like this, and how am I different. Am I manifesting patient assessment of a developing process? Do I have a complete phase of an ongoing effort? Am I on track, or do I need to look at alternatives to continue to the intended result? A simple spell would be to lay this card before the mirror and trance over what guidance comes from assessing where I am at.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Six of Pentacles

     This card is a change of direction, the five representing want, the six representing an exchange between giver and receiver. Having or not having resources, knowledge, or power. It typically is represented by a person that has plenty giving to those in need. It represents a flow of energy.
      In the creation, six circles lack making the flower.  We have six inner triangles defined, but four outer ones. The part of the flower drawn is a crow's foot, in Runes, Algiz, a powerful protection. There are energies here, some more complete than others. If we knew how, this tells us of a sixth dimension. On the number scale, it is linear, and multiples of two and three. In three dimensions, it provides all the points for a hexahedron, a cube. This represents earth. Interesting that we saw first fire, changing, then air, moving, now earth, solidarity. This is yet all on the spiritual plane, so we will be looking ahead on how it manifests. Looking at the triangles completed,we see lots of harmonics and cross tunings. In the study of cymatics, the two dimensional studies look a bit like cellular structures, but the limited three dimensional studies have shown that vibration is what shapes our universe. Two dimensional studies leave things a little abstract, three dimensional studies leave no doubt.
       In spellwork this is the first place we have mapped out a small hexagon. With the next step we will map out a complete hexagram. This is the basic working tool of several disciplines, but we are not there yet. Six is a number of peace and harmony. This card in workings will either give image to asking, or to blessing. Myself I am nothing, but I connect to the power of the universe, and can wish blessings on others. It is important to understand that self centeredness comes from isolation, the thought that we somehow are not connected to all that is around us. As we draw the creation we begin to see that no matter where we are, we connect to everything around us. Just as the flower can not exist without the rest of the drawing, we each are incomplete without the rest of creation. In doing workings it is important to understand that the energies we call upon will work willingly toward the greater good, but will resist us doing self centered things.
       Mathematically we have six circles, four  flower petals, ten triangles, two third harmonics, six second harmonics. The structures are getting busier. On the number line, Six notes out, we have factors of two and three, but this is in two dimensions. In the flower it works in three dimensions, each factor taken over in another direction. There is a certain chaos in how things are because some of the structure is incomplete. We have 1,2,3,(4),5,(6) so we are finding linear properties. If we look at the creation drawing, we  see numbers working in an expanding circle, and this step incomplete on the next whole structure. This is useful, but more so as a step to growth.
       In readings this card is either a giver or a receiver, but which? Again we see the need for a spread. One by itself is one word in a sentence. Notice the core of a Celtic cross is six cards. This is reading that both the giver and receiver are part of a greater whole, and there is purpose in both. Am I, (the querent) asking or blessing? where do I sit in the greater context of the reading?
        I will not forever harp on the idea, but it is important to spend time both in divination and in trance with each card. In both divination and trance the questions are: How am I like this card? How am I like it upright? How am I like it reversed? Is this turning things on for me, or off? What does it say about how I fit into the world I live in? Once you have figured this out for yourself, when you read, you will be asking how do these thoughts relate to your querent? 

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Five of Pentacles

    Stuff happens. I had this all ready, and a lightning strike took it all away. The five of pentacles is first a pentacle, about earth, finances, material things, manifestation in this life. Earth is  a spiritual realm, just beyond the veil, that if you listen to your abilities, you can see it. It is also the physical realm of the body we live in (for now) and the world around us. This is why this is the plane of manifestation, is that it is easiest to bring things in from other planes here. This card is typically about want or need, not because what we want is out of reach, but that we don't believe.
    In different disciplines, changes, sometimes crises, hard times, ill health, rejection, possibly the false promise of an answer or relationship that does not work out, possibly not finding resources that are within reach, and wanting for it.
    Each card presents more in some areas than others. In the creation we now have five circles. This shows progress toward a completed flower, but little else new. The triangles show progress toward a result we don't necessarily see. In three dimensions it is similar, but watch how the pyramids build. We have not covered up to here how musical notes are affected. Notes are vibration. I am not necessarily ascribing to a number and card relate to a musical note because this leaves too much room to miss the point. At this point we can see. In two dimensions, we see triangles and their relationship to a single note represented by a single line, but  as the triangles join, there are lower harmonics on the longer, now joined lines. Notes are not so necessarily linear, some relate less directly from an angle. In three dimensions it is easy to get lost, but the same principle applies. This is part of how the pyramids operate. The assembly of many triangles, in many directions, creates opportunity to gather energy from a chaos of sources, and put them to useful order. They are discovering this in Bosnia. A note at this point is the study of Cymatics. There are prolific studies of simple waves, but there is little work on complex waves. What is presented shows that it is possible that our form is more or less an expression of a set of complex waves. Dr Emoto has demonstrated this from another  point of view. He has demonstrated that spiritual vibrations are likely to manifest on a physical level.
       In spell work there is more significance. The basic shapes have been a point, line, triangle, square, not on the circles, but the natural shape of that many points. Now we have five, and good things happen. It is not practice to say it this way, but you could call a triangle a tri-a-gram, a square, a quat-a gram, and this five sided figure, a pent-a gram, or pentacle. There is an important difference. A pentagram is used without a containing circle. In spiritual use this is quite important. A circle defines an area, and is used to contain or manage an energy, so a pentagram needs other efforts to manage it, and a pentacle, with it's included circle, is asking for energy in a controlled way. The pentacle, by itself, is a powerful protection, and a greatly useful tool. A conjuring pentacle is drawn clockwise,  and is used to ask a constructive energy for help. A banishing pentacle is used to ask an energy to leave. Obviously this is both oversimplified, and presents things that have lots of purpose, used right.
    Mathematically we see that on the Fibonacci scale, we have interesting progress, but on the linear scale it is a different energy. On the Fibonacci sequence we have 2+3=5, or 2,3=5. Related in three dimensions this begins to draw a curve, or observed more closely, a spiral. There are thousands of examples in nature, the most popular one being the nautilus shell. It has chamber after chamber, starting from small to large, drawing a spiral. From one to the next, each one draws the same pattern. This is illustrated in flower heads, and the growth of leaves on trees. On the linear scale something different happens. The pattern of prime numbers is starting to show. Primes are the numbers that are not a product of lower numbers. It was not so obvious until now. we had 1,2,3, 2x2=4, but it had not set a pattern. Now we have 1,2,3(4)5.   As we study in three dimensions, numbers form patterns, and relate to frequencies.
    In readings, the higher the card, the more it says about the energies of the querent, given a reserve. All psychic tools are subject to reading the reader instead of the querent, if the use is indiscriminate. It is an exercise of discipline to get our own energy out of it so as to read the querent more accurately. This card makes it increasingly obvious that it is important to read the patterns. The card will tell you, the energy here is of an incomplete nature, leading to want. It does not tell you why. Your querent will want to know 'Where do I go from here?' They did not come to you to hear 'this is messed up', they came to see where can they look to go from here. The mathematics can be ambiguous, but can be very revealing. In their pattern, are the cards showing you their energy pattern is broken or disoriented, or is it showing you progress through a situation that has potential a little way down the road?
Blessings.