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Faith, Spirituality Or Psychic Progression:
Card Meanings: Overcoming Grief/ Sorrow/ Sadness, Repressing Emotions, Getting Over The Worst, Confusion, Reconciliation, Compromise, Suppressing Memories, Sorrow, Sharing Problems, Releasing Pain, Optimism, Overcoming Depression, Loss, Recovering From Heartbreak, Forgiveness, Inability To Let Go Of Pain
The Lord of Sorrow sometimes bring sadness in with him when he appears – and he also highlights areas of life where decisions are needed, and where we feel unable to make important choices. This indecision leads to sadness and frustration. So on a day when he rules, we need to be exploring our unhappy feelings, wondering if there are issues that we feel unable to deal with, which are causing us pain or confusion. However, it’s important not to expect ourselves to deal with conflicts or problems until we feel stronger. So, having identified our difficulties, we need to file them in the ‘to do….’ box & treat ourselves very gently for the rest of the day. In regaining our strength we’ll be much better equipped to deal with things (notice the connection here with the Aeon – all decisions have their moment) If today you have no particular difficulties that need dealing with, you might like to spend a little time considering the whole concept of sorrow. We have become very afraid of experiencing pain & often go to great lengths not to enter into our own pain with a generous, gentle heart.
Yet having the ability to face your own pain makes it into a more tolerable event when, sadly, it happens in your life. Look at the ways in which you have dealt with past pain. Try to decide if you feel you have done the best you could for yourself – and if not, work out why not. When we get hurt, we often make our suffering much worse by barbing the pain with guilt, self-accusation and bitterness directed to both ourselves and others. Often we do this as a way of trying to avoid feeling our pain – we distract ourselves with things that are basically irrelevant, but which eventually end up fouling the pure experience of hurting. Each one of us has a right to experience our sadness without judgement, nor recriminations, nor guilt. If, rather than avoiding hurt, we engage it, sometimes it can provide a clear energy for transformation, creativity and development. I don’t advocate suffering as an efficient spiritual tool, but there are times when, since you hurt anyhow, you can direct the deep emotional experience into new insight. And in so doing, you might well find your way through your pain with fewer after-effects and dark memories.
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Reversed Cards: Here in the retrograde aspect, we take another look at the power or, more to the point, the lessening of power Saturn has on our lives. Saturn reminds us of our limitations and plays havoc on the mind. It is no wonder it is linked to the Three of Swords. The Three of Swords in the retrograde aspect can signify an easing of the mind and a break from stress and anxiety. This is a good thing. Capitalize on it and use it to hasten the healing process and propel yourself from the weightiness of this card. Use this retrograde energy to start looking for more positive things in your experience. Only listen to uplifting and empowering words. Audiobooks and podcasts are wonderful for this.
Reversed Cards: When I was first learning the tarot, I became deeply fascinated with the card of Judgment, mainly because it really means the opposite of its title. Which, for whatever reason, enthralled me. I mean, here we have a card that is clearly labeled Judgment, yet it means the complete opposite. This card is the liberation of labels, the cleansing of sins, and the rebirth of a pure self. This really should be called the card of redemption or the card of forgiveness, which makes this an even more interesting card to work with in its reversed state. Here on the flip side of redemption, forgiveness, and purity, we have guilt, shame, and of course judgment. This card is powered by the number two. It shows two aspects coming together for a mutually beneficial outcome. In the reversed aspects of this card, however, finding this resolution to benefit all may be tricky. Regardless of which way this card presents itself, there is an opportunity, a sacred space being offered up for healing and clearing. Whether or not you take it is up to you.
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Angel Encyclopedia: angels of destruction 3739, 38f angels of disease. See disease angels of glory 39 Angels of Mastemoth 39 angels of mercy 39 angels of Mons. See Mons, Angels of angels of peace 26, 40 angels of prostitution 40 angels of punishment 11, 40 angels of the air 40, 41 angels of the cardinal directions 40, 41 angels of the days of the week 4042,