Legend Tarot

Hey Legends,

The #cardoftheday is the Two (II) of Swords. Two of Swords is sometimes called “The Lord of Inner Balance” due to its attribution to Moon in Libra. Speaking of Moons, it’s a New Moon in Scorpio this evening. This is one of the best times of the year to go within and explore our shadow, especially as we draw inspiration from the trine between the moon and Neptune when we can reach a high degree of transformation. If you have any manifesting to do, don’t forget to capitalize on this. 

Apart from Astrology let’s look at the Tarot. Swords bring us logic, intellect and ideas. The warfare of the mind even at times (looking at you Nine of Swords). Twos give us the closeness of decisions, balance, partnership or even duality. Akin to Justice, this figure that sits before a vast body of water appears to be blind, or impartial - your call. Two swords divide the way between two paths. You are at a crossroads and you need to change your collective bias, your school of thought, your approach or you must make a hard decision that you may not even be privy to the consequences of. Behind is the vastness of the sea, or the subconscious inner mystery as Jung might have labeled it?

A quote: “Sea water is thoughts and emotions. Blue sea is infinitely deep with thought and possibilities. Waves are an endless flow of emotion between one person to another.  It symbolizes deep mental richness. If the sea is obscuring where we want to go, or the goal we want, it can mean we're overthinking the situation, or that we are afraid to face the challenge before us” - Unknown 

Scorpio takes us to the depths of our emotions this evening, but where will your choices take You? 

Never forget what you could be, if you only would just do the thing.

This immense creative power within you only needs harnessing.

Happy Tuesday. Mercury re-enters Scorio,as the second ingress into this sign this year, the planet of communication here brings intensity and cutting-edge communication. Be mindful of just how cutting that can be in this watery time. 

The #cardoftheday is Key 0, the Fool - Reversed. 

The Fool is keyed at 0, number of unlimited potential, and does not actually have a specific place in the sequence of the Tarot cards. It’s keyed with Air in Uranus.  Air – Thinking; thought; spoken and written communication; strife and conflict; expressions of the mind. The Fool can come either at the beginning of the Major Arcana or at the end. The Major Arcana is often considered as the Fool’s journey through life. We all have met the Fool and we are all simultaneously the Fool. 

Are those mountains in the background? Or the same Waves we saw in Major Arcana card #Judgement? The tools in the Fool’s pouch are said to be all of the Tools of the Magician. The Pentacle, Wand, Sword and Cup within that small bag. If you are starting a new venture, wait for a better day for communication to be more in your favor. There are things you have not thought through.

If you are proceeding, right now there is a good chance there is some recklessness - either in a relationship or an over indulgence in vanity, materialism, personal ego, etc. In Reverse, it means you’ve not yet fallen off of the cliff before you. You are however at fork. Consider your actions. Consider the outcome. 

The Rose in their hand - is it the same Rose on the flag of Key 13 Death? The Rosicrucian Rose? The Rose of the plague/death/change? A historical nod to the House of York? The Left Hand can represent the unconscious, the other world, spirit, intuition. Fruits are the result, flowers are the first step towards the goal. Flowers are gifts of affection. They are often, hope, new beginnings, love and peace. What do you think? I cannot wait to hear from you in the comments! 

Hello Legends, 

The #cardoftheday today is the (VII) Seven of Wands. The Lord of Courage/Valor, Mars in Leo. A figure stands alone atop a hill. The blue background signifying the clarity of mind and conscience. They hold one of the wooden staves as they stand at an angle on a cliff. Conversely, the Fool is about to step off an upward cliff, the Seven of Wands is fighting their way down the cliff. The holding of the wand suggests that the Querent today is willing to defend themselves and their belief systems.

Even with noted success (see the prior card, Six of Wands), battles are rarely over. The higher you climb the more you have to defend. Wands deal in passion, desire and will. Sevens are Spirituality, Wisdom and Renewal. Because this is the suit of Wands, it could be an attack upon something the Querent has created for themselves. An idea, or a philosophy, a way of being. 

Remember, you have the higher ground and the more strategic vantage. When you have such an advantageous position, perhaps take the ‘higher ground’ literally. There’s enough conflict out there, seek peaceful resolutions when you can. Defend what you cannot. Give love a chance, even to strangers in the sense that we can elevate others to the positions they are meant to be in while holding down our own. Compassion during a crisis really reminds us that we are Human. 

This too shall pass. You are made of more than you think. Anxiety and depression lie.

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Hey Legends, 

The #cardoftheday is the (IV) Four of Pentacles. “The Lord of Material Power”; Sun in Capricorn. So we have a double earth here. It is in a Cardinal position: Forwardly directed energy, makes things happen, initiates movement in one direction. These signs are located at the beginning of the four quadrants of the chart. Capricorn represents the knees and Capricorn in tarot tends to represent materialization; order; structure; sacrifice; achievement. Things you might feel organic to a sensual Earth sign. 

Fours are about Rationality, Stability, Application, Formation. We are seeing the cumulative manifestation of the prior pip cards. Desire, imagination and will (1, 2, 3) put us at four. Because it is a Pentacles card we’re seeing this in a financial light. A material light. The card is gray and expressionless. A person holds four coins to themselves possessively. History suggests the two Pentacles on the feet means you’re walking the path of avarice. 

I don’t think I resonate with anything that brings in self-deprecation however. I see this as this person is holding a golden shield over their heart. It obviously took you a long time to get where you are. You know the value of your station and everything it takes to get there. The effort is still fresh in your mind and you’re holding onto it while the world appears to be burning. However, I encourage you to open your heart some. What can we be giving those around us? What can we spare? What materialism can we put aside to create bridges and contacts? What can you do to nourish your soul and your soul self? Let go and feed your community or at the very least yourself. You are so worth it. 

The #cardoftheday is the Eight (VIII) of Pentacles. Also known as “The Lord of Material Prudence”; Sun in Virgo. Virgo in Tarot = harvesting; integration; self realization; analysis; self improvement. Movement, action, change, rebirth, regeneration, all words that pour fourth. We see a figure hard at work. They pay no mind to the world around them, nor the vanities of modern living. Instead, this person is diligently working on their craft. Perhaps this signifies someone who is beginning a new career or a career change? Or are you working on a new hobby or skill? The card portends that if you simply keep with your hard work and honest effort that your goals will pay off. 

Strength, determination and steady endeavor can really conquer a lot.

You can do this.

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I hope this finds you all well. With all of the Full Moon energy just behind us, it’s a good time to look at a this Monday’s Modern Myth: The Peeper Tree Frog.

The Spring Peeper (Pseudacris Crucifer) is a small chorus frog that sings at the beginning of spring, found across Canada and the United States.

“Crucifer” is Latin meaning ‘cross-bearer’. This is not only due to the brown ‘X’ shaped pattern upon their backs, these amazing creatures self-resurrect. Not unlike so many powerful perennial myths that touch so many religions and traditions.

These tiny little squeakers [no really, listen here, not affiliated] have to endure occasional sub-freezing temperatures during the breeding season. According to Wikipedia:

"The species can tolerate the freezing of some of its body fluids, and undergoes hibernation under logs or behind loose bark on trees. It is capable of surviving the freezing of its internal body fluids to temperatures as low as -8 °C."

If freezing and reincarnating multiple times in one life time was not enough to amaze you, some pieces can breathe through their skin as a back up. Resourceful and divine. Certainly a Modern Myth.

What can this sonorous little frog teach us about ourselves? The constant process of reinventing yourself after a long freeze? Not unlike the coming winter.

Take heart if the world goes dark and quiet, when spring returns you may just hear the chirping of the Peeper Tree Frog.

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Really cool site to check out! Canada Nature.org, is tracking the frogs.

Resources:

Wikipedia

The common Garden Spider is anything but common. She’s an eight legged Arachnid with yellow and black banded body color. Sometimes this spider is called the “Zig Zag Spider”. A nickname for the black-and-yellow Argiope spider, a type of orb weaver named for the specific and uncommon webs it spins. The female makes the classic round web, and her mate makes a thick, zigzag-patterned web in the outer rings of her web. These spiders depend on their webs to catch prey such as other small insects. The etymology of Argiope is from a Latin word aregentum which means: silver. The carapace of Argiope species is typically covered in silvery hairs. This always makes me think of Arianrhod in Welsh Mythology. The name "Arianrhod" (from the Welsh arian, "silver," and rhod, "wheel"). The most widely cited tale of Arianrhod is from the Welsh tome the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh tales collected in the Medieval period in Welsh and later translated. Some of the tales were transcriptions from bardic tales allegedly dated from the 4th century. Arianrhod is considered the Lady of the Silver Wheel which descends upon the sea, and that is taken to be the moon. But she is more than that. She is the goddess of cycles. Thus she is involved in anything that turns the wheel — birth, death, the womb. This is also reminds me of the Wheel of Fortune (X) card in Tarot. The Wheel we are most familiar with. Webs and Wheels remind us that everything is connected. Via literal means or invisible ones such as atoms or spirit. Our own lives and our conscious is also like a web. Everything that we know spans before us, connected in some way. Spiders are the mothers of invention. Let’s borrow from the Garden Spider’s industrious nature and start to build something ourselves. Map out each strand of your plan and carefully execute on your goals. Intention is the force that makes it happen - we see this in the Magician (Key I) within the Tarot. Once you set an intention you can begin to build a web. Measurable progress that will also span before you. With the correct the plans we can perhaps adapt better to the long winters of this world and of mental health, or just with the right construction we can make our homes and lives our center of being like the Zig Zag spider. ———————————— Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiope_aurantia

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