#debauch

intransitive verb To corrupt morally. synonym: corrupt.

聖杯七 : 沉淪 – 托特塔羅牌

Profligate 放蕩  Water of delusion妄想之水 聖杯七 : 沉淪 – 托特塔羅牌牌義 :

The Seven of Cups – Debauch

直覺白日夢，嚮往，逃避現實目的溶解，變鈍（“在彩虹下找到寶藏”）光明警告錯誤的希望和諾言黑暗慾望，情慾（陷入虛假快樂的泥潭），謊言和過錯質量短暫喜悅的甜蜜誘惑 分析與描述

在卡片上，盛開的蓮花變成了百合花，並用其有毒的花蜜污染了海洋（克勞利指的是瘧疾沼澤）。聖杯七代表由於缺乏平衡而導致的弱點，導致向內和向外腐蝕；克勞利稱其為“好殼，爛腸”。他寫道：“這張卡顯示了白日夢和吸毒的幻覺；那就是在假快樂泥中陷入困境。這太可怕了，因為沒有任何東西可以平衡它。”

解讀 1.能源

卡片體現了無意識的渴望再次變得幼稚，或幼稚的努力使自己陷入靈魂的泥潭。人類為生而引發的鬥爭類似於渴望獲得巨大…

 Artemis says:

“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.” – Alan Watts

Crowley’s Title: “Debauch” Tree of Life: Netzach through Water Astrology: Venus in the 3. decan of Scorpio Suit: Cups Arcana:  Minor

Initial Impressions

What are we told to value in life?  We are given our destinations prior to our birth; told to obtain wealth, or to obtain freedom, or fame, or wisdom.  We ruthlessly go about searching for these things.  No.  These “ideas.”  They are mirages.  The mind has a very intriguing ability; it can imagine things that do not truly exist.  What “is” freedom really?  When are you “wealthy“?  In the end, all of these things are empty.  They are devoid of any real ability to give your life meaning, and are essentially temptations that remove us from living presently.

This card can mean desire leading to intoxication and addiction.  It can also mean imagination that can illuminate inner core desires.

When I was younger, I was a militant believer in “utopia“.  I would scoff at anyone who believed in subjectivity. For some god forsaken reason, I thought there could be an objective desire.  What should we want?

I started out as a Capitalist Utopian.  My ability to believe that this type of utopia was even possible died when I took a History of Capitalism class in college.  Then I became a Communist Utopian.  That was quickly quelled as well.  Then I became an Anarcho-Syndicalist…  The list went on and on, because I was so determined to believe these great manifestations of mind, these ideologies, could actually bring about a “utopia” (another manifestation of the mind).  In the end, I found that without constant comparison of these ideals with my direct experience of reality, the mental manifestations would only tempt me further and further from my core.  We must be able to entertain all perspectives in order to form the whole.  Each one, on it’s own, runs into it’s limitations – it’s shattered edges.

“7 of Chalices” Hexen 2.0 Tarot by Susan Treister

  Rider-Wait Depiction

  7 of Cups

A person stands before 7 golden cups.  Each cup has within it some sort of human desire (what is within the cups varies from deck to deck). The cups sit upon a grey cloud with a vibrant blue sky behind them.  The character in this card is merely a silhouette, looking in awe at the cups before them.

Interpretation

  The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty days without eating; he lives among wild beasts, and angels minister to him. At the end of this time Satan tempts him three times, seeking to compromise his filial attitude toward God. Jesus rebuffs these attacks, which recapitulate the temptations of Adam in Paradise and of Israel in the desert, and the devil leaves him “until an opportune time”. The temptation in the desert shows Jesus, the humble Messiah, who triumphs over Satan by his total adherence to the plan of salvation willed by the Father.” – Wikipedia, Temptation of Christ

  Imagination and the ability to think abstractly allows us to make tentative plans about our movement forward in reality.  It can be very useful for creative problem solving, but often times we become consumed with it’s intoxicating ability to distract us from our inner source.  Temptations tie us up and cause disorientation.  If they get out of hand, they cloud our instincts.  Temptations to escape reality are magnetic.  We get throttled into a romanticized future, forgetting to maintain our fires in the present.  And then, one day, the fire dies and we are left with hollow ideals and dreams.

The temptations are intoxicating.  I mean, isn’t the promise of reaching some utopic state of being something we seem to innately crave?  The thing is, the options we are given are coming from outside of us – from the veil/Maya/Illusion.  We become so intoxicated, so attached, to these illusions, because we believe they will give us salvation.  This makes us become rigid, when our essence is to always move, transform, trans-mutate.  This sort of inflexibility of values only brings us hollow experiences.  And when we are presented with other people’s realities, living in this fairy tale realm will keep us from actually seeing past the veil we place before our own eyes.  This card reminds us that the proper use of imagination is as a tool of investigation and transformation (which we know are ruled by Scorpio – this card is related to Scorpio in Venus).   Beware of becoming attached to the specters.  These are merely temptations that try and sway you from your inner compass.

This card has been associated with temporary pleasures that lead to future pain.  Are you being avoidant?  Are you drowning yourself in temptations, coloring the world in illusion so you don’t have to deal with the punishment of not following your true path?  I relate this card to the Kali Yuga; the time when we are so far removed from “god’s plan” that we are almost fully immersed in the illusion.  This is a great energy for corruption and manipulation.  Like the figure in this card, we are so blinded by the illusion during this time that we cannot see the solid road before us – which would be leading us to the “salvation willed by the Father,” as the Christians may put it.

Illusions are a tool, and like any tool, they can be used for both aiding you and/or crippling you.  This is definitely a card I would relate to the magician – or the fox – using slight of hand in order to get what they need; learning how to manipulate the veil and use it to their advantage.  Sometimes we need to be masters of illusion in order to get what we need out of a situation.  The thing is, most of the time this energy is used against us (by us and by others).  So, with the 7 of Cups, handle with care.  Make sure that your imagination is helping you actively manifesting from your core needs instead of a caging you on the couch as a daydreamer.  Do the things you are imagining actually have an ability to manifest?