24/06/2023:
Behind the androgynous figure (The Lovers combined) in ART, is a Golden Sun with the Latin inscription inviting us to "visit the interior parts of the Earth: by rectification you shall find the Hidden Stone." This bringing together of opposites sees opposing forces transforming into a new state of Being - the Emperor and Empress (of The Lovers) reaches fulfillment, the Highest Transformation.
The Sun (in Art) is also held aloft by Khephra, the Holy Beetle in THE MOON, signifying an emergence from the source of Life (Binah, the Waters of the Subconsciousness), climbing towards external goals: "it is this beetle that bears the Sun in his Silence through the darkness of Night and the bitterness of Winter" (A.C/B.o.T.)
The same Disk is featured on the Ace as a golden coin, here however it depicts Body and Soul have finally met in harmonic union, relating to the MOON's emerging scarab, we now realise that the deeper our roots reach into the Earth, the higher we will be able to soar (the many wings surrounding the Disk).
(Phyllis Seckler/THE MOON) - "The trump describes the inner growth which takes place in the unconscious and which can surface in remembered dreams. This is also a path with a good deal of danger, for if the signs from the unconscious are poorly understood, or the student is lost in the astral life, he forgets his spiritual nature and his higher aim towards his true self, his H.G.A., he can become confused and lost."
"It is not out of dust that sorrow comes, nor out of the Earth that trouble grows; but Man is born of suffering, like sparks, to rush upwards." (Job 5: 6-7)
The image of the Knight bears this out - he brings forth the harvest of the Earth but only through toil, even his steed is flagging. The shining Sun of ART, held aloft by the beetle in the MOON and central to the Ace - is his shield, which he holds up reflecting the nourishing rays of sunlight across his domain, producing life.
"Let there be no difference made among you, between any one thing and any other thing; for thereby cometh hurt." (A.C./B.o.T.)
The Knight's flail is the central fiery Wand of 7/Wands - "the army has been thrown into disorder; if a Victory is to be won, it will be by dint of individual valour - a Soldier's Battle." (A.C./B.o.T.)
The Knight's ultimate goal is to reach Happiness (9/Cups) but he sees the journey ahead will be long and arduous - in his stiff armour holding his shining Disk he is THE MOON's holy scarab Khephra emerging from the Sea of Binah:
"Let the illusion of the World pass over thee unheeded, as thou goest from Midnight to the Morning." (A.C./B.o.T.)















