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FOUR OF SWORDS

Meet the Lord of Rest from Strife.

Decan: Jupiter in 21 - 30 degrees of LibraTree of Life Association: Jupiter in Chesed (Fourth Sphere)

Mr. Mellifluous and the Lord of Rest from Strife

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   You continue your journey with Mr. Mellifluous through the realm of Swords and soon find yourself in a church, where a person, who at first seems a recumbent effigy, remains in deep meditation. Three swords point directly down at him, but a fourth, horizontal sword rests beneath him.
   Then you notice a brilliant stained glass window with a mother and child, perhaps Mother Mary and Jesus, above him. For a moment, the window suggests the vividness of a vision. You close your eyes as if the knight is drawing you into a meditative state. After awhile—you are not quite sure how long—you have a vision of a crowned woman in a red robe holding a sword straight up and down in her right hand and golden scales in the other.

Justice: Libra

   Suddenly she speaks, “You can maintain balance deep in the soul even when conflict rages around you, but you must go below the conscious mind, which is so often full of strife and contradiction. Deep in the subconscious is a state where symbols, patterns of spiritual principle, manifest. In this state of deep transformation and regeneration, the higher self reveals patterns of the harmony, magnificence, and abundance of the spirit.

Wheel of Fortune: Jupiter

   “Here in this inner realm, you have visions and hear wise voices. You can transcend time and the five senses and establish balance within yourself so that you can then manifest harmony, which eventually results in greater harmony for your family and your community.”

King of Cups

   Claire, meanwhile, is flying above a killer whale when she notices a King on a throne in the middle of the ocean. Since the whale apparently isn't in the mood to talk, Claire floats over to the King.

   "Hello, your majesty, how are you today?" Claire asks politely.

   "Very well, my child. How are you?" the King of Cups replies.

   "Fine, thank you," Claire responds. "I am just wondering how you can be on a throne in the middle of the ocean."

   "Notice, my child, that water moves around us, but remember that it also moves within us. Most people don't realize that archetypal forces also move within them and around them. Most people don't know that they can access extremely powerful forces to maintain harmony and balance in their world.

   "Unfortunately, to most people what I am saying probably seems as bizarre as finding a king on a throne in the middle of the ocean. They cannot believe it unless they see it."

   "I think I know what you mean, your majesty," Claire responds.

   "See the water in the cup and the water that surrounds you and feel the water within you. There is an underlying unity of consciousness, and you and I are drops within that ocean of consciousness. But also remember that there are subtle forces with vast power and knowledge that maintain harmony and balance within the cosmos. Most people won't believe it, but these powers of harmony work with us, if we have knowledge, to maintain harmony in our world...."

   "Yes, your majesty, I believe you," Claire replied as she gazed at the water in the cup, then at the water in the ocean, and felt the blood rushing through her veins....

   

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