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Four of Cups: Moon in Cancer
LORD OF BLENDED PLEASURE
Four of Cups (AI Version)
Nathan stopped to rest in the shade under a tree after a long day of protecting the realm. He took several deep breaths to relax his mind and tune to the peace beyond understanding emanating from the tree. Suddenly he had a vision of a hand that extended from a cloud and offered him a golden cup. He had experienced visions before during meditation but never with his eyes wide open. The vision seemed more real than the grass around him. The realm seemed at that moment to be amorphous and always in flux, like a cloud, but the golden cup seemed real and eternal. He thought for a moment that he might be going crazy, so he mounted his horse and rode toward the sea. He was happy to find Claire with the Queen of Cups. Nathan hadn't seen Claire in a long time, and he could still hear the music in her heart. Claire and the Queen were both staring at a golden cup.
Claire with the Queen of Cups (3D Version)
Nathan bowed. "Your Majesty, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have a question."
Still staring at the cup, the Queen responded, "Yes, my friend, what is your question?"
"Your Majesty, I just had a vision of a golden cup floating in front of me. My eyes were wide open, but the golden cup seemed more real than our world. How can that possibly be? I hope I am not going crazy, your Majesty."
"My valiant knight, you were experiencing spirit vision. You have developed yourself spiritually so that with your third eye you can see the eternal symbols associated with the subtle spiritual realms--even when your physical eyes are wide open. Throughout the ages, a few people who have purified their mind and heart and soul can see these eternal symbols, and people continue to see them in parts of the world that are far away from each other and seemingly unconnected. In a way, these symbols are more real than the temporal world because they symbolize eternal spiritual principle. The balanced cross, for instance, had appeared to people as a symbol of harmony and integration in other realms many, many years before you and I were ever born. In one realm, the balanced cross might be placed on top of a pyramid to represent the harmony of spirit within the physical world. In another realm, the balanced cross might be placed within a circle to represent the harmony of the spirit within eternity. Claire and I were just having a spirit vision of a golden-equal armed cross with Archangels at each end. People have created powerful rituals based on that symbol to heal us and help us develop spirit vision. I'm sure the holy man in the castle has shown you. Perhaps you already perform these rituals yourself."
"Yes, your Highness, the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, and the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram."
"Very good, and I'm sure the holy man in the castle has guided you through a mental purification process as well."
"Yes, your Highness, I have mentally cleansed the powerful subtle energy centers within my aura."
"Other people with spirit vision have envisioned those powerful subtle centers as well. The Tree of Life is an expanded version of the chakra system, for instance. People who perform spiritual practices can develop spirit vision and hear wise voices and experience profound intuitions. They are not crazy, my dear knight, anymore than you are. A few ignorant people might believe that you are crazy, however, because they are mired in negativity or can't see beyond the physical realm into the subtle spiritual realms. The Tarot, as you probably know by now, enables you to develop your spirit vision. The Four of Cups, with The Moon in Cancer, is a card for that purpose."
"Yes, your Majesty, the holy man in the castle has taught me well, which might be why I unexpectedly had the vision of the golden cup floating in front of me while I was resting under a tree, but I have to admit that I was bit startled."
"A few people like you have had visions while sitting under a tree and changed the world with their philosophies. Don't forget the lessons the holy man has taught you: meditate and perform your rituals and release the negativity that builds up within the subtle energy field that surrounds your body due to the negativity of other people and the world. I am so happy that you are freeing yourself from negativity and are developing the spirit vision, my dear knight."
The Chariot: Cancer (AI Version)
Nathan bowed again. "Thank you, your Majesty, as always, I will heed your sage advice." Then Nathan mounted his horse and rode to a secluded part of the forest where he could perform a ritual with the Tarot card known as The Chariot, associated with Cancer, and The High Priestess, associated with The Moon, both of which are associated with the Four of Cups. The central figure in The Chariot is on a spirit quest, and the High Priestess helps him to connect with all of the subtle energies of the paths of the Tree of Life.
The High Priestess: The Moon (AI Version)
Because Nathan was creating a living image based on the Four of Cups with the Tarot Pentagram Spread, he placed all the foundation cards down on his makeshift altar with the tops facing west on his altar. Since Water is a passive element, Nathan used the Passive Invoking Spirit Pentagram while laying down the cards, starting in the lower left corner of the pentagram, moving to the upper right corner and continuing from there. After he placed all of the cards, he tapped each card in the direction of the Passive Invoking Spirit Pentagram, making sure to tap the one in the lower left corner to complete the pentagram.
He placed The Chariot in the middle of the pentagram, saying, "The Chariot, the Once and Future Monarch." Then he tapped the card.
Modifier for the Four of Cups: The High Priestess (The Moon)
Then he placed The High Priestess on the Ace of Cups in the upper right hand corner of the pentagram as a modifier. As he placed The High Priestess on the Ace of Cups he stated while tapping the card, "The High Priestess, The Moon, the Descent of the Divine."
Then Nathan drew the Passive Invoking Spirit Pentagram and the spirit wheel in the air in brilliant white above The Chariot on the altar, charging the pentagram and the symbol in the usual way with the Sign of the Enterer. After that, he drew an Invoking Pentagram for Water directly over the Passive Invoking Spirit Pentagram, charging the pentagram and the symbol of the eagle's head in the usual way. At that point, he imagined the symbol of the eagle's head becoming the living image of the figure in The Chariot. Then he imagined the figure moving a few feet west of his altar and coming alive as a full-length figure. As he visualized the living image of the Tarot card, he imagined undines flowing from the Archangel Gabriel and filling the living image while at the same time the bright points of element of Water flowed from his aura and filled the living image as well.
Then he stated, "I name you Once and Future Monarch, who abides eternally and returns to this realm with knowledge of the divine," which is a spiritual principle associated with the card.
Then he said, "From thy holy chariot in the subtle realms, help me to develop my spirit vision as I continue my quest for the highest possible good for myself and others," emphasizing one of the main spiritual principles revealed in the card.
Then he commanded, "Perform this task, then return to the element of Water, doing no harm. So mote it be!"
Before he finished the ritual, Nathan imagined for a few minutes the living image of the figure in The Chariot helping him on his quest through the subtle spiritual realms. Then he ended the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
Nathan began to have more visions of spiritual symbols afterwards, and he knew that his new ally was helping him.
(All AI generated images are based on my 3D Blender renderings, paintings, or photographs.)
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