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Ten of Cups: Mars in Pisces
LORD OF PERFECTED SUCCESS
While Nathan was meditating in the morning, he suddenly envisioned a golden cup and plate and a golden crown on a brilliant white tablecloth. Above the table, a golden balanced cross hovered. Then he envisioned a sun above his head that illuminated a full moon rising at the edge of the table as though the table's edge were the horizon. Amazed by the vision and the powerful subtle forces that he was feeling, Nathan opened his eyes, and the vision disappeared. He closed his eyes again, hoping the vision was still there, but the vision had vanished completely. Disappointed, Nathan got ready for another day. As he rode out into the Tarot Realm, he encountered a happy family near a rainbow. The father tenderly caressed the mother as both held up one hand as though absorbing the positive energies emanating from the rainbow while their children danced nearby--or perhaps they were greeting Claire as she flew under the rainbow. When Nathan gazed at the rainbow more carefully, he noticed that it was unlike any rainbow he had seen before. Ten golden cups floated inside a rainbow with only three colors: red, blue, and yellow. Nathan suddenly wondered if he was having another vision, this time with his eyes wide open. The energies in the scene felt similar to the energies he had experienced during the vision but also different, and he wasn't sure why, so he rode down to the beach, hoping to find the King or Queen of Cups.
The Queen of Cups (AI Version)
Eventually Nathan found the Queen of Cups on the beach. Nathan dismounted from his horse and bowed. "Your Majesty, I am so happy to see you, for I have a question."
The Queen responded, "Yes, my friend, what is your query?"
Nathan described his early morning vision and the happy family he encountered under the strange rainbow. "Your Majesty, I don't know why, but the subtle forces felt very similar, but different in some way. Can you help me understand what is happening?"
"Yes, my valiant knight, in our realm, we experience synchronicities all the time, so we are all well-aware that events are connected by meaning, not just by causation. Many of us in this realm have a deep subconscious connection with the spirit realm, so no one here is stigmatized for having spirit visions or experiencing synchronicities. I know you found your way here through the wilderness from another realm where anyone who admits to having a spirit vision or experiencing a synchronicity is considered a lunatic. Most people in the realm that you come from don't meditate and perform rituals or purify their hearts and minds regularly and therefore do not have much of a connection with the spirit realm."
"You're right, your Highness. Most people in that realm would throw me in the looney bin if I told them even a little of what I just told you. But your Majesty, I was hoping that you could help me understand the vision and what seems to me like a synchronicity."
"Of course, my inquisitive knight. Let us start with the vision. What do you think the golden crown stands for?"
Nathan thought for a moment. "Magnificence."
"What about the golden plate and chalice?"
Again Nathan paused for a moment. "Abundance!"
"What about the golden, equal-armed cross?"
"Harmony!" Nathan blurted out.
"Now, what do the sun and moon in your vision mean to you?" the Queen asked.
"Well, your Highness, during the vision, I felt like the moon symbolized the soul illuminated by the sun. I associate the sun with the Source of all life and therefore in my vision The Sun seemed to suggest my personal connection with Universal Consciousness."
"So, what do you think it all means?"
Nathan pondered for a moment. "I think it means the harmony, abundance, and magnificence within the human soul that we experience through our connection with Universal Consciousness."
"Well done, my brave knight! Now let us discuss the happy family and the strange rainbow that you encountered as you rode through the Tarot Realm. I believe that the happy family was sharing a spirit vision with you. In other words, you were all tuned in to the same vision. The three colors of the rainbow suggest the elements of Fire, Air, and Water, and their beautiful environment represents the element of earth where the other three elements manifest. Can you think of any symbol in your early morning vision that represents the four elements in balance with each other?"
Nathan thought for a moment. "Why, yes, of course, your Highness: the golden balanced cross!"
"Does anything suggest the family's abundance?" the Queen asked.
"Why, yes, your Highness," Nathan responded. "They live in a small cottage, not a castle, but their happiness and love reveal their spiritual abundance."
"Why do you think there were ten golden cups in the rainbow?"
"Well, your Majesty, gold represents the incorruptibility of spirit, and the ten cups suggest the ten holy Emanations of the Tree of Life. I think the ten golden cups suggest their experience with the forces and principles associated with the Tree of Life that manifest in our realm."
"Does anything suggest their magnificence?" the Queen asked.
"Why, yes, indeed. They are not royalty, but their knowledge and experience of the forces of the Tree of Life and the elements, and their love and affection for each other and the spiritual harmony and abundance that they manifest in their lives suggest their magnificence as human beings," Nathan responded. "Based on my vision during meditation, I believe, your Highness, that each person is a magnificent spiritual being."
"Very insightful, my brave, young knight. In the Tarot Realm, many people experience the subtle forces behind events. Let us talk for a moment about the possible differences between your vision during meditation and the synchronicity that you experienced in the physical realm. What subtle forces did you feel during your synchronicity?"
"That, I think, might be the difference between the two experiences of the subtle realm!" Nathan exclaimed. Then he pondered for awhile. "The subtle forces in my synchronicity seemed incongruous with the love and happiness of the family." Suddenly Nathan blurted out, "I think the subtle influences were Mars in Pisces, but I don't understand how that could be so."
"Let us consider that question for a moment. As a knight you experience Mars as a God of war and power and strength and courage and discipline and justice. The lightning bolt of Mars also illuminates. His divine, holy Fire purifies the heart and mind."
"Yes, I see now, your Majesty. His divine Fire illuminates and purifies so that we can know the forces of the Tree of Life and Universal Consciousness, the Source of all Creation. That divine, holy Fire, I see now, is one source for their happiness, but what about Pisces, your Highness?"
"Aw, yes, Pisces, the realm of the Moon. Many things are mysterious and hidden in that realm. Our instincts, for instance, reside in the subconscious. We are rarely aware of how they motivate us. The Moon is illuminated by the Sun. The forces of the Moon have great power over our instincts, so much so that some people in this realm howl at the Moon like lunatics, but the light of the Sun draws our soul to it so that we can know the power of the Source and the power of selfless sacrifice and harmonizing love."
Nathan responded, "I see. So their happiness is also linked to the power of selfless sacrifice and harmonizing love. They do not act from the baser aspects of the instincts, but in a way that creates harmony and enables them to experience love and affection for each other in a divinely caring and responsible way. In that way also, they experience the harmony, magnificence, and abundance of their own being. I guess my vision and my synchronicity were not so different after all."
"Indeed. Not so different after all," The Queen smiled.
Nathan bowed and said, "Thank you, your Majesty. I serve thee always." Nathan mounted his horse and rode to a secluded place where he could perform a ritual.
The Tower: Mars (AI Version)
Nathan found a Tarot card very similar to what he had witnessed when he had encountered the happy family: the Ten of Cups. The decan association of the card, he remembered, is Mars in Pisces. Nathan understood the Fire and lightning of Mars in a different way after his talk with the Queen, and he understood the mystery of the Moon and Pisces and the harmonizing effect of the Sun better now as well.
The Moon: Pisces (AI Version)
Because Nathan was creating a living image based on the Ten 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.
The Passive and Active Invoking Pentagrams
Since Water is a passive element, Nathan used the Passive Invoking 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 Pentagram, making sure to tap the one in the lower left corner to complete the pentagram.
Then he placed the Ten of Cups in the middle of the pentagram, saying, "The Ten of Cups, Mars in Pisces."
Modifier for the Ten of Cups: The Moon
Then he placed The Moon on the Ace of Cups in the upper right hand corner of the pentagram as a modifier. As he placed The Moon on the Ace of Cups, he stated while tapping the card, "The Moon, Pisces, the Emergence from Water." Then he placed The Tower on The Moon and said, "The Tower, Mars, The War at the World's End," which he interpreted as the internal apocalypses that feel like great transformations and lead to higher awareness. Then he tapped the card.
Then Nathan drew the Passive Invoking Pentagram and the spirit wheel in the air in brilliant white above the Ten of Cups 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, associated with Scorpio, in the usual way. At that point, he imagined the symbol of the eagle's head becoming the living image of the Mother and Father and rainbow in The Ten of cups. Then he imagined the figures moving a few feet west of his altar and coming alive. As he visualized the living images of the Tarot card, he imagined undines flowing from the Archangel Gabriel and filling the living image while at the same time bright points of Water flowed from his aura and filled the living image as well.
Then he stated, "I name you Lord of Perfected Success, Ten of Cups, Mars in Pisces."
Then he said, "Lord of Perfected Success, cleanse me, purify me so that I know deep in my heart the magnificence, harmony, abundance of the human spirit and manifest the untainted energies of the four Elements and the ideal forces of the holy Emanations of the Tree of Life. Help me maintain a strong subconscious connection with the spirit realm for the highest possible good of myself and others."
Then he humbly stated, "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 images of the figure in The Ten of Cups purifying him with water so that he could manifest the ideal spiritual principles associated with the elements and the Emanations of the Tree of life and feel one with Universal Consciousness. Then he ended the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram with the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.
Nathan began to understand sacrifice and harmonizing love and feel one with all life during his great challenges afterwards, and he knew that his new allies were guiding him.
(Note: All AI versions are based on my 3D Blender renderings, paintings, or photographs)
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