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Two of Cups: Venus in Cancer
LORD OF LOVE
As Nathan was riding through the Tarot Realm, he observed a man and woman tenderly greeting each other. Suddenly Nathan had a vision of a lion's head with wings rising above them from the point where their fingers were touching. When he looked closer, he noticed that the lion's head enveloped the top of a golden caduceus, which, like the wooden wand, symbolizes the element of Fire. In his vision, Nathan could sense the expansiveness of their love while at the same time their house in the distance suggested the stability of their relationship. He knew then without a doubt that Venus was a major influence. Since they were both holding a golden cup, Nathan suspected that another influence in their relationship was one of the three zodiac signs associated with the element of Water, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, but he wasn't entirely certain, so he went to the ocean in search of the King or Queen of Cups.
The Queen of Cups (AI Version)
Nathan rode his horse along the beach and eventually found the Queen of Cups. He dismounted from his horse and bowed. "I serve thee always, your Majesty, but if you don't mind, I'd like to ask you a question."
The Queen responded, "Yes, my friend, what is your query?"
Nathan carefully described his vision. Then he said, "Your Majesty, I am sure that Venus is influencing them, but I just couldn't figure out which zodiac sign associated with the element of Water was also influencing them. Do you have any knowledge or advice that you can share, your Highness?"
"I think so, my devoted knight, but you will have to decide if I am right."
"Yes, your Highness, I will make a decision based on your wise counsel."
"First of all, do you know what the kundalini is?"
"I have heard the word, but I'm not entirely sure, your Highness. Does it have something to do with the life force?"
"Yes. The caduceus wand symbolizes the powerful kundalini force after it has risen from the root chakra and circulates throughout the personal energy field, greatly expanding a person's psyche. In other words, after raising the kundalini, a person can experience greater physical power and potency, as well as deep feelings and clear insights and visions that reveal spiritual principle. Think, for instance, of the knight in the Tarot card known as The Chariot. That knight is on a quest to experience all the energies of the holy Emanations of the Tree of Life, the experience of which, like the kundalini force, can greatly expand consciousness on all levels of being."
"So the energy of the zodiac sign of Cancer is influencing the lovers. Is that right, your Highness?"
"Yes, it is. Together the lovers are experiencing a great expansiveness of the heart and mind and spirit through love. Like the kundalini, love can inspire deep feelings and insights and cause exultations that reveals the divinity of all creation--especially if the lovers are open to the energies of the holy Emanations of the Tree of Life."
"Yes, your Highness, but they also seemed to be experiencing great stability."
"Through expansiveness they can experience greater intensity at all levels of their being, but truly committed lovers also tend to ground each other so that together they can maintain stability through all the exigencies of their life together."
Nathan pondered for a moment. "So they continue to grow and expand consciousness while maintaining stability so that their relationship can continue to endure. I know, your Highness, that Venus is the Goddess of Love who represents the mythological principle of 'The Marriage of Heaven and Earth.' Is the experience of expansion and stability an aspect of that mythological principle, your Majesty?"
"Yes, my dear knight. Expansion and stability are both essential aspects of love in this realm, and both aspects of love eventually reveal the significance of 'The Marriage of Heaven and Earth.'"
"I am deeply grateful to you for sharing your deep understanding, your Majesty."
"You are very welcome, my devoted knight."
Nathan bowed, "I serve thee always, my Queen."
The Empress: Venus (3D Version)
Nathan found a Tarot card very similar to what he had witnessed in his vision: the Two of Cups. The decan correspondence in the card is Venus in Cancer, and the Tree of Life association is the Zodiac in Wisdom, the Second Emanation on the Tree of Life, which made sense to Nathan because all of the energies of the Tree of Life exist in the zodiac, and all of the zodiac is part of One creation, at the heart of which is love. So Nathan, like the knight in The Chariot, through the expansiveness of love for Universal Consciousness was striving to experience all the energies of the Tree of Life.
The Chariot: Cancer (AI Version)
Nathan rode to a secluded part of the forest where he could perform a ritual with the Two of Cups.
The Passive and Active Invoking Pentagrams
Because Nathan was creating a living image based on the Two 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.
Then he placed The Two of Cups in the middle of the pentagram, saying, "The Two of Cups, Venus in Cancer, the Zodiac in Wisdom." Then he tapped the card.
Modifiers for the Two of Cups: The Chariot and The Empress
Next, he placed The Chariot on the Ace of Cups in the upper right hand corner of the pentagram as a modifier. The card representing the zodiac sign goes first, he remembered. As he placed The Chariot on the Ace of Cups, he stated while tapping the card, "The Chariot, Cancer, the Once and Future Monarch." As he tapped the card, he recognized that the Once and Future Monarch keeps returning to the Tarot realm over and over on the spiritual level with the knowledge of the Tree of Life.
Then he placed The Empress in the upper right hand corner on the other modifier, The Chariot. As he placed The Empress, he stated while tapping the card, "The Empress, Venus, the Marriage of Heaven and Earth." As he tapped the card, he remembered that a true understanding of the Marriage of Heaven and Earth exists after the expansiveness of consciousness that occurs through love and the experiences of the subtle energies of the Tree of Life.
Then Nathan drew the Passive Invoking Pentagram and the spirit wheel in the air in brilliant white above the Two of Cups on the altar, charging the pentagram and the symbol in the usual way with the Sign of the Enterer.
Then, 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 turning into the lovers with the winged lion's head rising above them. Next, he imagined the figure coming alive a few feet west of his altar. As he visualized the living image, he imagined undines flowing from the Archangel Gabriel and filling the living image while at the same time the bright points of Water flowed from his aura and filled the living image as well.
Then he stated, "I name you Lord of Love."
Then he said, "Help me to expand my consciousness through love so that I know all the subtle energies of the Tree of Life and experience the Marriage of Heaven and Earth!" Then he humbly stated, "Perform this task and 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 expanding his consciousness through the experience of love and the subtle forces of the Tree of Life.
Nathan felt an expansion of consciousness through love for Universal Consciousness sometimes during his great challenges afterwards, and he knew that his allies were guiding him.
(All AI versions are based on my 3D Blender renderings, my paintings, or my photographs.)
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