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Five of Wands
Karmic Tarot
UPRIGHT: Here is the paradox of freedom and uncertainty, a multiplicity of
choice at the spiritual level, as you have moved on from the foundation of the Four of
Wands, yet not far enough to know your ultimate direction. This card represents that
movement but a movement of non-movement, a pause yet an active pause. Paradox
begins to play a bigger role on your path. Whereas with the Four of Wands you felt you
had a reasonable grasp of the situation, here you feel humbled by the magnitude of the
potential and tasks at hand and to come. It is similar to the comedown you feel when
you graduate from high school and first set foot on a university campus. Here is where
you test your wings to see if you are ready to fly. There is unlimited freedom to choose,
and therein lies the nature of the new struggle. In a sense you must defend your belief
structures to date, even against yourself, as you dredge it all up for review. Validation
of principles. Spiritual options. A possible or likely reordering of priorities. The struggle to rationalize
the intuitive. As the self expands, it is struggling to include others, principally very close loved ones and
friends, before it can enter more universal waters. The ambivalence of all the Fives is seen in the fact that
the number five derives either from the combination of 2 and 3 (the duality of emotional/mental, or the
combination of 1 and 4 (the duality of physical/spiritual). Here the effect of the latter predominates in the
Suit of Wands. INVERTED: As with all the Fives the mind is a strong influence, and here its negative
effects include: attachment to old forms with an attendant defensiveness to new input; a temptation to
overrationalize the issues. Spiritual recklessness, carelessness, restlessness. Non-conformity to your
correct spiritual group, guides—the reluctant student. Moral dilemmas. Amorality. Difficulty with
challenges of the path. On the one hand spiritual apathy, on the other unnecessary spiritual forays.
Six of Pentacles
UPRIGHT: Here are the emotions at work in the Physical/Material Plane, as
duty and service make themselves felt, as you begin to see others as extensions of the
self. Here the hermetic dictum “as above, so below” begins to take physical effect and
assert itself to become reality. You become physically demonstrative, openly appreciative,
interactive, as dependable for others as you have become for yourself. Giving
and receiving. Material generosity. Presents/gifts. Charity, philanthropy. Physical favors
and volunteering. Giving from the six level is rarely anonymous and family will
always come before close friends, close friends before community, local community
before state, state before country, country before world, and lastly, universal, metaphysical
good. After all, this is pragmatic philanthropy. Paying of dues/fees/taxes for
the collective good. Paying your way and then some. Sacrifice. Accepted obligation,
duty. The ability to accept, to receive from others, to give thanks. We are as obliged to accept for our
needs as we are to share from our abundance; Physical recognition. INVERTED: The above qualities
may be distorted—giving too much or too little, or receiving too much or too little. Things like bribery,
use of favors for expected gain. Generosity to a fault. One cannot give beyond one’s means, however
noble the motivation. We can share only what we have. Beyond that we are obligating someone else’s
resources without their permission. Lower emotions clouding the physical.
Six of Cups
UPRIGHT: Here are the feelings of love and respect, caring involvement in
the emotional and creative affairs of those closest to you, especially the family.
But the level of the Sixes teaches the necessity for expansion beyond the self, not
only into our blood relatives, but into the broader range of an extended family
with which we can share the close emotions formerly reserved only for our bloodline.
Good memories of the sort only intimacy, interdependence, and time well
spent can bring. Emotional and creative generosity, self-sacrifice. Sincerity. Good
manners. Charm. Compliments, sincere flattery. Sympathy/Empathy. Work, professions
relying on these qualities. Emotional recognition. INVERTED: Nostalgia
to a fault. Sentimentality. Too much family/friends. You cannot extend for