Karmic Tarot: A Profound System for Finding and ... - myteacup

Definitions of the Minor Arcana
the sake of extending, rushing into or pushing relationships with people not suited for, or
appropriate to, your path. Just as we are not meant to bed with, or mate with, everyone we meet,
neither are we to bond with just anyone. Many tests of give and take reciprocity are required.
Courtship applies to the Six of Cups as well as to the Two of Cups. One caution is against the
improper notion that being a blood relative is automatic entitlement to privileges not earned.
All relationships must establish their mutual bonds of love and respect by their actions, not by
their birth, and in the case of marriages not by fact of law. Bad memories. Too emotional for
the given circumstances. Insincere flattery.
Six of Swords
UPRIGHT: Here are the emotions at work in the Mental Plane, as duty and
obligation make service a more attractive (as well as necessary) adjunct to the ego’s
programs. With the expansive lessons of the sixes, your mind begins to know that the
boundaries of self do not stop at the surface of your skin and your goals begin to take
on the air of the extended self. Helping others, with mental generosity, is seen as the
way of helping self, as your personal goals become more integrated with those of
others. Even independent thought has an inclusive element of the immediate other,
of the thoughts of those most important to you. The necessity of balancing give and
take mentally is dealt with. Responsibility is accepted willingly as you become as
reliable to others as you were to yourself at the level of the Fours. Service as work/
profession appears here. Here is the application of mind to longer, more complex
tasks, many of which are worthwhile causes. Advancement and promotion of ideas is increasingly
important as progress comes principally through mental effort. Your heart is energizing and pushing
your mind, supporting your projects. Motivation is high as mental goals are raised. Mental obligations
and duties present themselves as laboratories for you to learn in. Protective mind in a positive sense.
Consideration. Mental recognition. INVERTED: Distortions of either too much or too little in the
above archetype. Mental retreat. Procrastination. Deterrence from projects at hand. Interference of
emotions in mental work. Defensive, neurotic mind.
Six of Wands
UPRIGHT: Here are spiritual movement and externalization. A sense of mission.
As with the other Sixes, there is a noticeable shift of emphasis from the self as a
very independent self, albeit on the spiritual path, to a sense of self that fundamentally
includes others, and is included by others. Your individual path recognizes its parallel
group path. Two-way communication is vital, as you balance spiritual give and take.
Helen Keller, blind and deaf from the age of two, by overcoming her disabilities, was
able to convey to us how truly alone we are when we cannot share our thoughts or
feelings. Your ability to share is intrinsic to your knowledge of God. Ironically, you
can come to know God more quickly with a sense of the other, through the other, than
through the self. The information you need for your path will come more quickly now
as you have access to the additional sources of others with which you have joined.
Evidence of progress is seen in the appreciation by others, and the effects of your good example and
teaching. Further evidence is offered by: spiritual recognition, moral victories, promotions, rewards.
Credit for something done right. There is a need to pause for recognition and to accept energy from
others, or to offer recognition and energy to others. Goals and progress are validated. INVERTED: Blame
for something done wrong. Difficulty with pride and the dangers of success. Need to guard against selfrighteousness.
Here, in a distortion of this archetype, is the missionary going forth to convert an indigenous
people whose native religion is purer than the missionary’s. As we stretch our spiritual muscle and
extend into larger and larger worlds of awareness, we are meant to seek others, those of related paths with
similar karmic purpose, but to do so all we need do is to witness our beliefs and we will be mutually
attractive to our kindred spirits. There is never a need to convert.
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