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Karmic Tarot
one’s own family ends up well off and very secure, but nothing is said of the families of others. In
another example, the sacking of towns in the Crusades may have ended with the placement of one’s
serf and one’s men in the castle built with the hard and just labor of an enemy of the Christian God.
Ten of Cups
UPRIGHT: Here is the completion of a major emotional/creative cycle, with
outcomes as you would have them. This is the effect on the Emotional/Creative Plane
of having centered spiritually. Here are the highest possible emotional achievements.
Emotional longevity. You are emotionally secure, comfortable with your relationships,
your progeny, and your self (both inner and outer). You have good emotional
support systems in place and functioning. Emotional stability. Life is rich with sensations,
meaning, and social interaction. You are as important to others as they are to
you. This is the ultimate extension of self, in the Emotional/Creative Plane. In terms
of emotional/creative continuity and longevity, this can be the base, the encouragement
to help you succeed. INVERTED: There can be serious problems with your
emotional “families.” They may be strong, but they may not be correct or productive.
A family or group may be smothering, or in other ways taking advantage. The emotions of the group may
be healthy within the group but may be too self-serving in the bigger picture.
Ten of Swords
UPRIGHT: Here is the completion of a major mental cycle, with outcomes as
you would have them. The imagery, of this card can easily confuse, often mislead. The
mind succeeds by doing just that, succeeding itself. The old self is truly dead, killed by
your own thoughts; long live the new self. Here you see the death of the little ego self,
and its rebirthing as a new revitalized greater self. But this is the ultimate extension of
the original self, albeit transformed, in the Mental Plane. The power of the spirit, the
bigger Ego, the true self, has killed the conscious mind’s ability to control you. From
now on, the intuitive spirit will have greater control. Here then is major philosophical
change. In a less dramatic sense, the mind has matured and will always function,
together with the intuitive, as an ever present factor in all matters of the intellect. In
another analogy, the original self was none other than a hodgepodge of many little
selves, each vying for the supremacy of its program. With the awakening/arrival of the higher self, you
now function as Chairman of the Board over the ever present, but subordinated little ego selves, and can
finally make some real progress. This now is true intellectual freedom, yet with a strong commitment
guided by free will. The soul is free but it is choosing in its best interests. Here, too, is mental longevity.
INVERTED: Here are mental conclusions that are not correct in the given situation, and the struggle of
the ego continues against the input of the intuitive/spiritual. At an extreme, the ego can be very much out
of control and causing damage to yourself and others. Mental immaturity. Old-fashioned, raw egotism.
Little or no mental longevity, lack of identification with universal mind.
Ten of Wands
UPRIGHT: This is the completion of a major spiritual cycle, with outcomes as
God would have them. It is the ultimate extension of the self, in the Spiritual Plane.
This God, however, is the merging of the god within (self-will/man’s will) with the
god without (God’s will). The imagery of this card suggests hard work and so correctly
communicates the paradox of spiritual fulfillment as more work. More responsibility,
not less. And so it is that our path leads to more work, but we are more
capable of handling it. Things get both harder and easier. And how fitting, for
everything at this level is a duality, a paradox. The suggestion very clearly that
completion of one major cycle is indeed merely preparation for the next, even
greater task. But the meaning here is a knowing relationship with the Divine, a
hands-on working knowledge of the endless cycle of paradoxes underlying ultimate