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Karmic Tarot
and for your loved ones through you. Your heart feels the positive characteristics of this archetype
of emotional security. INVERTED: Your subconscious may be distorting this archetype. A major
purpose of this reading will be to bring these unhealthy extremes into the light. Be certain there is
no emotional abuse.
13 GOVERNED BY DEATH: PHYSICAL SITUATION, HARD REALITY
UPRIGHT: The Physical Plane is infused with the positive energy of your emotional well-being,
helping you seize your brass rings. There is mutual support/respect in your inner circle. INVERTED:
On the one hand, you may be missing an opportunity if you do not become more aware. On the other
hand, you should not pretend to see an opportunity where there is none. The discipline here may
have become physical abuse.
14 GOVERNED BY TEMPERANCE: EMOTIONAL TEST
UPRIGHT: The restless serenity of the Buddha under the bodhi tree comes in your near future.
Your emotional stability is a foundation, and a foundation is to build upon. What do you do with
this foundation once it is yours? How will it transform your relationships and your creative enterprise?
INVERTED: Neither be too serene, nor too restless. This archetype is yours for the having in
the near future if you can withstand the test of one or more of the distortions, the nest of the worms
(jealousy, vanity). Remember, no one can stop you from loving yourself or from loving others.
15 GOVERNED BY THE DEVIL: TEMPTATION/CHALLENGE, FEARS
UPRIGHT: As the restless serenity of the Buddha under the bodhi tree symbolized a test for the
heart, it does for the mind as well. With peace of heart, the mind can leap forward toward its goals
without emotional distraction. INVERTED: On the one hand, do not be lulled into mental complacency
because your emotional house is so comfortable. On the other hand, if it isn’t all that comfortable,
do not use that as an excuse to falter in your mental obligations. Be neither submissive, nor
dominant, and yet be both.
16 GOVERNED BY THE TOWER: NEXT LESSON, GRACE OF GOD
UPRIGHT: Sit under a tree. Root yourself to the ground and look to the sky. Stiffen your backbone
and allow the sword of Gabriel to fill you with light even as you rest before raising your emotional
house. Your emotional foundation, the gate of stability through which you must pass in order to
mingle and mix safely and successfully with many more of your brethren is yours within this next
year. INVERTED: While for some this gate will cause but a small ripple in their personal relationships
or their creative pursuits, for others the ripple will be more like a wave, for a few perhaps a
tidal wave. But for all, the effects are beneficial.
17 GOVERNED BY THE STAR: APIRATIONS OF EGO, GOALS, MAXIMUM EXPECTATIONS
UPRIGHT: To be emotionally and creatively developed, strong. To be emotionally independent
and secure, well-positioned. These are your mental targets. You expect to do well, surpassing all
your emotional/creative needs by a substantial margin. INVERTED: On the one hand, you may
expect to do exceptionally well emotionally/creatively, even beyond your needs, perhaps coveting
what is not intended for you. You may wish to control people through the Emotional Plane.
Conversely, you may have very low expectations in these matters.
18 GOVERNED BY THE MOON: ASPIRATIONS OF HEART, COMPASSION
UPRIGHT: While this card deals with an emotional foundation rooted in self-love, in this position
you see its future significance to your path. For without this acceptance of self, you would find it
next to impossible to love others and you would make it very difficult to impossible for others to
love you. Here the heart is declaring its recognition of the Divine within, its devotion to the Divine
self. INVERTED: The distortions of self-love fill the pages of mythology and the classics.
19 GOVERNED BY THE SUN: MATERIAL FULFILLMENT/EVALUATION
UPRIGHT: In your later years, you will be blessed with having your family and friends near you or
capable of easy and frequent travel to be together. INVERTED: Your inner circle may be either all
too close or much too far away to suit you.