Tarot and Astrology Life Solutions

I am trying to update this blog as often as I can, however as a busy mom I found this sometimes difficult. Please be patient with me as I will continue to teach and go through all Minor Arcana cards.

It will be very boring if I only talk about the cards, so I will share some other things with you as well. Today I want to recommend an astrology book I recently bought.

"Astrologyand Sex" by Vivian Erwoon Robson
The author, Vivian Erwood Robson was born on May 26, 1890 in UK and was a librarian, He came from a wealthy family, he was the son of a surgeon. He published 8 main books that are found today at the British Library, in London.

The second thing that comes to mind is the main idea that came to me while watching a movie yesterday. The movie is called "Bitter Vengeance"- 1994 with Virginia Madsen and Stuart Cooper. I adimit I googled the guy, Stuart, because I liked him so much as an actor and everything else- Despite his age, I found him totally hot and I am not into older guys! One of the main ideas from this movie is NOT to live in the past! I have the tendency to do just that! Yes, if we keep thinking how great everything was, we can never move on to the future.I was in a bad relationship with a guy that I was convinced was in love with me and that we were so special together.
I do not think that anymore. Not thinking about the past so much, would have make me forget him sooner and that would have been so much better.
It is when we do not analyze relationships so much when things come to us in a different light.

Thank you for your comment, very encouraging.
I would appreciate questions and further feedback.

Now, I will continue today with Moon in Taurus (6 of Coins) and Moon in Cancer (4 of Cups).

Moon in Taurus-
Fairness and Balance regarding money and possessions. The enquirer is generous by nature and likes to help others.
On the negative side- there are feelings of being taken for granted and not getting recognition. Can also mean theft of money or possessions.

With Moon in Taurus we will have some material success, prosperity in a business affair.
As a person, would be someone proud of their money, and could be a spender.
The subject will love land, building and structure and will have strong materialistic instincts. Moon in Taurus gives financial comfort through good investments in land/ Real Estate.

Moon in Cancer-
4 of Cups gives mixed pleasures, success only up to a point. We give little value to the things we already have.
When the card is Reversed it means injustice or anxiety, problems with alcohol or drugs. Help will be needed to overcome problems.

Straight up, 4 of Cups will suggest a person very sensitive, shy, strongly attached to their mother. This placement makes the enquirer want security and a steady home; they will want to be close to their family and come (from) or want a big family.
As a person, will be very careful with their possessions and cautious with their finances.
Moon in Cancer, in general is a good placement.
However if 4 of cups found with 4 of Coins (Sun in Capricorn)there will be behavioral problems such as mental problems.

It looks like so far I had an audience, and this is Great News. The next step will be to have an outspoken audience. I do encourage you to post your comments!

Because this blog is about telling what I think, here is another one coming from the current news.
Why is Mladic prosecuted from the crimes in the former Yugoslavia and no American is held responsible for the "genocide" in Iraq? It seems to me there is some double standard when it comes to who did what.
I hope this is something that will have you think about it.

Moon can only be in 5 signs in Minor Arcana, as it follows:

1. Moon in Sagittarius (9 of wands)- fire
2. Moon in Libra (2 of Swords)- air
3. Moon in Aquarius (7 of Swords)- air
4. Moon in Taurus (6 of Coins)- earth
5. Moon in Cancer (4 of Cups)- water

1. Moon in Sagittarius- Herculean force.
Someone very strong, of enormous force, energetic, brave, social, optimistic, happy, humorous, generous kind of person. On the negative side, is someone hasty, unstable, irresponsible and/ or too speculative.
Great success obtained by fight. Still conserve your strength since more fighting might be done. It also means good health after recovery from disease.
Going forward one must be more careful than in the past. However should avoid becoming stubborn and defensive.
Moon in this sign of chance (Sagittarius) favors big projects, in large spaces.\
Moon in this position likes distance and settles abroad. Also, concentrates on studying: culture, art, philosophy, religion, etc.
Moon in Sagittarius gives many opportunities in life to make money and climb social ladder.
From a family standpoint it can mean- more than one marriage, likes children and will get involved in their education.
Remember with this placement, you can never be too careful.

2. Moon in Libra - (2 of Swords)
There is a power struggle, a tense and difficult situation.
Balance and rationalism are needed to solve the problem. It can signify the breakdown of a once close relationship. There is no hope for reconciliation now.
A match of opposites: truth and lies, sadness and sympathy.
As a person is someone charming, likeable, attractive and intelligent. On the negative side- someone very selfish and unfeeling, undecided and moody.
They attract the opposite sex and do not resist love advancements.
They make good parents, very involved with their children.

3. Moon in Aquarius (7of Swords)
This card is all about cleverness, use of intelligence to solve a problem.
There will be tricky opposition to face, but it will be defeated.
It will be an unstable effort, a partial success.
As a person, is someone unworthy of trust that will be inclined to betray your secrets. Someone with great sense of humor, very friendly in Large Groups, but who avoids close relationships. This person is very independent, unusual and creatively talented, that can easily become committed to causes, politics or diverse organizations.
Women - are modern, emancipated and non-conformist.
Divorce is to be expected, since a home is out of their interest.
They will not be very close to their children and will prefer someone else to care for them on daily basis. On the health side, will predict nervous issues.

Today I am going to go over some of the meanings of the Minor Arcana cards. But before I do that I want to express some negative feelings I have over the way Osama Bin Laden was killed. I had a lot of hope that President Obama may be different from the rest of the system, and to my dissapointment he is NOT. I mean, how can they kill a person, like common criminals would do, without any Court decision? Not that I expected the Court to be fair either, but at least it would look more civilized. The Media did not comment on it either. Why?
Ok, now having that said I feel better already :)
Going back to the Minor Arcana explanation the best way to do it is to first run your astrological natal chart at the following
link
Once you have your chart note which planets you have in which signs and match them against their corresponding Minor Arcana cards. Attention you will not find all your planets as Minor Arcana has only 7 planets not 10 in 5/6 signs, not 12 astrological signs.
I myself only found 2 cards to match- the 2 of Wands and the 9 of Coins.

In order to remember the Minor Arcana card meanings pick the cards that match your
natal chart planet placements and those cards that you like or hate most.

Here is a sample of the cards I picked:

2 of Wands-
Mars in Aries- A decision is needed it. This is a time for assessment and planning.
As a person this will be someone full of ambition, acting on impulse, and taking high risks. It is also someone independent, brave that does not like to listen to advice, learns the hard way.
In a reading, the Querrent is a poweful adversary, ambitious in obtaining success and popularity
Mars will direct the energy towards selfish affirmation. With this placement there is conflict between ego and harmony. The person with Mars in Aries must learn to control impulsiveness and aggression.

9 of Coins-
Venus in Virgo-
The pursuit of some goals is successful. The pursuit is not easy, and that makes it more enjoyable. As a person, it will be someone that lives alone, enjoys personal achievements in solitude. As a negative interpretation (when the card is reversed) it will indicated a dependency on another person or at least sharing the credit for some achievement with another person.
It can also mean insecurity and these people often feel misunderstood, and lack affection in their lives. On the positive side, 9 of Coins is complete realization of material gain, inheritance, keeping things or appreciation of assets.

Tomorrow I will continue with the meanings of Moon in signs.

Ps- Someone posted some unrelated link to my post. Please ONLY post astrology related topics, NOT advertisment for India.

I am back after one year absence. I had to decide if I wanted to continue writing on the same blog or create a new one. I decided in the favour of the existing blog, at the moment.
In the past this blog has been a mixed of personal issues and Tarot/ Astrology. I no longer want to combine the two. Starting fresh I want to continue writing mainly on Tarot/ Astrology topics. That being said, today I will focus on the Minor Arcana, which has never been addressed before in this blog.
There are 56 minor arcana cards- out of which 4 of each suit are Court Cards (Maiden or Page, Knight, Lady or Queen and Lord or King). The court cards do not have astrological associations, and the same goes for the aces of each suit (wands or candlesticks, swords or quills, cups or teacups, and pentacles or coins).
That leaves us with 56-(4*4 + 4)= 36 CARDS with astrological associations.

There are 10 planets and 12 astrological signs that represent the Major Arcana as follows:
(just to review)

0. Fool= AIR= Uranus
1. Magician= Mercury
2. High Priestess= Moon
3. Empress= Venus/ Spring
10. Wheel of Fortune= Jupiter
12. Hanged Man= Neptune
16. Tower= Mars
19. Sun= Sun/ Summer
20. Judgment= Pluto/ Fire
21. World= Saturn

4. Emperor= Aries (April) also = 3 of wands (in Minor Arcana)
5. Hierophant= Taurus (May)
6. Lovers= Gemini (June)= 3 of swords (in Minor Arcana)
7. Chariot= Cancer (July)
8. Strengh= Leo (August)
9. Hermit= Virgo (September)= 8 of Coins (in Minor Arcana)
11. Justice- Libra (October)
13. Death- Scorpio (November)= 6 of Cups (in Minor Arcana)
14. Temperance- Sagittarius (December)
15. Devil - Capricorn (January)= 4 of Coins (in Minor Arcana)
17. Star- Aquarius (February)
18. Moon- Pisces (March)


Now out of the 36 Minor Arcana 5 of them I outlined above: 3 of wands (Sun in Aries)
3 of swords (Sun in Gemini), 8 of coins (Sun in Virgo), 6 of cups (Sun in Scorpio) and
4 of coins (Sun in Capricorn).

That can be memorized as 1-1-2-2-3
1-aries first fire sign
1-gemini first air sign
2-virgo second earth sign
2-scorpio second water sign
3-capricorn third earth sign

The left 31 cards are spread among only 6 planets Not all 10. The 3 planets left out
are: Pluto, Neptune and Uranus. Please note Sun is NOT left out, but was already covered above.

Each of the 6 planets left will occur as follows:

Moon:
(2 times in air signs)
9 of Wands= Moon in Sagittarius - fire
2 of Swords= Moon in Libra - air
7 of Swords= Moon in Aquarius - air
6 of Coins- Moon in Taurus- earth
4 of Cups- Moon in Cancer- water

Jupiter:
( 2times in air signs)

6 of Wands - Jupiter in Leo - fire
4 of Swords- Jupiter in Libra -air
8 of Swords- Jupiter in Gemini- air
2 of Coins- Jupiter in Capricorn- earth
9 of Cups- Jupiter in Pisces- water

Venus:
(2 times in water signs)
4 of Wands- Venus in Aries- fire
5 of Swords- Venus in Aquarius- air
9 of Coins- Venus in Virgo- earth
2 of Cups- Venus in Cancer- water
7 of Cups- Venus in Scorpio- water

Mars:
(2 times in water signs
& 2 times in fire signs)
2 of wands- Mars in Aries -fire
7 of wands- Mars in Leo- fire
9 of swords- Mars in Gemini- air
3 of Coins- Mars in Capricorn- earth
5 of Cups - Mars in Scorpio- water
10 of Cups- Mars in Pisces- water

Mercury:
(2 times in Earth signs)
8 of Wands- Mercury in Sagittarius- fire
6 of Swords- Mercury in Aquarius- air
5 of Coins- Mercury in Taurus- earth
10 of Coins- Mercury in Virgo- earth
3 of Cups- Mercury in Cancer- water

Sun- outlined in the beginning also
and has the Plante 2 twice in Earth signs;

Saturn:
(2 times in fire signs)

5 of Wands - Saturn in Leo- fire
10 of Wands- Saturn in Sagittarius- fire
3 of Swords- Saturn in Libra- air
7 of Coins- Saturn in Taurus- earth
8 of Cups- Saturn in Pisces- water

Ok, this is a lot of information and it will take some time to memorize.
I myself, use some cheat sheets for reference.
In my next post I will go over the meanings of these astrological representations.

For now I am happy that I am back and please post any questions or suggestions you may have.

Dragonfly, I hope you are reading. If you are give me a sign.
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Athena's step today is the Hierophant. The sign is Taurus, the element is Earth, the time is Spring and the key are her sensations, manifestation and money.

In this sense the Hierophant step will represent her believes regarding tradition and ways of handling her financial affairs. This step is about handling money.

As a person the Hierophant can be a consultant and an advisor. He is old fashion. Never try to negotiate at this level because the Hierophant is very stubborn and will not be flexible to new ideas. However, he is wise and holds a lot of spiritual knowledge. The two keys at the bottom of the Hierophant card suggest that Anthia must listen and hold her speech till later, because he has all the knowledge she needs. The Hierophant is placed between two pillars that show him as a mediator. He has both the pros and cons and holds the right solution.

To uncover the original meaning click on the following link: the Hierophant.

For Athena this will be the time she will polish her resume. The hierophant will show her as a woman returner that acquired new skills in her role as a full time mother such as ability to be patient and flexible. Her varied work experience has taught her many things about different organizations and made her confident at joining the new freelance role as a virtual marketing assistant/ blogger/ website content writer.