XIV-Art

Photography by Olivia Morgado. Gold & Silver leaf by Claudia Morgado.

I have been wanting to start on the Tarot cards for over a year. I had a preconceived notion that the journey should start with The Fool for obvious reasons.
As yet, I have not felt very Fool like and thus the journey has always been delayed.

While building this site this particular card was appearing often, and the thought occurred that this might be the more appropriate image to start my story. The sequence of the rest of the cards will follow in a similar fashion.

XIV is most often titled Temperance, Crowley called it Art. The card of The Art. Everything in the right proportions in the right vessel. I prefer his symbolism and interpretation and the Thoth deck is probably my favourite, an opinion shared by many others.

XIV is on the 25th path on the Tree Of Life, positioned between Tiphereth and Yesod, or more appropriately between The Sun and The Moon. A friend joked that this was an easy shortcut to The Sun.

There is nothing easy about this card.
As one gets lost in the the edges, it is far too easy to forget that there is a centre, and why you even began this process in the first place. The edges of this card are far reaching, I believe that the earlier cards in the Tarot story that deal with opposites, the Lovers & The Chariot build up and culminate in this one.

Always remember the centre. I'm putting this here as a reminder to mySelf.
Did you get that?
One more time...because I know you are going to forget it again.
Always Remember The Centre.

"Our conditions cannot be known in advance but are discovered on the way; all effects are unpredictable. No man can repeat another's Work any more that he can die on another's behalf.

Every soul who embarks on our Magistery does so alone, for the first and only time, with fear and trembling." - Mercurius

MissRevolution 15 February 2009 1:09am