Tarot Meditations
0-The Fool
- Free to be me
- Envisioning a limitless future
- Allowing myself to be supported
- To act from a place of wise naïveté
- Let go of the need to control
- Break free of the mold of boring routine and conformity
- Seek adventure in travel
- To live more spontaneously
- Take risks in relationships
- Let go of guards and defenses tat keep me separate from people and the world around me
- See the glass as half full
- Connect more purposely with the higher power
- Wok on trust-trust the process
- Be open to playfulness
- Dress with colorful flair
- To think outside the box
- Trip the light fantastic
- Great expectations
- Unencumbered
- Unafraid
- Uninhibited
- Knowing without thought
I-The Magician
- To ask for what I want
- To stand up inside my own power
- To take the bull by the horns
- To experience my power by giving it away in the service of others
- To face life head on
- To remind myself, over and over, that I have the tools I need for an actualized and fulfilled life
- To translate abstract thinking to tangible results
- Move from “can do” to “will do”
- “Physician, heal thyself!”
- Focus
- Lesson: Don’t get so caught up in your intuitive nature that you have difficulty living in the day-to-day world.
II-The High Priestess
- Self contained
- Aloof, private
- “Tightly wrapped”
- Cool
- Insulated
- Alone and content
- Secretive
- Trustworthy, patient, a good listener
- A deep, quiet sense of knowing; psychic
- Restraint, keeps beliefs quietly to herself
- Spiritual
- Advisor
- Passive
- Don’t expect her to call you, but she’ll be thee for you when you need her.
- Her early relationship with parents: love understood, but not expressed
III-The Empress
- To feel comfortable in your own skin
- Putting yourself out there in the world
- To nurture and protect
- To give blessing
- To be sexually aggressive
- Parental permission to allow child to grow
- Content
- Discreet flirtation
- Vanity without showiness
- She stops and smells the roses, digs her toes in the sand, enjoys a walk in the woods, a spring rain.
IV-The Emperor
- Conceals his true nature beneath the cloak of his authority
- Fair but uncompromising decisions
- Wise, logical problem solver
- His presence alone reminds you that he is in charge; leadership
- Solid, grounded, rigid, controlling, stubborn
- Always looking for what’s wrong
- Out of touch with feelings
- Gives form and structure to your life
- Sees reality clearly
- Takes on responsibility gladly-no victim here
- Everything “by the book;” follow the rules
- A “take charge” kind of person
- The best kind of authority does not look like aggression.
V-The Hierophant
- Pontificating
- Giving to others behind the safety net of position
- A position of respect
- Your blessings are uplifting
- Relates to others only through position, otherwise, impersonal
- In conflict, takes the high ground
- Hidden passions
- Intolerance to others who differ from your point of view
- Blind faith
- Traditional, ritual, ceremony
- Seeking a “guru”
VI-The Lovers
- Protection
- A blessing
- Sex as an expression of love
- Open to intimacy
- Being greater than the obstacle in a relationship; making it work
- Secure
- Looking for a higher power when a relationship is in trouble: counseling from the church, marriage/relationship counselor, psychologist/psychiatrist
VII-The Chariot
- Leaving behind what didn’t work in the past
- Giving over to a higher power
- The need to be centered
- Looking at a problem head on
- Moving from the complexities of big city life to a more comfortable, manageable environment
- Keeping the demons at bay
VIII-Strength
- Let the lion roar!
- Lighten up on control.
- Feel comfortable with gentleness.
- Welcome touch.
- Reach out to others.
- Give more attention to the needs of others.
- Cooperation; meeting in the middle
- Controlling through love, not force
- Taming our fear. (Lion’s tail between legs=fear; surrender to the process)
- Pride, strength, sexuality
XXI-The World
- 1. At one with the world
- Happiness inside the box
- The joy and satisfaction of performing
- Enjoying the limelight; being the center of attention
- All’s right with the world.
- Perfect balance
- Lack of interest in material things
- Accomplishment
- Completion
- Liberation
- Uninhibited
- World tour
- Portal to new dimension or understanding
- Protected
- Womb to tomb
- Living in someone else’s definition
“The Venetian Tarot”, designed by Eugene Vinitski”