Notice on the lower right. There is a Dog. Any ideas why there is a dog on this Tarot card? If you ever decided to have your fortune determined by cards. Ask the diviner what the meaning is of the dog. The images drawn on the tarot cards are devised such that the directions correspond to the tree of life. The right hand side is known as North and the left hand side of the card is known as South. These are not compass directions. They are esoteric North and esoteric South. If the reader of this article is coming from a Qabalah tradition that we can called these directions on the card Qabalistic North and Qabalistic South. In terms of physiology that means that right hand side of the card refers to left hand side of the body and the left hand side of the card refers to the right hand side of the body. In other words the tree of life shows the side of the human body where the spine is facing the viewer. This is our physical body. The Tarot cards show the human body with the nerves involved in sensation are facing the viewer. The eyes, nose, ears, and voice. This is our etheric body. This odd transformation may in someway cause confusion. Therefore I spend time discussing it. This means that the Tree Of Life and the Tarot have different approaches, but are design to be used together. As a side note the color of the figure's boots are yellow. This color represents the mental body. This part of our mind is involved in creativity. It holds our conscious. In English a speaker expresses thoughts from this body with the pronoun "I". The garment or kameez has black present mixed with the stars. This represents our astral body, but the physical body has no awareness that it exists. Our logic and reasoning originate from this body. When thinking we have no idea usually where our thoughts originate. The tree of life is used as a guide to control our mind. In order to deal with these abstract concepts artists developed the Tarot system to allow one to walk the tree of life by visual images. the operator would use the image in meditations. The method is very effective but the operator has to be sincere, and along with their chosen path work on purifying their ego. In the presence of light there is no such thing as distortion for all can be seen. There will be no shadows. Hence no misunderstandings or confusion. If this purification step is not performed at the same time the method will fail. This is also why people give up in their endeavors. Self-help books overlook this very concept. Sincere efforts will result in powerful clarity of mental actions. These have to be attained to be understood. A useful text to this approach is the Qabalistic Tarot. The text is really a psychology and a alchemy book. Alchemists encourage understanding of Qabalah. The reason for this is that it is a powerful aid in psychology because it is a study of the system of glands that control personality, and health. To understand why the artist chose to draw a dog on the tarot card you will have to examine a celestial map, or a star map table if you can visualize abstract images. If you notice on the celestial map above there is a dog (in Latin read as Canis Major) on the left hand side of the figure known as Orion. This dog is slightly below Orion and the front paws of the dog in the sky match up with the front paws of the dog on the tarot card. This was intentional and not a coincidence. Incidentally based on the etheric and physical body concept. The image identified as Orion has the back facing the viewer. This is the orientation for the physical body and is the same orientation as the tree of life. This means that the spine is the object of emphasis in this constellation. The stars on the clothes of the figure drawn on the Fool card represent an 8 pointed star made by drawing two crosses. These crosses are related by a 45 degree rotation. The crosses also represent something. they refer to two of the three crosses in the zodiac. Which are called Mutable, Fixed, and cardinal. There is a bright object in the upper left right diagonal of the card. This refers to the activation of the pineal gland. The tarot card of the Fool is placed on the tree of life where your solar plexus is. Close to your epigastric ganglia. These nerves control many glandular functions. Especially they are involved in emotional thoughts. The goal of any rehabilitation is for the patient to gain control of their body. The goal of alchemy is to gain control of your mind. Runaway thoughts are like a runaway chariot led by a wild team of horses. The clothing of the Magician is used to signify the marriage of they physical body with the astral body. Instead of infighting as represented by Cain and Abel the minds are united and the spirit can effect changes on the physical world. The being on the physical world can "see" in the spiritual world. In this case it is the astral sphere. The card bearing the image of the Magician has two kinds of flowers at the bottom of the card. This is known as Esoteric West. The lilies represent the astral body. The roses represent the physical body. The reference to roses can be found in a book called the Zohar. The top of the card is Esoteric East where the top of the head of the figure can be located. One can observe an occult symbol used in mathematics classes used to represent infinity. The Tarot card image of the Magician shows four objects. One is a wand held by a figure in colored garments. The wand represents the epigastric ganglia. This image signifies that the emotional mind is being controlled and not allowed to wander upon just wasting energy. This is what emotions can do if not controlled and used by the operator for their benefit. Wasted energy is produced with wasted time. The remaining objects on the table also refer to ganglia located on the spinal column. The sword is the key to control the cardiac ganglia. This nerve cluster is used to control thoughts of passion. The cup is the key to control the prostrate ganglia. The coin, or shield as it was sometimes called is the key to control the sacral ganglia. Each of these ganglia are involved in the thought processes. There are more in the body, but these are part of the spinal axis and their control is essential before the operator in their chose tradition can make progress. This means all religions have as their goal for the practitioner to control there personality by controlling these nerve clusters. The actual functions involved exercises of breathing, meditation, posture, and movements. These procedures are not known by many. The information has to be sought. First the operator has to be awake. The reader of this blog may be awake or is looking for information to help their students, or friends. One who is awake is represented by the Tarot image of the Fool. Notice where the feet of the figure are placed? The ground is breaking and their is no physical support. The posture of the figure indicates a journey is beginning. This will involve a spiritual component as their is no earth to support the individual. What this means is that there are no mundane attachments to the trap that keeps one asleep. No personal effects. No physical wealth. The feather at the top of the head implies spiritual growth is beginning. Poverty from the world will be ones companion. Power will come when the Fool transforms into the Magician. The power of the Magician is exemplified by the belt around the waist. It is of a snake in a circular configuration. It means that the energy waves generated along the spine are not going to waste and become dissipated in worry and nervousness. One could indeed ask how can color and symbols have such a profound effect that combined as art we can improve our cognition. In addition we can inspire ourselves to develop new concepts. If in doubt attend a concert or notice how art is being used to help people with lesions to the psyche. This also includes victims in wars, accidents, and illness.
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Mike
2/21/2018 01:00:04 pm
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