Sunday, 12 February 2017

The Message of the Stars



PART II
MEDICAL ASTROLOGY





Source: http://www.rosicrucian.com/mos/moseng11.htm#toc

Saturday, 4 February 2017

Physical Descriptions and Characteristics of the Tarot Court

by Gina Thies
 

The human figure has been the subject of drawings and art from the beginning of history. It has been so significant to art, partly because it is used to express the cultural values and viewpoints of the diverse eras in which they are composed. The Renaissance having the most influence on tarot is possibly also most detrimental in terms of representing all spectrums of people. It is a reminder of how small the world once appeared.

In the telling of any story, the physical descriptions of characters help to bring the story to life.

One could liken the reading process to telling one’s life story, with a host of characters that influence
the tale. In matters of love, querent regularly ask, “What does the future hold for my love life?”
followed by “What does he/she look like?” Even when matters are not so close to the heart, querents
naturally want specific information to make a reading more relevant and personal.

The tarot court cards are without a doubt descriptive of personalities in the cast of life. The following are a list of traditional and not-so-traditional physical descriptions of the 16 types of people represented in tarot royalty.

King of Wands

Physical type: Red or reddish-brown/auburn hair, fair
or light skinned complexion that could be freckled or
with a distinct mole or scar on the face or head. Eye
color ranges from hazel to green blue or turquoise.
Appearance can be husky or muscular with pronounced
nose, chin or brow areas.
Mature or 35+ in age.

Characteristics: Headstrong, vibrant, impulsive,
capable, dedicated, driven and typically has a good
sense of humor.


King of Swords

Physical type: Blond hair or hair with blonde
highlights or streaks. Fair complexion, may be darker
due to sun exposure. Eyes glitter or shine and colors
range from blue, bluish-gray to bluish-green to light
brown. Often features a long nose and a high forehead.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Rational, perceptive, can be selfless
or self-righteous. Reasonable, poised, judicious, and
often speaks through facial expression.


King of Cups

Physical type: Light brown to golden blonde hair or
highlights. Hair is usually thick and leans more to
brown. The complexion is medium fair to olive with
piercing eyes having colors that range from
grayish-blue to brown. The face shape typically is
square with distinct features, sultry lips and high or
prominent cheekbones.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Malleable, moody, tender, devoted,
loving, focused with creative tendencies.


King of Pentacles

Physical type: Dark brown to black hair or highlights.
Hair may gray in early years leaving a salt and pepper
appearance. The complexion ranges from fair to any
dark-skinned tones. The eyes are clear and bright and
in fairer skin can be blue, green or violet. With
darker skin tone, they range from hazel or light-brown
to dark brown. The face tends to look serious and the
body type can be slender or lean and tall.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Physically strong with high endurance,
capable, confident, resourceful, enterprising and
dependable.


Queen of Wands

Physical type: Auburn, burgundy, red or reddish-brown
hair with red highlights or henna rinse. The complexion
is extremely light to darker fair with freckles, spots
or moles. The eyes are pleasant and color ranges from
light amber to hazel or from blue to grey. There is
tendency to have prominent facial features and a stout,
sturdy frame.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Dramatic, passionate, vibrant, feisty,
impulsive and busy. Can also be aloof or egotistical
and haughty.


Queen of Swords

Physical type: Light blond to dark brown hair with
blonde highlights or ombre coloring. Medium-skinned,
may be darker due to sun exposure. Eyes can range from
blue to bluish gray or greenish-brown. In older people
of darker skin tones, eyes can have a bluish appearance.
Often features an oval face and appear younger than
they actually are in age Typically of average to above
average height. Very sophisticated.
Mature or 35+ in years.
 
Characteristics: Intellectual, ingenious,
perfectionist, straightforward and honest. Loves
harmony, balance and pleasantries. Diplomatic, tactful
and discriminating.


Queen of Cups

Physical type: Light blond to sandy blond hair or dark
hair with blonde highlights. Hair may also be thin.
Light to medium olive skin tones, may be darker due to
sun exposure. Eyes are blue, blue-gray or light brown
with specks of yellow or blue. Often features a a short
nose and round facial details. Height tends to be below
average to average.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Charming, alluring, mysterious,
soothing, loving and soft attitude. Can be naïve,
trusting and innocent.


Queen of Pentacles

Physical type: Dark brown to black hair or dark hair
mixed with gray and straight or coarse. Complexion is
medium to dark and deep-set eyes tend to be darker no
matter the hue, ranging from hazel to green and
sometimes violet, which is really a very deep blue.
Features are fine and the nose long and thin or broad.
Body frame has tendency to be thin and bony and small
to below average height.
Mature or 35+ in years.

Characteristics: Studious, resourceful, public-minded,
charitable, service-oriented, philanthropic, aspiring
and inspirational.
 

Knight of Wands

Physical type: Blond or red hair that is thick and
bushy.  Fair or light skinned complexion. Eyes range
from blue to green-blue or turquoise. Features include
a large aquiline nose, wide forehead and often a large
prominent mouth.  Body is top-heavy and can have long
legs and there may be a tendency towards clumsiness.
Young adult 18+ in age.

Characteristics: Intuitive, vibrant, politically-motivated,
philosophical, natural leadership abilities.


Knight of Swords

Physical type: Blond hair or dark hair with blonde
highlights or streaks that is straight and thick. Fair
complexion or light-skinned, may be darker due to sun
exposure. Eyes are sparkling bright and colors range
from blue to bluish-gray to light brown. Often features
a prominent nose and a high forehead. Body is tall,
lean and sinewy.
Young adult 18+ in age.

Characteristics: Eccentric, vivacious, dramatic,
quick-witted, experimenter, social-engineer, outgoing
and wish-washy.


Knight of Cups

Physical type: Light blonde to amber brown hair or
highlights. The complexion is fair to light olive with
piercing eyes having colors that range from gray to
brown. The face shape typically is square with shapely
lips and high or prominent cheekbones.
Young adult 18+ in age.

Characteristics: Honorable, compassionate, sacrificing,
nurturing, ideal lover, romantic, flirtatious, kind and
considerate.


Knight of Pentacles

Physical type: Dark auburn to black hair or highlights.
Hair is quite thick with a healthy appearance. The
complexion ranges from medium olive to dark. The eyes
are piercing, serious. With fairer skin, eyes can be
blue, green or violet; with darker skin tones, eye can
range from hazel or light-brown to dark brown. The face
is bold either in round or square shapes attached to a
long or thick neck and well proportioned body.
Young adult 18+ in years.

Characteristics: Protective, involved, responsible,
hard working, dependable and dull. Serious, practical
and concerns with the important duties of life.


Page of Wands

Physical type: Fair, strawberry-blonde or light brown
hair.  Very fair or light skinned complexion. Eyes
range from green to blue or blue-gray. Face is marked
with a distinguished nose with a high bridge, large
forehead and often a prominent chin.  Bone structure is
average but sturdy.
Either sex and under 18 years of age.

Characteristics: Light hearted, playful, sincere,
active, athletic, adventurous, supportive and team
player.


Page of Swords

Physical type: Medium blonde or dark hair with blonde
highlights or streaks that is straight with a tendency
to be sparse. Fair complexion or light-skinned, may be
darker due to sun exposure. Eyes are sparkling bright
and colors range from, bluish-gray to greenish brown.
Body is lean, muscular and toned.
Either sex and under 18 years of age.

Characteristics: Curious, nosey, impressionable,
practical, patient, cooperative, thinker and
daydreamer.


Page of Cups

Physical type: Fine, light blonde to honey blonde hair
or highlights. The complexion is fair to light olive
with large, hypnotic eyes having colors that range from
gray to blue and hazel. There is a tendency to have a
small frame that is dainty or delicate.
Either sex and under 18 years of age.

Characteristics: Emotional. Sensitive, intuitive,
vulnerable, warm, friendly, talkative, creative and
affectionate.


Page of Pentacles

Physical type: Dark brown to black hair or highlights.
Hair can be coarse and thick or wavy. The complexion
ranges from medium olive to dark. The eyes can be blue,
green, violet or dark brown to black. With darker skin
tones, eye color can range from hazel or light-brown to
dark brown. The body is stern, solid and they can
appear more mature than their actual age.
Either sex and under 18 years of age.

Characteristics: Instinctual, earthy, practical,
emotionally secure, productive, patient, conservative
and enthusiastic.
 

Monday, 9 January 2017

How We Can Find If Two Persons Are Twin Flames

by Christos Archos, M.Sc

This article by Christos Archos has been split into three parts.  


Part 1: Twin Flames Part 2: What are the Twin Flames? Part 3: Identifying Twin Flames


An astrologer usually has a difficulty time answering if two persons are each others twin flame because the basic instruments are not helpful. Longitudanal charts as we know them are not very helpful if we don’t know some other important techniques.

First of all, we have to understand that according to what we’ve discussed, a twin flame is the other half of the soul when is splits entering the human kingdom through geminian influences. This means our soul splits into opposites and we have to find our other half.

In astrology, we are full of opposites; the chart itself is built through opposites. Aries and Libra, Taurus and Scorpio, Gemini and Sagittarius, Cancer and Capricorn, Leo and Aquarius, Virgo and Pisces. All of these are polarities that work among themselves. It is very important when we try to find our twin soul to share opposing planets with the other person. Astrologers and people usually try to avoid opposition because medieval thought used to believe it was a bad aspect. In fact, oppositions between two charts may create some conflicts, but they are very important when you want to have a relationship that really contributes to individuals.

Planets in opposition between two charts are very important when we try to trigger the twin flame relationship. We have to be very careful because we don’t just want the planets to be in opposition but also in contra-parallel. Only when two planets are in opposition and in contra-parallel can we talk about the possibility of a twin flame relationship.

The first criterion is opposition. The other criterion is a very important concept we call “Antiscia.” The degree when the planet has equal day-time is called antiscia. For example the antiscia of a planet in 21o of Taurus is 09o of Leo.

But according to theory twin flames are not based on similarity, so antiscia is not in reality the real point we look for because a person that has a lot of planets in our antiscia points has similarities with us, not oppositions.

The point that is in opposition with Antiscia is Contra-Antiscia. So a person with his planet in 21o Taurus has his contra-antiscia point in 9o of Aquarius. So when a person has a lot of planets in our contra-antiscia points this means that he is probably a twin flame for us.
At this point, we have to combine both techniques. We have to see if any planets are in opposition and contra-parallel at the same time but also to find if there are any connections with each other’s contra-antiscia points.

Of course there are other secondary things an astrologer should look at. First of all we have to look at whether or not the person of interest has planets in the water houses (fourth, eighth and twelth). Although the fourth house sometimes can give us information about whether or not the person found his “father” or “mother” and not his twin flame, for this reason we have to be careful with the interpretation. The reverse is also very important. If we have planets in the other person’s water houses then we increase the probability of a twin flame relationship.

Secondly we have to see if there are planets of the person who form aspects with our retrograde planets, especially Venus. A lot of people with Venus retrograde have high probability to meet their twin flame. Retrograde planets may sometimes be identified with karma but in fact if the theory of twin flames exists, then every time there is an incarnation, every time our soul happens to split our karma partners may be our twin flame.

The last thing we have to look at is on the Composite chart (the chart where we combine the two persons’ natal charts) is if our twelth and first houses have lots of planets. The most important thing is if there is a spark. As we said before there has to be a spark, a light between two people, a flame of passion, love and understanding that they have never felt before. Combining the emotions of the couple and the astrological influences we can easily understand if that is a twin flame relationship or not.

While twin flame is the triumph of uniqueness with another person, having a relationship with any other person on this planet is also very fascinating and generates a big and long path of wisdom and happiness.  Don’t forget that the most important thing is not if the relationship we have is a twin flame but if it has the flame to make us different and better. Love is the ultimate weapon of spiritual alchemists, through love you can change a simple relationship to a golden union, the sacred union.

Till then let love and your inner flame drive you to happiness.

Source:
http://omtimes.com/2011/01/what-are-the-twin-flames/3/ 


Sunday, 8 January 2017

Life Purpose Tarot Spread for Earth Angels

angel messenger with trumpet

What divine message are you here to amplify with your presence?

Dear Earth Angel, You came here to earth with a fully formed mission and a blueprint for your soul and body to help you accomplish this mission. It is a mission that is aligned with your soul essence and personality, as well as the Life Path you are on. It is completely unique to you and your particular gifts.
Just like the angels, you are a messenger of light and love… but in your case, it involves the use of the physical body in some way (or you wouldn’t need to incarnate!). In the Tarot, the suit of Pentacles represent your physical reality.
The Tarot can help you gain insight to what message you are here to amplify with your presence – how to bring Heaven down to Earth, in other words – as well as how to accomplish this. Knowledge about your mission has literally been coded into your blueprint with numbers and I have created a Tarot spread to help you explore two of those numbers.
For this Tarot Spread, we will focus on the two main aspects of your Birth Numerology, the date and the full name given at birth. The former renders your Life Path and the latter your Destiny/Expression number.
To find out which Life Path you are on in this incarnation, simply add the numbers of your date of birth together and reduce to a single digit. For the name (Destiny/Expression number), each letter is represented by a number value. There are online calculators you can use if you prefer. HERE is one for your Life Path and HERE is another for your name.
For the purpose of this reading we will focus only on the opportunities these numbers brings, in order to help you fulfill your potential. Think about the most positive traits of the corresponding Major – this is what you are here to express. Challenges to this expression will be represented by other cards.
Your Life Path number is like a sign post pointing you in the most fulfilling direction in terms of Life Purpose and your Destiny/Expression number shows you what skill set you were born into this life with (carried forward from past lives). You have the power to use the energy carried by these two numbers in harmony to amplify divine Light and Love on earth in a unique way and in a minute you will find out how…
For the purpose of this reading, we cover numbers 1-9, 11 and 22 and these are also the corresponding cards that will apply (22=The Fool). So go ahead and make the calculations and then find the two Major Arcana cards concerned. For some of you it will be the same card twice and then you can mark the other spot with a crystal in the spread or, if you have more than one deck, you can find the same Major in another Tarot deck.
This is the layout:
What-is-my-divine-message-Tarot-Spread-for-Earth-Angels-1024x1024
What-is-my-divine-message-Tarot-spread-for-Earth-Angels-sample-reading-1024x885

SAMPLE READING WITH THE ARCHANGEL POWER TAROT

1. Life Path: 3 The Empress / Archangel Gabriel – Creativity, fun, sensuality (Venus)
2. Expression/Destiny: 9 The Hermit / Epiphany / Archangel Raziel – Contemplation, teaching (Virgo)
3. Action Advice: Eight of Ariel (Pentacles) – Study and hone your skills. Manifest with more attention to detail.
4.  Support: Ten of Michael (Swords) – The harsher lessons are finally behind you so that you can focus on your mission.
5. Mission (read together with cards 1 and 2): 1 The Magician / Archangel Raziel (Mercury) – Communicate spiritual wisdom and teach people how to create a spiritual reality on earth.
6. Talent to develop: Queen of Gabriel / Aries – leadership, initiative, charisma
7. Avoid this: The World / Archangel Michael – anything that limits your freedom, self-limiting beliefs

Blessed Be!
Lisa

How to Calculate Your Personality, Soul and Shadow Cards

There are a couple of different methods for calculating your Tarot birth cards (personality, soul and shadow) but I’ll describe the method Mary K Greer uses, and that you can read more in-depth about in the superb book Tarot for your Self.*
Let’s first take a look at you calculate your personality and soul cards. According to Mary K Greer you add the numbers of your birth date like this:
Example: 13th of April, 1975
13
4
+1975
1992
You then add each digit in the sum: 1+9+9+2=21, keeping any number from 1-22.
In this example, 21, The World, is your personality card. As this is a double digit number, you can reduce it further to a single digit number by adding 2+1=3. 3, The Empress, is your soul card.
If the sum is greater than 22, you reduce the digits until you have a smaller number. If the sum then becomes a single digit number, the personality card and the soul card are one and the same.
In one instance, a person can have more than two personality cards, and this happens when the sum is 19. Cards 1, 10 and 19 then all become both personality and soul cards.
Number 22 corresponds to 0, the Fool, with number 4, the Emperor as the soul card. According to Mary K Greer, these two cards also work more as a unit rather than as a separate soul and personality cards.
In the table below, you will find some key words for each numerological constellation, and also see which card is your Hidden Factor or Shadow Card. The term “Shadow” here is used in the Jungian sense to refer to those aspects of ourselves that we’d rather keep in the subconscious and therefore tend to project onto others.
Personality & Soul Card Patterns Hidden Factor,
Teacher/Shadow
Constellation Principle
1-1 10-1
19-10-1
10 + 19 19
10
Magician
(Sun, Wheel of Fortune, Magician)
Will and Focused Consciousness
2-2 11-2
20-2
11 + 20 20
11
High Priestess
(Judgment, Justice, H.P.)
Balanced Judgment through Intuitive Awareness
3-3 12-3
21-3
12 + 21 21
12
Empress
(World, Hanged Man, Empress)
Love and Creative Imagination
4-4 13-4
22-4
13 + 22 22
13
Emperor
(Fool, Death, Emperor)
Life Force and Realisation of Power
5-5 14-5 14 * Hierophant
(Temperance, Hierophant)
Teaching and Learning
6-6 15-6 15 * Lovers
(Devil, Lovers)
Relatedness and Choice
7-7 16-7 16 * Chariot
(Tower, Chariot)
Mastery through Change
8-8 17-8 17 * Strength
(Star, Strength)
Courage and Self-Esteem
9-9 18-9 18* Hermit
(Moon, Hermit)
Introspection and Personal Integrity
The Personality Card tells you how you tend to respond to others based on past experience, as well as how others perceive you (roughly corresponding to your Zodiac Rising Sign). The Soul Card describes your inner drive and motivation, roughly corresponding to the Soul urge in a Numerology reading.
Do a reading with your Birth cards to find out what lessons they are currently bringing into your life.
Calculate your Tarot Year card.
Blessings,
Lisa

How to Calculate Your Tarot Year Card

Using the same method as you did for your Personality Card, you add the number of the day and the month you were born to the year you want to check your card for.


Example: You were born on the 3rd of April, and want to know your card for 2007
3
4
+2007
2014
You then add each digit in the sum: 2+0+1+4=7, keeping any number from 1-22, with the Fool having the assigned numerlogical value of 22 in any Tarot Numerology operations.
In this example, 7, The Chariot, is your Year Card.

In Tarot for Your Self, there are graphs that you can copy and use to show your year cards from age 0-21. There’s also a table that makes it quick and easy to figure out the card for each year.
It is interesting looking at the graph and trying to figure out what main events may have been influenced by the energies of the Year Cards. It also adds a lot of depth doing this in combination with an astrology reading.

Let me know how you are getting on in the comments below if you already use this method, or are beginning to experiment with it. How does it match or contradict your astrological birth chart? I look forward to hearing from you!

Check the table below for astrological correspondences:

0 The Fool (22) The Element of Air (Uranus)
1 The Magician Mercury
2 The High Priestess The Moon
3 The Empress Venus
4 The Emperor Aries
5 The Hierophant Taurus
6 The Lovers Gemini
7 The Chariot Cancer
8 Strength Leo
9 The Hermit Virgo
10 The Wheel of Fortune Jupiter
11 Justice Libra
12 The Hanged Man The Element of Water (Neptune)
13 Death Scorpio
14 Temperance Sagittarius
15 The Devil Capricorn
16 The Tower Mars
17 The Star Aquarius
18 The Moon Pisces
19 The Sun The Sun
20 Judgment The Element of Fire (Pluto)
21 The World The Element of Earth (Saturn)

If you would like to work more in-depth with your Tarot Year Card, this Tarot Spread may be of interest!
Blessed Be!
Lisa

Are You Twin Flame Material?

Twin Flame love symbol image

There is a lot of confusion about what a Twin Flame really is and also about the true purpose of a Twin Flame union on earth. So let me begin by clarifying some of the truths and myths about Twin Flames:

A Twin Flame is…

  • literally your other half
  • someone who will unite with you on earth when you are both ready to form a divine vessel for grace and unconditional love to flow out into the world
  • always with you in spirit, even when not physically close
  • someone who embodies the divine feminine/masculine in a way that is complementary to you
A Twin Flame is not…
  • a romantic partner in the traditional, third dimensional sense
  • something that we all get to experience physically in our current incarnation
  • necessarily the same age
  • someone who walks up to you out of the blue and tells you they are your Twin Flame (inner knowing, not words!)
The most common reason for forming Twin Flame relationships here on earth is because old souls are ready to come together to serve in this capacity. These two souls will have a contract to meet up.
However, free will still comes into play and the readiness of each Flame will be tested. The Flame who has spent more time in meditation and done more work in terms of personal/spiritual development will be quicker to remember.
It can be really painful to meet up with your twin flame before they are ready; It is one of the biggest tests of our trust in the ultimate goodness of the Divine that we can encounter here on earth. Please do not despair if this has happened to you. All will be well.
It could be said that Twin Flame love is the most elevated form of divine service, as it becomes physical evidence of unconditional love and divine union which transcends polarity.
Again, the whole purpose of the Twin Flame relationship is service in the form of full embodiment of the I AM presence here on earth.
This does not mean that you and your Flame are some kind of “spiritual upper class,” it simply means that you have reached this stage of your journey by the grace of God.
Some of the signs that you are ready for Twin Flame love are:
  • a deep, abiding desire to be a reflection of God’s love and light in the world
  • an inner knowing that your Twin Flame is also on the earth plane
  • a deep, abiding trust in your own inner knowing
  • an awareness that you are here to usher in fifth dimensional living
  • a knowing since childhood that there is only One soul that you can unite with in perfection (not to be confused with the Hollywood ideal of the perfect romance!)
  • trust that all is well and will be well, always
I have created a Tarot spread  for Lightworkers who want to explore their own readiness for a Twin Flame relationship.
twin-flame-tarot-spread
1. Your Readiness to Serve in Twin Flame Capacity
2. Soul’s Purpose Check-Up (you)
3. Soul’s Purpose Check-Up (your Twin Flame)
4. Karmic issue/challenge (you)
5. Karmic issue/challenge (your Twin Flame)
6. How you are already connected (tune into your inner knowing and allow the card image to take you on a journey until you feel a ‘click’ and recognise the connection)
7. Divine guidance about the synchronicities that will bring you together (timing may be indicated here if you are indeed about to be united)
8. Outcome – Shows the most likely outcome in terms of serving together with your Twin Flame in this incarnation.
Use a Tarot deck dedicated to lightwork for this reading, such as the Angel Tarot Cards by Doreen Virtue or the Sirian Starseed Tarot by Patricia Cori.
Please feel free to share your own readings, questions and comments below and don’t forget to share this post on all your social networks if you believe it might be helpful to fellow seekers!
Blessed be!
☆ Lisa Frideborg ☆