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Velkommen til afsnit 32 af serien Årsrejse i Tarottens talkort. De foregående tekster kan findes under hovedsiden Tarot.
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30. januar – 8. februar
Dette er Vandbærerens hjerte – sindets hårdt vundne ballancepunkt i altings gennemborede midte. Kortets navn er Science / Videnskab. Dets formel lyder: Luft + Merkur i Vandbæreren + 6. sfære.
Vi er – et øjeblik – i Træets centrum:
Javist, Skønhedens hjem, her har vi førhen været – husk blot på glimtene af Succes, Sejr og Nydelse. Om dette solar centrum læser vi:
These cards are attributed to Tiphareth. This Sephira is in some respects the most important of all. It is the centre of the whole system; it is the only Sephira below the Abyss which communicates directly with Kether. It is fed directly from Chokmah and Binah; also from Chesed and Geburah. It is thus admirably fitted to dominate the lower Sephiroth; it is balanced both vertically and horizontally. In the planetary system it represents the Sun; in the system of Tetragrammaton it represents the Son. The entire geometrical complex of the Ruach may be regarded as an expansion from Tiphareth. It represents consciousness in its most harmonized and balanced form; definitely in form, not only in idea, as in the case of the number Two. In other words, the Son is an interpretation of the Father in terms of the mind.
The four Sixes are thus representative of their respective elements at their practical best.
Elementerne i deres praktisk bedste fremtrædelsesform: menneskets rimeligste mulighed – hernede.
Altså:
The Six of Swords is called Science. Its ruler is Mercury, so that the element of success turns away from the idea of division and quarrel; it is intelligence which has won to the goal.
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Og videre:
Tiphareth shows the full establishment and balance of the idea of the suit. This is particularly the case with this card, as the intellect itself is also referred to the number Six. Mercury, in Aquarius, represents the celestial Energy influencing the Kerub of the Man, thus showing intelligence and humanity.
But there is much more than this in the symbol. The perfect balance of all mental and moral faculties, hardly won, and almost impossible to hold in an ever-changing world, declares the idea of Science in its fullest interpretation.
The hilts of the Swords, which are very ornamental, are in the form of the hexagram. Their points touch the outer petals of a red rose upon a golden cross of six squares, thus showing the Rosy Cross as the central secret of scientific truth.
Rosenkorset – udfoldelse, indramning, gennemboring – i ét. Dette er gåden: Hvem er vi, når vi dør? Hvorfor afvænner moderen barnet fra sit bryst? Hvad kræver det at bære vand?
Igen, igen, igen: At gøre sit – og give slip:
Kærlighed er Loven, kærlighed under vilje
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