Velkommen til afsnit 35 af serien Årsrejse i Tarottens talkort. De foregående tekster kan findes under hovedsiden Tarot.
Gør hvad du vil skal være Lovens helhed
1. marts – 10. marts
Dette er Fiskenes lykkelige midte, Bjerg-Faderens fryd ved Bægrets gyldne bundfald, lige før alting dør. Kortets navn er Glæde // Happiness. Dets formel lyder: Vand + Jupiter i Fiskene + 9. sfære.
Her hældes alting ud – og lukkes ind:
Et fundament, der altid flyder; husk blot, hvad vi har hørt om Grusomhed, Vinding og Styrke, og fat det så igen:
These cards are attributed to Yesod. After the double excursion into misfortune, the current returns to the middle pillar. This Sephira is the seat of the great crystallization of Energy. But it takes place very far down the Tree, at the apex of the third descend ing triangle, and a flat triangle at that. There is little help from low, unbalanced spheres like Netzach and Hod. What saves Yesod is the direct ray from Tiphareth; this Sephira is in the direct line of succession. Each of these cards gives the full impact of the elemental force, but in its most material sense; that is, of the idea of the force, for Yesod is still in Yetzirah, the formative world. Zoroaster says:
“The number Nine is sacred, and attains the summit of perfection.” Egypt and Rome, also, had Nine Major Deities.
Forklaringernes tid er længst forbi. Nu viser vi blot brikker frem: Et 9-tal er det eneste, der trænges for at kravle ind.
Bølgende lykke
I hektisk fart; se Vandet fosser frit; skriften på væggen er til dig fra dét, hvis længsel er at blive ét og alting mellem venner:
The Nine of Cups is called Happiness. This is a peculiarly good card, because happiness, as the word implies, is so much a matter of luck: the card is ruled by Jupiter, and Jupiter is Fortune.
In all these watery cards, there is a certain element of illusion; they begin by Love, and love is the greatest and most deadly of the illusions. The sign of Pisces is the refinement, the fading away of this instinct, which, begun with dreadful hunger and carried on with passion, has now become “a dream within a dream”.
The card is ruled by Jupiter. Jupiter in Pisces is indeed good fortune, but only in the sense of complete satiety. The fullest satisfaction is merely the matrix of a further putrefaction; there is no such thing as absolute rest. A cottage in the country with the roses all around it? No, there is nothing permanent in this; there is no rest from the Universe. Change guarantees stability. Stability guarantees change.
Dette er er grunden under os; strømmende væske, blussende lyst, forrådnende lykke, salig er ene dén, som glemmer alt om sejr – og flimrer mættet i sit blændværk.
Nirvana, but with action
Læs flittigt i den fjerde bog:
Into the Magick Fire all things are cast. It symbolizes the final burning up of all things in Shivardarshana. It is the absolute destruction alike of the Magician and the Universe.
The Thurible stands upon a small altar. “My altar is of open brass-work; burn thereon in silver or gold.” This altar stands in the East, as if to symbolize the identity of Hope and Annihilation. This brass contains the metals of Jupiter and Venus fused in a homogeneous alloy. This is then symbolical of divine love, and it is “open brass work” because this love is not limited in direction or extent; it is not particularzsed, it is universal.
Fuldgyldig velsignelse
Længere inde i The Book of Thoth læser vi denne uddybning:
The Number Nine, Yesod, in the suit of Water, restores the stability lost by the excursions of Netzach and Hod from the Middle Pillar. It is also the number of the Moon, thus strengthening the idea of Water.
In this card is the pageant of the culmination and perfection of the original force of Water.
The Ruler is Jupiter in Pisces. This influence is more than sympathetic; it is a definite benediction, for Jupiter is the planet of Chesed which represents Water in its highest material manifestation, and Pisces brings out the placid qualities of Water.
In the symbol are nine cups perfectly arranged in a square; all are filled and overflowing with Water. It is the most complete and most beneficient aspect of the force of Water.
The Geomantic Figure Laetitia ~ is ruled by Jupiter in Pisces. For its meaning consult the “Handbook of Geomancy” (Equinox Vol I, No.2). Laetitia, Joy, gladness, is one of the best and most powerful of the sixteen figures; for the Solar, Lunar, and Mercurial symbols are, at the best, ambiguous and treacherously ambivalent; those of Venus portend rather relief than positive beneficence; Saturn and Mars are seen at their worst; and even the stable- companion of Laetitia, Acquisitio, has its unpleasant aspects, and even its dangers. But the consonance of Laetitia with this card amounts to little less than an identity; the wine is poured by Ganymede himself, unstinted vintage of true nectar of the Gods, brimful and running over, an ordered banquet of delight, True Wisdom self-fulfilled in Perfect Happiness.
Én ting ad gangen:
1) Lykkeligt tilbage i midtersøjlen, hvor Månen bor, og Vandet dermed er roligt hjemmevant.
2) Her har vi dét, vi altid søgte: Følelseslivets frie fuldbyrdelse i den utvungne samklang mellem udøsning og indtagelse. At skænke op, at skåle og at drikke. Hvad er vel forskellen for den, der kender til andet og mere end sig selv?
3) Jupiter i Fiskene: Her holder Bjergets muntre Fader i sandelig af at være. Sagligt astrologisk udtrykt: Jupiter er Fiskenes klassiske hersker og befinder sig i denne dekan dermed i midten af sit eget tegn. En stærkere placering kan en planet ikke have – og det samme gælder en Gud (indsæt selv humørikon efter eget valg).
Ydermere: Vi erindrer, at Jupiter og hans datter Venus kaldes de to benefici, altså de to velgørerende eller velsignende himmelmagter – modsat Saturn og Mars, der for en umiddelbar (altså: uindviet) betragtning fremtræder som malefici, altså skadevoldende eller forbandende.
4) Nådens planet: Også dette er afgørende; Jupiter er Cheseds hersker – stedet, hvor frifindelsen kan forkyndes i vores Verden. Dér har vi Jupiters egentlige hverv: Ikke at svulme for at nyde egen navle, men blot at sætte bundne sjæle fri, fordi foreningens mirakel fordrer, at alle bliver glade. Denne vished er Fiskenes hjerte og hidfører alene ængstelsens ophør.
5) Symmetrisk opstilling: Ikke just nogen overraskelse. Selvfølgelig er alting smukt i dette billede. Sødmen er atter nær.
6) Den geomantiske figur Laetitia: Enhver kan selv besigtige den førhen nævnte Handbook of Geomancy // Liber Gaias, hvis der ønskes yderligere opklaring. Vi fastholder bare lige det skrevne – og lader så, som altid, gåden stå til egen granskning:
Vinen udskænkes af Ganimedes selv!
Hvad menes der med det? Her får vi lidt af fortællingen: Ganimedes var ifølge aldeles tilregnelig overlevering den skønneste yngling af dem alle. Da Zeus fik øje på ham, mærkede i sjæl og kød, at dette smukke væsen, så snart som muligt, måtte hjemføres til lyse Guders bolig og tjene dér som noget andet end et menneske. Og sådan gik det: Drengen blev draget til Olympen. Med vold eller som frikøbt? Who f*cking cares. Nu lever Bægerets Barn bestandigt for sin rolle som én af de kaldede, der villigt skænker kraftens nektar op og kender til den sære, tunge fryd at elskes og besiddes af – en Gud.
Var der mon mere, som vi gerne ville vide?
Sandheden er ganske gratis:
So turn up the music
Pour out the wine
Stop at the surface
The surface is fine
We don’t need to go
any deeper
Kærlighed er Loven, kærlighed under vilje
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