The Tarot of Thoth

[Shin'Ar]

As spoken in the final words of the post which began this, the following pieces of the tarot code will reveal to us the true meaning of love.

We have seen how the Goddess has been revealed and has revealed to us our path to ascension. Now watch as we see the choices that are taken for our sake out of love for us.



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X The Wheel

This is the depiction of the ancient struggle between the choosing of direction. Also exemplified in the struggle between the light and dark energies of the choosers. The axel of existence, the Zodiac wheel, turns on the shaft of the Goddess, the divine conduit, ( always depicted as a sword or spear), balanced by the wings of Isis,(the Goddess), and the dual serpents. This is a representation of the famous Caduceus.

The light and Dark choosers battle for control of the spin of the wheel with the Light, ascending, trying to reach the human, (represented here as being more animal nature or more fleshbound), to save it, and the dark, descending, trying to spin the wheel the opposite way to keep the Light from accomplising its goal of saving the humanimal. And note that even the humanimal is rejecting the approach of the Light, symbolizing man's tendency to choose the darkness over the light.

So the Light must battle both human tendency as well as the dark energy.

In the cente,r at the axel, we see the seven serpents of creation representing the Goddess and the six archangels. The wheel itself reveals the three realms of existence.

After ascension, this struggle continues. It is the everlasting struggle of balancing the existence between the polarities.






Xi The Tamer

The humanimal is now tamed and under control. The roar of the beast is quieted and the Goddess passes on her knowledge, revealing the truth of the beast's reality. It listen's and accepts without contest.

The lion also represents Earthly royalty and rule that has been overpowered by the Divine rule. In her grasp and ultimate control, it has no further power than what she allows. She is in full control.

The humanimal is conquered and the system is hers to govern. But the struggle is always there. Balance and control is always required to keep the mouth of the beast closed, and its bite restricted.



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Xll The Martyr

Here we see that the Sage has chosen to sacrifice his acsension and to return through reincarnatiuon to teach mankind truth.

Realizing the ongoing struggle between dark and light as an ongoing struggle of natural existence he chooses to submit himself to that reality.
Like the ivy climbing up the columns of polarity, it is natural to hang down once the top has been achieved. He hangs in submission to the natural ways of existence, following the natural laws of the universe, accepting them as Divine process.

As the ivy fruits and drops seed back down to the earth to be reborn, so also does the Ascended One return his physical matter to the earth. The matter is represented as the coins of material aspect.

Traveling through the gate, his feet are toward the heavens, but his hands are sowing essense back to the earth. Although his travel has been skyward, he continues to cling to the gate. His legs are crossed, making the Tree of Life symbolizing the path to ascension, and his hands form the triangle, symbolizing the female chalice of birth and rebirth.


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Xlll The Reaper

This is the card of the cycle of life and death, reincarnation, which is referred to by Thoth as the 'cycle of darkness' which we must escape.

In the ground we see the kings of the earth, Mithraic, Egyptian, and Asian, having returned to the dust, their spirits gone, and the Reaper seems to be searching through the rubble of corpses for their new identities/ souls.

The skeleton being has no identity, being without its flesh, and farms the earth for its next identity. This is the transition between incarnations.

The rainbow signifies reincarnation, beginning at the Earth rising into the heavens, and returning once again to the earth, carrying with it all the spectrum of creation. Seven rays, Seven Angels, and seven chakras.


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XlV The Ascended Master

This is the Ascended One, having returned to the Earth as reincarnated flesh, for the purpose of teaching humanity the practice of transmutation and its role in ascension. Alchemy.

The flame above the head suggests his connection to the Infinite Spirit, and that he is an ascended being, or being from a 'higher dimension'. The sun above, and the wings on his feet reveal that even though this is an ascended being, it chooses to remain on earth.

The winged feet also indicate its role as a messneger of the Gods.
He/she faces toward the left indicating that its direction walks toward the light and the left hand path.

The robe thrown over the flesh signifies that, although once ascended, and having become spirit, it is now once again of the flesh, and that flesh once again needs to be subdued and kept under control.

This is the Goddess pointing her wings to the left hand path, showing us the way, not just to ascension, but also revealing the truth of reincarnation, and how to overcome it.




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XV The Darkness

This is the antithesis of the returned Ascended Master. It wears the flame of the Spirit above its head indicating that it is from 'higher dimension'. But it holds in its right hand the hampering symbol of the Spirit, (the cicrle entrapped by the arms of the Tree of Life), in opposition to the usual perpendicular style with the spirit/circle at the hilt and head of the Caduceus shaft.

The serpent sticks out from its stomach indicating the Kundalini has not risen and is instead represented as a male erection indicating the attachment to the lusts of the flesh.

It holds the torch as though to lead the way, but its direction is not toward the Spirit, but toward the flesh. This is the 'fallen angel' from higher dimension having deliberately chosen to evade ascension into spirit, and instead choosing to remain behind and enjoy the things of the flesh and matter. But it does not remain in the cycle of darkness for the benefit of humanity. It remains here for its own gratification. Like the humanimals that sit at its feet in adoration and enslavement, it seeks after the flesh and willingly succumbs to the darkness of the cycle of reincarnation. The humans are living as though they are animals, unwilling to embrace their true divine nature, and enslaved by the control and deceptions of the Beast.

The creature is both female and male, with breasts and penis, indicating its androgynous nature. As flesh we are all both female and male. It is only in spirit that we are free from gender.

He/she/it rules over the temple that was once innocent worship of Spirit, and has now become a place of ruined darkness adoring the flesh.

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So now we are brought to the understanding that there is a choice to be made between ascending into the things of the spirit, and remaining in the cycle of darkness.

And as well we see the difference between those who would ascend and those who would remain. That difference is revealed in service to others. True love is revealed here in the choice of the Ascended One to return to the cycle of darkness, not for gratification, but to be able to better assist us in escaping what they could have escaped and left behind. Their sacrifice for us out of nothing more than concern for our welfare is the definition of both true love, and the love that the Creator feels toward that which it has created.

And we see that there is a darkness which deliberately chooses to forego the experience of the light and spiritual being, to instead relish and engorge on the lusts the flesh has to offer. And this darkness strives to lure us into making the same decision so it will have something else to assist it in enjoying this pleasure of the flesh.

In the final few cards we will discover the true nature of those choices.

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XVl The Tower

The crumbling tower shows as the fragility of the human, regardless of stature, and its vulnerability to the true powers of the universe.
Both rulers and subjects alike try to build themselves into higher places, try to imitate beings of light, but all of their false efforts and pompous attitudes are at the mercy of the true ruling powers of nature, and comes crashing down.

Humans cannot ascend by the process of the flesh or authority. It is a natural process, not of earthly origins, but of a powerful force of nature.
The darkness of man is his entrapment in their physical vulnerabilities of matter.







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XVll The Light

The opposite of the human seeking power through the flesh, this one has no need for crowns or glory. This one accepts their nakedness knowing the danger of the flesh, as well as its potential, and being in harmony with its natural progression toward ascension, as it practices the alchemical art of transmutation. This is the Ascended One returning fully prepared, and knowing how to balance the struggle between flesh and spirit. This One exists in the balance of "As above, so below", the balancing process of polarity, and understands its duality in confidence of the universal power that unites it to the One.

Seven archangels surround the eight pointed star, all representations of the Goddess of Creation, and in their midst the polarities reside in perfect harmony where they originated. This is telling us that perfect harmony can only be found where one returns to the Source, discovering its true origin. Until then all existence is a struggle to balance the polarities.

The butterfly represents transmutation, which is sipping from the nectar of the three circles of existence which sustain it.













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XVlll The Imposition

The teachings and wisdom of the Goddess are veiled and revealed in Mystery, as symbolized by the veiled moon.

What they reveal is that there is both dark and light, and both can be found blended into each, symbolized by the dark dog in the light tower and vice versa. The sitting dogs signify obedient students learning their lessons by observing each other.

Behind the dark one we see the Tower and pyramid of Card XVl reminding us that the darkness sits before the coming ruination. The lesson can be learned the hard way.

The Goddess does not reveal 'which is which' deliberately, because there is always the blending that requires balance. It is the need for balance that is being revealed, and the need to learn this.

The poison of the scorpion afflicts both paths and is revealed only by the light of the Goddess above, the moon, otherwise the students would never even know it was there.

Even though we may walk the left hand path, and even understand it, there is still the option to turn and walk back toward the darkness, even though we may know better.

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XlX The Marriage

Here we see the Infinite Spirit and the Goddess, the polarities, male and female, united in harmony on the circle of existence.

They began as separation, and reunite as One, the perfect circle. Which is represented in the Circle of existence above them showing the radius dimension and the mathematical symbol for PIE. Which just so happens to also be the wand and scepter we so often see portrayed in the hands of the adepts.

Again we see the "As above so below" harmony represented by the Zodiac circle above them, and the Sacred Space Circle beneath them, which they stand within.

In this Sacred Circle the two are wed, as are all fields of consciousness, creating the Sacred Eye.












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XX The Calling

The angel of the Infinite Spirit calls forth humanity, not as individual fragments, but as a whole, as a species in harmony, having transcended the flesh and the darkness of reincarnation, lifted on the wings of the Goddess from their trap, represented by the coffin of death of the body, which also represents matter.

This is the ark of the covenant which contains the truth of ascension. The literal gateway to ascension via the wings of the Goddess. Rising from the darkness as one family, humanity.

The trinity rises from the grave. Creator, consciousness and creation. Source, Goddess and All.










XXl Shin'Ar

SURPRISED?

Yes, I call this card Shin'Ar. The name means Lord of the Powers.

This card reveals that the Goddess is "Lord of the Powers", Shin'Ar.

From the footsteps of the Survivor down the left hand path, we discover that we have always been the Goddess herself, now realizing our true identity.

This is the Shin Card. Two plus one equals three realms of existence.
The wheel of existence reveals that all of the worldly kings and royalty revolve around the true center of power, which is the Infinite Spirit seen here as the winged Lingham, the male and female aspects of duality.

The Goddess turns the serpent into harmony and coronates it with the crown of Shin. The Goddess controls and creates harmony like music. Without her there is none.

She makes the song that creates the existence that surrounds the Infinite Spirit. She plays the three realms of existence like song.

The harp indicates that All is the work of her creation, the pharaoh kings and even existence itself.

She is the means by which the Infinite Spirit experiences the All. Just as our own voice expresses our thoughts, she becomes the Voice/Word/Thought of God. She is the essence of All that exists, the very functioning thought of the Source; its Consciousness. The fire proceeding from the fire, the thought proceeding from the thought; the One Consciousness manifest as the All.

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Lord Thoth had administered to the Goddess Isis and we all know the Egyptian Legends.

The Tarot is ripe with this symbolism, and the Goddess and what she symbolizes to confused mankind is what Thoth wanted to protect when this system was devised. Thoth was one of the Ancient Consciousnesses having incarnated and sacrificed his own ascendance to return to the cycle of darkness for one purpose. To bring this knowledge to us.

And as I finish this act of love for you, so that you all may understand that which I have come to understand i am now confronted with the sign that I have been waiting for that would seal this effort. And this very minute have I just received it.

My wife has just informed me that the young father of our step grand daughter has been reported missing in a boating accident and he is feared lost. On this note I finish my effort here and leave you with this act of love, and whatever sign or message that this also leaves you with.

Please pray for my young friend.