A proposal of love is coming…

12 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry

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Six of Swords
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Six of Swords is described as the following:
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.
Divinatory Meanings: journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.
Reversed: Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.
We see a ferryman on the Six of Swords. He is pushing his boat through the water so he might deliver his huddled passengers to their destination. All three of the figures on the card are looking away from us: they are focused on the journey ahead.
This card wants us to consider ideas of moving. If a move is coming up for you, then that is the move you should be thinking of. If, however, you moved in the past but have no plans to move now, then it might be the case that you never truly finished your last move.
Making Homes Our Own
Sometimes, moves are exciting, positive things. You are going from the place you live now to an even better place—a place that you look forward to living in. But this is not always the case. There can come times in our lives when we are pushed to move because of factors outside of our control.
We might have to live in certain homes that are not ideal for us or for where we want to be in our lives. It can be especially difficult to make places like this feel like homes, but there are steps you can take to truly embrace the various homes that you will live in in your lifetime.
If this is the case for you, resist the urge to put off making the new place feel “homey” because you don’t want to be there long anyway. You don’t have to invest massive amounts of time and money to make the place feel like yours, but make sure to add some personal touches that will help you to feel prouder about listing this place among the homes of your lifetime.
Transforming spaces into homes can make a substantial difference in how you feel when you are in them, regardless of how “nice” of a place you are in.
Even if you are excited to live in a new place, you may struggle—or you may have struggled—in finishing everything you wanted to do in the move. Might you have an extra box somewhere that still needs unpacking? What about a certain window you said you would get new curtains for?
If the move is coming up for you, then try making a promise to yourself that you will go into it with the energy you need to power through until the new place is truly a home.
If the move is in your past, take some time today to walk around your space and reflect on what you have put off doing. Then, set an actionable goal for completing these tasks.
This Work Isn’t Beyond Your Strength
We may notice in the description of the Six of Swords card that the cargo on the ferryman’s boat is “light”, so it is clear “that the work is not beyond his strength.” Neither is the work you must do in moving beyond your strength.
Whether you have a move in your future or in your past, you have the abilities and the strength to change homes and make your residence the place you want it to be. Moving is more than just putting things in boxes and then carrying them from one place to the next.
In truth, moving involves taking a good, hard look at the life you have built in one place, and then envisioning how you might transform and evolve it in the next place. Today, image how you might take steps to make all of the spaces in your life into homes

third eye…

11 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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Skinny-Dipping in Vathy
by Barbara Quick

Above the azure inlet of the sea,
the path was steep, carved out between
the thistles, thorns and wind-blown rock.

He left her at the top to find a sheltered place
they wouldn’t be seen descending to the shore.
She waited, fully clothed there,
till, looking down, she saw his gleaming skin
and upturned face above the churning deep,
as if he’d changed from man to seal
and loved this transformation.

She shed her clothes and picked her way
as far down as she could on tender feet—
then took a leap of faith, exchanging rock
for empty air, a rush of cold and bubbles
in her hair. Her toes touched seaweed
as she swam toward her selkie mate.

Two naked, slippery people,
seventy and sixty-five,
feeling so alive and filled with joy,
treading water side by side in the extra-salty,
turquoise blue Aegean Sea, rich in iodine,
with the power to heal
all kinds of wounds.

They tasted salt and kissed,
two shipwrecked sailors
who’d managed to survive.

Barbara Quick, “Skinny-Dipping in Vathy” from The Light on Sifnos. Published by Blue Light Press. © 2021 Barbara Quick.

The man will bear favorable testimony to those ready to accept him…

10 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Page of Wands as the following:
In a scene similar to the former, a young man stands in the act of proclamation. He is unknown but faithful, and his tidings are strange.
Divinatory Meanings: Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. Beside a man, he will bear favourable testimony concerning him. A dangerous rival, if followed by the Page of Cups. Has the chief qualities of his suit. He may signify family intelligence.
Reversed: Anecdotes, announcements, evil news. Also indecision and the instability which accompanies it.
Your card today is the Page of Wands. The Page is a young man dressed in a travelling cloak, traversing a rocky landscape with one large wand that resembles a walking stick. With a feather in his cap, he looks like he has set out for quite a journey.
The name of that journey, today, is bringing you a message.
Let’s think of the Page of Wands as an “unknown” figure who brings tidings to those who are ready to accept them. Might that be you?
The Page of Wands Has a Message for You
Today, you should do your best to stay alert for any incoming messages. The Page of Wands might be “unknown”, but that does not mean that a stranger will be your messenger today. Instead, it may mean that you will be speaking to someone you know, but someone that you did not anticipate would be a messenger.
But don’t fear: the messenger is “faithful”. Your card is upright today, so the message that is coming to you is likely not negative, and the messenger should be sincere and trustworthy.
Active Listening With Your “Messenger” Today
The message may not be immediately obvious to you. The “tidings” of the Page of Wands are known to be “strange”, so you might hear something today that challenges your current way of thinking or seems unexpected. To receive this message, make sure that you are practicing active listening as you go about your day today.
When you are listening actively, you are completely engaged with your messenger. Instead of passively hearing the words as the sounds enter your ears, you are focusing your entire attention on the messenger, so that you might better understand them.
You can try a number of techniques for active listening. First and foremost, take a step back from speaking. Don’t worry that you are abandoning the conversation by being a lazy contributor to it—you can contribute just as much by letting the other person speak freely and letting them know they are being truly heard.
Face the other person and use body language cues to show that you are paying attention. This might mean making eye contact, smiling, or nodding. You shouldn’t have to force this body language, so don’t worry about it feeling or appearing awkward. If you are carefully listening, it is natural to communicate that fact by silently reacting with your body.
At certain times in the conversation, it might be appropriate to ask any questions that you have formulated while listening. You can also make sure you are on the same page by repeating what you have heard back to them but in your own words. Try to keep an open mind during this process so that when it is your time to contribute, you are not challenging the other person but instead trying to understand them better.
Continuing to Listen
Your Page of Wands messenger could be anybody today. The card suggests it could be “a lover, an envoy, a postman”, or maybe someone coming to bring news of your family. So, pay special attention to any romantic or familial relationships in your life today or anyone specifically trying to deliver a message to you. But keep your eyes and mind open in general today, communicating in an intentional way.
You can carry the active listening skills you develop today over to tomorrow, and then to the next day. Keep them with you in your communication toolbox. Who knows how many extra messages you might glean by employing them?

Cups in a rainbow…contentment of the heart…wonder, ecstacy, perfection of human love and friendship…?

09 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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Ten of Cups

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According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Ten of Cups is described as the following:
Appearance of Cups in a rainbow; it is contemplated in wonder and ecstacy by a man and woman below, evidently husband and wife. His right arm is about her; his left is raised upward; she raises her right arm. The two children dancing near them have not observed the prodigy but are happy after their own manner. There is a home-scene beyond.
Divinatory Meanings: Contentment, repose of the entire heart; the perfection of that state; also perfection of human love and friendship; if with several picture-cards, a person who is taking charge of the Querent’s interests; also the town, village or country inhabited by the Querent.
Reversed: Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.
The ten vessels on the Ten of Cups card are displayed in a joyous rainbow that arcs above the heads of a man and a woman. To see the cups in this manner suggests a momentous event is occurring: it suggests that these cups represent something miraculous and perfect.
There are two children beside the couple, ignorant of the cups but happily dancing away. The scene overall is pastoral and familial. It makes us think of “human love” and the relationships we build in our lives, while the perfection of the rainbow asks us how we are achieving “perfection” in love and relationships.
Of course, “perfection” seems like a lofty goal to aim for in our relationships.
Instead of thinking about perfection, let’s remember that a rainbow is formed from both sunshine and water. The state that we are looking to achieve in our relationships is less about perfectly positive things occurring, and more about a mixture of elements coming together to form something precious.
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Ten of Cups is described as the following:
Appearance of Cups in a rainbow; it is contemplated in wonder and ecstacy by a man and woman below, evidently husband and wife. His right arm is about her; his left is raised upward; she raises her right arm. The two children dancing near them have not observed the prodigy but are happy after their own manner. There is a home-scene beyond.

How to Water Your Relationships
Imagine a garden as representing the relationships that are currently present in your life. The hydrangeas might symbolize your aunt, the strawberries your sibling, and the ornamental grasses your parent. Every relationship you have would be represented by a different type of flora because no two relationships are the same.
Say you have a limited amount of space for your garden. Which plants get the sunny spots? Which hide in the shade? Which do you water daily and which, like succulents, are left to fend for themselves without water for most of the week?
You can only fit so many relationships in your garden, and there is only so much sun and water to go around. The relationships that you tend to most often—on a daily basis—are the ones that get the prime spots.
So what happens to the relationships that you leave by the wayside? If they were plants in your garden, they would likely wilt and suffer from the neglect.
But it’s important to note that not all relationships—or plants—require the same things to keep them healthy. You might have a cactus that can go months without water and be just as beautiful and healthy at the end of that period of time as at the beginning.
Some plants start to burn if they get too much sun. Some relationships become strained if one person puts too much pressure on the other.
So how do we learn to care for the people in our lives and the connections we have with them? We start by recognizing that people’s needs vary.
Tending the Garden of Family and Friends
Today, sit down and consider your relationships. Think about familial relationships, romantic connections, and friendships. Ask yourself if you have been taking time to water these relationships recently.
If the answer is no, then go through your mental list and decide what gestures you could make to help tend to these people in your life.
Perhaps you know your mother values quality time, so you will plan a date to cook with her on the weekend. Maybe your nephew gets excited when he is given small gifts that make him feel thought of, so you decide to pick a little something up for him before your next visit.
Make the gestures personalized and as unique as the person receiving them. If you continue to water your relationships frequently in the ways that matter most, then like happy flowers, these relationships can flourish and bloom like the ones we see under the rainbow of the Ten of Cards.

Is it ecstacy? or the evil side of wealth?

08 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry

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Ace of Pentacles Reversed
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Ace of Pentacles is described as the following:
A hand–issuing, as usual, from a cloud–holds up a pentacle.
Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
The reversed Ace of Pentacles brings some potentially bad news about your financial situation. Maybe you’ve recently overspent or made a wrong marketing decision with your business. Today’s card suggests you take a closer look at where you’ve put your money and whether it’s growing or disappearing.
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Ace of Pentacles is described as the following:
A hand–issuing, as usual, from a cloud–holds up a pentacle.
Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
It could be possible that the effects of it haven’t hit you yet, and you’re unaware of what may be going on in the financial department of your life. You’re asked to reevaluate your spending habits, or if you own a business, your marketing strategies, and your investments.
Overspending, failed marketing plans, wrongful investments
Today’s draw brings light to your possible poor financial decisions. Have you consciously or unconsciously been spending past your budget limits? What have you been wasting your hard-earned money on that’s not doing you any good? This card suggests there may be cheaper ways to do things.
If you own or manage a business, the reversed Ace of Pentacles may be speaking of a recent marketing scheme. You may have just put it into place, and it just isn’t doing any good.
Or, perhaps you’re working on, or about to work on, a new marketing and sales plan. In that case, consider holding back a bit. It’s asking you to think every detail of this marketing strategy over carefully before launching it into action.
Another financial issue that this card could be pointing towards is your investments. Have you recently made an investment that you didn’t put much thought into? Things may be about to backfire.
Or, have you been thinking about investing some funds into a relatively new idea? The card is asking you to think long and hard about the potential outcomes of that investment, and if it really is worth it. If it’s not a guaranteed gain for you, it may be best to put your money elsewhere.
How can you fix any damage done to your finances?
Although the reversed Ace of Pentacles speaks of poor financial decisions and money issues, there are still ways to recover and protect yourself from further damage. Keep a close eye on your fund to ensure you don’t lose another cent.
Create a budget—and stick to it!
Creating a budget for your finances is a great way to keep track of your finances. Having a set budget will help you make sure all your money is going where it’s supposed to, and you aren’t overspending on anything unnecessary.
A helpful budget tracker is Mint—it’s a completely free app available for both Android and iOS users.
Upgrade your marketing skills.
Upgrading your marketing skills can do wonders for your sales rates if you own or manage a business. Even if you believe you know everything there is to know, it doesn’t hurt to do a bit of additional research on the latest ways to succeed. Even hopping online and looking at what your competitors got going on can give you great insight.
Remember, there are seven crucial elements in a great marketing plan. Always keep the seven P’s in mind when coming up with a strategy: Product, Pricing, Promotions, Placements, Packaging, Positioning, and People.
Look into your investments.
Take a close look at what you’ve been investing your money into. Are you just barely scraping by, or are you losing money from it? It may be time to reevaluate what you invest in and maybe stop putting money into something that’s not giving you anything back.

Fly…

07 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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Imagine my carrying you across the sea on my wings…
before us, a division of winged angels
securing a path thru the clouds.
Put your finger tips together
and pulse
with that wonderful heart beat
pa-poom pa-poom pa-poom

Your journey is expedient, by water, perhaps a proposal of love…

06 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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Six of Sword
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Six of Swords is described as the following:
A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength.
Divinatory Meanings: journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.
Reversed: Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.
We see a ferryman on the Six of Swords. He is pushing his boat through the water so he might deliver his huddled passengers to their destination. All three of the figures on the card are looking away from us: they are focused on the journey ahead.
This card wants us to consider ideas of moving. If a move is coming up for you, then that is the move you should be thinking of. If, however, you moved in the past but have no plans to move now, then it might be the case that you never truly finished your last move.
Making Homes Our Own
Sometimes, moves are exciting, positive things. You are going from the place you live now to an even better place—a place that you look forward to living in. But this is not always the case. There can come times in our lives when we are pushed to move because of factors outside of our control.
We might have to live in certain homes that are not ideal for us or for where we want to be in our lives. It can be especially difficult to make places like this feel like homes, but there are steps you can take to truly embrace the various homes that you will live in in your lifetime.
If this is the case for you, resist the urge to put off making the new place feel “homey” because you don’t want to be there long anyway. You don’t have to invest massive amounts of time and money to make the place feel like yours, but make sure to add some personal touches that will help you to feel prouder about listing this place among the homes of your lifetime.
Transforming spaces into homes can make a substantial difference in how you feel when you are in them, regardless of how “nice” of a place you are in.
Even if you are excited to live in a new place, you may struggle—or you may have struggled—in finishing everything you wanted to do in the move. Might you have an extra box somewhere that still needs unpacking? What about a certain window you said you would get new curtains for?
If the move is coming up for you, then try making a promise to yourself that you will go into it with the energy you need to power through until the new place is truly a home.
If the move is in your past, take some time today to walk around your space and reflect on what you have put off doing. Then, set an actionable goal for completing these tasks.
This Work Isn’t Beyond Your Strength
We may notice in the description of the Six of Swords card that the cargo on the ferryman’s boat is “light”, so it is clear “that the work is not beyond his strength.” Neither is the work you must do in moving beyond your strength.
Whether you have a move in your future or in your past, you have the abilities and the strength to change homes and make your residence the place you want it to be. Moving is more than just putting things in boxes and then carrying them from one place to the next.
In truth, moving involves taking a good, hard look at the life you have built in one place, and then envisioning how you might transform and evolve it in the next place. Today, image how you might take steps to make all of the spaces in your life into homes.

there are signs of strength, enterprise, effort, commerce,and discovery…

05 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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Three of Wands
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, the Three of Wands is described as the following:
A calm, stately personage, with his back turned, looking from a cliff’s edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the ground, and he leans slightly on one of them.
Divinatory Meanings: He symbolizes established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery; those are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea. The card also signifies able co-operation in business, as if the successful merchant prince were looking from his side towards yours with a view to help you.
Reversed: The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.
The tarot card of the day, the Three of Wands, highlights the work and career section in your life. It’s generally good news regarding all things that are work and relates to your source of income. Whether it’s a great conference call regarding your business or a new higher-paying promotion at your job, things are moving on forward.
The Three of Wands is an excellent omen when it comes to things related to the way you earn your income. It’s cheering you on and letting you know that everything is moving in the right direction and you’re on the right pathway to success.
You may have a conference call with some good news.
A conference call regarding good news about your job or workplace may be coming soon if it hasn’t already happened yet. The Three of Wands acknowledges your integrity and suggests that your boss has noticed it as well and appreciates your excellent work ethic.
During this conference call, you may be offered a position with more authority power and higher pay. Or, you could be put on a team to work on an exciting new project the company you work for has been planning. Whatever it is, you’re moving forward in your work and career life and expanding onto bigger and better things!
If you’re a business owner, the Three of Wands can indicate a conference call in which you receive exciting, positive news about your business and brand. It’s a sign your business is or is about to start growing as you acquire more loyal customers and reach higher sales goals.
The possibility of overseas travel and commerce.
The Three of Wands wants you to explore what’s beyond the horizon and often hints towards traveling, more specifically overseas. Because this card also relates to work and business, your overseas travel could come in the form of a completely paid-for business trip.
Or, you could get offered the option to relocate to an overseas country for a job position that’s recently opened up. Take this as an opportunity to grow as a person and expand your knowledge.
The Three of Wands is about expansion and can sometimes indicate overseas commerce. If so, that could mean that your business has grown to the point where you’re ready to start shipping overseas, which is highly thrilling news if you’re a small-time business owner.
Having a worldwide customer base means more opportunities for making new business partners and customers.
How to give yourself a push in the right direction.
If you haven’t had any news or don’t see any way there could be growth and expansion in your work or business life, don’t worry too much about it. When the time comes for things to begin, you’ll know.
Here are a few ways to get things moving forward.
How to grow and expand your brand as a business owner:

  • Listen to your customers, and show them that you actually are listening.
  • Find more out about new customer market trends and what’s in demand.
  • Cater your services and products to your customers’ needs.
  • Create a marketing plan, and use social media!
  • Go to different events meant for networking, or host your own event to gain attention.
  • Develop a growth strategy plan and set reasonable goals for your business.
  • Treat your existing customers well, and always be sure to offer the best customer service available.

The ace of Pentacles…

04 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

by jeannepoland in Poetry Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

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According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Ace of Pentacles is described as the following:
A hand–issuing, as usual, from a cloud–holds up a pentacle.
Divinatory Meanings: Perfect contentment, felicity, ecstasy; also speedy intelligence; gold.
Reversed: The evil side of wealth, bad intelligence; also great riches. In any case it shews prosperity, comfortable material conditions, but whether these are of advantage to the possessor will depend on whether the card is reversed or not.
The reversed Ace of Pentacles brings some potentially bad news about your financial situation. Maybe you’ve recently overspent or made a wrong marketing decision with your business. Today’s card suggests you take a closer look at where you’ve put your money and whether it’s growing or disappearing.
It could be possible that the effects of it haven’t hit you yet, and you’re unaware of what may be going on in the financial department of your life. You’re asked to reevaluate your spending habits, or if you own a business, your marketing strategies, and your investments.
Overspending, failed marketing plans, wrongful investments
Today’s draw brings light to your possible poor financial decisions. Have you consciously or unconsciously been spending past your budget limits? What have you been wasting your hard-earned money on that’s not doing you any good? This card suggests there may be cheaper ways to do things.
If you own or manage a business, the reversed Ace of Pentacles may be speaking of a recent marketing scheme. You may have just put it into place, and it just isn’t doing any good.
Or, perhaps you’re working on, or about to work on, a new marketing and sales plan. In that case, consider holding back a bit. It’s asking you to think every detail of this marketing strategy over carefully before launching it into action.
Another financial issue that this card could be pointing towards is your investments. Have you recently made an investment that you didn’t put much thought into? Things may be about to backfire.
Or, have you been thinking about investing some funds into a relatively new idea? The card is asking you to think long and hard about the potential outcomes of that investment, and if it really is worth it. If it’s not a guaranteed gain for you, it may be best to put your money elsewhere.

How can you fix any damage done to your finances?
Although the reversed Ace of Pentacles speaks of poor financial decisions and money issues, there are still ways to recover and protect yourself from further damage. Keep a close eye on your fund to ensure you don’t lose another cent.
Create a budget—and stick to it!
Creating a budget for your finances is a great way to keep track of your finances. Having a set budget will help you make sure all your money is going where it’s supposed to, and you aren’t overspending on anything unnecessary.
A helpful budget tracker is Mint—it’s a completely free app available for both Android and iOS users.

Upgrade your marketing skills.
Upgrading your marketing skills can do wonders for your sales rates if you own or manage a business. Even if you believe you know everything there is to know, it doesn’t hurt to do a bit of additional research on the latest ways to succeed. Even hopping online and looking at what your competitors got going on can give you great insight.
Remember, there are seven crucial elements in a great marketing plan. Always keep the seven P’s in mind when coming up with a strategy: Product, Pricing, Promotions, Placements, Packaging, Positioning, and People.
Look into your investments.
Take a close look at what you’ve been investing your money into. Are you just barely scraping by, or are you losing money from it? It may be time to reevaluate what you invest in and maybe stop putting money into something that’s not giving you anything back.

the page of wands promises abundance…

03 Aug 2021 Leave a comment

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According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Nine of Cups as the following:
A goodly personage has feasted to his heart’s content, and abundant refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him, seeming to indicate that the future is also assured. The picture offers the material side only, but there are other aspects.
Divinatory Meanings: Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made.
Reversed: Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc.

The Nine of Cups shows us a very satisfied-looking man. Dapper in his red hat, he sits in front of nine cups with his arms crossed. His facial expression tells us that he is pleased, but his body language also makes it clear that he feels that the amount of liquid or food he just consumed was completely well-founded.
We often think of wine when it comes to cups on tarot cards, but wine represents something greater than an alcoholic beverage. Think of the liquid in the cups that this man consumed as representative of matter that can fuel him. It doesn’t only give him “contentment”, it also enables his “physical bien-être”. If it helps his physical well-being, it is likely that it is not literally wine.
So, what has he consumed? What has brought him this satisfaction?Going Back to the Basics: Food, Water, Shelter
If the man on the Nine of Cups is satisfied and healthy, then it sounds like he has checked all of the boxes of his needs as a human. Consider today if you are doing the same.
For the fortunate of us, daily life is not a struggle to survive. It may have been thousands of years since all we had to worry about was making sure our basic needs were met and that we had food in our bellies, a water source, and a roof over our heads.
Of course, this doesn’t mean we don’t have anything to worry about now. On the contrary—it is human nature to take that worry and transpose it to the next possible thing to worry about.
If we know that we will be able to afford rent this month, are we then taking that stress and applying it to the question of how much we will be able to spend buying presents over the holiday season?
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Nine of Cups as the following:

Reversed: Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc.

If we know we can afford the groceries that are in our shopping cart currently, does this mean we are stressing about if this food is what we are supposed to be eating, or if this food will help us gain or lose weight?
We don’t have to worry about an apex predator making us their lunch, so we are probably anxious about that job interview coming up. The interviewer might as well be a lion seeing us as food for all our nerves about it.
In modern life, these secondary worries can take such precedence that we forget that there are primary ones to concern ourselves with.
Making Sure Your Cups Are Full
Today, carve out some time to sit down and reflect on your current physical well-being. Ask yourself if you are drinking enough water, eating balanced meals of food that nourishes you, getting the sleep that your body needs each night. You shouldn’t need to do much research to reflect on these things. Instead of asking the internet about what the right answers are, try asking your body.
As you go about your week, make mental notes about how you are feeling. Did you enjoy your food today? Did you have three square meals today and an abundance of energy? Did you miss out on your perfect number of sleeping hours, which made the afternoon slump an extra challenge?
According to The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by A.E. Waite, The Nine of Cups as the following:
A goodly personage has feasted to his heart’s content, and abundant refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him, seeming to indicate that the future is also assured. The picture offers the material side only, but there are other aspects.
Divinatory Meanings: Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made.
Reversed: Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfect.

Think of the cups behind the man on the Nine of Cups as vessels with which you can fuel your day. You can do your best to fill them properly, making sure your basic needs are met, or you can neglect them, which will make it hard for you to nourish yourself when you need to the most. Remember his satisfied look. Aim for achieving that feeling this week.

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