The seed of a new venture - perhaps as yet unseen. An opportunity to be met with boldness, vigor, and enthusiasm. The herald of birth, invention, or entrepreneurship. An innate and primal force released. May suggest a surge of vitality, creativity, or fertility that can set things in motion.

[wilhelm_scream]*aaWAAaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaagowwwgha!*[/wilhelm_scream]

The anticipation's killing me here.

CJ

Memo from the Universe:

It's you, dude. Stop it.

That is all.

CJ

Sometimes called Force.

The beginning of an unstoppable movement. Things changing to the good. Success guaranteed, as the card cuts through all obstacles. There are battles to be fought, but with courage and intellect, nothing can stand in the way for long. Reversed, things are going to be rougher, harder, and tougher than expected, but the outcome is inevitable. There will be mental stress and anxiety, because as they say, war is hell. Do not rule out things like injustice, wanton abuses of power, misunderstandings, and malice standing in the way.

Oh, and by the way, I have a job interview at 3 today...just talked to someone I hope is my boss to be. Wish me all manner of luck, as I do not own a tie.

CJ

PS: I also note two aces, one after another. Sometimes interpreted as a new partnership. Maybe a new home, or a love affair. I'll take the new home, please.

Mmm. I seem to be on a reversed card bender. Interesting, to say the least.

Conventional Tarot wisdom would tell me that a reversed ace of cups would mean all manner of things, such as the recently planted seed of a destructive relationship or a spiritual collapse. A missed opportunity for joy, contentment, fertility, or enlightenmnet. Failing to understand the emotional needs of those around me. Bitterness, exhaustion, despair, the loss of faith in love and disenchantment with a relationship. It could be a love affair coming to an end. Emotional stress and/or unreal expectations of love. Contrary wise, it could ALSO mean an unexpected message, a chance meeting, or the start of a friendship or romance.

Well, let me tell you this. When I got home tonight, and peeked at my email, there was an unexpected message alright. A job that I'd applied to almost a month ago and heard nothing more of, emailed me and wants to set up an appointment.

I'm so there.

Wish me luck.

CJ

Ace of Swords: In the realm of events, the card signifies triumphant power. Whether for good or ill. For the life of the mind it represents the active, passionate impulses. It declares the dominance of the will and zealous, even fanatical, political or religious convictions. It is the sword of righteousness.

The Ace of Cups.

Traditonal interpretations tend to go along these lines:

The Ace of Cups shows is a symbol of possibility in the area of deep feelings, intimacy, attunement, compassion and love. In readings, it shows that a seed of emotional awareness has been planted in your life although you may not yet recognize it. When the seed sprouts, it could take almost any form. It might be an attraction, strong feeling, intuitive knowing, or sympathetic reaction. On the outside, it could be an offer, gift, opportunity, encounter or synchronistic event.

To my eye...this love is not necessarily romantic love, you know? Love comes in many forms, and I have my mate of choice here by my side. This is love, but love that has not yet had a chance to sprout, blossom, and flower.

Can it be too much to hope that THIS love is a more universal thing, a love of service to my community, even if that community doesn't think it needs it yet? Doesn't even think about it, yet, and doesn't want to think about the inevitable? I wonder, and I hope, and I wonder more.

I confess, I have a great need and calling to serve my community...but already, some folks have really seriously questioned my choice of vocation-to-be. Why do it? It's grim, it's gross, it's unnecessary. Wrong, I think. Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong again. If I cannot embrace the babes in welcome, and kiss the departed goodbye, it seems I deny a very large part of the cycle we call life and death.

CJ

CJ

Again with the Ace of Swords reversed.

Obviously, I'm not getting the entire clue-by-four. Yes, I understand that this is entirely my own issue, but right now, I really don't know what to do with it, about it, or to correct it.

I feel like I'm in the middle of some vast, unexplained...I don't know...conspiracy or something. I mean. Really. All these swords. Cloaks and daggers. Mistaken identities. Potentially dangerous information.

The card, of course, was the Ace of Swords reversed, which oh so melodramatically can indicate such fun things as:
- The seed of defeat...perhaps as yet unseen.
- A challenge met with the invocation of force, leading to disastrous results.
- Reason and intelligence misdirected or cast aside, resulting in injustice and falsehood.
- An excessive power abused.
- May suggest new ideas or information with dangerous implications.

Woo. I feel like I'm in something like the Bourne identity.

CJ