The Everyday Fool

Judgement Reversed: The Card of the Epic Fail

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Yesterday, Judgement Reversed showed up when I read the energy of a person around my client. Later that day, the same card appeared in a reading I gave myself, and the next day, it appeared for another person.

The first time it appeared in that set of three appearances, I described Judgement Reversed as 'the epic fail,' meaning the person whose energy I was looking at would probably not be able to fulfill an important promise he had made to my client.  Judgment normally indicates the swift conclusion of a matter: sudden, sweeping success, if our karma is aligned properly (if not, we are called to reconsider our own judgments, opening a way for a total shift in perspective). The past suddenly confronts us so we can come to terms with all of it.  In the context of my own reading, it pointed to facing my own fears of failure, and reminded me that a sense of failure is not the same thing as actual failure, and failing at something doesn't have to bum you out.  Real failure is not learning the lesson the Universe is teaching you.

You can see by the photo I included, that failure, though sometimes devastating, can contain elements of humor.  You can laugh with failure and still take it seriously.  It is a great power, to look at failure and see a learning opportunity, a blessing in disguise.  You can still feel sorrow over the loss; any emotions that come through in response to failure are legitimate and should be honored as the Voice of Truth speaking to us as a barometer of stress level.

If you have any questions about this, or any other article, please comment or email me.  As always, brightest blessings to you.     

Astrology and the Tarot

Part of my ten years of studying the Tarot has been occupied with its relationship to the western zodiac.  There are many symbols throughout the deck that correspond to the astrological signs.  The Wheel of Fortune even reflects the wheel of the zodiac.

The Golden Dawn is one authority to consult for Tarot/Astrology correspondences.  Here, I wish to look at what cards visually contain symbols of the zodiac.  I will refer to the Rider Waite deck, since it is the most traditional deck that I work with.

The Wheel of the Zodiac:
The Fool The number of this card, 0, is reminiscent of the circle of the zodiac; the circles on the Fool's tunic are divided into twelve segments, also like the circle of the zodiac. The Golden Dawn drew a correspondence between this card and the planet Uranus because Uranus is "The eternal traveller (sic), ready for the lesson. Mind open and free, bounding into the unknown" (http://ifdawn.com/esa/fool.htm), and other sources link this card with the sign Aquarius because Uranus is the modern ruler of that sign.

The Wheel of Fortune (10) shows eight spokes instead of the zodiac's twelve, but since 8 and 12 share a factor of 4, the Wheel of Fortune echoes the zodiac's division into four elemental groups.  The four beasts correspond with the four fixed signs of the zodiac.  The World Card (21) also shows the heads of these four beasts and thus shares a correspondence to the zodiac as a whole.














resources:
http://www.astrologyweekly.com/astrology-articles/astrology-tarot.php
http://www.tarot-decks.com/astrological.html
http://www.billheidrick.com/works/tarottbl.htm