Tarot: A Crone's View - Insights & Instruction By Georgelle
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The
Means of Knowing the Existence of Primordial Wisdom
Path
of Intelligence of Will
Prophet of the Eternal
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Virgo
The Hermit symbolizes introspection,
shining the light of consciousness into the deepest aspects of one’s self;
knowing self, healing self, and then helping others to do the same.
One of the mystical titles given to the Hermit is “Sexual Love.”
This is a strange correlation for a hermit – “A person who
has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.”
But this is the sexual love of microcosm and macrocosm, of spirit and
matter, the Holy Marriage that sages and seekers throughout time have gone alone
into the desert to consummate (hermit, from Greek eremia=desert,
from eremis=solitary). The
Sexual Love of The Hermit card illustrates the fruitfulness of introspection,
the fecundation that results when you unite with Spirit and let it move freely
through you. This is a marriage
that you seal by tallying the dowry of talents and tendencies you bring to it,
and by aligning them with Purpose, the offspring of your joining with Spirit in
every aspect of your life. This Purpose acts as a guiding light for you and for
all with whom you come in contact.
Virgo is the part of the zodiac assigned to The Hermit.
Virgo is associated with the traits of analysis and practicality, two
characteristics that easily turn into their shadows: criticism and
stinginess. Serve or Suffer is
an old astrological admonition for Virgo. When
critiquing is rampant, serve:
find the way to cure what you’re criticizing; and remember, nothing and
no one is perfect. Serve
your Purpose: support it with what is saved by frugal spending.
Otherwise, body and mind shrivel into tightness and suffer.
Virgo tends to turn ill will into health problems.
When The Hermit faces you, the message is: shine the light of your
mind into the deepest recesses of your soul and psyche, recognize your talents
and purpose and align yourself with them. Examine
the tendencies that block your action, analyze the ways of redirecting them.
Acknowledge your connection to the Electrons and Molecules within and all
around you. Ask yourself: If
you were poised on the brink of entering life, what would you decide you want to
do with your existence?
The silent place in the
heart cave murmurs assent.
How does one end part one and start part two
in the midst of a crisis?
Alone.
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd Edition 1992
Q
& A from Dear Writer in the Window - the Wit & Wisdom of a Sidewalk
Sage, Penguin Books 1992, iUniverse 2002
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