Tarot Lesson 7
by Celeste
Hi All, I have just finished this lesson and i`m quite pleased with myself, because i have been studying hard and i`m back on track, so to speak! I found the pentacles reasonably understandable, and as i was studying the suit, i felt as though physical and material possessions is only part of this suit, and that the connection with the element of earth, tells us to be mindful of our own physical well being, aswell as our material well being
(I`m not sure if i`m making much sense here!) The cards that struck me most were, the 10 of pentacles, really because it indicates to me family wealth, in the deck i`m using * The Ancient Egyptian Tarot, the 10 shows a family gathering, generations coming to gether to celebrate the wealth that as accumulated over the ages, i see it as financial and/or spiritual wealth, the coming together of a loving and traditional family and receiving an inheritance of great value, which could be sentimental as well as material gain
The 5 of pentacles is absolutely the reversed! In most decks that i`ve seen, this card is represented against a backdrop of a barren land and/or improvished, desperate and sad looking people! My deck is no different! It shows a barren desert (somewhere in egypt!) and a young man sits head bowed, too proccupied to notice in the background a group of wild dogs circling and worrying a tethered cow! five empty clay dishes surround him
The scene speaks for itself, and does so brillantly in my view, utter despair and anxiety a loss of income and/or status and a feeling of lonliness, i think it could also be saying the person has lost faith in themselves, because they cannot see a way out of their difficulties, and may just want to give up
The positive side (if there is one!), to this card may be to take stock and review the circumstances which led to this situation there may be a way out, provided a new attitude is adopted, perhaps, a fresh start on an inner level is needed first, to enable the person to get back on track? If this is done things may begin to get better? Maybe i`m not on the right tracks myself with my own insights to this suit! But i do feel they do in some way represent our own inner feelings of self worth as well as the material and financial aspects they also represent
I see it as a suit of hard work and commitment and working steadily toward what ever goal you wish to achieve
*The Ancient Egyptian Tarot,
by Clive Barrett,
HarperCollins 2002,
ISBN 0-00-713321 (deck)
ISBN 0-85030-968-9 (book)
Edited for bad spelling mistakes!!
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