In Part 1, you were introduced to the Tarot’s Major Arcana as a map for the spiral dance of your Soul’s quest for evolution and enlightenment. You traveled from The Fool through The Wheel of Fortune and, dizzy and disoriented, you now find yourself standing in front of …
Justice (XI). A blindfolded woman who holds a sword and scales. She explains that the next stage of your journey will seem more intense and challenging because you are learning about the Law of Karma, the balancing action of cause and effect. When she points her sword at your foot, something grabs your ankle and — whoosh! — you become …
The Hanged Man (XII). Oddly, you find that hanging upside down can be very restful, and are content to watch the world go by and enjoy how different things look from this position. Then you realize that you have been slowly lowering into the earth, and it’s too late to stop the ground from surrounding you and beginning to squeeze, and squeeze, until you finally slide free, reborn, and land at the feet of a skeleton in knight’s armor, who says that he is …
Death (XIII). He has come to help you “get down to the bones,” to reveal the essential, innermost structures that give form and meaning to your life, and then he whips out his sword and, in a blur of action, cuts away parts of your life that hold you back. Feeling lighter, freer, you continue along your path until you meet the Archangel of transformation, who sweeps you into a process of …
Temperance (XIV).Relieved of outer burdens, you are ready to be remade. In an experience as demanding and uncomfortable as the intense heat and pounding used to temper steel, you are purified of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual “toxins,” charged with spiritual energy, and then sent on to meet …
The Devil (XV). You are in an inferno of torment, pitying the poor man and woman chained to the Devil’s pedestal, until you understand that you, too, are emotionally chained to parts of your past. Then you remember The Lovers’ lesson, that you can choose your path. Noticing that everyone’s chains are loose, you lift yours off and quietly escape into a dank, dark …
Tower (XVI). Feeling trapped, you realize that you’re still locked within beliefs and choices that no longer serve you. You race down narrow stone stairs, escaping just as bolt of lightning is unleashed from the forces raised by your transformation, reducing The Tower of your past to rubble, and freeing you to become …
The Star (XVII).You are pure, tingling energy, illuminated by the awareness that you are connected with everything in the Universe. There are no longer any outer obstacles between you and full realization and enlightenment, but, as you turn to explore the path further, you find yourself facing the still, dark pool and Karmic Pillars of …
The Moon (XVIII).You are nervous about the eerie surroundings until you see a sunny hill in the distance. As you study the dark pool, the water ripples and faces emerge from your subconscious. They are your faces, parts of you left behind long ago. These “yous” offer to become one with you again, to carry you across the pool, past the Karmic Pillars, and down the path. You accept, and quickly find yourself on a green hill, standing in …
The Sun (XIX).You have become pure radiance, warmed by the Sun and lit from within by the power of your inner Masculine and Feminine essences, and the “lost” parts of yourself, which have been brought together into wholeness. Only the final stage remains, that of …
Resurrection or Judgment (XX). Now you encounter your Eternal Self, your Soul, and your past, present, and future lives in a process of awakening that makes you realize that you are no longer one with all that is, you are all that is! You are …
The Universe (XI). a seamless and integral part of the Consciousness and Being that fill and encompass the ever-expanding sacred reality of life. You dance naked and ecstatic in front of the sacred hoop that forms the entrance to the next level of exploration.
And when you’re ready, you step through the hoop into the next level of the journey, where you begin — again — as The Fool (0).
