Tarot Counselor by Susan Ae |
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Tarot Readers who are seriously assisting their Querents
in seeking life knowledge
discover that this work is
so much more than intuitive interpretation of
spreads. In truth, they
are counselors of the highest order
not unlike priests or psychologists. With first time
Querents,
I have often found it necessary to teach how the
Tarot works, and by what laws it is
governed.
The Querent must have understanding of the principles
that underlie the reality of
the Tarot if they are to
gain the most benefit from a reading. These principles are:
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
POWER IS CHOICE
CHOICE IS CONSEQUENCE
CONSEQUENCE IS MANIFESTATION
Above knowledge is wisdom and above
this is the Cosmic Force,
which by any other name is
still God; the Divine, the Eternal, the Universe, the
Infinite, the One. Tarot is a voice of this wisdom and truth, a
language for both. Creation of consequence requires
knowledge to the nature of Law, and the cause
and effect of choices. There are two elements within the events of our
lives:
A.) Chance or circumstances beyond our control, and
B.) Choices both direct and indirect within our control.
On the matter of choices within our control, the
power we may obtain through
the seeking of wisdom and
the acquisition of knowledge is limitless. As
there
is no such thing as being too wise, or being
foolish to seek wisdom, but knowledge
without power is
pointless. Pointless, like a vast library inaccessible
and hidden to
the Seeker. Knowledge that does not act
is therein useless.
Power is the use of knowledge
in making choices. It is ability, it is
seeing
effect at the point of cause. It is working from the
premise of insight rather than
hindsight. With insight
I have pre-knowledge and I will make my decisions
according to it. In hindsight, I made these decisions and
now I must learn from the consequences. "Those who
forget the past are doomed to repeat it". Power is also
the mastery
of memory, never forgetting the lessons
of hindsight for these are the stairs of
Ascension,
or the evolvement of the conscious intellect. Seeking
knowledge for insight is
the better course of wisdom, such
as in a Tarot reading.
But, can we trust the Spirit
of Tarot? Yes! With absolute certainty because
the
voice of Tarot is the word of Time itself, a non-
discriminatory reality on the ethereal
plane, who IS the Past,
the Present and the Future. It is triune in nature as
the Cosmic, the
Collective Unconscious, and the
Individual Subconsciousness, it speaks only the
truth
because it is not, and cannot be corrupted. It is
governed by the Universal Law best
understood through the
Trump Justice, which in its greatest interpretation is
for the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth. Justice represents perfect balance, eyes-open judgments and the altar of the Divine. It is
like the sun, always shining beyond the
clouds, we may
or may not see depending on our intuition and
intrepretation but abiding
nonetheless. Tarot is the Counselor,
the Friend, the Ally, the One who Loves, who
Teaches,
who would never give a stone when asked for bread.
Tarot will give answer to
all sincere questions such as
to anyone who would ask with a open heart and mind
and in
an abiding confidence expect answer.
When I
shuffle the deck, this represents chance, and in this
seemingly random
movement of cards the synchronicity of
chance and choice is made real.
The future is fluid,
it is created moment by moment, effects of earlier
causes
are in play, new causes are being born with new
effects coming. The Tarot shows
what was, what is and
what will be according to their specific question, but
it is the will
of choice, the power that lies within
the hands of the Querent that manifests the "to be
or
not to be" factual outcomes of their future.
There is consequence to everything we do, and everything
we don't do (both
are choices). The Querent should
come away from a reading with the realization that
it
is they who are the masters of their own destiny.
They can change or not change it
according to their
own free will.
Susan Ae is a Tarot Reader and
a student of the Occult.
She is also a current
member of B.O.T.A.
(Builders of the Adytum).
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