12/05/2026
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A: SIX of SWORDS
The king rules the chess game, which is T one of the many games of life. The alchemical kettle, unseen force of fate, boils away beneath it. What is seen as powerful and rational may be an illusion. The player of life, the seeker, needs to adjust to transition. Nothing in their life is permanent. Fortitude, energy, power and patience are necessary to accept and work with the moves that make up their successes and failures. They need to be able to give all to adjusting to change. The power of the rational, conscious intellect is essential. A situation is yet unresolved. The brew is steaming, the fire is on, and the transformation lies ahead. The seeker needs to look more deeply at the opportunities now offered. Life is the game of chess. One makes moves, celebrates a temporary success, and then suddenly finds that the move is met by a countermove which, in a flash, topples the king and ends the game in failure-checkmate. Yet life is a series of games, some quickly played, others slowly moving towards conclusion. It is always the same: the moment of winning or losing is passing even as it is manifesting. Yet the loss of the game brings great stress, and difficulty adjusting to change. This is a time to carefully adapt.
IN A READING
It is transition time. One phase ends and opens to something new. It is time to evaluate when to finalize a contract, make a journey, purchase a new home, begin a new career. Take care to avoid disappointment.
B: THE OUROBOROS The Wheel of Fortune
THE OUROBOROS, the Wheel of All Being, represents the eternal nature of being, unending and everlasting, with the flow of one cycle ending and opening to the beginning of another. On the card, the emerald-green serpent, the Ouroboros, swallows her extremity and thus there appears no end in her cyclic nature, vibrant green like life. The Ouroboros image first appeared in one of the Ancient Egyptian funerary texts in the tomb of the Ancient Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. As the ancient sun deity Ra joins with the god of the Duat, Osiris, there is the image of two serpents holding their tails in their mouths as they coil about a huge figure of a deity proposed to be the joined image of Ra-Osiris (Ra, the sun god associated with daily waking life, and Osiris, the Lord of the Afterlife). Thus, the realm of the living and that of those passed over to the eternal afterlife, the Duat, is depicted in the iconography of the Ouroboros. Symbolically, this represents the eternal, demonstrating that life flows into the afterlife, that all is but one continuum. Centuries later, alchemists viewed the Ouroboros as a symbol of the world soul, eternal and everlasting. For the Alchemist, all is one and one is eternal. The symbol continues to represent the undying nature of all being. Nothing ever really dies and nothing is truly born, all rising from the great depths of being, from the eternal womb. It demonstrates the stability of eternity in the ever-shifting tides of physical transience. Fates rise and fall, fortunes are made and lost, love is born and dies. Life is a passage through ever-flowing waters. In waking physical reality, nothing is permanent, yet in face of the Ouroboros one can stay grounded and hopeful in that which remains beyond the physical, that which from antiquity has been viewed as everlasting and eternal.
On the dream card, the Ouroboros' mouth touches upon one of the points of the triskele, symbol for the trinity of time, the illusionary past, present and future as seen in the waking physical realm. The Ouroboros can warn one of destructive cycles of one's own making, the products of ignorance and deceit. The Ouroboros advises us to pay attention to the larger picture at hand and not get lost in the details. It points us to remember the eternal nature of all being, to see beyond the waking reality dimension of passing. What appears to end, what seems to die must be seen in light of the Ouroboros, who demonstrates the truth of eternity. Change must be seen as mere renewal. The Ouroboros calls for inner wisdom to rise, to remember truth, to see the unending nature of all as we experience the many changes of the cycles of life.
IN A READING
The Ouroboros appears to remind us of our eternal nature of being in face of the transience events of waking physical reality. It grounds us and puts stability upon the rapidly tilting events which trouble our psyche. It influences the neighbouring cards, helping us see beyond the difficulties, bringing our focus back to the eternal truth of our nature. It signals a time of healthy change. If this card falls near a negative situation, it gives hope in reminding the seeker that things will soon change. If all cards are positive, it encourages each to enjoy the gifts of the present, for in the end all is transient. It does not warn of upcoming danger, yet merely reminds one to be wise and not ignore good fortune.
C: THE HANGED MAN
The HANGED MAN is suspended upon the wheel of time, the clock that holds his every movement through the journey of his days. He is accustomed to weathering the natural ordeals of the different seasons of life as the wheel of time turns, as he ages and grows and experiences equal doses of joy and sorrow, facing life as a series of fleeting moments. He demonstrates the ability to spring back after ordeals - a tenacity to survive and to thrive through many trials, the gift of understanding the truth of the passing of time. He knows that nothing is permanent and that all things, good and bad, pass into the halls of memory. He has the strength to endure and the will to move beyond all challenges. Thus, while he appears to exist in an impossible position, he knows the truth.
He is accompanied in all things by his faithful companion, Wolf, guard-ian and protector of his dreams. Outside of the sphere of time, Wolf keeps the Hanged Man focused on the great spiralling rings of Eternity - on the beyond - where time and space no longer hold one hostage.
Likewise, the Mermaid - wisdom of the unconscious depths - is a protector, the inner voice that helps the Hanged Man see truth. She manifests dreams, reminding him she has him securely within her protection, and that time is finite, as well as of the trials and sorrows it manifests. Through dreams and visions she helps the Hanged Man remember the truth of his being, empowering him to hold secure and to see beyond the illusions of perception. Beneath, in the depths of the unconscious waters, is her mascot, Fish of Wisdom. It is Fish that sends a powerful back-fin to connect with the Hanged Man's hair, awakening him to the wisdom of the depths as it rises in dream and visionary consciousness.
Sacrifice and ordeal are part of the Hanged Man's lot in life. Yet, with passion and devotion to principles of truth, with the wisdom of the unconscious he is not left to endure and rise above his trials without assistance.
IN A READING
Champion of all life, the Hanged Man is willing to go beyond all obstacles for love, for truth, for principles. This is an individual who is tied to a challenging road, yet is not without resources. He hangs balanced upon the sphere of time, yet his tenacity and determination to go within the inner depths is demonstrated by his connection to his inner wisdom. He pays attention to his dreams and the messages that rise into consciousness through his intuition. He walks the solitary road, the path less travelled, yet is firmly set on it, accepting of the sacrifices along with the honours.
This card may point to a delay or period of waiting, gestation, secrets, or shifting one's view, turning things upside down to comprehend. It indicates a time of rest and meditation to re-evaluate the situation. There will be rewards in store for hard work and hardship - honour and sacrifice for beliefs. It signifies fiery passion and devotion to principles, a faithful champion of truth.
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