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The Manara erotic tarot- key 14-Temperance ( La Temperanza )
The Erotic Tarot-Key 14-Temperance depicts a Goddess lightly dressed in marriage garb, swinging on rose decorated swing hung from the sky and over the great ocean. She is holding an image of a senior gentleman, up to her breast as she glides along on the swing. The Older gentleman is representative of the Patriarch. Although he has been her persecutor for the past Aeon, she still loves him and still nurtures him and his Aeon will soon die, only to resurrect as the new Aeon of Horus. The Matriarch returns, but without vengeance, but in peace, balance, care, and healing. For indeed, the Patriarch has gone insane and created a misogynistic society, where woman had few if any privileges, but the Matriarch is returning and claiming her people and she will restore his sanity as her reborn "son".
In the Egyptian mythology, Isis resurrected the dead Osiris, after he was killed and dismembered by Seth, his "Shadow Self", she found all Osiris's dismembered parts, except his phallus. So, she fashioned him one out of clay. Clay is what our homo sapiens flesh is created from. The metaphor of a clay phallus means she manifested Osiris on earth by giving him a flesh body. She mated with him, and he is now restructured as the age of Horus, the enlightened one. Hence, the feminine Anima-Latin for Spirit, and the masculine Anima-Latin for Soul, are remarried in a healthy, balanced, and caring relationship in the honeymoon suite that is the homo sapiens.
Attributed to this card is the zodiac sign of Sagittarius which is the ninth astrological sign in the zodiac, and it is represented by the symbol of the Archer, often depicted as a centaur (half-human, half-horse) holding a bow and arrow. This sign falls between November 22 and December 21.
Here are some key traits and characteristics associated with Sagittarius:
Adventurous: Sagittarians are known for their love of adventure and exploration. They have a natural curiosity and desire to learn about the world around them. Traveling to unfamiliar places and experiencing diverse cultures to them.
Optimistic: Sagittarians tend to have an optimistic outlook on life. They are hopeful and see opportunities even in challenging situations. This positive attitude can be infectious and uplifting to those around them.
Honest: Honesty and bluntness are common traits of Sagittarius individuals. They value truth and can sometimes be brutally honest, which may come across as tactless to others.
Independent: They value their independence and freedom. Sagittarians don't like feeling tied down or restricted, and they often seek out experiences that allow them to maintain their autonomy.
Philosophical: Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of expansion and philosophy. As a result, Sagittarians tend to be philosophical and love exploring the deeper questions of life. They may have a strong interest in spirituality or higher knowledge.
Social: Sagittarians are typically outgoing and enjoy socializing with a wide range of people. They are friendly and have a knack for making friends easily.
Restless: Due to their love of adventure and exploration, Sagittarians can sometimes become restless when they feel stuck in routine or confined to one place for too long.
Impatient: They can be impatient and prefer quick results. Waiting for things to happen or for others to catch up with their ideas can be frustrating for them.
Generous: Sagittarians are often generous with their time and resources. They enjoy helping others and can be quite charitable.
Sports and Physical Activity: Many Sagittarians have a strong interest in sports and physical activities. They have a lot of energy to burn and enjoy staying active.
It's important to note that while these traits are associated with Sagittarius individuals, everyone is unique, and not all Sagittarians will exhibit all of these characteristics. Astrology offers general insights, but individual personalities can vary widely based on other factors in a person's birth chart.
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In many other Tarot Decks, including the Manara Erotic Tarot, key 14 is called Temperance, which implies the heating and cooling of forged steel to make a keen, flexible blade or the slow and balanced cooling down process of tempering glass. And in a way, this process is the Art Card's Path of Samekh (meaning Prop), as it is attributed to the restriction and control over the forces of existence. Master Theron, however, in his book 777, he made this comment on the letter Samekh: It is "The Womb preserving Life. Self-control and Self-sacrifice govern the Wheel." In Western mysteries, Alchemy is called "The Art".
Leading from Yesod (foundation) to Tiphareth (beauty), the Path of Samekh is from Moon (Self-reflection) to Sun (Solar Source), from Personality to the Higher Self.
On this exceedingly difficult Path, the very enormity of the Great Work (As above, so below) will be experienced. On this path, the initiate may experience going through a long dark tunnel, believing (not knowing) there is Light at the end of it.
This Path of Samekh, the Art card, has been called one of the Paths of "the dark night of the Soul", verifying that this is a Path of trial and temptation. Samekh, is the Intelligence of Probation, as Dr. Paul Foster Case labels it in his text, THIRTY-TWO PATHS OF WISDOM. In various Gnostic texts, it is also called, "Daughter of the Reconcilers, the Bringer Forth of Life." All these phrases lead us right to the very idea behind this card, The Great Mother Binah. Thus, the central figure of this card, is Female. Also, the ruling sign of the Path of Samekh, is Sagittarius, the Archer, who is also Diana the Huntress, goddess of the Moon. All of which repeats the principle that except for the FOOL (0), all the figures of the Tarot are Mother Binah (Understanding) and Father Chokma (Wisdom) in different states of Force and Form.
Another helpful reference book, VOICE OF ISIS- by Hariette and Homer Curtis describes the Universal Mother (The Womb with a View) as the "power of bringing forth in humanity the Divine Child or the Christ." This bearing of the Child is us reborn and achieved by conquering the Path of Samekh or The Art. We are not only to be the Moon’s reflections of personality, but also the Solar Personality, which is the Divine Child of Beauty; the sixth Sephiroth of Tiphareth. However, this is not the birth itself, just the beginning process of the consummation of the "inner divine wedding".
It is to be understood, the Art card demonstrates how the experience of rebirth is brought about, which is to say, through the exchange and equilibrium of opposites which can only be symbolically described, but it does not demonstrate the birth itself. Thus, the symbolism here is not to demonstrate a "deep Mystery", rather this symbolism demonstrates how limited and inadequate our language is to describe the process. That is why the Qabalistic Tarot Reader is not one who thinks that by memorizing descriptions and numbers of the cards they are a Tarot Reader. Rather, it is by scrying, and subjectively "walking the Paths", turning subjective into objective sensation, i.e. the process of actual experience ....one begins to understand the Tarot.
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The Art Card is not as symbolic as some believe, it symbolizes the Alchemical Art where Fire becomes Water and Water becomes Fire ...."When the male is no longer male and the female, female.” (Gnostic Gospel of Didymos Judas Thomas-Nag Hammadi Library). This process describes an actual event/process that happens in the initiate’s material body, i.e. an actual physical transformation. Thus, we have illustrated on this card an androgynous figure, combining the Water (consciousness with Lightning (Fiery Spirit) creating in the Golden Cistern (the Human body) what is known as the Living Water and/or consciousness vivified by merging with Fiery Spirit. By bringing Spirit into the body, Spirits fiery nature not only tempers the consciousness, but one also tempers the Spirit with consciousness, thus forming "something more than the sum of its parts." A union of Master and Masterpiece!
This alchemical process is often described by Qabalists as a personal application of the Yod (fire) and Heh (water) uniting in the body to produce Vau (Air) within the individual crucible of form which is Heh-final and Earth. This is described as a "Spiritual Orgasm" or "The Ecstasy" which is a process demanding inner manipulation of sexual forces (He-She) and is shown as a golden energy (in the shape of a stylized arrow) firing upward and across the shoulders of the Divine figure in the Art Card. Even the often flesh-o-phobic Christian iconography, has accepted this Spiritual Orgasm. For instance, the ecstasy of the 16th century mystic, Saint Theresa, who was described as an angel thrusting a flaming arrow into her heart. The symbolical of the piecing arrow that brings ecstatic enlightenment is an archetypal, and mufti-cultural accepted description of a real process of physiological transformation! What happens is a rhythmic, pleasuring motion of inner energy, and ebb and flow that is confined (shown as the figure eight-lemniscate, associate with the Magus) in extremely specific perimeters (oval or womb shaped) but which is taken in either direction at will. The Magus knows that by changing the vibration of inner energy, one raises or lowers the level of consciousness, moving from Chakra to Chakra or Path to Path. Simply stated: the Kundalini (sexual energy) acting upon consciousness produces astral images, the pictures that form our minds.
At first, many students find the symbolism of the Major Arcana complicated; however, the principle of the Path of Samekh or Art, is to produce a consciously controlled vision that is limited by will. The purpose of Hermetic, Qabalistic, and Gnostic symbols is to furnish descriptions that most anyone can relate to. If you focus on one symbol at a time, they are not remote or really complicated, in fact most of the symbolic language of the Mysteries has been superseded by the language of Carl Jung and other psychologists. To Carl Jung, this ability to consciously control Visions, would be called "lucid dreaming", which is known to help the individual correct personality disorders.
Robert Wang goes on to explain, in his test book: THE QABALISTIC TAROT,
"It should be added that the Metals described in Alchemical literature are the same as the Seven Chakras of the Hindus, the Seven Planets and the Sephiroth of the Microprosopus [lower seven on the Tree of Life.]. These words have been used as codes over the centuries, meaning seven distinct levels of objective consciousness. Thus, when one speaks of a planet ruling a sign of the Zodiac, what is meant in the relationship of a Sign to a given center of energy both in the Greater Universe and in the Human body." (The brackets are my own explanation).
The Art of awakening these Paths in the Human Body, is the Qabalistic initiates goal. "To Know Thyself" is to know the "As above and so below" nature of our Whole Self.
The Art Card is the sign of Sagittarius, which is ruled by the planet Jupiter, meaning the 4th Sephiroth, Chesed (Wisdom). Here, we should remember that Chesed is the architect of all manifestation, working with the "Will to Force “of Chokmah and/or "Will to Form" of Binah (Understanding).
As explained before, Art-Key 14- The Path of Samekh, is an actual physical process, known for centuries by the Gnostic, Mystics, Tantrics, Alchemists, and Qabalists. And is a willed process of directing the communion or interchange of opposite forces. The beginning of this process is begun by the Higher Self-; a process which is instituted in the Sephiroth Chesed, the most refined, point of Microprosopus, to which the Higher Self is central. Chesed is the enacting force (phallus) of the Great Mother Binah's process of “Will to Form". (Womb). Until the initiate accomplices this process of the Path of Samekh, the Higher Self (Shown as an androgynous figure on the card) cannot be known to the personality. Thus, the Art of "Spiritual Alchemy" describes this Card and the entire process as a preparation of the Personality, and its physical vehicle, to deal with the Solar Forces (influx of microwave light) which would devastate a "normal" system, i.e., "The Philosopher's Stone". This is an ongoing process of measuring and testing, instigated by the Higher Self, to see how much the physical body can bear. When properly tempered, and the body can handle the stress of such energy, the arrow is released (Kundalini rises). Once contacted on the Path of Samekh, the Higher Self will regulate the flow, so the individual isn't harmed; A great jolt of energy, will tell the individual to "back off', and relax. Because this is a Passion so overwhelming, it is often described as Divine Anger, which is apt if we realize that anger is for self-motivation; to get off one's butt and do something, it could be said that Divine Anger is the motivation for Sagittarius to launch his arrow.
Overall, the Art Card key 14, is the consummation of the Divine Marriage, depicted on the Lovers card Key 6, here the Orgasm of Spirit has been reached. There is a perfect interchange of forces, as the Red Lion has become white, and the White lion has become Red. The Art card shows Water being poured on Fire, and Fire is merged with Water, all within the purified physical vehicle, shown as the Golden Cauldron, i.e. the Master's body. Get and read the Textbook, The Qabalistic Tarot by Robert Wang and the Book of Thoth by Aliester Crowley for further explanation of this coded process.
When the Art card is thrown during a reading:
- The querent is experiencing, or will soon experience, a combination of forces affecting realization and action.
- A blending of all circumstances to achieve balance.
- Trials and tribulations that lead to the "middle path", arriving at a profound realization.
- A balance of peace, achieved by care and healing.
- One aspires to wholeness.
- Solve et coagula=dissolve and bind.
- The Philosopher's stone.
- Excess conflicts and dissipation.
- Tendency towards Extremes.
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