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Tarot del Fuego - Strength - 11

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The TdF's Strength depicts a young girl in the mouth of a sea dragon; some sort of serpentine fish. Incidentally, the Hebrew letter associated with Strength is Teth , a snake. This is representative of Kuṇdalinī , AKA the Serpent-power. It has 21 eyes like the Tarot has 21 Major Arcana beneath the Fool. We could infer that the seabeast is the Fool itself, in that it contains all of the other Principles within itself. To the left and the right of the girl are two swords, which represent the Element of Air. Air, in turn, represents thought, the mind, and the astral realm. Although she has a stump where one of her legs should be, she seems to be triumphing over the beast, or at least in harmony with it, without making use of the swords. She possesses an awakened third eye. Thus, her strength lies in knowledge (the 3rd eye), but not in the sort of knowledge that is the domain of the mind (swords). Neither does her strength lie in literal violence. According to the Tantrik teaching on...
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Tarot del Fuego - Justice - 8

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The TdF's Justice features a muscular inverted Lady Justice emerging from the clouds. to her right is the Sun, which represents the Light of the Self which animates and enlivens us all. To her left is a moon that looks like an eyeball, representing the High Priestess (who astrologically is the Moon). The Moon, Consciousness' power of Self-reflective awareness, here, is looking right at Lady Justice. 2 of her 5 eyes are blindfolded and her 3rd eye is closed, calling to mind the phrase, "Justice is blind." Balanced on her mouth is a scale, which is a universal symbol for justice as well. Her right and left hands hold a sword for wrath and severity and a white handkerchief for mercy, respectively. Though she must mete out punishments, she is not punitive for its own sake. "An eye for an eye and the whole world would be blind." Though she has the capacity to dole out the harsh lessons of Saturn, who is exalted in her constellation (Libra), in equal proportio...
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Tarot del Fuego - The Empress - 3

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The Empress symbolizes fertility above all else, which is perfectly obvious in this deck. She is clothed in green symbolizing love and the heart chakra. She is extremely pregnant and pointing to a glass of milk. Directly opposite the glass of milk is a pitcher which is pouring milk. She is the consummate mother. Her pregnant belly, which she is clutching, contains flowers in various stages of growth, signalling to us that she is the mother of all creation and all of nature. She is the first ray emitted by the Light that is the Magician (Shiva), and the first principle witnessed by the High Priestess (Shakti), who is his own power of Self-reflective Awareness, once they have shifted from their state of utter fusion and begun the process of manifestation. She is the first abhasa , or appearance (literally "to flash forth"), in this process of unfoldment. Both of whom exist wholly in the still abstract and completely unmanifest sphere of Spirit. In the Tantrik model, this ...
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