![]() Feeling stagnated, longing for change, the heart ponders its options. It represents the emotional and psychic aspects of life - fantasy, imagination, feelings, love.Ī Four in this suit refers to a restless time, where a person may have become dissatisfied with life, and emotionally uncomfortable. The suit often named Cups is also referred to as Chalices or Hearts. Shadow: Possessive 'love', restriction of others in order to satisfy one's self, or just for wrong intentions Behind the bright glamour of the four golden cups the grey tristesse of emptiness is already lurking.ĭrive: Emotional richdom, stability of feelings, love without risk Therefore, the Four of Cups is not quite the best choice ever, and it shows. This might be useful when it comes to Disks, but emotions can't breathe with too much control, waters will foul when kept from floating. The 4 as the number of structure and reality implies a certain authority, it provides security and order. When there is no more risk, freedom and exitement are lost. A relationship might be comfortable, but it is fixed, the zenith is already crossed and the worth is taken as granted. In the Four of Cups the emotions are stabilized. Raven's Tarot - The Four of Cups (The roots of the powers of Water)Īstrology: Moon in the 3. It is the blind and barren Cross of equal arms, Tetragrammaton in his fatal aspect of finality, as the Qabalists knew him before the discovery of the Revolving Formula whereby the Daughter, seated upon the Throne of the Mother, “awakens the Eld of the All-Father”.įor the meanings of Via and Populus, refer to the “ Handbook of Geomancy” (Equinox Vol. Four is the number of the Curse of Limitation, of Restriction. Note also the refolding-in-upon-itself suggested by the “Magic Number” of Four 1+2 + 3+4 which is Ten. An idea of a totally different Order is necessary to carry on the series. Even in the Naples Arrangement, Four is a dead stop, a blind alley. Four is an “awkward” number alone among the natural numbers, it is impossible to construct a “Magic Square” of four cells. The link is primarily the “Change=Stability” equation, already familiar to readers of this essay. There is a certain parallelism between this card and the Geomantic figures Via and Populus, which are attributed to the Moon in her decrease and increase respectively. For although the number Four is the manifestation and consolidation of the dyad, it is also secretly preparing catastrophe by emphasizing individuality. The Lotus from which the water Springs has a multiple stem, as if to show that the influence of the Dyad has gathered strength. The sea is still shown, but its surface is ruffled, and the four Cups which stand upon it are no longer so stable. This tends to introduce the seeds of decay into the fruit of pleasure. The card refers to the Moon in Cancer, which is her own house but Cancer itself is so placed that this implies a certain weakness, an abandonment to desire. Here, below the Abyss, the energy of this element, although ordered, balanced and (for the moment) stabilized, has lost the original purity of the conception. This card refers to Chesed in the sphere of Water. The essential point is that it expresses the Rule of Law. ![]() The important characteristic is that Four is “below the Abyss” therefore, in practice, it means solidification, materialization. The connection between the number Four and the number Three is extremely complex. In these cases, the card is a wake-up warning, so that our bad mood does not turn into a deep apathy and ignore the obvious opportunities and the peaceful gestures.Ĭrowley Thoth Tarot - The Root of The Powers of Water - The Four of Cups : Luxury The bad mood shown here can range from chattering to dullness, bickering, dac and bitterness. In one minute, we desire something with the greatest desire, and in the next moment, from the fulfillment of the (abundant) fulfillment, it will turn into the opposite, reject, disgust and disgust. It refers to the impotence of our feelings. The Four of Cups card is an overwhelming atmosphere of radiance. TAROT - The Meaning of the Cards The Four of Cups
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