The last two visits to my "Temple of the Secrets" we were dealing with two Tarot cards, most people perceive as dark or scary. For me they are simply two chapters in a human life. They describe situations and experiences, everyone goes through sooner or later and as a rule, they help us evolve and grow.
This next card is located right between "Death" and the "Devil" and to me it always felt like we get to see "XIV - Temperance" here, our guardian angel, so we don't have to be so scared of the other two.
Our guardian angel accompanies and guides us and is supposed to protect us from dangers. For me, he/she also represents the "right amount" or finding the right balance... Within a religious context, one is sometimes led to believe, that renunciation is good and makes one a better person. Particularly the fun stuff is often labeled "evil".
In the Temple of the secrets, I placed this card above the chapter of my underlying story, where Jesus comes in.
Sorry for the lousy photo, but its the best I have to give an idea of what it looks like.
Now, I believe, Jesus wanted life for us humans to be good. He wanted us to enjoy life. However, this is often the case only if we find the right balance. The right mix of "not to much" and "not too little"!
My figure is holding two cups, pouring the contents at each other. Water and fire (light). If there is too much water, it extinguishes the fire. If there is too much fire, the water evaporates. But if you have the right amount of either one, it creates a rainbow...
With permission of @sukhasanasister, I'm adding the text from the comment below, since it is too valuable to be missed:
Maꞵ is a great name for this card, with connotations of the Egyptian goddess Maat (weigher of truth) and the Buddhist principle of Mahat (great). At No.14 we learn about good measure and keeping our balance between heaven and earth by means of our “winged” - non-materialist - thinking (third-eye perception, or soul reading and hearing, i.e. imagination and intuition). The quintessence (5=1+4) becomes a stream of consciousness that runs between the realities of substance and spirit. A rainbow is also a bridge between the visible and the invisible. Man becomes co-creator under the guidance of the Christ Consciousness.
After having come to terms with death, accepting that our physical self is mortal and temporary, we are able to eminate (outpour) in a more eternally radiant form as the Christ in me. Inspired by the Lord of the Elements we return all that has become manifest (in colour, in the space between light and darkness) by respiritualising everything through "worship" and understanding (wisdom). What has been divided is poured back into the All.
At this step on the path of the Tarot, we deepen our insight of the spiritual underlying all reality.
To find out your Personal TAROT Card, just add day, month and year of your date of Birth:
dd + mm + jjjj = xxxx.
Now add the four digits of the resulting number:
x + x + x + x = nn
If the resulting number is greater than 22 please add n + n again.
Any result equal to or smaller than 22 is your personal number with 22 representing 0
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It was part of the museum I ran for twenty years.
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