On Left and Right in the Archetypes

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This card gives us a hint towards the orientation:

How so? I'm confused by the way in which you refer to right and left also. As Tanner said the cards are to be understood with a first-person perspective. If you were the image the wand would go in your right hand.

Handy reference: http://www.thirddensity.com/tarot/

To answer your question about the spear posted in your other thread, it probably has a relation to Transformation of the Mind. In that card, the arrow refers to protection for those on the sts path. The sharpness and quickness of mind on that path allows separation to retain itself. In relation to the absence of the spear in the other card, Ra states that those who fully pursue the sts path are extremely healthy people, and face an easy existence..surrounded by physical richness (wealth). So they receive a lot of stimulation and pleasure in the physical sense. The sto path has catalyst given to the body and suffers from poor health however, should certain insights not be grasped..signified by the spear. Take for example the various bodily dysfunctions the group experienced during contact.

To me, in the choice card, the left hand balancing represents working with apparent negative catalyst to see unity. This also involves not repressing things, so indulging in certain desires is necessary so that those experiences can be distilled and integrated. The right/positive works with the left/negative. So using the left to achieve balance expresses the very nature of what balancing entails. The fact that it rests on the shoulder emphasizes that use of the body is fundamental in this balancing process, and can also represent a type of burden/load (sacrifice).

Ra refers to this process as courting, which is expressed perfectly in the Significator of the Spirit. In that card, the left hand of the conscious/male/positive mind courts the unconscious/female/negative..grasping what is given (transforming negative catalyst into positive understanding). What's neat is the left of the right, grasps the right of the left. So there's an interchange there..where the two are one and the same. They're surrounded by a circle of flowers representing growth/movement.

"Many use the trunk and roots of mind as if that portion of mind were a badly used, prostituted entity. Then this entity gains from this great storehouse that which is rough, prostituted, and without great virtue. Those who turn to the deep mind, seeing it in the guise of the maiden, go forth to court it. The courtship has nothing of plunder in its semblance and may be protracted, yet the treasure gained by such careful courtship is great. The right-hand and left-hand transformations of the mind may be seen to differ by the attitude of the conscious mind towards its own resources as well as the resources of other-selves."

"Those that are presumed to be negative, or interpreted as negative, may seem in abundance. It is a great challenge to take catalyst and devise the magical, positive experience." So, making use of left hand catalyst to gain understanding or see yourself offers balance.