The Star, The Moon, and The Sun in relation to the positive adept

[ricdaw]

indeed, the Sun as the Significator of the Spirit represents an unclouded and ongoing clear perception through the illusion. It is being able to operate consistently at the level of someone who has 'finished the game', and is able to co-create as a fellow sub-Logos; as is shown in the picture, the circle represents a completion and balancing of seemingly opposed forces; the male seeking, and the female sought, this is a unification that takes place within the self, an alchemical marriage. (somewhat different to the Lovers card which represents a choice in mental polarization, the Sun here is a unification of self at the deepest level).

and although the attainment of the clear, shining Sun is the privince of the few, the continued use of the Catalyst (the Star) and working through the Moon (the Experience) permits longer glimpses of the unobscured light of the inner Sun (what Ra calls the Polaris, or the inner light).

each movement through the Star and the Moon leads onward to the co-creating Sun.

The "significance" of the Sun card (significator in Ra-speak) is not a progression of Star to Moon to Sun. The cards are not progressive. All three Significators are stand-alone concepts.

Hierophant = YOU. You are significant. Without you, what's the point of talking about this lifetime?

Hanged Man = service/sacrifice. Actually, no it doesn't. The concept is that the Body has one and only one purpose, to allow the YOU of the Hierophant to exist and experience life here in the Earth Life School. The "significance" of the body is that it . . . is subservient to the Mind and the needs of the true significator -- YOU. You are not your body. The body is a temporary vehicle for learning. In every lifetime it services the larger needs of the Significator. The body is expendable. The body is temporary. The body is a means to an end. This is the "significance" of the Hanged Man.

Sun = All That Is. The card is not about achieving a state of enlightenment. The Sun is about God. God loves (shines) on absolutely everyone. Positive polarity people and negative polarity people equally. It is an "equal opportunity" god for all. The card is not an exhortation or reward. The card is describing the fact that the primary "significance" of God is continuous and absolute love for everyone all the time without exception. We do not achieve the Sun. We bask in it. Novice and Adept alike. We are offered all of it at all times. The card is not a reward for high achievement. It is our birthright from the get-go. And it is enormous comfort. No matter how badly we screw up, no matter how much we achieve, God's love is utterly unchanged and constant. There is no GREATER love/rewards for the highly motivated and high achiever. God's love does not favor anyone. The whole point of this card is unconditional acceptance by All That Is. It is not a description of a person who has achieved a certain level of spiritual advancement.