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This card has perplexed me in the past, but I'm seeing some things today. As Spaced noted, energy can't move forward until we address it. Ra's phrasing of that idea is that which isn't understood by the mind is given to the body. There's the example of the numbing of Don's arms, and Carla's tendency towards martyrdom. Because of that tendency, the catalyst is given to the body which she can no longer ignore and she had to use that as a guide to ease up, as others have noted by the meaning of the guiding or focusing arrow.
And so we see the one creature's body is bound to the wheel and can't move forward or spin the wheel of the spirit with its arms even if it tries. It pulls the wheel with its arms but the wheel pulls its legs. The white creature has freedom of movement, but the legs dangle and have no stable foundation upon which to move. This suggests bias in a positive manner that must be accepted and integrated within the spirit as well (worthiness). We are worthy of certain preferences, biases, and what may appear to be indulgent. It could also be noted that too much of this draws the darker negative aspect of that to it.
Interestingly, these creatures reflect each other in an opposite manner across and an axis/cross of transformation. Notice that each spoke links the feet, the arms, etc. If I were to rewrite all of this, I would say that if we discipline ourselves and find acceptance in a manner that is useful to us, the opposites transfer energy and transform each other in a balanced manner. For example, the dangling feet find some stability and the bound feet are freed up some more.
What's awesome about this imagery is that this is a doubling of energy as spoken of in 10.14!! The two creatures aren't working against each other, but with each other. Through acceptance, our energy is raised and we are empowered. The tarot totally blows my mind.
This card has perplexed me in the past, but I'm seeing some things today. As Spaced noted, energy can't move forward until we address it. Ra's phrasing of that idea is that which isn't understood by the mind is given to the body. There's the example of the numbing of Don's arms, and Carla's tendency towards martyrdom. Because of that tendency, the catalyst is given to the body which she can no longer ignore and she had to use that as a guide to ease up, as others have noted by the meaning of the guiding or focusing arrow.
And so we see the one creature's body is bound to the wheel and can't move forward or spin the wheel of the spirit with its arms even if it tries. It pulls the wheel with its arms but the wheel pulls its legs. The white creature has freedom of movement, but the legs dangle and have no stable foundation upon which to move. This suggests bias in a positive manner that must be accepted and integrated within the spirit as well (worthiness). We are worthy of certain preferences, biases, and what may appear to be indulgent. It could also be noted that too much of this draws the darker negative aspect of that to it.
Interestingly, these creatures reflect each other in an opposite manner across and an axis/cross of transformation. Notice that each spoke links the feet, the arms, etc. If I were to rewrite all of this, I would say that if we discipline ourselves and find acceptance in a manner that is useful to us, the opposites transfer energy and transform each other in a balanced manner. For example, the dangling feet find some stability and the bound feet are freed up some more.
What's awesome about this imagery is that this is a doubling of energy as spoken of in 10.14!! The two creatures aren't working against each other, but with each other. Through acceptance, our energy is raised and we are empowered. The tarot totally blows my mind.