Sunday, May 26, 2024
Egipcios Kier - Nelise Carbonare Vieira's Interpretations
My Situation: 3 The Empress
Themes: Internal reorganization, expansion of relationships, planning, and strategic creation.
You are currently in a phase of mental and strategic reorganization, using your skills and knowledge to weave new relationships and opportunities. This period is more about planning and reflecting rather than immediate action. You have a strong ability to communicate and express your ideas, which will help you expand your influence in society. Your creativity is high, and it’s important to balance this with rationality and diplomacy.
Influencing My Situation: 72 Purification (Four of Pentacles)
Themes: Enlightenment, clarity, and security through understanding.
This is a time of personal clarity and revelation. Your ideals are becoming clear, and you feel in tune with the universe, which helps you understand others better. This clarity allows you to focus your energy on the right paths and make decisions that align with your goals. You'll experience a sense of security as you eliminate doubts and confirm your direction.
Basis or Cause of My Situation: 61 Solitude (Seven of Swords)
Themes: Reflection, introspection, and deep awareness.
You've been isolating yourself from external interference to better understand your values and goals. This is a period of deep introspection, during which you can discern your own challenges separate from others'. It's a time to focus on your own issues and strengths, away from the expectations of others.
A Potential Situation, If I Work Toward It: 37 Art and Science (King of Cups)
Themes: New ways of being, social renewal, and incorporation of gifts.
You are defining a new way of being and opening paths to play new roles in society. This transition phase involves reassessing and expanding your relationships and social environment. It's a time to focus on activities and relationships that truly involve you, allowing you to explore your potential fully.
My Recent Past: 1 The Magician
Themes: New beginnings, structure, creation, and self-expression.
You have recently entered a cycle in which you are defining the foundations for your development. This period involves a lot of self-discovery and reorganization, using your inherent gifts and knowledge to pursue your goals. You are poised to take action, equipped with the necessary tools to create a solid foundation for your future.
My Near Future: 52 Premeditation (Queen of Swords)
Themes: Strategic planning and self-awareness.
You are becoming aware of your capabilities and limits. You are strategically planning the best ways to use your knowledge and resources to achieve your goals. This card emphasizes the importance of thoughtful action and clear planning, ensuring you are prepared for success.
Myself: 8 Justice
Themes: Reevaluation and redirection, rescue of ideals and abilities, resumption of self-love.
You are focusing on discovering and using your gifts to fulfill your mission. You are taking stock and engaging in self-reflection. It's time to recognize your right to pursue your own will and prioritize your personal goals. You have spent considerable effort on others' problems and achievements, but now it's essential to focus on yourself. Acknowledge your capabilities and use them to promote your own ideals.
My Environment: 70 Cooperation (Two of Pentacles)
Themes: Full harmony with environment and in tune with one's being.
This card signifies a period of perfect alignment with your core, allowing external connections to flow seamlessly and support your goals. This time is marked by mutual cooperation and a heightened sense of responsibility towards community action. You are encountering people and situations that align with your goals, offering support, opportunities, and harmonious relationships.
My Hopes or Fears 51 Advice (King of Swords)
Themes: Defining a new role and establishing guidelines to promote greater personal fulfillment.
Defining new objectives and directions and focusing on using your skills to achieve fulfillment. A period of integration and satisfaction through the use of your abilities. The beginning of a significant new phase.
The Outcome: 23 The Laborer (King of Wands)
Themes: Construction, birth, creation, work, sowing, redefining daily life.
Summary: This is a period of establishing new foundations and structures. You will be organizing and setting concrete objectives for long-term stability. Opportunities will emerge to lay down roots and build a stable foundation. This card often indicates significant life changes that bring material or emotional stability.
Friday, May 24, 2024
Index of Egipcios Kier posts
I have been analyzing cards from the Egipcios Kier Tarot Deck, relying on the imagery of the cards, Stuart Kaplan's LWB, traditional tarot meanings, and Nelise Carbonare Vieira's website, Tarot Door. So far, I have reviewed less than a quarter of the deck, but here is an index of all the cards; it contains links to posts I've completed.
1 The Magician
2 The Priestess
3 The Empress
4 The Emperor
5 The High Priest
6 The Lovers
7 The Chariot
8 Justice
9 The Hermit
10 Wheel of Fortune
11 Strength
12 Hanged Man
13 Immortality (Death)
14 Temperance
15 Passion (Devil)
16 Obelisk (The Tower)
17 The Star
18 The Moon
19 The Sun
20 Resurrection (Judgment)
21 Transformation (The World)
22 The Fool
23 The Laborer (King of Wands)
24 The Weaver (Queen of Wands)
25 The Navigator (Knight of Wands)
26 The Prodigy (Page of Wands)
27 The Unexpected (Ten of Wands)
28 Uncertainty (Nine of Wands)
29 Domesticity (Eight of Wands)
30 Exchange (Seven of Wands)
31 Impediment (Six of Wands)
32 Magnificence (Five of Wands)
33 Alliance (Four of Wands)
34 Innovation (Three of Wands)
35 Desolation (Two of Wands)
36 Initiation (Ace of Wands)
37 Art and Science (King of Cups)
38 Duplicity (Queen of Cups)
39 Testimony (Knight of Cups)
40 Premonition (Page of Cups)
41 Dissension (Ten of Cups)
42 Preeminence (Nine of Cups)
43 Delusion (Eight of Cups)
44 Expressiveness (Seven of Cups)
45 Regeneration (Six of Cups)
46 Patrimony (Five of Cups)
47 Conjecture (Four of Cups)
48 Consummation (Three of Cups)
49 Versatility (Two of Cups)
50 Attraction (Ace of Cups)
51 Advice (King of Swords)
52 Premeditation (Queen of Swords)
53 Hostility (Knight of Swords)
54 Examination (Page of Swords)
55 Contrition (Ten of Swords)
56 Pilgrimage (Nine of Swords)
57 Rivalry (Eight of Swords)
58 Meditation (Seven of Swords)
59 Revolution (Six of Swords)
60 Evolution (Five of Swords)
61 Solitude (Four of Swords)
62 Proscription (Three of Swords)
63 Communion (Two of Swords)
64 Vehemence (Ace of Swords)
65 Apprenticeship (King of Pentacles)
66 Perplexity (Queen of Pentacles)
67 Veneration (Knight of Pentacles)
68 Speculation (Page of Pentacles)
69 The Unforseen (Ten of Pentacles)
70 Cooperation (Nine of Pentacles)
71 Avarice (Eight of Pentacles)
72 Purification (Seven of Pentacles)
73 Love and Desire (Six of Pentacles)
74 Offering (Five of Pentacles)
75 Generosity (Four of Pentacles)
76 The Provider (Three of Pentacles)
77 Confusion (Two of Pentacles)
78 Rebirth (Ace of Pentacles)
Friday, May 17, 2024
Egipcios Kier Tarot * 29 Domesticity
The surrounding symbols reinforce that idea. Kaplan notes that the scarab represents renewal, while the vessel below symbolizes the heart, the place where our inner life is held. Together they suggest that a true home is not merely a place, but a way of living in harmony with the world around us.
One detail especially caught my attention. A hieroglyph resembling a knife appears above the scene. At first it seems to threaten the card's peaceful mood. Yet Kaplan explains that gazelles were sacred animals whose movements signaled the coming of the Nile flood, the event upon which Egypt's survival depended. Perhaps the knife is not a threat to the gazelle at all. Instead, it reminds us that human beings flourish not by conquering nature, but by learning its rhythms and working within them.
Nelise Carbonare Vieira associates this card with the traditional Eight of Wands, a card of movement and opportunity. The connection surprised me at first, but I find it persuasive. The boy has already reached out and taken hold of the opportunity before him. He does not force it; he responds to it.
Domesticity, then, is more than hearth and home. It is learning to live in right relationship with nature, with community, and with the rhythms that sustain life.
Friday, May 3, 2024
Art Opening - The Magick of Kesam Katz
ART OPENING
The Magic of Kesam Katz!
Born in 1943 in Bonne Terre, Missouri, USA, Kesam embarked on a lifelong artistic journey, eventually making aliyah in 1996 and settling in Eilat, where she has immersed herself in the inspiring natural beauty of the landscape for the last twenty years.
Transitioning from her acclaimed work as a fiber artist, Kesam now channels her creativity through the delicate mediums of pencil and watercolors.
Join us for the unveiling of Kesam Katz's latest collection at her exclusive exhibit opening.
Date: Tuesday 7 May 2024
Time: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Bayit BaLev, First Floor Lobby, Hatmarim 39, Eilat (Behind Macabi)
Experience the allure of Kesam's evocative artworks, where each stroke tells a story and every shade ignites the imagination. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Kesam Katz.
