YEAR OF THE 6

[art: GRIMGOR - Number Six]

IT'S FRIDAY NIGHT, GIRLS.

A PERFECT NIGHT FOR A BIT OF WITCHCRAFT.

AS FAR AS BETTY'S KNOWLEDGE GOES, ACCORDING TO NUMEROLOGY 2013 IS A UNIVERSAL YEAR NUMBER 6.

WHY? 

BECAUSE 2+0+1+3 = 6

THIS MEANS THAT, IN GENERAL, FOR OUR WHOLE WORLD OUTSIDE OF US AND, OFTEN, ALSO INSIDE, THE EVENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, THE MAIN DILEMMAS AND THE EMOTIONAL ATMOSPHERE OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE, WILL RESONATE OF THE VIBRATION OF NUMBER 6.

PERHAPS, IT IS NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THE WORDS "SIX" AND "SEX" ARE SO SIMILAR. 

AS THE STRONGEST THEME OF NUMBER 6 HAPPENS TO BE, IN FACT, SEX. 

OR LOVE, EMOTIONS, THE COMING TOGETHER, IN THE FLESH, OF MALE AND FEMALE.

IT ALSO SYMBOLIZES THE IDEA OF FAMILY AS IN BONDS OF THE BLOOD, THE WARMTH OF A HOME, STABILITY, CARE, RELATIONSHIPS AND, WHAT ALWAYS GOES WITH IT, RESPONSIBILITY.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, NUMBER 6 COULD BE A PRIMORDIAL GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF A PREGNANT WOMAN.

AND THAT IS, MORE OR LESS, THE SPIRIT OF IT.

[image: Estensi Tarot - 6 The Lovers]

FOR THE TAROT, CARD NUMBER 6 IS "THE LOVERS".

IN MANY DECKS, THIS CARD SHOWS A SORT OF GARDEN OF EDEN IMAGE OF A TRIANGLE FORMED BY A NAKED MAN, A NAKED WOMAN AND AN ANGEL ABOVE THEM. 

USUALLY, THERE ARE ALSO A TREE, A SNAKE, AN APPLE, WHICH COULD MAKE YOU THINK OF ADAM AND EVE.

BUT THE ENERGY OF THE LOVERS IS VERY OFTEN ALSO REPRESENTED WITH A SCENE WHERE A YOUNG MAN IS TORN BETWEEN TWO WOMEN. 

ONE BEING THE MOTHER AND THE OTHER BEING THE LOVER.

THIS, BETTY BELIEVES, IS A DEEPER WAY OF LOOKING AT THIS CARD.

BECAUSE, TO HER, THE CORE OF THE MEANING OF THIS MAJOR ARCANA, IS THAT OF, ESSENTIALLY, CHOICE. 

AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

TRY THIS: 

IMAGINE THAT EVERY CARD IS LIKE A PERFUME. 

THE MAJOR ARCANA HAVE A MORE POWERFUL SCENT, THEY ARE LIKE THOSE HIGH-BROW EXPENSIVE DESIGNER EAU DE PARFUM THAT STICK FOR DAYS, WHILE THE MINOR ARCANA ARE THE EAU DE TOILETTE OF THE SITUATION. 

EACH ONE OF THEM IS LAYERED. 

THERE IS A "HEAD" SCENT THAT HITS YOU HARDER, AT THE TOP, VANISHES QUICKLY, AND AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO LAYERS OF CORE AROMAS, WHICH YOU START FEELING LATER, WHICH NEED TIME TO UNFOLD.

SAME GOES FOR THE VIBRATION OF THE CARDS.

SO, YES, THE YEAR OF THE LOVERS WILL BE A YEAR WHERE OUR MAIN STORYLINE WILL CONCERN EMOTIONAL RELATIONS, FALLING IN LOVE, ESTABLISHING NEW FAMILIES, FRIENDSHIPS OR HARMONIES.

BUT THAT IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

     

MANY TEACHERS, WHEN LOOKING AT THE MAJOR ARCANA IN SEQUENCE, EXPLAIN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM USING THE METAPHOR / PARABLE OF "THE FOOL'S JOURNEY".

CARD NUMBER 0 IS THE FOOL, AND HE REPRESENTS THE PRE-BEGINNING OF THINGS, THE CHAOS BEFORE ALL CREATION. 

IT'S THE HUMAN SOUL RIGHT BEFORE IT ENTERS THIS WORLD, THE JOYFUL INNOCENCE OF A CHILD. 

ALL THE OTHER CARDS, NUMBERED FROM 1 TO 21, ARE SYMBOLS OF THE PHASES THROUGH WHICH THE FOOL WILL HAVE TO WALK, IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE LESSON HE HAS TO LEARN IN HIS LIFE-PATH.

FIRST IS THE 1, THE MAGICIAN, THE SYMBOL OF THE "I", OF THE YANG ENERGY, THE MALE POWER OF THE MIND, FIRE, LIGHT, THE BEGINNING OF IDENTITY. THEN, THE FOOL MEETS CARD 2, THE HIGH PRIESTESS, SYMBOL OF INTUITION, SUBCONSCIOUS, DARKNESS, YIN, FEMALE, WATER AND THE POWER OF THE SOUL.

AFTER LEARNING THE TWO COMPLEMENTARY FORCES AT THE BASE OF OUR UNIVERSE, THE FOOL MEETS HIS MOTHER, CARD 3, THE EMPRESS.

NEXT, IS THE FATHER, CARD 4, THE EMPEROR.

CARD 5 IS THE HIEROPHANT, AND TO HIM WE OWE ALL THE UPTURNINGS OF LAST YEAR.

THE HIEROPHANT IS THE CARD WHICH SYMBOLIZES THE GIVEN, THE ORGANIZED SOCIETY IN WHICH THE FOOL IS, WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT, DROPPED. 

IT REFERS TO EVERY FORM OF ASSOCIATION, CULT, RELIGION, CLUB, PARLIAMENT, CODIFIED SET OF RULES AND IT TELLS US ABOUT QUESTIONS OF BELONGING, TO NATION OR A FAMILY ALIKE, TO A STRUCTURE.

OF COURSE, EVERY CARD EXPRESSES ITS ENERGY IN A 360 DEGREE MANNER, HAVING A MEANING AND ITS OPPOSITE AT THE SAME TIME. 

THEREFORE, THE HIEROPHANT MAY SIGNIFY MARRIAGE (THE SIGNING OF A LEGAL DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO FILL A PRE-DETERMINED ROLE IN SOCIETY), BUT ALSO DIVORCE (THE LOSING OF FORMAL BONDS). 

IT MAY MEAN BEING HIRED, OR BEING FIRED, RELOCATING TO A DIFFERENT COUNTRY, SOCIETY, IT MAY MEAN ELECTIONS, NEW GOVERNMENTS, IT MAY MEAN REVOLUTIONS.

AND OF THIS KIND OF EVENTS BETTY HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW, IN 2012.

THE NEXT CARD ON THE PATH, THE LOVERS, REPRESENTS THE MOMENT IN WHICH THE FOOL, AFTER HAVING TRIED TO MEET SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS BY FITTING TO THEM, GOES THROUGH A DIFFERENT KIND OF REVOLUTION, AN EMOTIONAL ONE, WHICH WILL BRING HIM TO QUESTION THE RULES OF OTHERS AND CHOOSE HIS OWN MORAL VALUES. 

IT'S LIKE WHEN THE TEENAGER WHO, AFTER SPENDING YEARS BALANCING BETWEEN WANTING TO BELONG AND WANTING TO REBEL, FINALLY PICKS HIMSELF A GIRL (OR A BOY), MOVES OUT OF HIS PARENTS' PLACE, AND NOW HAS TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE BY HIS OWN RULES.

IT'S THE MOMENT, IN A NUTSHELL, IN WHICH HE WILL HAVE TO STAND UP TO THE CHALLENGE OF BEING HUMAN.

AND THIS IS, BETTY BELIEVES, THE MAIN TASK AT HAND.

AFTER SURVIVING LAST YEAR'S EARTHQUAKES AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH EXTERNAL CHANGE, THE REVOLUTION HAS NOW MOVED INSIDE OUR RIB CAGES AND, THIS YEAR, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A GOOD LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND ANSWER FRANKLY WHAT (OR WHO) IS IT THAT WE REALLY LOVE AND CARE FOR, AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT.

THEN SHOW WE HAVE THE BALLS TO WALK OUR TALK.

THE LOVERS TEACH US TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THE ROAD TOWARD HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS PASSES THROUGH THE COMMUNION AND HARMONY OF OUR MALE AND FEMALE SIDES. 

WHAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON NOW, IS OPENING UP TO OUR INTIMATE NEEDS AND FEELINGS, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY AIMING AT HAVING A CONNECTION WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD WHICH, IF NOT EMOTIONAL, IS THEN, DOWNRIGHT, SEXUAL.  

AND BETTY, OF COURSE, IS QUITE FIRMLY DETERMINED TO DO JUST SO.

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