Here are some of my more recent thoughts about the cards and other
topics, and how they fit into life. Just some random bits here and there.
I hope you enjoy these ramblings. No card is good or bad, or right or wrong
One important lesson that the cards have taught me is that no one’s point
of view is the ultimate right one. There is no one truth or point of view that
is always right, or even right in any given situation. With 53 different cards
in the deck there may be at least 53 different ways to look at any situation.
Astrology also says the same thing. Among the 12 signs of the zodiac are
friends and enemies. They are not really friends or enemies, it is just that
they tend to look at life in harmonious or inharmonious ways. All the signs
of the same element, i.e. water, fire, earth or air, are harmonious with each
other. But all four signs of the same quality, i.e. cardinal, fixed and
mutable, do not harmonize at all. These signs of the same quality are all
very different from each other, so much so that it is nearly impossible for
them to agree or get along with each other. Is there anything personal in
this? Not at all. It is just the nature of the energies that are being expressed.
Likewise in the cards we have people who are Venus, Moon and Jupiter to
us that it is very easy to harmonized with. And we have the challenging
ones, Mars, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto. Is any sign or any card’s point of
view the right one? Absolutely not! No one is right. They are just expressing
the energy of their birthday and it will harmonize with some other people
and not harmonize with others. But in our humanness we make a big deal
about our points of view. And we even go so far as to create enemies of
others who do not harmonize with us. We become attached to our points of
view, thinking we must be the only ones that are right. But the truth is that
every time we think we are right there are numerous other points of view
that are equally valid. All we need to do is shift our point of view to their
point of view to see this. Ultimately no point of view is the right one. All are
equally valid. And if this is true, what is all this fighting about? And why do
we take is so personally when someone contradicts what we say or write or
do? This realization has helped me to let go of my attachment to a point of
view and to be more open minded. It has also helped me to not take
conflicting points of views personally. What I have learned about Sixes
lately Being in a relationship with someone whose Planetary Ruling Card is
a 6 has taught me a lot. I have had past relationships with a 6 and
a 6. I seem to attract Sixes on some level. But this time I think I have
a more deep understanding of how they operate. In personal relationships,
those with a Six Birth or Planetary Ruling Card can be very angry at times.
They can act vindictively as if they have been attacked by their partner and
need to ‘right the wrong’ perpetrated upon them. That is one thing we
notice on the external level. At the same time, Sixes are very psychic and
love peaceful times. Seems like a contradiction at best, but that is how they
show up. When I see a Six now I see the issue of responsibility being played
out in a big way. Regardless of whether or not a Six is playing the side of
being overly responsible or not being responsible at all, responsibility is at
the center. When a Six is attacking someone else, they are in a state of
blame, which is an act of holding someone else responsible for something.
You can also say that in that state of being, a Six is being completely
irresponsible. To blame is to harbor no responsibility and to place that
upon another. Sixes know this instinctively and they do not like it. They get
down on themselves about their occasional angry outburst. Again, it is
their sense of responsibility that causes this guilt to come after an angry
outburst. Usually at that point the Six person will go back to being overly
responsible about things in their life. So, we see them go to extremes. What I
have also noticed is that all the Sixes are very hard on themselves. Again, I
think this is about the responsibility thing. Even the number Six is related
to Saturn, because Six is the number of balance. The six-pointed star
and the scales of justice are symbols for the number Six. There is always a
lot of Saturn connected to Six people. And Saturn is all about responsibility
and balance. Thus, with Six people we often find a great deal of heaviness
around them and their lives. This is not always apparent on the surface.
They often look and act very happy and positive. But underneath there is
usually a sense of burden and heaviness, often a great deal of sadness as
well. Both the 6 and 6 have very challenging Heart cards in their Saturn
Life Spread positions (A and 3). The 6, which has a very fortunate Life
Spread, sits in a Saturn column in both the Life and Spiritual Spreads. And
the 6 has the 6 in Saturn. I have compassion and respect for people who are
Sixes. They are reminders of how important responsibility in life actually is.
Sevens and Nines really do affect spiritual people different than material
people Sevens and Nines are generally regarded as the most challenging
cards to have in your time-based spreads. But if you are spiritually
oriented, they are often good news rather than bad. And this is especially
true if they occur in the Uranus or Neptune periods. Uranus is liken to the
Seven energy and Neptune to Nine energy. Both Sevens and Nines often
manifest in good ways in these two spiritual periods. I need to define
spiritual here just to be clear. When I say a spiritually based person I mean
someone who tends to look within for his or her answers rather than put
the blame or credit in their lives on external factors. If a spiritual person
has a problem, they usually ask themselves, ‘how did I create this?’ or ‘what
is this teaching me about myself?’ When a Nine shows up in a spread, the
spiritual person may ask, ‘what is it I need to let go of in my life to move to
the next step?’ It is this ‘inward’ perspective on life that I term a spiritual
perspective. And people who live this way as a general approach to life
usually experience good fortune when Sevens and Nines appear in their
yearly spreads. A material person, on the other hand, is always afraid of the
cards and more or less desperately looking for good signs in the future. And
for them, Sevens and Nines generally present more problems and losses,
something that they do not want at all. A highly spiritual person will
welcome any challenge or loss that comes their way, as a challenge to take
them even deeper in their inner connection. I cannot say that I am truly
spiritual but certainly somewhat spiritual. And for me, Sevens and Nines
have always been positive, at least positive in the end. I had a 9 in Saturn a
couple of years ago and it was very challenging. But I learned something
so important then that I would not trade it for anything. Use the new
information about the Law of Fives – It really works! I wrote an article a few
years ago about the Law of Fives. This is, in my opinion, an epiphany, card-
wise. It has opened up new vistas of understanding about all the cards in
the yearly spread. Every period in a yearly spread is connected to other
cards five spaces away. Mercury to Uranus, Venus to Neptune, Mars to
Pluto, Jupiter to Result or Cosmic Reward, Saturn to Cosmic Lesson. Look
at the cards in any period along with the cards in the corresponding
position to get the total picture. It is amazing. So, if I was looking at
the Uranus period that I am in currently, I would also glance at my
Mercury period cards for more information about what is happening now.
The opposite would be true as well. If I were in Mercury I would look at
the Uranus cards for more information about the Mercury period. Another
example would be to look at the Cosmic Lesson card for more information
about your Saturn period. Now, the Cosmic Lesson card does not appear in
the Cards of Your Destiny book. You can only get that from our software
program. Our latest Reader Edition software displays all of the Law of Five
Cards, in an easy to read manner.
Chiron
The vast majority of people studying astrology think that Chiron has
something to do with the ‘wounded healer.’ This misconception was
because the first book ever written about Chiron, written by Barbara Hand
Clow, said so. That book was completely made up by her
and had no basis in actual real life or empirical research. And yet to this
day, it is the book most people read about Chiron and so if you search for
Chiron on the web you see just how prevalent this belief is. The people
that cleared this up for me were the Magi Astrology folks who wrote The
Key to Success in Love and Money. If you can get a copy of that, for it is
now out of print, you are well served, for these guys discovered many thing
about Chiron by doing vast amounts of data gathering and examination.
They found that Chiron was like a magic elixir of a planet, which when
combined with other planets creates the best and worst possible results
from those planets, depending upon the aspects. Good aspects with Chiron
gave super results, while bad aspects gave negative results. Their findings
revolutionized a lot of my thinking, especially about love and relationships.
They explained experiences and phenomena that I had
never had explanations for. I felt blessed to have found their work. I have
been researching Chiron myself for about ten years and feel I have a bit
more to add to this. The Magi Astrologers don’t give any importance to the
sign or house position of Chiron and I didn’t either until recently. What I
realized is that Chiron represents this place in our chart where we want
fulfillment. It is like a very sensitive point, or in this case a very sensitive
part of life, where we want very much to feel a sense of satisfaction, success,
or good things happening. If our Chiron has good aspects from other planets
in our chart, we will tend to have these experiences of fulfillment. And the
opposite is true as well. In my own case, my Chiron is in Capricorn in the
5th house. I have always sought fulfillment in the areas of career
(Capricorn) and sex (the 5th house). Yet, my Chiron is part of a T-Square
configuration in my chart with Saturn/Neptune in the 2nd house and
Uranus in the 11th. Thus, there has been a lot of disappointment in my life
in the very areas where I am seeking to be fulfilled. The only saving grace is
that my Chiron inconjuncts my Pluto in my 12th house. By going within
(12th house), I find solutions. And also, secret (12th house) lovers (hitting
5th house Chiron) have often been a source of sexual fulfillment. If you look
at your Chiron you may see that its sign and position do represent for you a
place where you seek fulfillment or where and how you feel very fulfilled. If
you meet someone whose planets make good aspects to your Chiron, you
have a relationship that will bring you some of this fulfillment, even if you
do not have planets in your own chart that support it. This is mainly what
the Magi Astrology book talks about, and they explain it very well. For
example, they say that the very best aspect to have for marriage is when
one person’s Chiron makes a good aspect to the other person’s Venus. This
is their number one successful marriage aspect. One thing, though, that I
have never heard them mention, is when one person’s Chiron makes
aspects to the other person’s Chiron. Chiron inter-aspects are never
mentioned and I never thought much about it until I met someone whose
Chiron exactly trines my own. I have found this Chiron to Chiron good
aspect to be quite powerful, in a good way. It might actually be one of the
best Chiron aspects.
Venus aspects and relationships Speaking of astrology and relationships, I
have made another discovery as well, involving Venus. The Magi
Astrologers, and many other astrologers, say that Venus/Mars and
Venus/Pluto make for the most powerful sexual aspects. Having my Chiron
in the 5th I have always wondered just what is the best sexual aspect. In the
past, I discovered that Mars/Moon inter-aspects were very satisfying
sexually. In one of my marriages, my wife and I had mutual Mars/Moon
good aspect and the sex was really great. But this might be because my
Moon is in a sexual sign, Aries. The Moon is a lot like Chiron in that it seeks
contact with other planets for expression. So, my Moon/Mars thing might
only work for me. In relationships where I had Venus and Pluto, it was
okay, but certainly not great. I have discovered that Venus really is the
planet of sex. In the Vedas, Sukra, which is the Indian name for Venus, was
the lord of the demons. He represented fulfillment in the sensual realms.
He was not spiritual by any means, but still played an important role in life.
If your Venus makes good contacts with another person’s planets, there is a
chance that they will bring sensual and other pleasures into your life. I have
recently discovered that when two people have a good aspects between
their Venuses, it makes for great sex and other things. Having Venuses that
make good aspects means that whatever pleases you, also pleases your
partner. Isn’t that the very definition of great sex? Imagine making love
with someone and each thing that you do during the act of sex, delights
them. And each response they make to what you do, heightens your own
pleasure. And now imagine that being mutual! This might be the best
sexual aspect there is. I still think often about the breakdown of the
American economy The world economy is now more connected than ever in
history. One countries woes can affect all other countries to some extent.
America is the holder of the default currency of the world, a position held
by other countries in the past. Countries have to exchange and trade goods
in dollars to do trade. But since we have borrowed so much money, and are
in depth so deeply, the dollar stands at a place where it’s value is
questionable. Dollars are being questioned by many countries as we speak,
especially China. Countries are seeking a way to avoid trading in dollars
since the worth of these dollars are so questionable. Many people believe
that soon the dollar’s value will collapse. There are many points of view
regarding this. Some think it will be a devastating collapse that will cause
hunger, famine and rioting and looting in the streets of America. Other
predictions are not so dramatic. But it is true that many, perhaps, millions
of Americans, are preparing for some sort of fallout. Our country keeps
borrowing and upping our borrowing limit. Two 9 of Diamond presidents
in a row have put us in the poor house, by spending, and more spending.
And now it has just become the way we do things. This occurred to England
not that long ago when it was the default world currency. They did just as
we are doing – printing money with nothing to back it up. When their
currency collapsed it was a very bleak time for the entire country. For
myself, I am slowing moving money I have in dollars into things of value.
Real estate, gold and silver are the best holders of value. Dollars are make-
believe money. So is crypto currency. The money you have in your bank is
make believe. Its value could be halved overnight, should certain events
transpire. Just having dollars is no guarantee of value. Dollars used to be
backed by gold, in Fort Knox. That hasn’t been true for a long time now. We
have nothing backing up our dollars. They are simply ‘notes’ or IOUs.
Consider the money you may have stashed away for a rainy day. If that
rainy day comes, it might mean it comes in the form of a huge collapse in
the value of dollars. Many signs are pointing to this. I certainly do not hope
this will happen. But being somewhat of a futurist, I can see where things
are heading. So, in my own little way, I am taking steps and also spreading
the word. I say don’t trust dollars, crypto currency and bank accounts.
Only trust things of real value. Many billionaires are doing just that –
investing heavily in land and other ‘real’ resources.