OVERALL ENERGY
8 of Clubs ♣
root energy: Joker
Eagle eye vision activated. 8 of Clubs comes in with Mercury in Sagittarius energy. Where we are being called to rise to a bird's eye view. Specifically in third-house dominant arenas like communication, commerce, and social interactions. Mercury Retrograde is here to bring its own set of challenges, but 8 of Clubs shows us the meeting point of that tension. Where our perspective and vantage point
With 8 of Clubs in the overall energy, the driving force behind everyone's actions is their creative and explorative interests. Intellectual abilities are heightened. Which allows you to grasp complex matters and their hidden messages quickly. Your desire for peace of mind takes priority. There's less worry if you take a step back from petty personal issues and look at the big picture.
There's a big emphasis on embodying your true self and the discovery of your personal path. Impulsive decision-making is tempting right now. If you can take a moment and reflect, you won't fall to recklessness. With the portal energy, you want to stay focused on what you wish to become your reality.
With the Joker in the underlying energy, this is a signal of big portal energy. It's the wild card of the deck. Certain things may be out of your control and come with a layer of divine intervention. This can be influenced by your ancestors and spirit guides. It's all to push you toward your personal freedom and spiritual independence.
The Joker comes with the message of following your heart to further expand your spiritual evolution. Under certain circumstances, you may be at odds with your surroundings. Specifically when it pertains to comes to situations that are invitations to be petty, small-minded, or greedy. You're being asked to focus on the bigger picture because you would be naive to think you can control all the little details of how things play out.
REVEAL WHAT IS HIDDEN
King of Diamonds ♦
root energy: 4 of Clubs ♣
midpoint (core of What's Hidden): Queen of Diamonds ♦ 9 of Diamonds ♦ Joker
King Saturn is here. This time it's playing a big role in the shadows. Which can show up as impatience, a demanding sense of urgency, or a self-centered vain disposition. There can be a push to conquer new territory or an internal chase for new things to acquire. You're being challenged to seek beyond material value though. Clearly, there might be opportunities for material success but King of Diamonds has 8 of Clubs in its own Saturn period within Cardology. This means that Saturn's energy is navigating you to your true path by focusing on what's necessary for higher knowledge and personal discovery along the way. Not so much the physical acquisition but the intangible value behind it.
It's a great time for self-development. Constructive effort to upgrade yourself and your circumstances. Essentially to cultivate experiences or habits that lend towards positive influences. With the 8 of Clubs in the Saturn period for King of Diamonds, it even gifts you the power to overcome adversity and illnesses through the application of knowledge and wisdom. This is something that Saturn is big on here. The gifts you gain from experience. However, some people may be shortsighted and only see the financial aspect. The Joker and 8 of Clubs are here to remind you of the instrinic value you gain from your experiences rather than the tangible results you see in front of you. You're looking at something more meaningful in the long term.
4 of Clubs as the root of the hidden factors playing out provides you with Venus in Aries energy. 4 of Clubs is the Venus period card in the King of Diamonds' life script. Natal Venusian energy is lurking in the shadows. As a result, a few things are brought into your awareness. For example, your relationship dynamics, how you are regarded amongst your colleagues/friends, and how you're attracting or retaining like-minded peers. You'll find a lot of happiness in the home, a marriage, or your intimate life if you focus on working through anything that's comes up. There's a lot of goodness to work with in those arenas.
Help and support are within reach. Especially amongst friends or stabilizing forces in your life. Don't be too prideful to ask for their help or accept help when it's offered. Especially if you truly need it. 4 of Clubs comes with a shadow side of self-imposed emotional repression primarily because there's difficulty when expressing one's feelings. There is more of a possibility to remain in a fixed attitude about how you want things to be rather than to work with things as they are.
Thanks to wildfire Venusian energy, passions can hit close to home and it may light up your heart chakra spreading to the throat. Those intense emotions can create a block in your communication. If that arises, frustration has to be authentically worked through. Then channeled in a focused and positive way. If you can find a healthy way to harness that fire you'll gain more favor. Think about it, you're essentially getting a lifeforce boost in your relationships and the home. A spark of fire can help keep a flame stable and long-lasting. Use it. Don't abuse it or waste it on something unproductive.
Use that firepower to keep building what strengthens your foundation. For more difficult problems you may feel called to work with spirit guides associated with crossroads to help clarify your path and decision-making. Some of you may leave those complicated decisions up to God to navigate entirely. Nonetheless, 4 of Clubs pushes you to be more tunnel-visioned, stronger, and prepared to move forward in your journey. With a bonus gift of a full support system you can put to intentional use.
Let's scale-out here to see everything at play. King of Diamonds in the hidden position is highlighting maturity in your spiritual and personal development. 4 of Clubs is saying that you have the right people around you to help along the way. How can you lose? What you can do here, is be forthcoming about where you're at in your stage of growth. That will inform people of how to support you. Then take full ownership of the steps that are laid out for you to fully follow your path. During these portal periods it's so important to be true to your actual identity and self-image. Not the one your pride uses to protect you. Because we all have a chance to focus on experiences that are intentionally designed for us.
Under these circumstances, you don't want to get tricked out of your spot. You can be tricked by your ego, spite, or outside influences when it comes to your Venusian birthright. Especially with Mercury Retrograde running amok. I mention that because Queen of Diamonds is in the middle of the deck here. Queen of Diamonds is associated with the story of Rachel in the Bible. If you know her story, she was destined to marry Jacob but her father, Labon, tricked Jacob. On their wedding night, Labon swapped out Rachel for her sister, Leah. This is because their father believed the oldest daughter should marry first. This turned Rachel sour towards her sister over time.
midpoint (core of What's Hidden): Queen of Diamonds ♦ 9 of Diamonds ♦ Joker
Fourteen years later, Jacob cleared the karmic debt Labon tricked him into and eventually married Rachel. However, Rachel was still bitter in her own ways towards her sister because Leah was able to have children with Jacob while Rachel struggled to get pregnant. In the end, Rachel did get what she wanted out of life and her marriage. She was able to extend her family and contribute to the a larger sense of spiritual evolution by giving birth to sons that later led a few of the Tribes of Israel. However, her memory was colored in resentment and pain.
For this allegory to be attached to Queen of Diamonds, it adds context to the early 18th and 19th-century interpretation of what this card means. Queen of Diamonds can come with the reputation of sharing taboo or private information about her circumstances and who she's connected to. Potentially to the point of gossip or where she's seen as spiteful. There may be a layer of that to be mindful of since this is in the Hidden position. However, when you look at the big picture of everything that happened with Rachel. Her legacy was honorable and valiant. Of course, she had war stories to share. There's no triumph without testimony.
The taboo parts surrounding her marriage and journey to motherhood became a defining factor. Even in her death, she was not separated from those aspects of her reputation. She died giving birth to her son Benjamin after she notably put up a fuss to have more sons. This goes to show how you can lean too deeply into trauma or a pursuit for vindication and that pain can follow you to the grave. Or worse, lead you to one.
In present day context, the Queen of diamonds comes with a shadow side of becoming too aggressive when wronged or creating public scenes when offended. These are the attributes that may come to the surface during this time. Although there's a shadow side to Queen of Diamonds, she is still a card of mental agility, wit, and feminine leadership.
The best route would be to adopt the assertive and straight-shooter nature of the Queen of Diamonds. While tempering out some of the strong emotional responses in a balanced way. This card comes in with similar energy as the 4 of Clubs, essentially acting as a reminder that you are highly respected. So there's no need to sling mud or dredge up past pain when you're in a higher position now with a better support system.
The Queen of Diamonds is seen as a perfect fit for the responsibilities of a family. She is also an excellent advisor to those who come to her for council. You may sense this energy from how people acknowledge your spiritual rank and authority within social interactions. This is confirmation that your spiritual power is recognized and there are supportive people in your corner who trust your ability to see your legacy through. They are here to help you along the way.
We have the wish-card here with the 9 of Diamonds. Letting you know, you can have anything you ask for as long as you're intentional and dedicated to your work. Then the Joker gives us an extra layer of unpredictability for an element of surprise or miracles. All of which exemplifies that this portal energy will give you exactly what you're asking for. But you don't want to come from a place of spite or chronic trauma.
Simply embrace your birthright despite the challenges that come specifically with your journey. Focus on the love and support around you. Most importantly, note how you have already completed major milestones within your legacy. Victory is already yours. There's absolutely no reason to be sour. Even if there are delays or mishaps, those hiccups are just to emphasize your character and star quality.
BEST COURSE OF ACTION
Jack of Hearts ♥
root energy: 8 of Clubs ♣
clarity: 4 of Clubs ♣ 3 of Diamonds ♦ 5 of Diamonds ♦
Emotional renewal is in motion with this portal energy. An experienced magi knows that emotions are an elixir for conjure. Magick can happen with this portal energy by simply using the power of your emotional state. That's one of the best ways to attract what you want in your reality anyway. The Jack of Hearts comes with the gift of highlighting intentions especially ones driven by the heart and how you feel. Which is potent energy for conjure and aligning the elements in your favor.
The Jack of Hearts as the best course of action asks us to use discernment to know what's God's will, what's true, and what's acceptable. Because Jack of Hearts is also Piscian, ideally, you would hone in on the Jupiterian side of this energy in the physical plane. Use it to amplify your prosperity, knowledge of self, and the intrinsic value you get from choosing your own adventure.
Neptune does come into play when we look at the 4 of Clubs showing up again to clarify why the Jack of Hearts approach is the best course of action. 4 of Clubs is the Neptune card for Jack of Hearts and it speaks to spiritual influences helping you to feel at peace. Specifically by bringing your attention to your core values and what resonates the most. On top of that, 4 of Clubs suggest an increase in paranormal activity, heightened psychic senses, and more spiritual phenomena. Let the serendipity and synchronicities cue you in on what's going on in the atmosphere. Then put your psychic energy towards the emotional peace you want to expand on in your life. There are spirit guides, ancestors, and those in your soul tribe within reach to help you along the way.
While this is a good omen, it comes with its own unique set of challenges. King of Diamonds is the Saturn card for Jack of Hearts, which may cause you to feel like difficulties or high expectations regarding the effort asked of you wouldn't be worth it if you don't see financial rewards in return. You will see rewards but the results may take a while. There could be the presence of dominating Yang energy that causes trouble and frustration to your flow. Adding to the pressure you already feel. It's mostly because the more masculine energy wants to establish a sense of authority or clear hierarchy. Don't take it personally.
You have reassurance from the 8 of Clubs card as the root energy which lets you know that despite any difficulties, your peace of mind is returning and worries are fading. 8 of Clubs brings mental clarity and increased mental efficiency. It gifts you with the ability to see things from enough angles, where you can find a perfect view that gives you the range to relax and spread your wings. 8 of Clubs is good energy for grounding, practical work, and fulfilling duties that lean toward your well-being. Make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.
clarity: 4 of Clubs ♣ 3 of Diamonds ♦ 5 of Diamonds ♦
Most of this is self-explanatory but we do have the 3 of Diamonds and 5 of Diamonds here to add context. 3 of Diamonds is Mars in Capricorn energy and it's 'money talks, bullshit walks' type of energy. It's associated with communication about money, preparing important documentation, and going over legalities. When we examine the challenge areas for 3 of Diamonds' life card, we find the Jack of Hearts rearing its head again but this time in the Saturn position.
Jack of Hearts as the Saturn card for 3 of Diamonds indicates there may be limits placed on your personal desires due to the people you're obligated to, mistakes you're responsible for fixing whether you caused them or not, and illnesses that can flare up. Basically, things that require a necessary sacrifice for the greater good. It shouldn't be the worst to navigate but if you're in partnership with immature or underdeveloped Yang energy things be more challenging. It's still Mars in Capricorn we're dealing with here. So even if Saturn has to snatch you by the hand to guide your energy, the mission will get accomplished.
5 of Diamonds is the life card for those born on August 8th. This card comes in to affirm and emphasize the importance of scoping the landscape from this Eagle eye vantage point you're entering right now. Scale the entire field you have in front of you before you go one way or the other. 5 of Diamonds signals to us that extremist and inflexible opinions are in the midst so the objective viewpoint is necessary to acknowledge. Without an objective perspective, the likelihood of a stalemate is high. Which may result in a lack of conflict resolution. The biggest areas of hold-up when it comes to resolving financial conflicts are most likely within insurance matters, taxes, and inheritances/wealth transfers. Don't hesitate to bring in a 3rd party or fresh set of eyes to mediate conflicts if you reach a stalemate that you can't reach a conclusion on.
CLOSING MESSAGE
We have to be clear about our defining power and honor our responsibility to co-creation. What you create and gain from your pursuits are important pieces that fit in the bigger picture. You shouldn't let anything stop you from being featured. See the vision in its full scope and trust that your heart is a divine compass that will point you exactly where you can find each part.
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