Introduction
To The Aces
Aces and the number One represent beginnings. The Aces can been
seen as big events. For instance, the ace of cups can be represent
the heart opening up to new feelings. But the Aces can also be
the little things such as starting to make dinner, waking up,
starting work. We start things everyday and yet we often do not
take the time to lend these beginnings our conscious thought.
When we begin to experience the sacredness of these "little"
acts, we begin to understand the nature of the divinity in all
its manifestations. Understanding what it means to wake up in
the morning is a way to begin to understand what it means to
wake up to a higher consciousness.
Aces & Beginnings
The associations we have with beginnings in our daily lives show
how we are dealing with the bigger issues they relate to. When
we dread starting work every morning (Ace of Pentacles) we are
also dreading the larger issue of how we begin to manifest our
needs in and desires. When we pay attention to these everyday
beginnings, we are really paying attention to the beginning of
our own consciousness.
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Our
Beginnings Exercise |
| Think of all the
things you start in a day. List 10 things. Consider each thing
and try to answer the following questions: How do you usually
feel when you do the thing. What are you thinking about? How
do you view yourself as you begin the thing? What do you create
when you start the thing? For each item on your list, pick which
ace you associate with that item. Write why you picked each Ace. |
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Creation
and the Aces
Many creation myths start with the image of the unity of all.
This unity is often God/dess. In the Qabalah (a mystical system
first developed in Judaism) the first emanation from the divine,
Kether, relates to the Aces. Robert Graves begins his translation
of the Greek creation, "In the beginning, Eurynome, the
Goddess of All Things, rose naked from Chaos, but found nothing
substantial for her feet to rest upon..." We understand
that Kether and Eurynome came from something, but to understand
this something is difficult to say the least. The Qabalists call
it, "Ain Soph Aur" or Limitless Light and say it is
"beyond the veil." The Greeks called it Chaos, "the
indistinguishable mixture of space and matter before the world
was formed.
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Creation
Myths |
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Read some
creation myths. Try to find myths from many different cultures
(South American creation myths are really interesting!) How do
different mythological systems describe what came "before".
You may find that different myths relate to different Aces.
Write a creation
myth of your own. Make up names of goddesses and gods. Why do
they create the world? What do they make it out of?
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