Tarotscope | Aries Sun Cycle | 03/20/2014 to 04/21/2014

Welcome to Tarotscope, a combination of Astrology and Tarot.  Each month I will draw a card for each sign of the Zodiac.  That card represents the meditation for the month for that Sun Sign.  The Sun Sign represents your Primary Drive in life, how you best manifest your Life Path, and how the light of the Sun energizes you each day. The Deck I am using this month is the Osho Zen Tarot.

For Indian Hindu visitors: I practice Western Tropical astrology, so the Sun Signs are based on the months of the year rather than the Zodiac constellations, which have shifted over time.  If you were born between March 21st and April 21st, you will be an Aries in Western Tropical astrology instead of the Pisces you are in Vedic Sidereal astrology.  These systems are not mutually exclusive, each one teaches us something different about the spiritual condition and I find Indian clients pleasantly surprised by the new insight a Western reading of their chart provides.

Aries (March 21st to April 21st): Maverick Active Fire energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best independently; you must learn self-discipline to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 15th card of the Major Arcana, The Devil, and your message is "do it your own way."  This card encourages you to rebel and break the rules so ou can grow spiritually through an act of revolution.  The lesson is: "certain kinds of change can only occur when actions are done against the status quo."
Taurus (April 21st to May 21st): Persistent Stable Earth energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you feel secure; you must learn some degree of adaptability to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 7th card of the Major Arcana, The Chariot, and your message is "go after what you want with single-minded purpose."  This card encourages you to follow your heart's desire with intensity.  Go hard, go fast, or go home!  The lesson is: "to manage your passions to the highest degree, you must have tremendous willpower."
Gemini (May 21st to June 21st): Curious Adaptable Air energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best doing tasks that stimulate your mind in a variety of ways; you must learn how to focus-on-demand to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 9 of Swords, Cruelty, and your message is "forgiveness heals the deepest wounds."  This card encourages you to address a cruelty done to you or one you have done to someone else.  The lesson is: “release your anger towards a person who has wronged you or made you feel the need to wrong them, or be forever the slave to the anger's punishment.”
Cancer (June 21st to July 21st): Nurturing Active Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you care-take yourself and others properly; you must learn "emotional balance" to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the Ace of Swords and your message is "think in a new way about a current situation."  This card encourages you to think outside the box or look with a new perspective.  The lesson is "old patterns of thinking stagnate the mind and it becomes necessary explore new ideas."
Leo (July 21st to August 21st): Strong-burning Stable Fire fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are creative; you must learn structure to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the Prince of Cups and your message is "find pleasure and indulge yourself."  This card encourages you to seek emotional and physical enjoyment; engage in sensual play; pursue a romance.  The lesson is: "desire fulfilled is one of the great gifts of our physical lives."
Virgo (August 21st to September 21st): Practical Adaptable Earth fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you get all the details in order; you must learn to "see the forest for the trees" to manifest your best results.  Your card this month is the 8 of Disks, Prudence, and your message is "reach for the stars, but keep your feel on the ground."  This card encourages you to balance vision/hope/desire with what can be achieved realistically.  The lesson is: "have your dreams AND know your limits."  Take only calculated risks during this cycle.
Libra (September 21st to October 21st): Analytical Active Air fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when acting logically; you must learn to mix in feelings to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 8 of Wands, Swiftness, and the message is "seek out those who are you equals and share your worldview." This card encourages you to spend this cycle connecting with those of like mind. The lesson is: "shared vision with others brings the gift of acceptance and immediate understanding."
Scorpio (October 21st to November 21st): Intense and Deep Stable Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when bringing or experiencing transformation; you must learn "playfulness or lightness of heart" to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 7 of Disks, Failure, and the message is "nobody gets their character tested when things are going their way."  This card encourages you to determine how you will respond to a setback and whether you see your limits before a failure exposes them.  The lesson is "know your limits or they will be exposed for you through a failure."
Sagittarius (November 21st to December 21st): Expansive Adaptable Fire fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best exploring openly and trying new experiences; you must learn to map and record your knowledge to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the Prince of Disks and the message is "have a plan."  This card encourages you to map out your moves and decisions; do not improvise or shoot from the hip this cycle.  The lesson here is "careful planning assures positive outcomes, especially in complex or complicated situations."  There is no substitute for great preparation.
Capricorn (December 21st to January 21st): Ambitious Active Earth fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are setting and achieving goals; you must learn compassion to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 8 of Cups, Indolence, and the message is “rediscover or reignite your passion." This card encourages you to address any area of our life or relationship that has a long emotion history but no longer contains any emotional value.   The lesson is: "a long emptiness is no substitute for short passion."
Aquarius (January 21st to February 21st): Unconventional Stable Air fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are authentic and unrepentant; you must learn quiet fortitude to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the Princess of Cups and the message is "trust your feelings."  This card encourages you to cast yourself out into life with openness and a sense of adventure. The lesson is: "have faith and see where the currents of life take you when you do not try to steer."
Pisces (February 21st to March 21st): Imaginative Adaptable Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best connecting with others emotionally; you must learn toughness to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 9th Card of the Major Arcana, The Hermit, and the message is "time to find your own truth"  This card encourages you to seek your personal truth by getting away from your connections in the world. The lesson is "you have all your answers inside and must walk the journey within to find them."

Monthly Tarotscope - Pisces Sun Cycle (2/19/2014 to 3/21/2014)

Welcome to Tarotscope, a combination of Astrology and Tarot.  Each month I will draw a card for each sign of the Zodiac.  That card represents the meditation for the month for that Sun Sign.  The Sun Sign represents your Primary Drive in life, how you best manifest your Life Path, and how the light of the Sun energizes you each day. The Deck I am using this month is the Osho Zen Tarot.

For Indian Hindu visitors: I practice Western Tropical astrology, so the Sun Signs are based on the months of the year rather than the Zodiac constellations, which have shifted over time.  If you were born between March 21st and April 21st, you will be an Aries in Western Tropical astrology instead of the Pisces you are in Vedic Sidereal astrology.  These systems are not mutually exclusive, each one teaches us something different about the spiritual condition and I find Indian clients pleasantly surprised by the new insight a Western reading of their chart provides.

Aries (March 21st to April 21st): Maverick Active Fire energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best independently; you must learn self-discipline to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 20th card of the Major Arcana, Beyond Illusion, and your message is "pay attention to life's deepest truths."  This card encourages you to assess all the situations and relationships in your life in terms of what you know to be true when you set your ego aside and see "beyond" your illusions.  The lesson is "you can see necessary truths when you step back from your desires and expectations."
Taurus (April 21st to May 21st): Persistent Stable Earth energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you feel secure; you must learn some degree of adaptability to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 1st card of the Major Arcana, Existence, and your message is "focus on your life purpose."  This card encourages you to work on self-care, self-assessment, and the choices you need to make in life.  The lesson is "spend time working on yourself and planning your next goals in life."
Gemini (May 21st to June 21st): Curious Adaptable Air energy fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best doing tasks that stimulate your mind in a variety of ways; you must learn how to focus-on-demand to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the Water to the North, Healing, and your message is "open your heart to healing."  This card encourages you to work on emotional issues this cycle; face your wounds and put energy into healing them.  The lesson is “do not let hurts fester; open up  your heart to let emotional energy flow.”
Cancer (June 21st to July 21st): Nurturing Active Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you care-take yourself and others properly; you must learn "emotional balance" to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the Fire to the South, Sharing, and your message is "give to receive."  This card encourages you to put your energy outward, connecting with the people in your life and showing appreciation for their presence in your energy field.  The lesson is "give appropriately to receive appropriately."   Do not be stingy with others and do not over indulge them.
Leo (July 21st to August 21st): Strong-burning Stable Fire fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are creative; you must learn structure to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 3 of Rainbows, Guidance, and your message is "seek another with more experience to guide you."  This card encourages you to find someone who has traveled the path you are on, but is out in front of your journey.  The lesson is "know when to ask for help."
Virgo (August 21st to September 21st): Practical Adaptable Earth fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you get all the details in order; you must learn to "see the forest for the trees" to manifest your best results.  Your card this month is the 4 of Wands, Participation, and your message is "seek out others who help you along your journey."  This card encourages you to connect with people of equal skill, even if they have different interests.  Join these people to help you along your journey this cycle.   The lesson is "two heads are better than one, three heads are better than two, and so on."
Libra (September 21st to October 21st): Analytical Active Air fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when acting logically; you must learn to mix in feelings to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 6 of Air, The Burden, and the message is "stop taking sacrificing yourself for those who can take care of themselves." This card encourages you to engage in serious self-care and self-respect. The lesson is "everyone is responsible for his or her journey; you will suffer trying to lift up others who must do their own work."
Scorpio (October 21st to November 21st): Intense and Deep Stable Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when bringing or experiencing transformation; you must learn "playfulness or lightness of heart" to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 2nd card of the Major Arcana, Inner Voice, and the message is "trust your intuition."  This card encourages you to use your gut instincts more in your decision making this cycle.  You have an emotional quotient that grows stronger with each emotional life lesson.  It is as important as logic and reason. The lesson is for you to "trust that all your experiences, good and bad, contribute to knowledge you need to be successful in life."
Sagittarius (November 21st to December 21st): Expansive Adaptable Fire fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best exploring openly and trying new experiences; you must learn to map and record your knowledge to manifest your best results. Your card this Sun cycle is the 9 of Fire, Exhaustion, and the message is "rest before collapsing."  This card encourages you to recognize that you are over extending in some or all areas of your life and you need to pull back into your own energy and space to take care of yourself.  The lesson here is "choose self-care before you get worn down to such a degree that your energy forces some kind of break down to create the necessary space for re-balancing."
Capricorn (December 21st to January 21st): Ambitious Active Earth fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are setting and achieving goals; you must learn compassion to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 1 of Rainbows, Maturity, and the message is “make a plan and manage your responsibilities." This card encourages you to address any and all situations with thoughtful engagement.   The lesson is "I am responsible for my own happiness, not anyone else."
Aquarius (January 21st to February 21st): Unconventional Stable Air fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best when you are authentic and unrepentant; you must learn quiet fortitude to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 5 of Air, Comparison, and the message is "find understanding through comparison."  This card encourages you to make comparisons as you consider your choices throughout this cycle. The lesson is "consider alternatives before moving forward."
Pisces (February 21st to March 21st): Imaginative Adaptable Water fuels your Primary Drive.  Your Life Path energy operates best connecting with others emotionally; you must learn toughness to manifest your best results.  Your card this Sun cycle is the 10 of Air, Rebirth, and the message is "time to make a fundamental change in the way you perceive and present yourself to the world"  This card encourages you to recognize that you need a profound change in your thinking and communication regarding an issue, situation, or person in your life. The lesson is "change is what you need more than stability this cycle."