Post by Alena on Dec 26, 2006 19:42:55 GMT -5
The seventh card in the Major Arcana of the tarot is the Chariot. Most decks show a single charioteer, usually a male, in a chariot pulled by two horses (or other creatures). The horses are usually a pair of opposites, one being black and the other white. The charioteer is enjoying a victory parade, like the ticker tape parades after victory in war. He went forth into battle and has now come home as hero and conqueror. The Chariot, because it is a vehicle, symbolizes motion and getting places.
In Star Wars, it is the Mellinium Falcon with a fully operational hyperdrive. Han Solo would be the charioteer. It could also be Darth Vader on the Superstar Destroyer.
Number seven is the number of completion. In the Book of Genesis, it took God seven days to make the world (symbolically). On the seventh day He looked at the work He had done with satisfaction.
This card tells the story of life's adventure. We are thrown into a topsy turvy world filled with strife and contradiction. Inside ourselves is strife and contradiction symbolized by the two different horses. The horses are our contradicting emotions and impulses, our personal light and dark sides. For a Sith, it would mean mastery and control of both the light and dark sides inside ourselves as well as the Light and Dark Sides of the Force itself. One harnesses these powers to move in a given direction. The Chariot's course is the path that we have chosen in life. It is our sense of adventure. For Palpatine, it meant to stay the course and carry out a plot that he had in the works for decades. For Darth Maul it was to train well and hard to get enough skill to whomp his first Jedi. For Han Solo it was skillfully maneuvering the asteroid field.
Most of all, Anakin Skywalker represents the energy behind this card. It is the Mars energy, very fiery and red, very passionate, passion in love and war. Anakin was also the personality in the Star Wars movies with the most inner contradictions. He was both Sith and Jedi. He was the one always torn in two, his two "horses" pulling in opposite directions. He was also stuck for the ride, whatever destiny threw at him. He never quite got control of the horses. (Some decks depict the charioteer as having no reins on the horses.) Palpatine was the one who helped to harness his energies and direct them. This is when he became the feared and powerful Darth Vader, conqueror of the galaxy.
What does it mean to get this card in a reading? There are several implications.
You are the captain of the ship. You are at the controls. You are the boss, and you decide the ship's course. You are Han Solo and can maneuver the asteroid field of life.
Win the war! The struggle may be hard, but victory is possible. Go read Sun Tzu's THE ART OF WAR for pointers. If you are going to court or are a lawyer, win the case. If you do martial arts and it is time to sparr, kick some @$$.
You have won the war. Enjoy your victory parade.
You are Darth Vader or Palpatine. You conquered your enemies.
Gain mastery over your inner contradictions. Master the Light and Dark Side. Harness these energies to gain victory in life.
You may be traveling soon or should consider travel. Perhaps you have been a stay-at-home and need a change of scene.
It could simply mean to "get moving." Perhaps there is some project or idea that needs to get off the ground.
A negative meaning?
The horses are bolting wildly and tearing you apart. You are tormented by contrary emotions. You feel out of control.
A project collapsed. There was a failure. Something failed or is doomed to fail. It can't seem to get off the ground.
You are moving too fast and everyone is getting run over in the process. Slow down a little.
You are going in circles, going nowhere fast. This is a problem in modern society. Industrial disease. Information age disease. We are always on the run. But are we really accomplishing anything? One finds themselves caught up in the stream of a busy life and forgets to ask why. This is true especially in the computer age. We try to move as fast as the computer does. The computer sets the pace. The computer never sleeps. Should it set the pace? The other possibility is things aren't moving at all. Life is a stagnant pond. In most cases though, especially those who can get online and read this, it is likely life is going by too fast and is one big blur. The trick is to find balance and have the Chariot move at a comfortable speed.
In Star Wars, it is the Mellinium Falcon with a fully operational hyperdrive. Han Solo would be the charioteer. It could also be Darth Vader on the Superstar Destroyer.
Number seven is the number of completion. In the Book of Genesis, it took God seven days to make the world (symbolically). On the seventh day He looked at the work He had done with satisfaction.
This card tells the story of life's adventure. We are thrown into a topsy turvy world filled with strife and contradiction. Inside ourselves is strife and contradiction symbolized by the two different horses. The horses are our contradicting emotions and impulses, our personal light and dark sides. For a Sith, it would mean mastery and control of both the light and dark sides inside ourselves as well as the Light and Dark Sides of the Force itself. One harnesses these powers to move in a given direction. The Chariot's course is the path that we have chosen in life. It is our sense of adventure. For Palpatine, it meant to stay the course and carry out a plot that he had in the works for decades. For Darth Maul it was to train well and hard to get enough skill to whomp his first Jedi. For Han Solo it was skillfully maneuvering the asteroid field.
Most of all, Anakin Skywalker represents the energy behind this card. It is the Mars energy, very fiery and red, very passionate, passion in love and war. Anakin was also the personality in the Star Wars movies with the most inner contradictions. He was both Sith and Jedi. He was the one always torn in two, his two "horses" pulling in opposite directions. He was also stuck for the ride, whatever destiny threw at him. He never quite got control of the horses. (Some decks depict the charioteer as having no reins on the horses.) Palpatine was the one who helped to harness his energies and direct them. This is when he became the feared and powerful Darth Vader, conqueror of the galaxy.
What does it mean to get this card in a reading? There are several implications.
You are the captain of the ship. You are at the controls. You are the boss, and you decide the ship's course. You are Han Solo and can maneuver the asteroid field of life.
Win the war! The struggle may be hard, but victory is possible. Go read Sun Tzu's THE ART OF WAR for pointers. If you are going to court or are a lawyer, win the case. If you do martial arts and it is time to sparr, kick some @$$.
You have won the war. Enjoy your victory parade.
You are Darth Vader or Palpatine. You conquered your enemies.Gain mastery over your inner contradictions. Master the Light and Dark Side. Harness these energies to gain victory in life.
You may be traveling soon or should consider travel. Perhaps you have been a stay-at-home and need a change of scene.
It could simply mean to "get moving." Perhaps there is some project or idea that needs to get off the ground.
A negative meaning?
The horses are bolting wildly and tearing you apart. You are tormented by contrary emotions. You feel out of control.
A project collapsed. There was a failure. Something failed or is doomed to fail. It can't seem to get off the ground.
You are moving too fast and everyone is getting run over in the process. Slow down a little.
You are going in circles, going nowhere fast. This is a problem in modern society. Industrial disease. Information age disease. We are always on the run. But are we really accomplishing anything? One finds themselves caught up in the stream of a busy life and forgets to ask why. This is true especially in the computer age. We try to move as fast as the computer does. The computer sets the pace. The computer never sleeps. Should it set the pace? The other possibility is things aren't moving at all. Life is a stagnant pond. In most cases though, especially those who can get online and read this, it is likely life is going by too fast and is one big blur. The trick is to find balance and have the Chariot move at a comfortable speed.