The Interpretation of Tarot Cards – Part 2

Tarot Card 4: The Emperor
Symbolizes the managing authority: concretization, materialization, command.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Efforts to animate, enliven and concretize. Persevering energy, power, unwavering, execution of what is resolved. Concentration, rectitude. Rigor, consistency, firmness. Powerful protector, but controlling.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Stubbornness, opposition, hostile partiality. Stubborn opponent, bureaucracy or government against you, big risk of failure. Tyranny, absolutism.


Tarot Card 5 : The Hierophant
Symbolizes the principle of the divine laws: moral duty, orderly spirituality.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Meditate to understand. Moral authority, guide, instruction, advice, kindness, esotericism. Silence, discretion, modesty, patience, reserve, meditation, piety, respect. Conveniences, respectability, generosity.
(UPSIDE DOWN) – Hidden intentions, concealing, intolerance, resentment. Inertia, laziness, bigotry, intolerance. Adviser no practical, moralistic narrow, dogmatic education, regents professor's class.


Tarot Card 6: The Lovers
Symbolizes the choice: hesitation, free will, initiation, love, desire.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Reflection preceding a decisive choice, freedom of choice, free will. Choice, wishes, desires, aspirations. Examination of the situation, deliberations, responsibilities. Moral beauty, pure feelings coming from the heart, love.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Confusion, indecision, pending case, unachievable promises and desires. Temptation, risk to be seduced and misconduct, libertinism, weakness, lack of heroism. You will be soon put to the test. Doubt, uncertainty, irresolution.


Tarot Card 7: The Chariot
Symbolizes the reunification of opposed forces: control, progress, and success.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Success through determination, legitimate success, ambition, deserved advancement, progress, well-used talent, intelligence and tact, discretion. Leadership.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Wrenching, opposition, ambitions unjustified, misused situation. Lack of talent, tact, and diplomacy. Incapacity, incompetence, opportunism. Overwork, scattered.

The Interpretation of Tarot Cards – Part 1

Tarot Card 0: The Fool
Symbolizes the principle of the unconscious, the irrational, the unknown, developments and domestic travels. It also symbolizes a genius mind.
(STRAIGHT UP) – Childish heart, intuition, optimism, impulsivity, innocence. Need freedom and independence. Thoughts and actions are often beyond human understanding. Originality, marginality, creativity, instinct. New start.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Extravagance, destabilization, risk of madness. Inability to think for oneself, to walk. Blindness and unconsciousness leading to a loss. Unbalanced and abandoned to self’s whims.


Tarot Card 1: The Magician
Symbolizes the starting point, the momentum, origin, creation, an event from the beginning.
(STRAIGHT UP) – Activity, creativity, initiative, self-empowerment. Art of convincing people, diplomatic finesse, eloquence. Things into action, moving.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Lack of scruples. Arriviste character, intriguing, liar, rascal, swindler, charlatan, exploitative. Use of tricks and deception. Weak will.


Tarot Card 2: The High Priestess
Symbolizes the evolution of underground things, the mysteries and secrets.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Inertia, meditation to reach a general or specific knowledge, objective design of an idea. Discretion, confident expectation, patience, resignation, kindness, goodness, vision.
(UPSIDE DOWN) - Hypocrisy, concealment, hidden intentions. Help and support expected wrongly, inaction, laziness. Hostile or indifferent feelings, immorality, rancor. Mystical absorption.

Tarot Card 3: The Empress
Symbolizes the intellectual principle, science, literature, projects and studies.
(STRAIGHT UP) - Discernment, reflection, study and observation. Idea which implementation is to continue. Education, knowledge, intelligence, understanding. Abundance, richness, elegance, distinction, charm.
(UPSIDE DOWN) –Superficiality, vanity, pretension, raises disdain. Susceptibility to flattery, frivolity, luxury, seduction, coquetry, snobbism.

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The importance to understand how to interpret the Tarot cards

The mystery, the unknown and esoteric symbols attract and fascinate everybody. But only a few persons are able to understand how these symbols may guide their daily life. To be one of them you must learn how to interpret the symbols and signs unveiled before your eyes when you draw the Tarot cards. To illuminate the road of those who seek both inside and outside answers, it is appropriate to use the ancient science of divination by Tarots: this fantastic mystical and accurate psychic reading is based upon the most secret symbols, and if you are able to understand the message hidden in every Tarot symbols, you will reach a knowledge and wisdom guiding you all along your life.

However, it is important to point out that the Tarot cards are subject to interpretation. In Tarot readings, this is not the cognitive and intellectual knowledge of Tarot that can make the difference between a good and a bad Tarot reader, because they cannot substitute or replace intuition and understanding.

In fact, to decipher the symbolism of the Tarot cards, you must be able to penetrate into your own soul, to feel your inner spirit, and to sense the vibrations of your energy. Learn to lift the esoteric veil and to pierce the mystery of Tarot cards, and you will see the beginning of a situation, then you will clearly see a progression, and finally a direction towards which you will possibly tend to “walk”.

Once you will learn to decode the Tarot’s meanings, you will be allowed to take your life in hand with vision and insight. You will know how to influence and change your future by your thoughts, actions, and feelings.

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An Introduction to Vedic Astrology

Vedic Astrology is the study of positions of heavenly bodies like Sun, Moon, Mars etc. with respect to the zodiac and the interpretation of the effect of such heavenly bodies on the events in the life of an individual or a country or the whole world. It is called Vedic Astrology, because the principles on which the study and interpretations are made were first enumerated in the 'Vedas' - the first treatise of ancient Hindu philosophy.

What is Zodiac?

If we imagine a path in the sky at approximately 18 degrees arc in the width encircling the earth in an east west direction, groups of stars will appear to be apparently fixed with respect to earth along this imaginary path. There are 27 groups of stars in the path which are recognized by Vedic Astrology. These groups of stars in the imaginary path are called zodiac. This zodiac forms the reference for fixing up the position of any planet or star in the sky. Since this zodiac is encircling the earth it can be measured as 360 degrees, where these 27 groups of stars are evenly placed, hence each of them have a span of 360 degrees/27 = 13 degrees 20' arc.

What are Zodiac Signs or Rashis?

When the zodiac is divided into 12 equal parts each having a span of 30 degrees arc, then each of this arc is called a zodiac sign. A sign, therefore, will consist of 2 ¼ groups of stars. A particular group of stars called Ashwini, in the zodiac is considered the starting point of the zodiac and is called the star no.1. Similarly, there are individual name for the 26 group of stars. Ashwini (1), Bharini (2), Krittika (3) are the first three stars in the zodiac. As stated earlier, the first span of 30 degrees arc in the zodiac will consist of Ashwini, Bharini and ¼ of Krittika constitute the first zodiac sign called 'Aries'. The name of the remaining 11 zodiac signs after 'Aries' are: Taurus (2), Gemini (3), Cancer (4), Leo (5), Virgo (6), Libra (7), Scorpio (8), Sagittarius (9), Capricorn (10), Aquarius (11) and Pisces (12).

What are Rahu and Ketu?

Moon's apparent path around the earth intersects the ecliptic obliquely at two points called the 'Nodes'. The point where the Moon crosses the ecliptic from south to north is called the ascending node or 'Rahu' when it crosses the ecliptic from north to south is called the descending node or 'Ketu'. These 2 points are 6 zodiac signs or 180 degrees apart. The positions of these two points with respect to zodiac signs are of equal importance to position of other planets with respect to zodiac sign in Vedic astrology.

What is Ascendant/Rising Sign?

The ecliptic passes through the center of the zodiacal belt which extends 9 degrees on its either (north or south) side. The planets remain within the limits of the zodiac. The earth rotates around its axis once in twenty- four hours from west to east. As a consequence, all planets appear to revolve around the earth from east to west once in twenty four hours. The zodiac with its stars and signs fixed upon it also appears to revolve around the earth from east to west once in every 24 hours. Thus, all points on signs and stars on the zodiac will appear to successfully rise in the eastern horizon and set at the western horizon once in 24 hours. Thus, for every point and time on earth there will be a unique point on a particular zodiac sign which will be rising at the eastern horizon.
When an individual is born, the point in the particular zodiac sign, expressed in longitude, which is rising at the eastern horizon at the exact time of his/her birth for the exact latitude/longitude of the place where he/she is born is the unique space time coordinate for the individual. This is called the individual's Ascendant (Lagna) or the Rising Sign.

What is Janma Rashi/ Moon Sign/Moon Ascendant?

In Vedic Astrology, the exact position of the Moon at the exact time of birth with respect to the zodiac sign and the point in the zodiac sign expressed in longitudes will be Janma Rashi/ Moon Sign/ Moon Ascendant.

What is Sun Sign/ Sun Ascendant?

Like the Moon sign, the longitude of Sun with respect to zodiac at the exact time of birth is the Sun Sign of the individual. Western astrology lays great importance on Sun signs and ALL YOUR ZODIAC SIGNS are your Sun signs as per Vedic astrology. The Sun sign on the basis of Western astrology and Vedic Astrology will differ by one sign many a times. This is because as per Western astrology the zodiac is also moving, whereas, the Vedic astrologers consider the zodiacs to be fixed. The reason why this difference comes will be explained on the web page at a later date. Meanwhile, we are just mentioning this so that you do not get alarmed to see the difference in the zodiac sun signs when computed by the Vedic astrology.

Source: JN Pandey

The Western Zodiac Equivalent to the Chinese Zodiac Signs

Chinese Astrology has its own Zodiac symbols as does Western Astrology. Oftentimes it is very difficult for one to decipher and understand how the zodiac sybmols of Chinese and Western Astrology relate to each other. In the Chinese Zodiac, there are 12 animal signs. These 12 signs are, in order: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. Each one of these Chinese Zodiac signs embody their own personality.

For example, the Rat in Chinese Astrology, is known to be mentally sharp and always on the go. Rats are known to be the creative type who tend to think outside the box. If there is any protest, movement, or party, Rats are often in the middle of things since people tend to be drawn to the charming nature of the Rat. They also tend to think well on their feet. For all the positives of the Rat, their negatives are that they can be too impulsive and not patient enough with others who need more time to digest situations or who are more rational. So it is easy to be a friend of the Rat, but it is considerably more difficult to be a Rat's close friend.

So the Rat in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Sagittarius in the Western Zodiac.

The Ox in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Capricorn in the Western Zodiac.

The Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Aquarius in the Western Zodiac.

The Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Pisces in the Western Zodiac.

The Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Aries in the Western Zodiac.

The Snake in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Taurus in the Western Zodiac.

The Horse in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Gemini in the Western Zodiac.

The Sheep in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Cancer in the Western Zodiac.

The Monkey in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Leo in the Western Zodiac.

The Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Virgo in the Western Zodiac.

The Dog in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Libra in the Western Zodiac.

Finally, the Pig in the Chinese Zodiac is akin to the Scorpio in the Western Zodiac.