Brightness of day.
Power of the cosmos.
Permanence of eternity.
On and on and on it goes; and on, providing life,
and warmth, and
light, Its little brood of rocky satellites
clustered around to share the
energy so casually exploded of into the vacuum of
space. Clustered? Some
so far away that the potential magnificence of solar
flames appears like just
another star. One's so close its surface bears the
resemblance of the depths
of Hell's imagination. Another is choked with a
claustrophobic froth of
churning clouds. And then we find the seas of bright
blue dreams; this Earth.
Here! Each and every plant and animal is amazingly
reliant on this gift of
golden fire. Each blade of grass, each mighty oak
turns its fragile green
collectors toward the rising/setting sun, so to
capture the smallest briefest
splinters of that Universal Gold.
Each animal moves with cognitive instinct, toward
the mystic source
of all, knowing that the gift of light and life is
the promise of their
existence and continuance. Who has not seen a
creature preening in the random
beam of Sun light; the purring of a cat, the sighing
of a dog, a group of
seals warming on a rocky ledge beyond the reach of
the rough and tumble sea?
This is all the Sun, and yet we have no real or full
idea of all this
power and majesty; for what we know of its entrust
is microscopic in relation
to its stark and awesome might. The cauldron of all
being, the promise of
tomorrow. Majestic sunsets mark the end of days, and
glorious crimson
sunrises wake us from our starlit dreams to again
march off for tasks
unbidden.
We build our lofty edifices to scrape the very
skies, in honor of
this blinding deity above. And we have named it
after all our best of
warriors, Kings and Gods.
How is it then that the Moon in all its cold and
barrenness can engulf the very essence of the Sun
under occasional brief and
right conditions? Is it because the Moon is all
illusion? Its tiny size is
less than insignificant compared to that of Heaven's
furnace. Is it all our
failed perspective? We hold so much importance in
these secret shadows. These
can and will consume our spirit light as well.
Strive to maintain the right perspective. The Sun
will refill your
reservoir with all the gold within its fiery heart
and you will know true
light and creative fire.
One of the subtle difficulties is that one can often
see the Moon in
daytime, but there is never any Sun at night. Its
transience is much more
rigid in its rhythmic cycles. The blindness of the
gulf of darkness is but a
period of rest. One in which it's best to
contemplate the fast approaching
break of day. The cause and trial of hope; to
bolster courageous hours upon
the other side of possible despair.
But, yet again there is winter to consider. The
blessed, and yearned
for, kiss of light and warm; much too weak to cast
away the cold for three or
four long months. But this is again perspective.
Another land, beyond our
mind's immediate and tentative grasp, is hailing
rebirth. Other climbs not
far away from ours have reflected, mirrored cycles,
yet all are
interconnected fast with ours.
What is this Golden Spinning Disk? It might be only
a reflection of
our individual intensity. It might burn like our
desire. It might provide all
the reason needed for our transitory eye-blink life.
It might be reminiscent
of the scorching desert questioning of, "Why?" and
"Who?" and "How?" A baron
stretch of bleached white sand comes to mind; one
with long ago evaporated
tears. And here the buffeting of sirocco winds blow
grit and sand against
everything; anything which dares to stand up proud
and self important. And
all will be eventually worn away.
Millions of miles away, the Sun will yet blaze on.
And on.
Phil Naunton (roththoth@mail.com)
Sons, fathers, babies, twins, birth
a lightbulb going on in your head. Live,Love, and be
happy. Existance, opposite of extinction.
A years time, all twelve signs in the zodiac. Growth.
Non-exclusive. We are all one.
Lisa Lovejoy (kaira@neteze.com)
The sun I think reminds me of a new start. A way
to think about the things that are important to
you and to others. A way to see life in an
energetic way.
Katie (kawest14@hotmail.com)
The sun often appears to me as the reward, or the
reason of physical and mental discipline and suffering.
Sasha (sasha@ns.asarian.org)
love: the best situation
in business: good news
in work: improvement
eneri (eneri@hotmail.com)
The interpretation to me means a partnership/
relationship situation that gains its energy from a
higher source (i.e. spirituality, religion) Each person
isn't seeking validation and/or living their life
through the other. It is the ultimate self-esteem and
self-worth card; and represents the ability to love
another unconditionally, without losing a sense of
self.
Iris (iris@netnitco.net)
Travel abroad, new beginnings, happiness.
sian watt (jwatt15086@aol.com)
The root, the origin, the inner force, on earth as it
is in heaven, kind of orgasm.
Hilmar (hihodgja@sp.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE)
This was the desert were TOTH found the moon goddess
after he left egypt. The people were all sad. When he
found her in the desert she became a lioness and asked
him why she should not kill him. THOTH used his powers
of logic and knoledge to enlighten her and she decided
to go back to egypt and part of the agreement was to
return love and dance which made the people happy again.
All work and no play makes people unhappy:(
So TOTH is teaching us to know when to apply heat and
when to cool it. Sometime you must go into the sun to
help others see the light.
THomasOTH (spdracer@gate.net)
The marriage card.
Success and happiness.
All riches in life.
Teamwork, partnership, collaboration.
Energy, motivation, inspiration to others.
Greatest challenge is fear of ruin.
Alison (alisond@anv.net)
Marriage, sudden death,unplaned birth, lovers being friends.
expansion of awareness. Herbrew letter means Head.
Walter Cassidy (wcassidy@epas.utoronto.ca)