the maQLu Tarot

She has collared the lion for her mount, regal bearing seemingly without effort. Overt displays of strength usually hide a weak core, look for the lightest of touches to move mountains instead. Joy in desire and the achievement thereof. Strength through joy. Control of your own life and will. Use […]

Pull yourself forward, any means, any way. Victory in forward motion. Beasts under yokes, harvest that power in the Beast, in the emotions to drive creation.

Union through alchemy. Or rather, union is alchemy. Deliberate synthesis, more in the analog sense than the digital. Salt meets sulphur. The depth of the attachment is of course open to variability.

There is a time to be still and study, to rule through reflection and knowledge informing strategies. To be the brilliant adviser and to renew the caches. A time to be one of the wise men. The surface might seem weak compared to a king or general, but there’s an […]

Fire iron red stains orange and rust. The harshest summer sun asserting itself. Orb in one hand, sceptre or flail in the other, back straight, chest out, chin jutting ever so slightly. In another species we would say silverback. Here he acts with his obligations and responsibilities, not merely his […]

Fluidity like the neck of her swan, lotus slowly stretches itself open to greet the sun’s power. Success shines down like the gentle morning sun, it is effortless needing only to show up. The Empress is all about flow, not force. Moons reflecting the light and salt seasoning the waters. […]

Arms cast wide open with the net. Enthroned. A huntress to capture what others have made and a musician mistress to create what is needed to fill in the gaps the others have left. Careful balance needed, change through influence and subtle direction means.

Self-directed creation, what you will is what you get. Lightning in the hands coursing through the veins and out to the target. Multi-branches of possibilities, different courses to the same end. All you need is focus and an iron will. Casting the flies and the bounty should flow into you, […]

Beginning and ending, alpha and omega. The Fool has the ability to be whatever he needs to be, this is how he got to be the king’s companion. Play dumb and play dead and plan ahead to get ahead. Let them laugh, the only thing that really matters in the […]