Today’s I Ching Hexagram for December 27th – 26: Containment of Potential

26: Containment of Potential

Thursday, Dec 27th, 2012

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This hexagram points to the containment of great power that increases as it is wisely stewarded. Like a river that has been dammed, or a boiling pot with a lid on, holding and containing power produces enormous energy. During normal times, daily ritual and habit help keep life ordered and serene; but in times of great opportunity, great fortitude is required. Focused attention is what will be required to channel this great potential and achieve supreme success.

In a current situation you have considerable reserves of energy and support to draw upon. This is the right time to channel creativity by collecting and organizing good ideas and plans. In this way, even large or extremely challenging undertakings can be successful.

A hidden source of power for the great is the study of the past. The lives of wise and successful men and women are like buried treasures of wisdom. Great good fortune comes to those who unearth these valuable treasures by applying the lessons of the ages to current events.

Today’s Tarot Card for December 27th – The Magician

The Magician

Thursday, Dec 27th, 2012

Traditionally, the Magus is one who can demonstrate hands-on magic — as in healing, transformative rituals, alchemical transmutations, charging of talismans and the like. A modern Magus is any person who completes the circuit between heaven and Earth, one who seeks to bring forth the divine ‘gold’ within her or himself.

At the birth of Tarot, even a gifted healer who was not an ordained clergyman was considered to be in league with the Devil! For obvious reasons, the line between fooling the eye with sleight of hand, and charging the world with magical will was not clearly differentiated in the early Tarot cards.

Waite’s image of the Magus as the solitary ritualist communing with the spirits of the elements — with its formal arrangement of symbols and postures — is a token of the freedom we have in modern times to declare our spiritual politics without fear of reprisal. The older cards were never so explicit about what the Magus was doing. It’s best to keep your imagination open with this card. Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by evolutionary forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – White

White

Can be programmed. White light contains all colors, so therefore can be used for all purposes. Can energize, harmonize, heal, and expand capabilities, clarity, brilliance, light, ice, endless potential, ever-changing, purity, spirituality, greater attainments in life, truth, power of a higher nature, wholeness, sincerity, spiritual undertakings / guidance, direction to the right paths, calmness, becoming centered, seeing past all illusions, the Goddess, higher self, purity, peace, virginity.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Violet

Violet

Stimulates spirituality / enlightenment / feminine energy, physical / emotional / mental healing, lifts depression, releases stress, dropping unwanted desires, developing calmness in body / mind / emotions, regality, calmness, gentleness, expansive, harmonizing, spiritual, success, idealism, higher psychic ability, wisdom, progress, protection, honors, spirit contact, break bad luck, drive away evil, divination, permanent life changes, psychic protection, psychic and spiritual growth, third eye, hidden knowledge, spiritual power, influencing people in high places, success in long range plans, corresponds to the top of the head, and slightly above it. 7th Chakra.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Indigo

Indigo

Calms body / mind, stimulates intuition / wisdom / mental abilities / memory / eyesight / sensitivity to psychic energy, focusing and maintaining concentration, becoming meditative, regality, deep space, endless repose, calm, strength, spiritual, discovering past lives, Karmic problems, balancing out Karma, stopping undesirable habits or experiences, meditation, neutralize another’s magic, stop gossip/lies/undesirable competition, corresponds to head, eyes, ears and 6th Chakra.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Blue

Blue

Astral travel, relaxing stress (especially in jaw neck and shoulders), ups compassion / verbalization skills, removes headaches and fever, sky, joy, lightness, vibrant, repose, truth, water, good fortune, inspiration, occult power, protection, understanding, good health, happiness, peace, harmony in the home, fidelity, patience, wisdom, healing, journeys or moves, corresponds to the neck, throat, base of skull, ears, jaw and 5th Chakra.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Green

Green

Relaxing, cools fevers, relaxes muscles, calms emotions, physical healing, strengthens heart and ability to love, earth energies, generosity, prosperity, nurturing, cooling, calming, marriage, relationships, practical creativity (particularly with the hands), balance, fertility, growth, Mother Earth, tree and plant magic, personal goals, abundance, money, good fortune, wealth, success, renewal, heart, areas that need cooling, Corresponds with the chest, and 4th chakra.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Yellow

Yellow

Stimulates male energy and willpower, manifests creative energy on a physical plane, lifts depression, works on lungs / breathe / life-force, warmth, air, memory, logical imagination, accelerates learning, breaks mental blocks, activity, sunlight, creative energy, 3rd Chakra, power of mind, sudden changes, intellect, imagination, power of the mind, confidence, gentle persuasion, action, attraction, concentration, inspiration, Corresponds to navel area, strengthens 3rd Chakra.

Working With Colors In Candle Magick – Orange

Orange

Lightly energizing, stimulates creative energy and sexual energy, warmth, activity, fire, change of luck, power, control of the situation, general success, property deals, legal matters, justice, selling, encouragement, adaptability, stimulation, attraction, sudden changes, drawing good things, Corresponds to pelvic area & 2nd Chakra.