X. THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

The whirlwind of traversing the path of the Wheel of Fortune, Caph... an emotional roller coaster involving events seemingly out of control. Still not knowing where it is going to end up, followed it for the alloted time of 2 weeks and the results are now being recorded here. In a nutshell, that was it.

The details of the ups and downs are quite mundane and do not necessitate a mention. Interesting note - from Hyatt's "Secrets of Western Tantra" this path conveys the idea of Karma, roulette, success, the feeling of being on top of the world (The Sphynx in the Tarot image). Think of your first hot love affair he suggests... Lon Milo Duquette in his Chicken Qaballah makes the suggestion of the letter Kaph (כ) implying an open fist... as the first... love affair... for boys.

as the next letter from Yod (י) and the Hermit, signifying will its an interesting development implying the will to be constrained to the control(?) of the dynamic nature of life.

Sped by its energies triune, the wheel

of fortune spins, its Axle's immobile

writes Crowley, implying a certain Nirvana located in the center of the wheel of fortune. That its not about being on top... but in the center, beyond "good" or "bad" fortune.

Follow thy Fortune, careless where it lead thee. The Axle moveth not: attain thou that.

He adds.

The letter כ begins the word כונה (Kavanah) meaning will power, intent. Its interesting that the rawest example of pure will that I've ever seen was my Sifu teaching Pa-Kua. One time he went all out and demonstrated the movements with the proper intent. One could almost hear the chi and thunder and lightening emanating from somewhere beyond him. Pa Kua is a form done in a circle, 3 (or more?) sets of 8 movements, each signifying a hexagram from the I-Ching.

The 4 animals in the corners of the card, Man, Eagle, Bull, and Lion indicate the 4 elements (air, water, earth, and fire) as sustaining the wheel? In addition the words יהוה and TARO inside the circle, tied to the alchemical symbols of Sulfur, Mercury, Salt, and Water imply what the Magician in Key I signifies, as above so below, and the corollary as within so without. There's a balance in this card that is impossible to put into words without destroying it.

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