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1. What's on the card
You can find the card on Peter Orban's site at
The card shows a bold warrior pulling on a sword in a stone.
Unlike King Arthur or Siegfried, he is unsuccessful in retrieving the sword.
Look at his strained face, and he even puts another foot on the rock to be able to use more force, but to no avail. The rock will release it only to its rightful owner. And take a look at his environment, lonely forests and mountains.
It's always a good idea to select the individual archetype cards with a minor, in this case The Warrior and The Master, and see how they combined in the resulting card.
2. What does it mean
The impulsive Warrior is prevented in his goal by Destiny, he is controlled, kept in check by another authority.
It's no use to keep trying, the only thing you will ever get is a backache. You can only let go, give up, and that might be hard to swallow (the cold and lonely environment).
Peter Orban uses an analogy: suppose you are a horse, walking on roads, strong and energetic, and suddenly you notice that someone is sitting on your back, holding the reins, indicating where to go, or better NOT to go...
To realize that this "authority" (destiny, god, father, etc) is within yourself is the purpose of this card.
It is often projected in the outside world on our partner, parents, children, managers etc., who prevent us from doing the things we want to do, and we claim it's their fault instead of acknowledging it was just not meant to be.
This might come as a shock to self-empowered people, getting used to messages like "take control of your own destiny", but this card says "Destiny has also control over you".
I hope this helps clarify some of the keywords and explanations used in the LWB for this card.
Maybe a little word about the A-B-C meanings in that booklet:
To me, it seems, if I may borrow Mark McElroys terminology, that the "cautions against" or "shadow" part of the explanation maps to the A-meaning (the problem). The "encourages" or "light" part maps to the C-meaning (the outcome). Peter Orban provides an extra part: a way to go from shadow to light if you want, the B-meaning...
Patrick
Bibliography
Symbolon - Das Spiel der Erinnerungen - Zur Symbolik astrologischer Aspekte
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3720527441/302-4082192-3145646
Symbolon - Arbeitsbuch zum Horoskop-Mandala
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3908644437/302-4082192-3145646
Kursbuch Astrologie - Eine Einführung in die Welt der Symbolon-Astrologie
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3720525449/302-4082192-3145646
Die innere Tafelrunde - Astrologie und Persönlichkeit
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3908651042/302-4082192-3145646
You can find the card on Peter Orban's site at
The card shows a bold warrior pulling on a sword in a stone.
Unlike King Arthur or Siegfried, he is unsuccessful in retrieving the sword.
Look at his strained face, and he even puts another foot on the rock to be able to use more force, but to no avail. The rock will release it only to its rightful owner. And take a look at his environment, lonely forests and mountains.
It's always a good idea to select the individual archetype cards with a minor, in this case The Warrior and The Master, and see how they combined in the resulting card.
2. What does it mean
The impulsive Warrior is prevented in his goal by Destiny, he is controlled, kept in check by another authority.
It's no use to keep trying, the only thing you will ever get is a backache. You can only let go, give up, and that might be hard to swallow (the cold and lonely environment).
Peter Orban uses an analogy: suppose you are a horse, walking on roads, strong and energetic, and suddenly you notice that someone is sitting on your back, holding the reins, indicating where to go, or better NOT to go...
To realize that this "authority" (destiny, god, father, etc) is within yourself is the purpose of this card.
It is often projected in the outside world on our partner, parents, children, managers etc., who prevent us from doing the things we want to do, and we claim it's their fault instead of acknowledging it was just not meant to be.
This might come as a shock to self-empowered people, getting used to messages like "take control of your own destiny", but this card says "Destiny has also control over you".
I hope this helps clarify some of the keywords and explanations used in the LWB for this card.
Maybe a little word about the A-B-C meanings in that booklet:
To me, it seems, if I may borrow Mark McElroys terminology, that the "cautions against" or "shadow" part of the explanation maps to the A-meaning (the problem). The "encourages" or "light" part maps to the C-meaning (the outcome). Peter Orban provides an extra part: a way to go from shadow to light if you want, the B-meaning...
Patrick
Bibliography
Symbolon - Das Spiel der Erinnerungen - Zur Symbolik astrologischer Aspekte
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3720527441/302-4082192-3145646
Symbolon - Arbeitsbuch zum Horoskop-Mandala
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3908644437/302-4082192-3145646
Kursbuch Astrologie - Eine Einführung in die Welt der Symbolon-Astrologie
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3720525449/302-4082192-3145646
Die innere Tafelrunde - Astrologie und Persönlichkeit
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/3908651042/302-4082192-3145646
