THE TIME BEING

T A R O TTHE ARCANA MINOR

ACE’s represent the four corners or spirits of elemental magic.

ACE Flame: The Burning BushAll this, all this is the same and all that

That you call a game

The game doesn't care if you win or lose

The game doesn't care if you're bleeding or bruised

Burn thru the hole like a spirit in flame

Returned slowly can't remember your name

Lot of little gremlins are drawn to your fame

You've got to fade out

All time, all time flows away

All space that you got today

Space doesn't care if you sink or you rise

Space doesn't care if you're fire or ice

And that's nice.

Source, illuminator, and extinguisher oflife, the primordial essence of Flame is the

least understood and the most dangerous of all elemental energies.The Ace of Flame is an uncontained and un-calculable thetransformative power remains un-manifest. The card’s interpretationis deceivingly concise, indicating either a need for cultivation orwarning of the brood simmering just below the surface, ready toblow. The lesson of the Ace may truly be be great and lasting if whatwe have deduced if we deduce that what we seek to control isinextinguishable and uncompromising. Appearing in your readingthe card will bring no ill will or benefit as no influence enforces orcorrupts the current situation. Desire. Control. Illumination.

The Spirit of Flame is a primordial essence enabling both the creative force

and the destructive act – yet here this essential power is without form and

remains un-manifest – existing only as a pure, un-calculated or measurable

potential – This symbol appearing in a reading may indicate the need for

its cultivation or simply suggest this latent force is simmering just below

the surface and ready to blow. The most difficult and least understood of

the four ACES, the flame channels energy through its transformative

nature, as both the source and extinguisher of life. The lesson here is great

– for what we seek to control within our own nature, is at once

inextinguishable and uncompromised. The reading of this card is concise

and brief, indicating need or warning, as no action enforces or corrupts the

present situation.!Inception. Invocation. Interpretation.

Inception. Birth. Anticipation. Interpretation. Effort. Ability.Sustainability (Implied). False Warning or False Start. Invocation.Repression.

01 Flame – Love of Spirits and Earth (Stem) Wands – ACE - Red -divinatory magic – primordial energy - the divine manifesting inmatter – birth – creation – support-strength-courage – fortitude – thediamond mind – The Red Poppy - Hibiscus - Thoum-aeshaesh-neith(goddess) – Mau (lion) – Kabeshunt (kerub) – Horus - burningbush!–!Old Flame - room full of diamonds - a fire burns – spirit inflame - F = s + e

ACE Eyes: the Witches KnowledgePeople 'round here say you're a witchThey're intrigued in seeing you roastThey really intend to burn you my friendI think that's the bit they like mostWake up baby, the mob are on their wayHowling, growling, they want your bloodThey're out to get it todayYou had to go and cure the mayor's itchThen you took care of his clerkYou fixed up John Green and the old bishop's spleenPut everyone out of workWake up baby, oh baby open your eyesLook around you, this may be your last sunrise

The power of this suit is reflected in themirror the soul. The Ace of Eyesrepresents the primordial aspect of water.The examination of the root powers ofeach element is always complex andexhaustive, as the share a collectiveidentity, in essence, undistinguishable from the next. The reading ofthe four Aces, however do imply tendencies or an anticipatedpotential of each. The element of water connotes certain aspects ofintuition, feeling, and instinct. It could be said, the element of wateris a representation of symbolism itself. In all occult studies there is noone symbol more profound than that of the ocean. Mutable in essence,its mysterious depths, currents, and tides all exist as metaphordepicting the experiential, transformative and receptive qualities

with human nature, itself. Resplendent. Inexhaustible. Permeable.

01 Eyes – Love of Spirits in Flame (Blossom) Cups - ACE – Blue -sympathetic magic – the most secret and consecrated essence – thesymbolic life-fluid – the reflective aspect of the divine – receptivity –resplendence – The window of the soul - The Lotus – the action oflustration – Tum – Ptah – Auramoth–Isis–Hathor (goddesses) - - thewitches knowledge – an interlude - Tristesse - One Day -!LoveIncreased – Witch Hunt - to be in your eyes – Y = s + f

ACE Spirits: Danger BirdSometime I’m here watching a cloud

Funny how they shape your thoughts

Right out loud

Some days you laugh

Some days you cry

So deep in the night

It leaves you stranded high and dry

Keep to yourself keep it in case

Keep it when you need it for a pretty smile

For your face

Walk out in the sun

Walk out in the rain

Keep on walking

And don't look back here again

The Ace of Spirits signals a divine andethereal nature as the source and soleprecursor to all existence. Beyond sheercomprehension, this great omnipresent

spirit remains ever present, yet forever intangible. What cannot becaptured in essence may only be perceived indirectly, through thatwhich it has influenced. The deepest connection to this source ismerely a reflection or shadow of this complicit nature of being. Thedeception is two fold: what we perceive is yet only an aspect ofperception, just as our greatest ability to perceive is a limiting andnarrowing function. The danger is implicit. If what is perceived isassumed to be real, our assumption of reality is in error. A resultingparadox quickly ensues: what I observe is real, yet I perceive notreality. This bias is in itself part of the grand design and powerinherent in the eternal mystery of this elemental force.Apprehension. Integration. Patience. (Pertinence)

01 Spirits – Love of Eyes and Flame (Leaf) Swords – ACE – Yellow -invocative magic – all-embracing, all-wandering, all-penetrating, all-consuming – one is the spirit of the gods of the living – 777 – thebreath of life – logos –!sublime intuitive sense – the creative impulsecommunicated by all possibilities – the light of initiation – Aspen -

Almond – Nu (primal god)– Hoor-pa-kratt – Asar (goddess) - dangerbird – Destination – Don’t Look Back – S = y + F

ACE Earth: Crystalline RushI thought it'd be so easy when I was falling

I thought it'd just be a matter of letting it go

I thought it'd be so much better when I reached the horizon

The crystalline rush of my love starts to flow

And I cannot find a sign of life

But I can find my way

I thought it'd be so much warmer when I lay down with you

The crystalline rush of my love starts to flow

I thought it'd be more often when I was dreaming

I thought it'd just be like high follows low

I thought it'd all be much cooler when I was just holding on now

Crystalline rush of my love starts to flow

The Spirit of Root Powers of the Earth, stillundistinguishable from the core energies ofthe Aces, foreshadows the idea ofdelineation. The swirling energy of thiselemental force is still without form andvoid. It is here the idea of matter inconceived in both the macro and microcosmic sense. The key toinfinite space is just beyond the door. Here what is mind and what ismatter are communally joined, and there is no pragmatic let alonepossible means of separating the two. This application is bothliberating and impossibility too distant to comprehend. The Ace inrelationship to elemental force of Earth therefore may be noted assymbolizing the seed of nature, as the mystery of tarot indeed issynonymous with the concealment of nature, itself. Opulence.Rebounding. Plenitude. (?)

01 Earth – Love of Flame and Spirit (Fruit) Disks – ACE – Green -illusionary magic – spiral energy - resurrection of Osiris as Hours –divination of a new system of symbolism – apostle of infinite space –prince-priest-beast – 666 - Babalon – Wheat – Oak – Ameshet (kerub)– Ahapshi (kerub) – Nephthys (goddess) - crystalline rush – Reversal- Crystalline Rush –!NSEW – E = f + s

TWO: The harmonizing forces of elemental magic.

Two Flame: Process of NatureIn the nest futures hatch

It's such a lovely thing to see

Like the fruit in a seed

So it grows so it needs

The element of Fire has manifest. Allforms of existence are now possible.The moment exists in a perfect state ofequilibrium, and the harmonizing forceof the Universe echoes between allthings.

Here the deception is shades ofsubtlety. These harmonic forcesrepresent stability, but are of a highlyvolatile nature. Here we sense growthas a product of conflict, as the

processes of nature demand growth. The dilemma this card signifiesis now perfectly obvious. Without conflict, there is no possibility ofexistence. The reading of this card indicates a process of dominioninherent to the efforts maintaining balanced among continuallyshifting values of reality. Motivation. Movement. Dominion.Beauty. Defiance. Reward.

02 Flame – Wands – Dominion – exaltation of will – will deliveredfrom purpose or result – celestial power - Shamelessness !- thedestructive aspect of creativity – fear-repulsion-surrender - theambassador or _____________(?) – celestial - an interlude(?) -sisters(?) – Old Flame – spark – June

Two Eyes: SK & SKI had a girl in the underworld

She was a spirited little thing

She was so cute, oh, you shoulda seen Pluto

She opened up her heart to sing

I watched the sunken sun shrink

And the levee run out of steam

Eternity loomed in my garret room

I saw you once in some kind of dream

Love, Love lifts us up where we belong,Love is all you need, All you need is Love,You know I Love you, Love, Love me do, Ican’t give you anything but Love, Love metender, Love me True, Love will tear usapart again, Love is a battle field, Youmight as well face it, you’re addicted to

Love, I Love what you do to me, Stop in the name of Love, I’ve gotyour Love to keep me warm, Love sweet Love, Love is a manycolored splendid thing, This crazy little thing called Love, Love willfind a way, I feel Love, I feel Love, I feel Love, I’m in the mood forLove, Love me two times, Baby, one for tomorrow, and one just fortoday. Affection. Kinship. Renewal.

02 Eyes – Cups - Love – The Word and Will – The first manifestation– Love is the law love under will – love lifts us up where we belong -all you need is love - placid harmony – radiance – intense joy –ecstasy - steven & scarlet kilbey -!Into My Hands

Two Spirits: White InsanityAnd we followed a path till we slipped up and laughed

And I lived half a life in that state

And we got our release in everything but peace

A peace of a record second rate

The latent power of the Aces Mindverses Matter. Peaceful unionrepresents an ideal present within theTwo of Spirits. Harmonizing forces ofnature overwhelm other morepredominately disruptive andaggressive characteristics inherent tothe suit, yet the conflict here is clear.The minds active intellectualmechanism is at odds with its

otherwise tranquil passivity. Internal or externally the aimless chattermust subside if we are able to experience the reward of a peace that‘passes all understanding’. Only throughtranscendence of the temporal are we ableto penetrate the thick and cloudy veil ofwhite insanity. Peace. Transference. (?)Deliverance.

02 Spirits – Swords - Peace – the exaltationof intellectual manifestation – themanifestation of the idea of purity –divergence united in common purpose –the balance of mind and matter - WhiteInsanity -!Pure Chance

Two Earth: the AmbassadorEntering the preceding phase of culturalization

The mesmerization co-founded the phylogenic trust

To ensure the miraculous safety of the fringe dwellers

And to give gracious guarantee and thank the bellicose god

Who shineth on high in his great goodnesshood

Where all the cronies wield silver pearls

Yes, real silver pearls

Straight from the find that lies along the diamorphically resonant dollop

And lo they felt both shock and awe

Shock and awe as they stood before the almighty corrugated roof

And baptismal fluctuations played about their wispy, girlish hair

The Ambassador was that Starman who blew our minds awhile back,right? Remember being warned about him? Sure you do. It’s allcoming back. And if we’ve learned anything, I hope its not too late.What was it he said, something about it’s all in our mind and allabout time and time’s that grand illusion thing, man, can you dig it?That’s right. He told us we’re always the same and everything’sabout change and nothing ever remains what it was, for too long.Can you dig it? You didn’t even get a second look before he wasgone? Wait LOOK! That’s him, overthere. Symbolic Change.Fortitude. Wisdom.

02 Earth – Disks - Change!(Tetragrammaton or Transmigration(?))!–the support of stability – the symbolic motion of the universe – aholographic like representation – the part which contains the whole –the sum of the parts – perpetual motion – harmonious interplay - theambassador - alchemical marriage - Sisters –!transmigration

THREE: The stabilization of the forces elemental magic.

Three Flame: In the DesertI, I am the journey into the hazeYou, you are the hill of yesterdaysI fall down in the sunI become everyone who ever walked this wayWhere the desolate places meet the oasisEmpty spaces of today

I, I am the pulse of the heatYou, you are the name of every man that I meetI fall down in the sunI become everyone who ever walked this wayWhere the desolate places meet the oasisEmpty spaces of today

Our journey is just begun. The suit of Flamesalludes to a continual ‘test by fire’. Thepursuits we leave behind are as important as

the ones we cultivate. Here the need for physical dominion tomaintain order has come to an end. The idea of control must beabandon before strength can be established. Only through greatcontemplation are

Established Strength is the abandonment of our ideas of control. .There may be great reluctance at first abandoning our ideas of power,but to We appear to wander this desert with only our powers ofcontemplation. The stability of the Three of Flames is sought in orderto find harmonious balance with our immediate surroundings.Introspection. Self-awareness. Virtue.03 Flame – Wands - Established Strength – Virtue - will and virtue asinterpreted by individual character - domination interpreted incharacter - in the desert - Desert Song (Fake)

Three Eyes: Amorous Plethora

Neuman breaks down in front of the fountain. It’sobvious the shops are closed by the way the moon iscoming up again. Giant bumblebees slide throughthe languid gardens’ air. A string quartet is busilyrehearsing over there, look! Surely you can seethem. Neuman staggers over to a brightly decoratedtable and scoops up caramel mouthfuls of somethingsweet. He’s still dizzy and needs to lean against thecockpit for a while. Quite a mob has converged toexamine him and they prod him gently witharistocratic fingers. Neuman reaches for hissyllable-gun and they scatter like pigeons. Somecraft is hovering by the orange trees. Neuman hitsthe deck, the sky changes colour and the lions breakfree. Neuman sees the astonished face of the girl asshe topples into the void.

There were many guests at the table

Misfortune, jealousy, and sloth

Acting fine, drink the wine

Spill it on the tablecloth

What a surprise for you to come home to

Look through the eyes that you've grown used to

It's impossible, yes I know

It's too tempting too, I admit

It's unforgivable, but I have nothing to lose

There will be so much to look forward to. The outcrop of experiencesa lot to look at. In fact the pure outcrop of love we’ve experiencedgive us a glimpse into the idea of perpetual abundance andmultiplicity. The nature of ones being is complex, yet there is none ascomplex as Neuman. He is the poster boy for perpetually and

complexity. This state of abundance can be hard one, or stumbledinto, it can easily be vanquished, or can lavishly hold out as long asneeded. What ever it is, Neuman transcends the mere physicaldefinition of things and brings multiple endings to one non-conclusive end. Fruition.

03 Eyes – Cups – Abundance – Friendship – love brought to fruition -– the fulfillment of the will of love in abounding joy – the idea ofdifferentiation - (?) neuman – -Dead Man’s Dream - sunken sun -excerpt from Earthed

Three Spirits: Man of SorrowsThank you to the Lord who created all this

There's a whole lotta hurt before you get to the bliss

Why even Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss

But that was long before that he got in show biz

Well, I understand the land and the land ain't no sea

But when I try to walk, I'm sinking you see

“Know that happiness and sadness flow intoeach other as do the tides… try not to hold onto one with the fear of the other. Enjoy themas equally valuable…”

Beside an infinite sea, sorrow is the naturaloutcome after leaving behind our blissfulsense of peace that passes all understanding.Much regret and suffering. the puThe trailsof the Three’s only outcome after leaving thepure and perfect sense of peace is sorrow.This is the final order and state of stability thus, the suit of spirits canoffer. The Man of Sorrows lost into the crowd. Yet after sorrow therewaits supreme transcendence.Chaos. Disappointment. Secrecy.

03 Spirits – Swords - Sorrow – - division – mutability - sorrow ormourning not dependent upon individual disappointment ordiscontent – the womb of chaos – the great dark sea – supremetranscendence of the natural order – secrecy – perversion –implacable night - man of sorrows – Transmigration - Pearls - Wolfe -!Mystic Western Profile - Refused on Temple St. - On Angle St.- InnerCountry

Three Earth: The SerpentBaby serpents dreaming at the bottom of their eggs

Occidental drone baby driving their legs

Einstein sent a cruiser to another dimension

Strange little beasties on the surface tension

A plague of maharishis in a post-ecstatic haze

Is this the way you've been wasting your days?

The crystallization of great effort. Likethe serpent bring the temptation ofknowledge to the garden, harmony isdisrupted. There must now be greatwork to ensure the path of stability. Firstwe must abandon control. stabilityinherent is not taken for granted, so theremust be the expeniture of a great deal ofeffort in order to maintain balance.

Indeed the journey is not complete without that of the Serpent. Fromthe confrontation of the neotypes in the garden to the tempataion ofChrist in the desert.

03 Earth – Disks - Material Work – crystallization - great effort –determination – the idea of the material universe – constructiveenergy – geometry of the great architect - rejuvenation of the greatwork – temptation - the serpent – Oxydental – crystalline rush

FOUR: The manifestation of elemental magic

Four Flame: Indian River

Angela Carter puts down her typewriter

And stares at the snow

Her bones getting brittle, hair turning whiter

Such a long way to go

Counting the stars in the sky

Wondering just where we are

Dreaming that you didn't die

Indian river runs deep

Plunging right off of the page

Are you awake or asleep?

You think I would know by this stage

The interlocking geometric shapes of the Four of Flame create amandala of forms, and through these simple lines and shapesconverge a powerful and perfected idea. The effort of stabilizedand harmonizing energy brings the reward of perfected work.Here the manifestation of elemental magic is at its ascension.Everything both revealed and concealed, and everything wehave known, felt, seen, or have had is here now alive is thismoment.

Reward – completion – manifestation – solid – dominatinginfluence – heightened intellectual – understanding –

Four Eyes: King Philip’s DreamWhat you need is a flattering mirror

A strong elixir with no hangover properties

Nineteen-year old lovers who can stay hard all night

A million dollars with no strings attached

A villa in Sydney, an igloo in Alaska

A girl who would come anytime I ask her

Thirteen red peacocks with eyes like the sun

Monogrammed bullets for my pearl-handled gun

Yeah, yeah, yeah Life's little luxuries

Watch out for the dreamy dream ofdreamer all of lifes Luxuries aremanifest. – (?) Myrrh

04 Eyes – Cups - Luxury/BlendedPleasure –- positive – clear-cut

conception – yet weakness of water threatens stability – not quitestrong enough to control its properties – purity lost in the process ofsatisfaction - - the eyes of nature – angle fruit (?) – Life’s LittleLuxuries – (?) Myrrh

Four Spirits: Angle Fruit

Watching, we've been watching from a second in our centuryAs the minutes gain momentum like a bird, manWatching, you've been waitingFor the other worlds to sync up to our ownReaching, you've been reaching through the nonexistent surfaceIt separates our doubles from the soul manTrying, we've been tryingTo make contact with night friends so alone

Loving, we've been lovingBut sometimes hate is betterYou can't keep out the killers with love, manHating, we've been hatingBut only love can heal up the hate

The Rest from Strife is gained by moving from the third to thefourth dimensional position of the Arcana Minor. Planting aseed down by the ocean, we meet an angle dressed in black,gathering Angle Fruit, where he simultaneously acknowledgesand is completely oblivious to our presence. Our abilities tointerfere or interact with this task have now become inert. Theaspect of surrender is stronger than our intuition or instinct toact. We allow what will come to pass, and resolution is often the unexpected recompense of non-action.

truce – military – strong and armed – dominate nature of air – everywhere – at everyplace – at everytime – resolution of conflict – the active influence of passivity -

Four Earth: View from My StudioAny day now you'll hear me ringing

Hear me singing down the line

Or just in your mind

Underneath the blooming trees

A seasons greeting's

Beating up the shore

So open up your door

You'll protect me with your arts

And it all starts again surrounding me

Inevitably

Hiding in your haven

Maybe stark and maybe raving

Completely sane

It's just so plain arcane

You'll embrace me,

Turn to face me, try to replace me,

It will be too late

Now that's all I'll say

Easy baby

It's so hard to walk away

Easy now

You don't have to end like this

Luxuries – (?) Myrrh

04 Earth – Disks - Earthly Power – heavy – outweighs considerationsof weakness - power – strength – dominates and stabilizes –negotiation of affairs – pacific methods – arts – artist – none assertion– non aggressive - the view from my studio - It's No Reason

FIVE: The motivating force of elemental magic. Motion comingto the aid of matter. An up-set to a statically stabilized system.

Storm and stress. The white school.

Five Flame: Sealine InsectThey bring down the angels from the troubled sky

Put them in a cage to make baby cry

Overwhelming hunger descended on me

Stretches from the cradle to the factory

A minute without you is just too long

A lifetime beside you and it's gone like this song

Overwhelming panic descended on me

Chase me from the grave to the nursery

A minute without you is just too short

A lifetime beside you and I'm bound to get caught

Seven stupid prophets say it'll end in rain

But the fire in their eyes is gonna burn you again

It's No Reason

05 Flame – Wands - Strife –sudden and violent outburst - inertia andinsensitiveness characterizes peace – every phenomena a sacrament –unable to agree to simplifications of existence - sealine insect - -Disenchanted -Swan Lake -!Life Like Love -Inner Country (KK)–!untitled one -!Sealine –!Electric

Five Eyes: Killer’s PartyHave I told you about the neverness hoax?

A vile trick perpetrated on you innocent folks

Was it in the fall of '93

During the rise of the galaxy

A tiny shift in our trajectory

A little more substance to the unimaginary

There came a disturbance in the Indian sea

Something in the depths, a monstrosity

An invisible woman kept a file on me

Trying to seduce my immediacy

The futures slide back one after another

And wouldn't you know it, it's the people that suffer

From the neverness hoax

It's No Reason

05 Eyes – Cups - Loss in Pleasure – Disappointment – the disruptionof ease – delight of superabundant energy - encountering the placidstate – disturbance - misfortune - - killer's party - Pretty Ugly, PrettySad -!Disappointment -!To Be In Your Eyes - Pearls(?) -!Crash/Ride -It's No Reason - Blues - Out of this world-Block (?)

Five Spirits: Arcadia

Sometimes I wonder under prehistoric skiesI feel it's all beginning right before my eyesI must go back re-examine my loveAnd here she comes with penetrated stareI don't know when but I wish I knew whereQuick calculation and there's not nearly enough

The pursuit of adulation is your butter and your breadIt's an exquisite corpse and its lips are redAnd its teeth are glistening but you are lostNow hang up 'cause the lines are all crossedYou are so lost

And here she comes with her unforgiving webAlmost forever I've been drinking these dregs

It must be time to change our brew, crew, viewBefore we're lost, before we're lost look at the mapAnd add up the cost Before we're lost

I have the feeling that I had failed. t's No Reason

05 Spirits – Swords - Defeat – imbalance – troublesome – insufficient efforts to maintain peace –insufficient power – duality – jealously – appearing imperfect – imperfection -arcadia - Don'tLook Back -!Disenchanted -!A Different Man

Five Earth: Minerals Whirl

My little lonely she's my one and onlyOh the love just stoled me and I can't let it goLike a siphon or straw something to adoreOne fatal flaw and I can't let it goOh my little savior on her good behaviorAll herself she gave ya and now you can't let it goLike a needle or tack when she's giving you back

And the stages go black and you can't let it goMy little heartache with a cosmic handshakeHammer on till daybreak I can't let it goLike a Zorro or zealot bite it just to felt itShe’s gonna reveal it then you can't let it goOh my little wanda makes you stop to ponderMakes me kind of fonder I can't let it go

Like I live and I learn like a Chinese burnJust wait till you’re turn and I can't let it goI gotta get up I gotta get on I gotta get offI gotta get out I gotta get up I gotta get onI gotta get off And I can't let it go

You can call this trouble. There will be no more smooth just rough. What has before presenteditself as stability is now offered as a potential problem, or even more severe, material trouble.Perhaps outside forces have interrupted our ability to concentrate, or the course of our presentactions is not as foolproof as we might have thought it was. The danger of the instability of formsis ubiquitous among the process of nature unleashing within us the deeply inherent survivalmechanism of flight or fight. The spiritual dilemma here is the risk or loss of individual identityin relation to the greater source or the ‘collective unconscious’. We may resist not knowing whatis in our best interest. Here at the Five of Earth Minerals Swirl and potential for disasterimmanent. However, destruction is a form of creation and harnessing the force of the ‘blast’ mayultimately bring great prowess if we can only hang-on long enough to survive the initial blastand reconfigure with all of our basic instincts intact.

Worry – imbalance within social order – stolid – obstinate – systemsof stability broken