My Altar

Here is just a quick update with the pictures of my temp altar on the book shelf

  The bast on the left was found by a friend of mine in an alley and I paid her for it. The middle one is one I was going to sell with some of my other Wiccan items. The one on the right is a present from my aunt with different carvings on it. The rocks are ones my boyfriend and I found on the side of our apartment and the scroll is a petition to Bast. The green satchel is a money bag and I made the little jar that has the candle in it in art class my senior year. The book looking thing that two of the Bast statues are on is actually a gift from the same aunt that gave me the wooden Bast. It is actually a hollow storage spot where I have my two Tarot decks and my runes. I just recently bought the incense boat and 10 stick of Dragon's Blood incense, my favorite!!
   Well, that's it for tonight, sorry it was so short.


   Blessed Be!

Just a little something

   For all you Pagans and Wiccans out there Happy Beltane! I know I'm a tad late but I was wondering around downtown with my love for most of the day. Also I've been thinking since there are so many sites on Tarot cards and mine isn't much different I might change it in to doing tarot reading and maybe taking pictures of it and then giving my interpretation. Also after my camera charges I'm hoping to put up pictures of my temporary altar to Bast. It is on top of a small bookshelf and my iPod dock is on there too. I know some people wouldn't approve of electronics on an altar but apartment living = limited space.

   HAPPY BELTANE!

Picture of an Altar I found on google images

The Magician

The first major trump card in the Tarot

         I. THE MAGICIAN

    What I see: A man in a robe is standing before an altar. The altar has a cup, a wand, a sword, and a wand on it representing the four suits of the Minor Arcana. The magician has his arm raised with a wand in his right hand. An infinity symbol hovers above his head. His other hand is down with an index finger pointing to the ground. Flowers surround him.

   What it means to me: The magician is telling the person that they might have a vision, an answer to the question being asked. He also is saying as above so below, meaning as in heaven it is so on earth.

  Internet Meaning: At #1, the Magician is the male power of creation, creation by willpower and desire. In that ancient sense, it is the ability to make things just-so by speaking them aloud ("And God said 'Let there be Light!' and there was Light"). Reflecting this is the fact that the Magician is represented by Mercury. He represents the gift of tongues, a smooth talker, a salesman. Also clever with the sleight of hand (Mercury *was* the god of thieves!) and a medicine man - either a real doctor or someone trying to sell you snake oil. The 4 suits laid out before him remind us of the 4 aces, which in the Tarot symbolize the raw, undeveloped, undirected power of each suit. When the Magician appears, he reveals these to you. The reader might well interpret this card as telling the querent that they will be given a vision, an idea, a magical, mental image of whatever it is they most want: the solution to a problem, an ambitious career, a love life, a job.