Always Wondering said:
Capricorn
Ambitious, serious, businesslike, conservative, responsible; can be stubborn and unforgiving.
That's me.
Always Wondering said:
The sun In Capricorn makes perfect sense to me for 4 of Disks.
That's the easy one. Sun in Capricorn- Earthy, grounded, four-square, stable, rigid, self-contained, self-reliant, constraints, systems, laws, order.
Always Wondering said:
I am understanding 3 of Disks a little more.
Mars is raw energy and power. Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) is the restrictive and guiding principle that can channel this energy in a specific direction. An analogy might be how the explosive force of Petrol (Gasoline) is harnessed and regulated by the intentional restrictions of an internal combustion engine. Cars use this principle to convert an explosive chemical into forward motion - Work.
It's also instructive to compare the 3 of Disks to the Devil. It ties into that whole chain of ideas like drive, ambition, hard work, and self assertion.
Always Wondering said:
2 of Disks seems more complicated.
We're back to your old favourite here, 0=2. Untwist the loop in the snake.
Under normal circumstances Jupiter and Capricorn tend to bring out the worst in each other. But this card is a 2, so we are still within the Supernal Triad where contradiction is Unity. These apparently opposing forces actually work together here instead of fighting each other.
One way of looking at it is to see Jupiter (IU Pater) as the expansive Father-Force principle. And Capricorn (Saturn - Binah) as the receptive, restrictive Mother-Form principle. They are the eternal pairs of opposites that manifest in the universe. Their interplay creates constant change, but this change is what creates the stability of the universe.
It's an example of the economy of the universe. Nothing is ever destroyed, nothing can be lost. Everything merely changes from one state to another state. As soon as you reach the top of the snake you are heading down (Capricorn). But once you reach the bottom, you are on your way back up to the top.(Jupiter). Energy = Matter. Harmonious Change.
The Universe is Change; every Change is the
effect of an Act of Love; all Acts of Love contain
Pure Joy. Die daily.
Death is the appex of one curve of the snake Life:
behold all opposites as necessary complements,
and rejoice.