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80. Completion: group – conjugation (8 magenta)
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[stage 8]
The image
The image shows a woman, probably from the country, holding in her hands a large seed or nut, a bit like that of the avocado. Two shoots are emerging from the seed. She has apparently just dug this up, as we see a small garden fork on the ground, and an earthworm which has presumably been disturbed during the digging. Superimposed upon this, in outline, are the heads of two tigers, one male and one female. All this is contained within an image whose contours mimic in shape those of the nut or seed.
The place of Completion in the Process Cycle
Completion: the high point, at which the old can go no further; completion rounds off; nothing can, or should, be added - ‘the rest is silence’
Completion, which belongs to the Conjugation group (magenta) is the final stage of the cycle, since the next and ninth stage, Crossing, is concerned with the transition between the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next one. Completion represents the furthest point that a project can reach. It is the culmination and conclusion of what has gone before. This does not, however, mean that what is to come will not feature in any way in the psychific profile of Completion.
The meaning
After the battles which you have fought in order to reach a successful conclusion, it would be good to report that at this stage you will do nothing further than bask in the glow of your achievements. Unfortunately, the cards do not quite see it that way, and they are right. Nevertheless, here you are in an overwhelmingly positive situation. To complete a project successfully, it is necessary to bring together male and female energies, which are both required to make their respective contribution. This you have been able to do. This is a time of celebration – of receiving the plaudits of the public and your peers. Not everyone’s efforts will be rewarded by an Oscar or a Nobel Prize, but this is the stage at which recognition will be accorded to your work. As we have implied already, one form of ‘reward’ for your efforts may well be sexual / romantic opportunities. This parallels the bringing together of male-female energies mentioned above.
Completion cannot but be affected by what is to come next. For example, by this point, you already know that you are reaching the moment where you and the world will move on, your work will cease to belong to now, and you will have to let go of it. You are saying goodbye to those who have accompanied you on the journey – your shared efforts, struggles, failures and successes are at an end. At the very moment when you are enjoying the fruits of your success, an inner voice is telling you that the whole saga is virtually over. By now, you find yourself starting to day-dream about what you will do next; or worrying about whether there will be a next. And something in you already wants to make contact with that bedrock of the psyche where you can find a firm foothold even in the storms that could shortly be upon you.
It is the anxiety of facing the unknown which will tempt you to try to hang on – perhaps to contact with the people you worked with, or with trivial additions or adjustments to your work which could, and indeed should be passed on to others perfectly capable of taking up the baton. To conclude, Completion is a time of joy, but a joy in which you cannot escape entirely from the shadow of what is to come next. In the end, the best way to experience Completion is to do your utmost to live it to the full, and then have the courage to walk away.
Once more, we can find more prosaic contexts for Completion – of course it will mark any circumstances where a cycle ends, be it only a miniature one lasting no more than days or indeed hours. Equally, it can refer to a situation of ending, of conclusion in your psyche, even if there is no immediate and direct external manifestation of this.
Divination summary
conclusion, ending, completion, success; public acknowledgement of achievement: prizes etc; successful bringing together of male and female energies; kudos with opposite sex[9]; joy at successful outcome; uncertainties over future; possible resistances to letting go, need to leave ex-colleagues, allow others to take over work; day-dreams of future projects; intuition of forthcoming test of Crossing.
(NOTE: where completed work has not been successful, the above will need some modifications – e.g. less reluctance to move on.)
81. Crossing: group – quest-ion? (9 grey / brown)
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[stage 9]
[We have decided to withhold the detailed meanings for all the cards of group 9 until we can publish all this material commercially. We are really sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. See 9 Ebb (set 1) for details]
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[9] Gay/lesbian querants modify as required!
http://www.rainring.co.uk/Cards/Completion/80.aspx
[stage 8]
The image
The image shows a woman, probably from the country, holding in her hands a large seed or nut, a bit like that of the avocado. Two shoots are emerging from the seed. She has apparently just dug this up, as we see a small garden fork on the ground, and an earthworm which has presumably been disturbed during the digging. Superimposed upon this, in outline, are the heads of two tigers, one male and one female. All this is contained within an image whose contours mimic in shape those of the nut or seed.
The place of Completion in the Process Cycle
Completion: the high point, at which the old can go no further; completion rounds off; nothing can, or should, be added - ‘the rest is silence’
Completion, which belongs to the Conjugation group (magenta) is the final stage of the cycle, since the next and ninth stage, Crossing, is concerned with the transition between the end of one cycle and the beginning of the next one. Completion represents the furthest point that a project can reach. It is the culmination and conclusion of what has gone before. This does not, however, mean that what is to come will not feature in any way in the psychific profile of Completion.
The meaning
After the battles which you have fought in order to reach a successful conclusion, it would be good to report that at this stage you will do nothing further than bask in the glow of your achievements. Unfortunately, the cards do not quite see it that way, and they are right. Nevertheless, here you are in an overwhelmingly positive situation. To complete a project successfully, it is necessary to bring together male and female energies, which are both required to make their respective contribution. This you have been able to do. This is a time of celebration – of receiving the plaudits of the public and your peers. Not everyone’s efforts will be rewarded by an Oscar or a Nobel Prize, but this is the stage at which recognition will be accorded to your work. As we have implied already, one form of ‘reward’ for your efforts may well be sexual / romantic opportunities. This parallels the bringing together of male-female energies mentioned above.
Completion cannot but be affected by what is to come next. For example, by this point, you already know that you are reaching the moment where you and the world will move on, your work will cease to belong to now, and you will have to let go of it. You are saying goodbye to those who have accompanied you on the journey – your shared efforts, struggles, failures and successes are at an end. At the very moment when you are enjoying the fruits of your success, an inner voice is telling you that the whole saga is virtually over. By now, you find yourself starting to day-dream about what you will do next; or worrying about whether there will be a next. And something in you already wants to make contact with that bedrock of the psyche where you can find a firm foothold even in the storms that could shortly be upon you.
It is the anxiety of facing the unknown which will tempt you to try to hang on – perhaps to contact with the people you worked with, or with trivial additions or adjustments to your work which could, and indeed should be passed on to others perfectly capable of taking up the baton. To conclude, Completion is a time of joy, but a joy in which you cannot escape entirely from the shadow of what is to come next. In the end, the best way to experience Completion is to do your utmost to live it to the full, and then have the courage to walk away.
Once more, we can find more prosaic contexts for Completion – of course it will mark any circumstances where a cycle ends, be it only a miniature one lasting no more than days or indeed hours. Equally, it can refer to a situation of ending, of conclusion in your psyche, even if there is no immediate and direct external manifestation of this.
Divination summary
conclusion, ending, completion, success; public acknowledgement of achievement: prizes etc; successful bringing together of male and female energies; kudos with opposite sex[9]; joy at successful outcome; uncertainties over future; possible resistances to letting go, need to leave ex-colleagues, allow others to take over work; day-dreams of future projects; intuition of forthcoming test of Crossing.
(NOTE: where completed work has not been successful, the above will need some modifications – e.g. less reluctance to move on.)
81. Crossing: group – quest-ion? (9 grey / brown)
http://www.rainring.co.uk/Cards/Crossing/81.aspx
[stage 9]
[We have decided to withhold the detailed meanings for all the cards of group 9 until we can publish all this material commercially. We are really sorry for the inconvenience this may cause. See 9 Ebb (set 1) for details]
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[9] Gay/lesbian querants modify as required!
