0 - Fool

"Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived"

A young maid dances happily in front of a tree whose trunk contains all colors representing unlimited variety of experiences, the leaves surround the dancer with a cloud of cosmic energy symbolizing unlimited resources. Herself a young flower, she carries flowers in her right hand symbolizing the traditional magic formula "as outside so within". She maintains perfect balance standing on the left toe, almost ready to fly. Small uniform flowers grow on straight lines symbolizing the limited results that restricted approaches yield.

Neptune/Uranus: Idealism, spontaneous insights.

Theme for contemplation: The unlimited variety and simultaneous simplicity of life.
Affirmation: Everything is easy
Hint: Have a fresh look at the facts of life, read Zen Mind, Beginners Mind.


1 - Creator

"We create our own reality"

From the heart of a Buddha white light representing non-duality is sent out into the "material world". It condenses into the four elements that all things consist of. The lotus position symbolizes serenity and the facial expression with the left eye open clear intent -thus creating the desired outcome with clarity.

Mercury/Ascendant: All-encompassing communication abilities, flexibility.

Theme for contemplation:  How do I create, on which root-assumption does my world run?
Affirmation:  I am responsible for all elements of my perception, therefore I can  create them the way I want them
Hint:  Right after waking up sit for a few minutes only and visualize the still missing or incomplete elements of your life as if they where reality, then forget about them for the rest of the day. Read Creative Visualization.


2 - Virgin

"Innocence is truly strength"

In a full moon night a young girl in white cloth, symbolizing innocence of the heart, sleeps underneath the open sky. A serpent, representing the experience contained in deeper parts of her consciousness, watches over her sleep, protecting her vulnerable state. The serpent's tail is transformed into a rose - experience gained and used in innocence leads to beauty. Wild yellow flowers are in full bloom, enhancing the beauty.

Neptune/Ascendant: Depth of perception, vulnerability.

Theme for contemplation:  Truth is the source of my strength.
Affirmation:  I am what I am
Hint:  Experiment with the mirror meditation. Sit 15 minutes in front of a mirror in a darkened room, having only two candles lit by the side of the mirror. Try to keep a steady gaze. Do this meditation for 21 days straight.


3 - Empress

"Men have made this planet into a slaughterhouse, it is time for women to show their abilities"

A contemporary figure known for her ability to "hold the strings in the background" marches towards the viewer, happily and with determination. Her left is guarded by an ancient Japanese female court member, her right by a earthbound black tribesmen chief's wife. Together, they represent traditional civilizational values as well as insight into the archetypal uncivilized nature of man. Embedded in the earth element's color green is the YinYang symbolizing harmonious action and that the entire earth is the playing field

Moon/Ascendant: Feminine influence, caring.

Theme for contemplation:  Come to know your female side
Affirmation:  I accept what I recognize as female within me
Hint:  Start Tai Chi or Judo. Do sports that lead to perfection through flexibility and let-go


4 - Emperor

"To rule is to support with compassion"

A kid's hand holds on to the "emotional" (middle) finger of the emperor's left hand. The symbols of success, knowledge and power on top of a pyramid show the glory of a supportive approach towards a responsible position. The black carpet of red stars represents the main fire energy of decisiveness in compassion

Sun/Ascendant: Recognition, glory

Theme for contemplation:  My good is the common good.
Affirmation: I am part of the greater organism of mankind
Hint:  Watch your attitude towards power, knowledge and influence. Read the book The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events.


5 - Pope

"What we believe is what we perceive"

A contemporary figurehead representing strong and highly restrictive belief-systems has a lamb on either side, representing those who would rather enjoy the safety of a borrowed world-view than the challenge of creating one's own. The original idea behind the belief-systems is more often than not put topsy turvy by those administering rigidity to previously perhaps enlightening framework of ideas and visions. This is represented by the man nailed to the cross standing on it's head. Below is the visual counterpart of the mind-set of a "true believer: a narrowly woven fabric (of thoughts).

Saturn/Ascendant: Restriction with or towards the other, limited behavioral choices.

Theme for contemplation:  What do I know and what do I believe?
Affirmation:  Nothing is impossible
Hint:  In your mind create weird situations, act them out and visualize the worst possible consequences for yourself. Imagine it in totality, after all, your thoughts are yours. Watch the tendency to cling to old and safe images and situations. Check your evaluations, where did those criteria come from? Are they yours truly or learned from others? There is no need to communicate these experiences unless your really want to.


6 - Choice

"...to boldly go where no man has gone before"

The smallest is found in the vastest. Earth, sun and moon in perfect alignment, bathing in each other's light, surrounded by golden stars, represent the harmony that lies within a positive selectivity and perfect choice. From rigidity to never ending new impressions and lessons in the outside and inside world, the choice is everybody's own conscious decision. No responsibility can be thrown on one's past or present circumstances.

Venus/Ascendant: Good choice, superior taste.

Theme for contemplation:  My personal expression of the issues freedom of choice and limitations.
Affirmation:  I can do anything I want, my limitations are my limitations, and I can change them too
Hint:  Remember possibilities and options that seemed improbable or even impossible a long time ago and are quite normal today in your life.


7 - Victory

"The ego is the killer of the common good"

The ancient samurai's sense of victory lies within the defeat of the other. The New Man will find victory in attaining a great common goal, uniting everybody's energies to one constructive end. Accept the new or be stuck in the old, only you can decide for yourself.

Ascendant/Mars: Goal-oriented action, intense intent with or towards others.

Theme for contemplation:  Cooperation
Affirmation:  Together we are strong
Hint:  Lonesome wolf or team-mate? How flexible are you? Can you let go of control? Be honest. Find new ways to reach a goal as a joint venture.


8 - Strength

"Belief creates physiology"

A beautiful blonde dressed in a white robe holding a white lily is representing youth, vigor, cleanliness, health and strength. The virus faced and framed by the double-serpent's heads and body stands for the belief in disease-causing agents and standard medical procedures to deal with them. According to that same system of beliefs however, latest scientific findings indicate that those agents might also be the big disease-killers of the near future by implanting healing DNA information into malfunctioning body-cells. An entirely different symbol for physiological transformation is indicated by the butterfly, the transformation from caterpillar to flying beauty.

Ascendant/Jupiter: Greatness that shows, overflowing.

Theme for contemplation:  Consciousness determines physical being.
Affirmation:  I love my body
Hint:  Are you imagining your body as a perfect machine or as a self-conscious part of a joint body/mind consciousness? Your picture determines much of its functionality. Read Unconditional Life.


9 - Shaman

"I am in control"

The robot-like figure has great knowledge and willpower that he uses to manipulate his environment, represented by the nine red beams from his third eye, the book (of wisdom) and the four elements attached to his expanded chest like medals from a mighty battle. This is how he approaches life. Living things like flowers and butterflies are mere gray shadows to him

Ascendant/Pluto: Willpower, knowledge of magical techniques.

Theme for contemplation:  Liveliness through let-go.
Affirmation:  Life is a joyful game
Hint:  Watch your fear of letting go of control and the advent of feelings of helplessness in uncontrollable situations, especially if interaction with other human beings is involved. Experiment with Tantra and other techniques emphasizing let-go.


10 - Fate

"The only constant factor in life is change"

Like a lighthouse, human consciousness in a body shines full cycle on every angle of life, captured in a seemingly sequential time flow, leaving most things in the dark most of the time. The embodied soul is so incorporated into the wheel of ever changing events, up and down, from Yin to Yang; from the top of the hill it may roll down left or right, who knows which probability will be realized? The focused conscious mind has insights. Aware or unaware - the choice is always yours.

Ascendant/Uranus: Unpredictability, spontaneity.

Theme for contemplation:  Destiny as Chance
Affirmation:  I am the architect of my life
Hint:  Through watchfulness find the bridges between todays events and yesterdays aspirations. Your spontaneity and ability to make decisions are your tools to create the gestalt of your lifes events.


11 - Law

"The real authority: what meets the eye is not all there is"

A huge emperor-god's mask thrones over a modern city, representing society's obvious rulers and familiar (male) parental rule. Behind the curtain a different symbol lurks, ancient and of unknown nature and origin. If you want to know who really rules you've got to look deeper. This, however, concerns only outside authority. No man can be rid of his freedom unless he so sacrifices it on the altar of obedience and superficial safety.

Midheaven/Saturn: Restricted freedom, outside limitations.

Theme for contemplation:  Dependence and independence inside and out.
Affirmation:  I am able to remain free whenever I choose to
Hint:  Read Foucaults Pendulum


12 - Hanged Man

"There ain't no free lunch"

This belief characterizes the "Hanged Man" like no other. Only struggle leads to success and the one who doesn't struggle is a burden on everybody else. The situation can be seen from quite the opposite angle, the struggler creating a stressful and unsupportive atmosphere all around him, hanging onto colorfully alive people amidst his gray world(-view), thus effectively pulling down the energy of his surroundings.

Midheaven/Neptune: Personal illusion, insecurity

Theme for contemplation:  Do you deserve to live?
Affirmation:  My life is a gift from me to myself
Hint:  Release all images of worth or worthlessness based on comparison. You have done nothing to live, and nothing is asked of you. All human expression is joyful life, even if camouflaged as hard work.

"There ain't no free lunch"

This belief characterizes the "Hanged Man" like no other. Only struggle leads to success and the one who doesn't struggle is a burden on everybody else. The situation can be seen from quite the opposite angle, the struggler creating a stressful and unsupportive atmosphere all around him, hanging onto colorfully alive people amidst his gray world(-view), thus effectively pulling down the energy of his surroundings.

Midheaven/Neptune: Personal illusion, insecurity

Theme for contemplation:  Do you deserve to live?
Affirmation:  My life is a gift from me to myself
Hint:  Release all images of worth or worthlessness based on comparison. You have done nothing to live, and nothing is asked of you.  All human expression is joyful life, even if camouflaged as hard work.


13 - Death

"Death is the greatest of all illusions"

The gray plaid pattern of the limited three-and-a-half dimensional world we choose to act in for the time of corporal existence is temporarily opened by the zipper of meditation, awareness and vision. The white light of ultimate understanding is positioned between the open eyes that see this material world. To reach there, various layers of increasing formlessness will have to be met and understood, until finally, the center of the cyclone is reached. This can happen Here Now, in deep meditation, and if the body is ultimately left while one is firmly rooted in a state of wakeful awareness.

Midheaven/Pluto: Ultimate understanding, transformation.

Theme for contemplation:  What dies, what is eternal?
Affirmation:  I am more than the sum of my body and mind
Hint:  Be open for possibilities of existence without a physical body. Start reading books on OOBEs like Out of Body in 30 Days and watch your dream activities, maybe even start a diary.


14 - Peace

"There is no peace of mind, only peace of No-Mind"

The hobo giving up on the seemingly overburdening outside circumstances of life and killing what's left of awareness with alcohol and drugs, and the soldier on the lookout for the enemy outside of himself draw their life-energy from the same source to which they are free to return at any moment, as soon as they choose to focus inside. In the meantime, the neglected inner portions of their diamond-clear soul is shining constantly upon them, patiently waiting for them to turn around and within.

Midheaven/Venus: Harmony, unconditional helpful attitude.

Theme for contemplation:  Watch your mind, Vipassana.
Affirmation:  I am the watcher
Hint:  Learn to disassociate from the happenings around you. Let the quality of silence enter your mind.


15 - Devil

"God and devil are mere symbols of duality"

The moment one decides to return from the shores of the time- and formless to corporal existence, one chooses duality, good and bad, light and dark, god and devil. The illusion of separateness with it's firm merciless grip ignites the desire for "the other", one's "true love". Union is sought in sex and through the use of drugs, and cults and sects promise ultimate techniques to regain the state of union. All this is part of the big material-world theater and of the choice to experience separateness, which is just a choice to experience, with no value and judgment attached to it. Nobody keeps on fighting with the heroes after the movie is over and the cinema is left.

Midheaven/Mars: Personal task, work on oneself.

Theme for contemplation:  What is good, what is bad?
Affirmation:  I recognize myself in you
Hint:  Visualize a picture of your worst enemy, then let the picture merge with a picture of yourself, much like morphing in video technology. Do the same with your best friends picture.


16 - Tower

"Civilization reaches only skin-deep"

Any sudden outbreak of unfiltered aggression will blow the neat pattern of civilized behavior sky high. Great symbols carved in stone turn out to be paper-tigers. Assemblies of civilized man will fall when the skin of the earth is ripped open. Empty skulls will be left in the dust. Nature is watching in amazement from a distance. As in the big so in the small: anyone can experience a pattern-breakdown in his private world that touches the roots of the survival instinct of the naked body-consciousness.

Midheaven/Uranus: Sudden change of personality, personal experience of sudden change in the outside.

Theme for contemplation:  Oppression of emotions.
Affirmation:  I will express my emotions!
Hint:  Watch how much emotions you allow. Which beliefs do you associate with strong expression of emotions? Do the Dynamic Meditation, read the Orange Book.


17 - Star

"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here"

The six pointed golden star, traditionally the "seal of Solomon", symbol for wisdom, prosperity and harmony of the elements, hovers over its more mundane smaller brother, the Pentagram, which is used in various colors by many earthly organizations. The Pentagram is a symbol for upward orientation and success in it's broadest sense. New endeavors and adventures in consciousness or flesh are commonly represented by star-shapes if they are goal-oriented (as opposed to targetless Zen-type happenings that usually are represented by circular shapes). The hope to reach one's final outcome is the prime engine of those endeavors

Midheaven/Mercury: Communication, shaping one's world-view.

Theme for contemplation:  Affirmation:  Hint:

Theme for contemplation:  How precise are my goals outlined?
Affirmation:  I know what I want
Hint:  Be clear about what you really want. Choose a target, a course and stick to it! Too much all at the same time leads to nothing. And stay relaxed!


18 - Moon

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"

The inner doors of perception are always available, particularly in full-moon nights at places of power, ancient Celtic rings of stone, the pyramids of Gizeh and many others. Open those doors and other layers of reality can be experienced. The framework of this world is merely one small concept of perception. Various other ways to perceive are possible. Time is shapeable like height or length, non-directional and even colorful. There are no limits, neither to true revelation nor to deception.

Midheaven/Moon: Revelation, one's "higher self".

Theme for contemplation:  Activate the inner senses.
Affirmation: My doors of perception are open anytime I want them to be open
Hint:  Start to remember your dreams consciously. Remember daydreams right after you came back. Read Doors of Perception.


19 - Sun

"Wakefulness is the path to Life"

The central source of life, the sun for the material world, consciousness for the inner world. The flight into the source may be guided by entities in the flesh or out, living masters or channeled, or accomplished alone by one's own strength and connectedness to one's higher self, which is always ready and available. To tourists and onlookers, however mighty they may look in this world, only drops fall from the source of life. Their artificial light, represented by a candle, is almost diminished by the One Light.

Midheaven/Sun: Connection with the source, self-recognition.

Theme for contemplation:  Who am I?
Affirmation: All answers will come to me in the right time
Hint: Watch if you allow enough space for your impulses to be lived and inner voice to be heard. When the mind blares too noisily let calmness come in. Thats possible in almost all situations!


20 - Judgment

"The blind live each in their own world, the seeing share one world"

Judge, plaintiff and defendant are one and the same person. From a higher perspective there is no victim and no wrong-doing. Each judgment can only be valid in the judge's own recognized reality. If intuition is neglected and the mind left alone to judge, fear and misinterpretation are invited. A Buddha-like meditative clarity unites the seemingly split perspectives, which automatically evokes understanding and forgiveness.

Midheaven/Jupiter: True greatness, supervision.

Theme for contemplation:  Who inside myself is judging?
Affirmation:  I am touched and untouchable, I am involved and keep my distance
Hint:  Understand that you can take on any of these parts. All are learning steps to greater understanding on this plane. You cannot avoid going along the path of understanding or even jump a class.


21 - Aeon

"The last is also the first"

Under the illusion of linear time the cycles of birth and death, destruction and renewal, are not immediately apparent. All things are connected, the mother at heart knows the fate of the sailor on the sinking ship. Until with each and all of life's sequences as one the great synthesis on playground planet Earth is reached.

Midheaven/Ascendant: You and I united, synthesis.

Theme for contemplation:  What is does time mean for me, here and now?
Affirmation:  I am free to experience time in my own individual way
Hint:  Remember dream-time, moments of great emotional intensity, sudden accidents. Contemplate what it is that a watch shows you.


1 - Breath

"Thinking is creating"

From the spectrum of possibilities, the coherent mind focuses onto the result, thereby bringing it into existence in an ordered solid shape. Unfocused thoughts are drifting like leaves in the wind, leading to no such concretely desired result.

Mars/Mercury: The Power of focused thought

Theme for contemplation:  Watch where your thoughts come from.
Affirmation:  As I think I create
Hint:  How crystal-clear are your thoughts and intentions? Do your visions jump from one to the next quickly? How much does the world you perceive resemble the world you would like to perceive?


2 - Exchange

"One cannot not communicate"

From the background of all possibilities, represented by the spectral colors, emerge a man and a woman in exuberant communication. Below them not yet materialized ideas are waiting to bubble up and be communicated and used. Seemingly isolated circles are penetrated by a doubleheaded arrow filled with still unspecific form, representing the ever-present exchange between all individuals on the subconscious level.

Node/Mercury: Exchange of thoughts and ideas.

Theme for contemplation:  New, unofficial forms of communication.
Affirmation:  I am a strong sender and a clear receiver
Hint:  In a silent setting, think of a good friend, check the result later.


3 - Breeze

"Creating a common thought-form"

From a circle of thought-creators emerges one piloting a paper plane. The team creates a broad perspective of possibilities for few or even only one to use. The winged horse is a symbol for speed, no boundaries and directional thought. Below, from among all mental possibilities, represented by all colors, consent is reached.

Sun/Mercury: Common thoughts, consent

Theme for contemplation:  Group-meditation
Affirmation:  I am myself and I am everybody else too
Hint:  Try a group-meditation before discussing a project in a group. Tell a strong joke right after the meditation. The results will surprise you!


4 - Standard

"One size doesn't fit all"

In the material world certain symbols are restricted to very specific meanings. Although the free flying bird of art and intuition is somewhat caged by world-wide standards and conventions, these are often necessary for elementary communications and technical purposes.

Saturn/Neptune: Conventional imagination.

Theme for contemplation:  Where is limitation helpful, where is restriction rightful?
Affirmation:  I am what I prefer to be, not what you expect me to be
Hint:  On your path to find yourself clear borders are often helpful. Only rebels find their very own way.


5 - Gust

"It's your neck that saves itself" (W.W.II pilot saying)

The Chameleon, representing utmost adaptability and flexibility, has, of course, taken on the background color. Weather, one of the most unpredictable elements of earthly existence, often requires extreme flexibility, even more so in flight, when the life of the pilot depends on flexible reactions and, as a fighter pilot, evading enemy fire often depends on a flexible neck to assess all sides of the situation quickly and for "faster than conscious thought" type reactions. Below, new, not yet materialized events are forming, ready to bubble up and change our reality -or maybe just the perception thereof.

Uranus/Mercury: Spontaneity, flexibility.

Theme for contemplation:  Spontaneity, vitality, flexibility, impulse and intuition.
Affirmation:  I am read
Hint:  Do the unexpected in a otherwise predictable situation. Open doors with your left hand, smile where you would otherwise look neutral.


6 - Open Air

"Thoughts create the reality of emotions and things, it is never the other way around"

From the energy aura of the earth thoughts of all possibilities are radiating, ready to be picked up by a perceptive soul. The reaching of previously inaccessible areas and heights, represented by the colorful balloon, is possible. Some pre-flight preparation and thought is advised, as can be seen in the thoughtful and fully equipped pilot.

Jupiter/Mercury: Thoughts that lead to great success.

Theme for contemplation:  What did I miss?
Affirmation:  I want and I am able
Hint:  Everything is possible within the frame of your beliefs. Did you consider everything? Sometimes the kitchen stove is still on or the creditcard has expired; inner limitations often materialize as outer barriers. If you find yourself saying: it wasnt my fault, because .., thats the moment to remember.


7 - Fog

"Earthly existence is Maya"

The masks, joyful and sad, represent the way the perception of Maya, the illusory great game of life, leads to thoughts and emotions of similar nature, often having us end up in a gray maze with seemingly no way out. As long as we breathe, the projector is turned on, throwing out colorful pictures of our own making within the narrow web of material existence.

Neptune/Mercury: Deception, illusory thought.

Theme for contemplation:  Cause/effect thinking or direct perception?
Affirmation:  I know
Hint:  Understand the broadness of the nature of reality, read the book.


8 - Symbol

"All things are symbols"

The base element of sensual perception and communication, symbols are place-holders for things and experiences, but not the experience itself. They are misleading if Chinese walls of rigid concepts and world-views separate them; ultimately all symbols merge and direct understanding is gained through direct perception, communion.

Saturn/Mercury: Rigid communication, deep communion.

Theme for contemplation:  Find a non-symbol.
Affirmation:  I understand everything - my own way
Hint:  As we translate language we also translate words into meanings. Indirect communication is based on agreement how that meaning is to be used. Direct communication and direct perception do not require agreement. Think about it!


9 - Intuition

"Reasoning mind and intuition are brothers, not enemies"

At the root of ideas of freedom and liberation is the spark of intuitive knowledge. It ignites great movements and brave new worlds. From the All-One to the diverse, growth and learning achieved by experience among the hills and valleys of life.

Uranus/Pluto: Sudden enlightenment, intuitive stroke.

Theme for contemplation:  How do I separate impulse from intuition?
Affirmation:  I am an intuitive person
Hint:  Intuition is the direct link to god, our higher self or however you call it. It is a steady but silent source of information. To use it effectively, inner silence is required.


10 - Cyclone

"The center of the cyclone - Meditation"

To break loose from rigid circumstances, limiting relationships, can be great liberation if done consciously, or lead to destruction if done unconsciously. The honeycomb represents a strictly organized society, the dark black and blue crosses suggest similar, military-like structures in the human world.

Saturn/Uranus: Restricted freedom, sudden destruction

Theme for contemplation:  Search for your center.
Affirmation:  With firm roots I will have strong wings
Hint:  Try bioenergetic exercises, have Rolfing or Rebalancing sessions. Even a simple foot massage of a friend can be a great help. A lack of grounding can lead to all kinds of undesirable mental and emotional states.


Court - Son of Air

"Only flying is better" (Pilot's wisdom)

Like in the books of Richard "Dick" Bach, the deep spiritual experience is found unburdened by gravity, light as a feather, accompanied by gracefully soaring birds. From the highest to the deepest, all shades of human existence are sought. The greatest insights are often found where danger lies,.

Pluto/Mercury: Deep spirituality communicated, communion expressed.

Theme for contemplation:  The unbelievable easiness of being.
Affirmation:  Up up and away!
Hint:  How much risk do you allow in your life? How much fun do you have? Sometimes where danger lies the greatest of pleasures are found.


Court - Daughter of Air

"Poetry is the language of the gods"

The borderline of verbal expression, saying the unspeakable, expressing love and affection through words and song.

Moon/Mercury: Intuitive new thought, poetic expression.

Theme for contemplation:  Hear a butterfly laugh while tasting a cloud.
Affirmation:  YES
Hint:  Read The Prophet; enjoy!


Court - Father of Air

"Knowing by dissecting"

Lenin, the great thinker of social theories that never worked, is a prime example for the scientific approach that is locked up in cause-effect duality. "The state of being determines the consciousness" is his favorite theorem. Nothing could be further from the truth. The eagle looks for his target from the higher point of view, ready to strike the unknown, nine planets and the arc of the sun represent scientific views of our universe, mathematical grids laid out to capture "objective reality" outside of the observer. Limits can be seen even in such small a thing as the mathematical constant Phi, so infinitely long, it will never be known in its entirety.

Sun/Pluto: "I know", "I am the attainer".

Theme for contemplation:  Being separated.
Affirmation:  I will become one with the object of my curiosity
Hint:  Do you tend to rationalize? Get a taste of direct perception. Get your mind to shut up!


Court - Mother of Air

"Teaching is learning"

Leaning on two archetypal communicators, one talking, one listening, a woman is immersed in a script, gray hair indicating wisdom and experience, ready to learn more to digest and communicate her own synthesis of the assimilated material. The owl standing on a book facing the woman also indicates knowledge and wisdom.

Node/Midheaven: Shared ideas, "I am with others".

Theme for contemplation:  Exchange
Affirmation:  What I learn for myself will serve all
Hint:  It is far from being egotistical to wade through thick books in the corner of your room. Your knowledge will eventually spread and have a positive influence on your surrounding. Verbal discussion is only one way of communicating though.


1 - Wildfire

"You will know them by their actions"

A dancer in flexible, but concentrated, action gracefully balances a huge ball in mid-flight. A multi-layered arrow points towards her heart indicating many areas of different size and shape partaking in her venture. A large forest in the background and the shadow of huge flames indicate vast potential energy that is dormant, but can be set ablaze at any moment.

Mars/Jupiter: Great action, vast undertaking.

Theme for contemplation:  Impact and coordination
Affirmation:  There is no good unless you do it
Hint:  What holds you back? Totality is one key to life and success! Balance and coordination another. Take your time for planning, put up a deadline, than act with full blast!


2 - Flame

"Love is the message"

A couple, him carrying her, clothed in holiday dress in front of a big, pulsing heart, symbolizes the classic love-affair. In the field of many probabilities, indicated by a colorful fabric, the possibility of falling "out of love" is also present, symbolized by the same heart, this time split by the yellow arrow of jealousy.

Mars/Venus: Love, loving action.

Theme for contemplation: Thought and feeling, which comes first, which follows?
Affirmation: I am my own master and I allow
Hint:  Watch the starting point of a feeling. Which thought did you have immediately preceding the feeling? Watch your thoughts and you know the source of your feelings.


3 - Beacon

"A lion's heart"

From the heart of the lion a laser-like beam cuts through layers of gray, inert material to lighten up the world of physical expression, symbolized by wild running horses. Heartfelt intent is the source of all great action.

Sun/Jupiter: Joyful being, great expression of the body.

Theme for contemplation:  Willpower and heart.
Affirmation:  I am resting safe in the core of my heart
Hint:  Do an experiment: Ask somebody to be real angry facing you while you rest in your heart. Watch his anger succumb to your steady loving energy.


4 - Home

"Home is where the heart is"

The caveman at his freshly ignited fireplace, on the walls beautiful drawings that depict a contemporary surrounding. Symbol for the archetypal home, a safe place to rest and rejuvenate. This place may be in- or outside. Sportive figures in both upper corners obviously move out of sheer exuberance and the love of feeling their well shaped bodies.

Sun/Venus: Loving ambient, bodylove.

Theme for contemplation:  What is home? A group of people? A location? A timeframe?
Affirmation:  I am a world citizen on all levels of existence
Hint:  Didnt your consciousness already outgrow national, racial and other earthly boundaries?


5 - Furnace

"The devil in me"

A mischievous looking she-devil, ready to pierce somebody, symbolizes the spontaneous unpredictable nature of sudden activities. The source is unawareness, which the young figure, rolled up in an eggshell and not ready to face either the action or it's results, symbolizes.

Sun/Uranus: Upset, aggression

Theme for contemplation:  Spontaneity versus unconscious rapid action.
Affirmation:  I am wide awake when acting
Hint:  Act response-able, be able to respond from your full awareness in the moment. Dont be a machine.


6 - Torch

"Who has power over himself has power in reality"

Attainment of worldly powers by great leaders is represented by a fierce looking female revolutionary, although she may nourish it at her breasts, after a while it tends to eat its children. The nun in the background praying represents the kindling of the inner torch by devotion.

Jupiter/Pluto: Transcendental powers, worldly leadership.

Theme for contemplation:  Power, its source and use.
Affirmation:  My force is with me
Hint:  Power has no pre-set value, like a tool its use determines the evaluation. Combine awareness and the use of power.


7 - Flash

"It's party time!"

A bomb blasting off, fireworks. Destruction or joyful colorful surprise. Choiceless energy's final determination ruled only by the intention of the energy's source or provider.

Mars/Uranus: Sudden action, surprise.

Theme for contemplation:  Take a day off.
Affirmation:  Its time to celebrate
Hint:  Try spontaneous alive expression of yourself; have a party!


8 - Volcano

"Become one"

A beautiful woman bathing her feet in the ocean of intuitive vision. The active volcano's energies merge with her shapes, nature's and man's intent cooperate, a native shaman's spirit is evoked, representing timeless wisdom and power utilized for today's ends.

Sun/Neptune: Ancient spirit, enthusiastic imagination.

Theme for contemplation:  Energy and the flow of time.
Affirmation:  I am in continuous connection with the eternal spirit
Hint:  In the greater Here & Now all solutions are already available. Tune into the right channel and off you go!


9 - Radiance

"Love, life, laughter"

Emerging from the red fiery part of all energy, represented by the colors of light on the floor, is a beautiful woman dancer in full flowing motion, radiating the vigor and beauty of materialized energy in conscious form. From the level of not yet materialized possibilities emerges a dancing shamanic shape, symbolizing the merge of cosmic and physical energies by conscious determination.

Mars/Sun: Overflowing vitality, body in full motion.

Theme for contemplation:  Living life to its fullest.
Affirmation:  I take it all
Hint:  What do you have to loose? Only one thing is dead-sure.


10 - Strike

"Overkill"

The fighter in total body-balance fighting his shadow, Yin and Yang are falling apart. First strike capability - leading to ultimate destruction. Finalizing action that transcends good and bad by sheer intensity and depth.

Mars/Pluto: transcending action, ultimate balance in imbalance.

Theme for contemplation:  Balance and imbalance.
Affirmation:  I am centered
Hint:  Sometimes a sudden hit will cut through the knot. Often though this is just over-reacting. Add awareness to your spontaneity, support a state of natural balance.


Court - Son of Fire

"Fuck the world"

Two featureless human shapes on top of each other, representing lack of distinction and commitment. From the many ripples of combinations and re-combinations confusion leads to counter-action, the sword of clarity and choice, almost drawn, will cut painfully through the illusion of independence. Top left and right: a loving friendly embrace, a welcoming handshake are less energetic (and less dramatic) interpretations.

Uranus/Node: Sudden union, short-lived relationships.

Theme for contemplation:  Reliability
Affirmation:  I know what I want
Hint:  Do you like one-night-stands? What about the after-taste. Make a firm decision.


Court - Daughter of Fire

"Team"

Under the guidance of a female professional all pull into the same direction. The big airplane symbolizes the intent of many to reach the same goal.

Mars/Node: Working together, towards a common end.

Theme for contemplation:  Teamwork
Affirmation:  What can I do for you?
Hint:  Is teamwork your strong point? Congratulations, you work in accordance with natures principle. Lonesome cowboys meditate about arrogance and hidden fears.


Court - Father of Fire

"Mine is the power, the kingdom and the glory"

A featureless gray mass of people hails the faceless image of their leader, symbolizing the tendency to delegate responsibilities to public figures that make themselves available. They also make great projection screens through which individuals avoiding responsibility can live a pseudo-existence of thrill, adventure and purpose.

Sun/Node: Public figure, male leader.

Theme for contemplation:  The small and the big I.
Affirmation:  I follow myself
Hint:  Problems with leadership and responsibility? Read Love and Profit - The Art of Caring Leadership.


Court - Mother of Fire

"I am the source"

The mother/child relationship may be the most intimate the physical state can provide. A mother feeding her babe symbolizes this, while the priestess right behind her offers a cup of ritual wine to a seeker of her wisdom. In ancient times, she was highly regarded and sought out for advice and vision. For the anima "eternal" memorials have been built. The circle nears completion, what once was common sense will be recognized again. The red "galactic" spiral and the salamander shape represent the fiery unpredictable components of her energies.

Pluto/Node: Religious public figure, intimate connection.

Theme for contemplation:  Anima, the female creative impulse.
Affirmation:  The world comes through me
Hint:  Recognize your strength, and the accompanying responsibility.


1 - Fountain

"Feeling is believing"

A tiny dancer in graceful turning movement, radiating light from the sexual-, heart- and perceptional energy-centers. She is hovering on top of a heart with wings consisting of water drops. The playful and light use of loving energy, freely given, is depicted.

Mars/Moon: Impulsiveness, emotional action.

Theme for contemplation:  The flow of life.
Affirmation:  I am overflowing
Hint:  Life is like music, poetry, never ending, senseless, existing for no reason other than itself. Stay tuned to the flow.


2 - Spring

"Seeing with fresh eyes"

A flirting couple under a fresh green tree, feet "on the line", depict conventional expression of this energy, the bi-plane just taking off symbolizes new, uncharted ways, exiting vital three-dimensional expressions.

Sun/Moon: Emotional body, vitality, exciting experience.

Theme for contemplation:  Sharpening the sense of newness.
Affirmation:  I am in a state of constant growth
Hint:  You cannot enter the same river twice. Only our minds keep up the illusion of steadiness and solidity. Recognize the new in your life and greet it with a warm welcome.


3 - Spa

"Party"

Three young women jointly receive the sparkling, refreshing energies of a healing shower. The natural water received by three receptacles on top of the gates to the fountain of youth. A relaxing break with friends, possibly a party, is indicated, a focus on sources inside and outside of oneself to recapture perfect shape, a joint experience.

Node/Moon: Common emotions, group feeling.

Theme for contemplation:  Party
Affirmation:  I fully enjoy being alive
Hint:  Do you know your places of power? Places you feel drawn to when you need to recover and rejuvenate? Allow the pleasure to enjoy these places and their people.


4 - Moat

"I know and I don't"

A hand presenting a crystal ball, showing a female figure having a seemingly ecstatic vision, symbolizing almost a demand to act on intuition. In the back, castle walls, surrounded by water on all sides, indicate a captured state, captured by dreamlike unclarity.

Mars/Neptune: Visionary deed, foggy, unsharp intent.

Theme for contemplation:  My vision.
Affirmation:  I have decided and so it will be
Hint:  Relax, sometimes it takes half a life to discover ones vision. No need to panic, it will find you.


5 - Sudden Rain

"Can I handle it?"

From a small cloud heavy raindrops fall onto a blossoming bouquet, a gray figure seeks shelter from the natural phenomenon underneath an umbrella. If deep emotions are met with fear and protection is sought, life turns stale; in a natural state one welcomes the unpredicted strong shower as the source of growth.

Moon/Pluto: Emotional connectedness with deep resources, extreme emotions.

Theme for contemplation:  Safety and stagnation.
Affirmation:  I am safe and need no protection
Hint:  Safety is your inner truth at all times. Sometimes neglected for need of adventure.


6 - Oasis

"What is reality?"

At noon, a dream city, suspended above a desert, obviously a mirage, and it's reflection in a small lake next to a palm, also an illusion, perhaps even the lake itself is, only the tree seems solid. Sometimes one's feelings or parts of them turn out to have little or no roots.

Moon/Neptune: Illusory emotions, beautiful movie-like dreams.

Theme for contemplation:  Reality or what??
Affirmation:  I dont know!
Hint:  If you arent aware at least enjoy dreaming!


7 - Ocean

"A single drop of water contains the entire ocean"

On the bottom of a vast ocean lies a beautiful fairy-tale-mermaid, a dolphin playing above her faces a horrified human, who, peeking through a hole in his perceptional blinder, gets a glimpse of the immensity and depth of the emotional world. What does one allow into experience? Letting go of control and deeply engraved patterns.

Neptune/Jupiter: Oceanic feelings, vast deception.

Theme for contemplation:  Let-go.
Affirmation:  I am ready to experience everything, alive like a fish in the water
Hint:  Cry, laugh, scream, jump up and down, whirling with the wind. Its all part and parcel of life. Be a human, be everything!


8 - Well

"Saturn return"

A female in touch with a crystal looks into the structure of a well that gets narrower with increasing depth. The bottom reveals two fish entangled, symbolizing an emotional relationship.

Moon/Saturn: Controlled emotion, emotional pattern.

Theme for contemplation:  Relationship
Affirmation:  I will see you with new eyes
Hint:  Got stuck? Insecure to proceed in the right direction? Fear to be abandoned, to be locked in? Allow new depth or let it go.


9 - Gaia

"The world is my oyster"

A woman looks tenderly onto our home planet earth. A space station, symbolizing offspring, new frontiers, growth, is connected to the planet's pole by an S-shaped umbilical cord. The universal mother and her children and grandchildren. Happy, supportive family in the broadest sense. Enjoying the safety of a loving family.

Moon/Venus: Loving, caring feeling, motherhood.

Theme for contemplation:  Environment
Affirmation:  I am part of the whole
Hint:  Enjoy the salty taste of the nectar of the seas. It is your birth right to enjoy each and every breath and feel one with trees and clouds. Intellectual arrogance often hinders this communion. Recognize the intelligence of your heart.


10 - Deep Blue

"Meditation is the name of the game"

Untouched by surface storms rests the vehicle of truth. The lifeboat, serenely untouched by turmoil, symbolizes inner resources available at all times if one cares to dive for them.

Neptune/Pluto: Revelation, meditation, otherworldly connection.

Theme for contemplation:  Mahayana, the great vehicle.
Affirmation:  AUM
Hint:  Watch the rise and fall of your breath. If thoughts come stay watchful, dont do anything, let it happen.


Court - Son of Water

"Hang loose"

A surfing sunnyboy targets a swimsuit beach beauty. His sail speaks his intent. The native Indian whale is widely recognized as totem of the techno-, disco-, living the fast lane-generation. Soft, nice and uncommitted connections, superficial love-relationships. The energy is unfocused, radiates in all directions.

Node/Venus: Loving connection, Attraction.

Theme for contemplation:  Hormones
Affirmation:  I find realization
Hint:  Are you a slave of your biology? All you need is drugs and techno music? What is behind this? What are you distracted from?


Court - Daughter of Water

"The young and the innocent"

A young, naked maiden sits by the whirling sea, a flamingo is her companion, further enhancing the impression of innocence and fragility mixed with erotic excitability.

Moon/Uranus: Exciting female drive, emotional surprise.

Theme for contemplation:  Youth
Affirmation:  I will live!
Hint:  Enjoy the tide of youth to its fullest. Discover and embrace the world. There is a lot to do, take it on!


Court - Father of Water

"I am in everything and everything is in me"

A light-green male figure holding a compass-rose in his left hand, clothed quite conventionally, as if emerging casually from the center of ocean-blue, whirling waves. His body covers land and ocean, a blue whale jumps at his feet. He symbolizes respectful, unobtrusive, harmonious rule, deeply in tune with nature, all-encompassing, accepting no artificial boundaries.

Node/Jupiter: Harmonious, supportive relations, many positive connections.

Theme for contemplation:  Responsibility
Affirmation:  I serve myself and therefore you
Hint:  Karma Yoga, loving deeds for the good of others. You are famous with your comrades, and rightfully so. You are an ambassador of the new age.


Court - Mother of Water

"Man is the dream of the dolphin"

A woman of almost fairy-like qualities emerging from water is playfully surrounded by dolphins. A vast full moon illuminates a waterfall merging with the sea. A regular grid, the lines of the world made visible, holding together whatever reality is currently maintained. Is a dream less real than what one calls a "wakeful" state? One's creativity may create any world.

Neptune/Venus: transcending, almost unearthly love, intimate knowledge of the beyond

Theme for contemplation:  Co-creation
Affirmation:  I, creator of the world, welcome you as my equal
Hint:  You dont need huge telescopes to discover non-human intelligence. The dolphins believe they are the only intelligent species on this planet. Because they know us very well, their assumption makes sense.


1 - Seed

"Love is the seed, God is the flower"

In the seedling sleeps the soul of the tree. It is complete in itself, the property of size will come in it's own time, with help from various earth-ingredients, represented by different colored drops, plus a light shining on it which the huge sun gives abundantly.

Uranus/Jupiter: Sudden, great luck, optimistic outlook.

Theme for contemplation:  Optimism
Affirmation:  I am sure to reach
Hint:  Thought is the seed of experience. Once you recognize this principle you have it all. If you have problems with this, read Message of a Master.


2 - Impulse

"Woodstock, flowerchild"

A young boy plays with a ball, his face expresses joy and content, the object of joy may be connected with a surprising message, indicated by a letter. Leaves dance in the air, nature participates, a global shape indicates a widespread positive reaction towards such attitude.

Venus Uranus: Joyful happening, spontaneous joy.

Theme for contemplation:  Joy
Affirmation:  Joy, here I come!
Hint:  Joy is your natural state. Sometimes music is helpful in case you have forgotten. Get yourself a new CD.


3 - Fruits

"Reaping the fruits of hard work"

A traditionally clothed couple dances a traditional dance in front of three huge corn spikes. Color of autumn and the symbol of harvest and earth represent the end of a cycle, small sprouts indicate the advent of a new cycle. The picture symbolizes well deserved joyful rituals after intense efforts have been made. A possible, but not necessary, indication of a somewhat limited belief in action concerning the possibilities of creation without hard work.

Saturn/Jupiter: Great result, huge barrier, widespread tradition.

Theme for contemplation:  Beliefs around work.
Affirmation:  It is done!
Hint:  Congratulations! Do you need recognition? Is your work its own reward? No gain without pain? Watch the beliefs concerning hard work you might have accepted from your parents. Life does not have to be earned, you are already alive!


4 - Clay

"Industry"

Two businessmen on a pedestal that doubles as coffin for a suppressed figure kept underground. They look at the horizon, four leaves, representing nature, are disregarded. Four coins, symbolizing material success, shine in the light of sunset.

Sun/Saturn: Maintaining glory at the expense of others, emphasis on one part by neglecting others.

Theme for contemplation:  Business
Affirmation:  I am my own boss
Hint:  Everything has its price? Wealth at environments expense is a great example for this mind-set. With growing awareness the insight into global connectedness of all things and beings will also grow. Make sure the result you get is worth the damage it may cause.


5 - Quake

"The invisible helper"

An androgynous figure is sitting bent over on a box leaning against a tree, five leaves falling off his hands. This symbolizes the giving up of a quite natural venture. A volcano injects new energies through the spine, which is not yet recognized or utilized for action. The greater system, represented by the earth/moon synergetic pair and the volcano, is working in the underground to help recover from the state of discontent. The sun is still high, there's time enough to start afresh.

Neptune/Node: Unknown influence, strange connection.

Theme for contemplation:  Giving in.
Affirmation:  I keep it up!
Hint:  Thomas Alva Edison is a great example for successful stubbornness. It took him thousands of tries to invent the lightbulb. A valuable cause should be met with endurance.


6 - Harvest

"Existence takes care"

An unearthly female holding a grape in front of a ripe spike, the sun is setting, the natural cycle is completed, nature gives generously and effortlessly. Six pairs of new seeds fly in the wind, ready to start a new cycle.

Venus/Jupiter: Fullness in harmony, love of plenty.

Theme for contemplation:  Abundance
Affirmation:  I get what I need
Hint:  The price list of nature looks like this: Everything for nothing plus a free gift. Take what is rightfully yours. At a higher level donor and recipient are one anyway.


7 - Avalanche

"Taking a chance"

The earth is vibrating, money is the foundation, big surprises are in the air. Is she overjoyed or horrified? Fait votre jeux, madame et monsieur!

Moon/Jupiter: Gambling big on intuition, winning big

Theme for contemplation:  Gambling
Affirmation:  I am a winner
Hint:  Try it! Good luck! You can only win, money or experience or both. But do not overdo it ...


8 - Core

"Nothing less will do"

The Alpha and Omega, the ultimate depth, the core of things, infinite eight, reaching through extreme tenacity. Transcendingly strong, disciplined effort.

Saturn/Pluto: Ultimate depth, transcending power.

Theme for contemplation:  Discipline
Affirmation:  I see and take my own route
Hint:  Your limits are much wider than you may think they are. Take up the task. Endurance is a valuable learning experience in this world.


9 - Forest

"Sing, dance and be merry"

A joker plays his guitar suspended from gravity, entertaining a dancing couple, trees indicate natural flow, nine coins symbolize material gain, reached quite easily.

Venus/Mercury: Joyful artistic exhibition, comedy.

Theme for contemplation:  Easy success
Affirmation:  I am in tune with my deeds
Hint:  Poets, painter, artists are good life examples of the way to combine work and pleasure. Everything flows easily towards its own fulfillment.


10 - Desert

"Watch your desire, you get what you want"

Ten coins are piled up in front of a frustrated, contracted human shape. No attention is paid to ten leaves that hint towards natural growth. A change of focus is indicated.

Saturn/Venus: Inhibited love, unsatisfying gain.

Theme for contemplation:  Goalsetting
Affirmation:  I know what I want
Hint:  Sometimes the world appears more bearable with pink glasses on. This is not necessarily self-deception but a quite valuable change in perspective. A warning may be in place here regarding chemical help like XTC or LSD. Read The Nature of Personal Reality.


Court - Son of Earth

"Rat-race"

Passing through a semi-closed trap are two businessmen, faces serious, aggressive pace. Below a Chinese coolie is suffering the weight and inertia of his loaded cart.

Mars/Saturn: Running up against a wall, concentrated action.

Theme for contemplation:  Mechanics of the world of work.
Affirmation:  Creation is my effortless natural ability
Hint:  What is haunting you? What makes you so hard and unresillient? Is it worth the effort to ask about fears regarding your personal survival and the production or sales process you are involved in. Is the alternative to live in luxury, devoid of feelings -or- have an emotional rich but otherwise poor life?


Court - Daughter of Earth

"Holidays"

A male and a female figure meet on a beach, openly but a little reluctant as if for the first time. A winged letter indicate news coming up, a message from another shore. Palmtree, few white clouds, a mild sun indicate a relaxing natural ambient.

Mercury/Venus: Loving communication, relaxed positive meeting.

Theme for contemplation:  Relaxing tension.
Affirmation:  I am ready to be surprised
Hint:  This is it! Keep up this attitude towards life. Those who are on an ever lasting vacation called life have made it. Relaxed in the here-now and still enthusiastic about it. Bravo!


Court - Father of Earth

"Elemental scientific research"

A scientist in a blue collar, indicating field work, watches an aboriginal in full motion. The deeper structures of the stuff the world is composed of is deciphered, using synergy of intellectual and intuitive mental properties.

Saturn/Node: Researcher of deep connections, recognized authority, knowledge about the ancient.

Theme for contemplation:  Separation from the object of perception.
Affirmation:  I am the watcher
Hint:  A disassociated point of view helps to see things in perspective. Let go of all subjectivity for the moment. Search for the roots of the issue.


Court - Mother of Earth

"I am the gate"

The perfect mother figure, a rose growing in front of her loins, the source of creative energy radiating into the world. The wand of balance, slightly higher on the left, female, intuitive side. Sun and Moon together. Unending connectedness with her own creation.

Ascendant/Node: Connectedness with All That Is.

Theme for contemplation:  The point of origin.
Affirmation:  I am the gate
Hint:  Through you worlds come into existence. Your role has been projected onto an externalized god for the time of the dark age that is just about to end. You are god, welcome to the club!