46 ABORTION
Keywords
Keywords
Selling one's soul, sacrifice to feminism, ideological feelings, psychological dependence, concept of motherhood.
Card Description
Astrological Correspondence
Cancer/Scorpio
Planets
Moon/Pluto.
Archetypes
Mother + Tempter.
Image
The card depicts a woman performing some terrible ritual with sacrifice. The victim in this case is a child. The woman's face shows grief, indicating that she has suppressed her maternal instincts and is sacrificing the most precious thing she has.
Maternal Sacrifice
The mother's sacrificial nature and others are overshadowed by the Tempter, and the victim becomes not the mother, but the child, that is, someone else. This sacrifice is made in favor of one's own individuality or immediate goals.
Core Principle
The card speaks of the readiness to walk over others' heads to get what is desired. The principle of the card is the rejection of a new opportunity for the sake of some desire. The world is cruel and everything must be paid for. The theme of the card is sacrifice under the influence of some temptation.
Positive Aspect
Sometimes it can be a positive card - speaking of the possibility of transformation and the ability to be reborn, of purification and liberation from attachment to the fruits of labor. For women, it may indicate menopause, after which the appearance of new qualities can be expected.
General Associations
The mother found herself captive to the Tempter. This complex card often seriously frightens the querent. The woman succumbed to temptation. The card sometimes directly means abortion in the physiological sense, and sometimes in the metaphorical sense - rejection of an idea, of a cherished plan under the influence of some temptation, perhaps not an obvious one.
Example
For example, a mother who was more engaged in her career than her child actually 'sacrificed him' to her own aspirations and temptations. As a result, she achieved social success (defended her doctoral dissertation), while the child was traumatized by the absence of maternal attention and care.
Gloves Symbol
The woman's hands wear gloves (like the Tempter) - she is doing something not her own, alien, suggested. For example, giving money to swindlers or behaving atypically under the influence of magical interference in her life.
Ancestral Patterns
The card may indicate ancestral curses (possibly through the maternal line) and entanglements. In pregnancy spreads, the card may indicate pre- and perinatal problems, infertility, miscarriage, menopause as loss of fertility.
Rebirth Through Fire
However, Abortion also has an opposite meaning - possible rebirth and purification by fire. In one of the ancient Greek myths, the goddess Demeter tried to burn her ward Demophon, son of Keleos, in fire to grant him immortality.
Folklore Connection
This motif exists in Russian fairy tales: for example, in 'The Little Humpbacked Horse,' the main character - a simpleton - jumps into boiling milk and turns into a handsome man. Thus, the card can speak of purifying the inner child from childhood grievances, claims, protests, traumas, accompanied by very strong emotional intensity.
Symbols and Colors
Child - victim.
Card Meanings in Spreads
Positive meanings: determination and ability to accept everything new. Negative meanings: selfishness and cruelty, readiness to sacrifice everything to achieve an immediate goal.
Card of the Day
A difficult and nerve-wracking day. A person may succumb to temptation, which will later have to be paid for dearly.
Necessary Actions
When ideas and proposals appear that will require sacrifices to achieve them - you need to adequately assess and compare the price of the idea and the price of the sacrifice.
Conclusions to Draw Today
It is necessary to evaluate what we sacrifice and for what.
What I Can Learn Today
To show a certain degree of cruelty when it is needed.
How to Behave Among My Circle
You may be tempted with a carrot and required to sacrifice something to get it. You will have to refuse harshly, even possibly showing some cruelty toward these people.
Motive
Selfishness (sacrificing others for oneself). Readiness to sacrifice to achieve results.
State
Today a person may experience a decline in strength, poor health.
Emotional Condition
He wants nothing - no new opportunities, no updates, nothing new and bright. The sensations are very heavy, gloomy, the head is foggy, determination is born to sacrifice something from hopelessness, despair and lack of strength.
Process
Very painful, complex, associated with experiences.
Relationships
Separation. Break. Refusal. Possibly with subsequent regret.
Warning
The goal a person wants to achieve is not worth the sacrifices.
Advice
Don't be afraid to be cruel. Discard the small in favor of the greater. Think about the sacrifice that will need to be made to achieve the result and reflect on the future that awaits the person after making the sacrifice.
Reflection Question
Perhaps the sacrifice is significantly more valuable than the pursued goal? Perhaps help from a psychoanalyst or spiritual confessor is needed.
Result
The person will get the result, but will not be happy about it. Loss, death within oneself.
Final Word
Abortion.
Additions
Ancestral curses, most often through the female line. Keeping secrets, and perhaps it's not always necessary to delve into these secrets.
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