59 SELF-FLAGELLATION

Compulsion to expel guilt, flagellation, neurosis - obsessive states, self-punishment, expelling evil forces, serving an ideal.

Self-punishment, self-coercion as payment for guilt. Self-flagellation, self-torture, auto-aggression, mortification of the flesh.

Rituals connected with self-limitation. Serving an ideal. Exorcism.

Virgo/Scorpio

Mercury/Pluto

Servant + Tempter

A very ascetic cell with a barred window. A candle burns in the corner. On the wall hangs a picture depicting a heart pierced by two swords. The heart is surrounded by a crown of thorns, symbolizing suffering: only through suffering can one approach God.

The owner of this cell beats himself with a whip across his back, leaving bloody traces. This speaks to rejection of his own body. The person tortures his body, thereby mortifying his flesh and worldly desires. Here are shown rituals connected with self-limitation: fasts, vows, etc. Aggression is directed inward.

The theme of this card is conflict of conscience. In everyday life, this manifests as various body cleanses and different diets.

Candle - the bright side of the soul. Picture with heart - attachment.

Crown of thorns encircling the heart - suffering. Whip - punishment.

Striving for spiritual purity.

Guilt feelings, inferiority complex, self-deprecation.

Dissatisfaction with oneself. Pangs of conscience.

Today the person will be extremely dissatisfied with themselves. Actions under the influence of pangs of conscience.

Today one needs to try to move away from self-deprecation. One can engage in body cleansing.

Instead of reproaching yourself for certain actions, wouldn't it be better to correct what you're so dissatisfied with?

Any mistake can be corrected.

Those around you may step on your 'sore spot' once again.

All attention is directed to inner life connected with past mistakes and miscalculations. Self-humiliation. The world is good - I am bad. Desire to purify oneself on all levels by all possible means.

Extreme dissatisfaction with oneself and one's actions. Pangs of conscience. Getting pleasure from self-humiliation (pride). Suffering of soul and body. Suffering. Auto-aggression.

Heavy and painful. Today you will be extremely dissatisfied with yourself and your actions. The card often indicates ancestral, karmic themes.

Bad. Unconscious choice of a partner who serves as punishment, as karmic retribution.

'I don't deserve better.' They create an inferiority complex. Union as punishment. Partners feel bad together, but driven by pseudo-high ideals, tormenting themselves, they try to preserve the relationship.

Obsessive striving (to the point of neurosis) for purity and innocence. Lowered self-esteem. All strength goes to fighting oneself.

Recognize your guilt. Forgive and accept yourself completely.

It will be torturously painful for mistakes made. Feeling of guilt.

Do not punish with a threatening scourge one who deserves only a whip (Quintus Horatius Flaccus).

The first punishment for the guilty lies in the fact that he cannot justify himself before his own court (Juvenal). First accuse yourself, then figure out who is to blame (M. Arsanis).