"Amidst the clamorous cries of the many conflicting ideas, feelings, and opinions whirling about inside, a center of hidden silence begins to become manifest. Sometimes when [you] look with the inward eye, [you] can catch the faint outlines of [your] guardian angel ... and hear the soothing sound of subterranean waters as they begin to flow again, and feel the energies quicken and spring to new life. The domain of death is finished; fresh libido is available.

 "The ritual of pouring reconnects the hero with the sacred world he had glimpsed before but has since lost.

 "The theory of alchemy was that all matter could be reduced to one substance out of which, by devious processes, the base and corruptible could be distilled away, so that ultimately only the pure and incorruptible, the philosopher's gold, could be bodied forth. Perhaps something similar is beginning to take place in the deepest waters of the hero's psyche."
 

"The combination and interchange of masculine and feminine forces throughout nature, working ceaselessly in all kingoms, is the instigator and cause of all movements and life."
 

"I AM the support of all that enter into existence.
Upon me all depend,
And I fail not.
This have I declared unto thee in various ways,
But listen now to my words again.

I sustain creation
In the midst of a perpetual ebb and flow
Yet do I uphold and sustain thee
In every moment of thy life."
 

This period of Spring is marked by celebrations of Passover, Easter, and May Day. If you listen to your own heart song, you will hear the sounds of life being revived, just as you hear the birds chirping and the water flowing. The Universe promises rebirth, and at this time of year we are well able to observe life's processes in action. Look within to find your own rebirthing of joy.
 

Sources

Zain, C. C., The Sacred Tarot. Los Angeles, The Church of Light, 1936.

Nichols, Sallie, Jung and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, 1980.

Case, Paul Foster, The Book of Tokens: 22 Meditations on the Ageless Wisdom. Los Angeles, Builder of the Adytum, 1968.

Rider-Waite Tarot Deck, known also as the Rider Tarot and the Waite Tarot (Copyright 1971 by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.)