9 of Cups

 9 of Cups - Happiness

Ah, finally!  Here is the card of happiness in all forms, on all levels.  This magnificent card is the balanced, flowing expression of all that golden white light which pours forth happiness to all it connects with.  This card was known by the gypsies as the "Wish Card" (9 of hearts in regular playing cards) and it is the authentic expression of the heart's desire, and thus generates the fulfillment of that heart expression (wish).  Jupiter calls us to expand our hearts and Pisces calls us to express that universally and unconditionally.  Another way to look at this energy is through the lens of the Law of Attraction: that which is like unto itself is drawn.  As we express our happiness to the outer world, it can't help but reflect back to us more and more of the same.  Here is the hope we have been waiting for, and like Dorothy in Oz, we had it all along.  This is a manifesting card, bringing happiness on all levels. Enjoy it, bask in it, but above all, share it.

from the original website: 


9 of Cups, Happiness.
"Accursed harbinger of sensual delight with the power to blind the reckless lover. If a poetess sends you a poem, now lost, on each of these nine hearts, Beware!"
disappointed artist

"Being still, but aware of the movement of energy around and through the client. Giving out and overflow of the fullness of ones own power. Still implies that the client is still relying on externals and constructed thought pattern to bring about the much needed emotional response of happiness. the alignment of the constuct with the universal flow of things. Going with it. Manifestation into this incarnation from thought form and astral influences. Much giving in happiness. the joy of just doing it. Healing."
Markus Rowbotham

"Jupiter in Pisces.
Wishes come true.
Good, good things coming in 9 months.
Dreamer giving dreams."
Alison

8 of Cups

 8 of Cups, Indolence.

Here we have the dark before the dawn.  Not quite the "Dark night of the soul" of Atu XVIII - The  Moon, but more of the weariness of having been in a dark place for a long time and not seeing the sun breaking on the horizon. This is a card of emotional restriction, usually self-created, a fear of faith, if you will.  This energy is afraid to hope, afraid to feel.  The emotional stagnancy of depression is indicated here as well.  The indolence of not having hope or faith in anything beyond the current situation, and therefore not moving in any direction.  However, this card is the harbinger of hope, as the sun is starting to peek on the far horizon.  The cure for this state is knowing that "this too, will pass" . . . and that is always true, no matter whether what we are experiencing is something we judge as "good" or not.   By sailing on through the night, the new world of Happiness (9 Cups) awaits.


from the original website: 


"the card of the psychic vampire: a situation of emotional drain. the emotions are trapped in the lower cups/self and never make it to the Higher. also extreme denial of emotions."
nienor

"Sadness. Depression. Tears. Problems with fertility."
nicole

"From the labour of the sun."
Alan E O'Brien

"To me the eight of cups (hod in yetzirah for you qabalists) represents the time in life when it becomes a necessity to experiece an emotional death. I see the cups (which represent emotion) as being a linear journey from 1 to 10 and thus the eight represents the realization that the fantasies of the seven of cups were false... However this must suck, it also pays to remember that the eight also leads to the nine of cups, the TRUE realization of love and happiness..."
Luke Bradley

"Saturn in Pisces.
Dream restrictor.
Doing something to excess.
Addiction.
What are you doing to excess?
Being excessive to avoid something.
Card of the Alcholic/Drug Addict/Gambler/Overeater 8 of disks is remedy for this card."
Alison

Storm clouds are hovering. There is a storm in the distance. It looks like some of it passed fairly recently. Some of the emotions were guarded against the storm, while some were not. There are puddles of different size and depth on the pathway to contentment. Be careful. The emotions which were caught in the storm are spilling over and affecting other emotional aspects of life. The center of the emotion is well guarded but in the middle of the chaotic emotional roller coaster and therefore the emotional stability is precarious at best.
Connie MacAlpin (khasmyr@pacbell.net)

9 of Wands

Here is the unification of  the conscious (Sun) and the subconscious (Moon) in the high-minded sign of Sagittarius.  As the light of the conscious mind shines on the inner self, great strength is revealed, and power, once latent, comes to the surface.  As this union of Sun and Moon is also the Divine Masculine and Feminine energies, this card also is a "marriage of heaven and earth" bringing strength in the fullness of that balance.  A card of harmony, balance and unified strength, its appearance shows one is well on the way to achieving the goal.





from the original website:

 9 of Wands, Strength.
"In my opinion this card means you can do what you want. And you can be what you want if you believe you can.That's what I think this card means to me."
Leland McMorris

"The Nine of Wands shows the way through the illusory images one will often encounter when first experiencing the Astral Forces. "The Machinery of the Universe" may be that the universe itself is illusory. Keep your eyes unfalteringly on Tiphareth, the Sun, and you will pass through safely..."
stranger

"Sun & Moon in Sagittarius.
Through your wisdom you are building spiritual strength necessary to manifest your dreams.
Expand beyond personal ego.
Soul and ego working together to manifest dreams.
Inner guidance driving you forword and toward your goals. (9 weeks or months.)"
Alison