As Above, So Below for Thursday, 27 November 2023

The reading notes for today’s reading are below. You’re welcome to watch the video here.

Significator runes: Mannaz (20th rune, Earth, humanity, integration, mind/body/Spirit connection, individual within society, thought rune, memory); Rubeus (passion, misuse of force, vice, temper, power, destruction, evil outcomes, violence, overreaction, either/or)

Cards: 8 of Swords, Knight of Cups, The Lovers

Patterns: One from each group (Minor Arcana, Court (also Minor), and Major Arcana

Overall numerology: 20+8+6=34; 3+4=7 (observation, letting things settle out, spirituality, magick, balance, justice

Beginning with today’s significator runes, Mannaz describes integration with others while Rubeus is challenging that integration by expressing selfishness or a personal agenda. Rubeus energy doesn’t respect higher purpose or higher awareness or the collective aspect of self found in Mannaz. And today’s numerology of seven for the reading reinforces that collective aspect by recognizing the balance we strike within the self and with each other.

Moving on to the cards, the 8 of Swords shows a woman wearing a red dress, bound and blindfolded while standing in wet sand with eight swords surrounding her. A castle appears on the cliff in the…