The Chariot - 16/09/2019

The chariot is found on a half-desert plain, mountains on thebackground and a sea cliff in front of it. The horses move slowly but steadily, as if they were aiming for the cliff. The sky is cloudy and there's a storm coming. Once I became the man on the Chariot I realized the roof was too low and I had to bend to see where I was going. Behind me I noticed the clouds growing more menacing, floating from the mountains. Once we got to the border of the cliff I noticed there was a small beach that could have been traveled and a passage going down on my left, but I wondered if it would have made sense to go that way. I got off the Chariot to see which way would have been better but I couldn't figure it out. On my back I saw the mountains, on my right and left I got the same scenery. Lightnings are starting to flash and thunders are starting to rumble. I decide to go left towards the passage going down and I notice that in the mountains there's a small cave big enough to be used as shelter. I get in, I untie the horses from the Chariot and I sit down looking at the rain pouring down. The horses are sleeping, I keep looking outside, not managing to find a way to continue the journey.

The Lover - 13/09/2019

The Lover, the two contenders and Cupid are found in a non defined space. The only visible part is the ground the three people are standing in. The Lover is contended by two women who don't interact between each other. The woman on the left (on the right of the Lover) is older than him, the one on the right younger or same age. The Lover sees the woman on his right as someone who can give him a lot since she is much more expert than him in terms of relationships and sex, while the girls is surely more similar to him in terms of age and experience. The woman is driven more by sexual impulses, she sees the guy as a prey, she knows how to conquer a man. The girl is driven more by feelings and she sees the guy as someone who can give her emotional support. She thinks about sex too but as a secondary aspect. The guy finds himself between the choice of a woman who will make him the "protected" part of the couple and a girl he must take care of, almost as a father. Cupid doesn't cover the role of the choosing one, but the role of blessing the union as soon as the guy makes his decision. Cupid knows that the sun behind him is the one that needs to guide the guy in his choice. At the end of the visualization the guy still hasn't decided.

The Pope - 12/09/2019

Entering the Pope card I found myself in the clouds. The Pope was sitting on a throne on the top of a mountain, to get there there's a very long staircase. In front of the throne, at the top of the staircase, there's a little space for consultants to sit or stand. In that moment the Pope is busy scolding the two people who are seen in the card. As an external observer I couldn't hear what he was saying. The sky is completely covered in white clouds, but the light passes through. Once embodying the Pope I understand why he is angry. It's the end of the consultation and he's scolding the two people because they know how to solve the problem they're looking a solution for, if they put effort into it. Neither of them manages to speak, heads down. Once he has done scolding them the Pope sends them away, telling them to reflect on what to do, because they have the means and capacity to find a solution. Once the consultants go out of sight a light from above falls on the Pope's crane, as if to recharge it. The Pope doesn't manage to stand still on the throne, he stands up, walks around it and then sits down again. Shortly after a woman with a baby walks up the stairs. The Pope holds the baby and goes "he's a beautiful baby", giving it back to the woman. The woman is poor, she lives with her mother, and the baby's father has abandoned her. She's there to ask the Pope what to do with the baby. The Pope asks her where the father is, with whom does the woman live, if she manages to take care both of her and the child, but they are all questions made to have the woman reflect. Eventually the Pope asks her if keeping the child is what would give him a better life, again to make her reflect. Without saying anything I sense that both the Pope and the woman are thinking about giving the baby up for adoption. The woman gets sad, but she has in mind writing a letter for the baby for when he will grow up.

The Emperor - 11/09/2019

The Emperor is sitting in the same cloister as the Empress [read previous post]. His throne is turned 90° right compared to the Empress' one. His shield is laying on the ground since he doesn't need any defense, he knows he's safe in his castle. The castle is developed vertically, with the cloister in the middle and the structure built all around, it reaches the sky. The lowest rank people live in the higher floors.
The Emperor isn't sure if he loves the Empress, but he knows he needs children so that his belongings don't go wasted. He also sits with his legs crossed because he is confident, but he wants to be ready to leave the throne to act if necessary. He trusts the people who act on his behalf but at the same time he wants to have everything under his control. His throne is directed towards the rooms in which meetings are held and strategies are discussed, which he considers more important.
In the "war" room he sees the soldiers and generals working and struggling on military strategies. The sole source of light is the opening on the cloister and the lit torches inside the room. The Emperor decides to go and check how the organization of battles is going. The people in the room stand up as soon as the Emperor walks in, not out of fear but of respect. The Emperor asks how are they doing with the strategies. One of the generals says they're expecting to be attacked from West. The Emperor orders to send half of their men attacking the offensive on the back. All the men in the room rejoice at the Emperor's idea and he goes left in the neighboring room.
After a couple of steps he enters the room in which negotiations happen. The Emperor asks if they managed to bring a person [an oriental-dressed man] on their side. The men tell him they still didn't manage to do it. The Emperor tells them to offer that person anything he wants [material goods, I was picturing diamonds], since he [the Emperor] needs every possible help to conquer a certain land.
He then gets out the negotiations room, on his left. He gets out on another cloister adjacent to the one with the thrones. In the middle there's a well from which some maids are getting water. The Emperor asks them if there is enough water and one of the maids tells him that yes, it's enough, but it would be better if it rained again. The Emperor looks at the sun shining, some random cloud passing by, and he agrees with her. He then meets one of the cooks and asks him what's for dinner. He gets told that the hunters got some quails.
The Emperor gets back to his throne passing under an archway that separates the two cloisters, covered in ivy, and notices the Empress taking care of the children. He kisses her on the cheek and sits back on his throne, his legs crossed.

The Empress - 09/09/2019

The Empress was sitting in her throne in the middle of her palace's cloister. She looked after her kids playing and the maids sitting on a corner talking and joking. The throne next to hers, her husband's the Emperor, was empty, since the Emperor was busy dealing with business and work. It's sunny and not too hot. Behind the Empress the cloister opens on a courtyard, in front of her there are doors that lead to different areas of the castle. When the Emperor comes back to the Empress' side he barely looks at her and then he looks elsewhere. She resents it but tries to be understanding, he probably is tired from the business, she still has the feeling that their marriage was a marriage of convenience, with no love. The eagle with the incomplete wing on the shield represents the insecurity and the fear the Empress has when it's about educating and protecting her kids, but she's determined to face any kind of adversity. She would like to go and play with them but she knows she has to be of good example as a ruler, so she stays on her throne keeping an eye on them. One of the kids falls, he hurts himself and cries, one of the nannies picks him up and brings him to the Empress. She puts her shield and sceptre down to rock him. She asks him if it's better now and he says yes. At that point a white cat appears from the Empress' left, it rubs against the throne, the Empress pets it and the cat goes "Livio you're tired", and I decided to end the visualization.

(I was really tired that day)

The High Priestess/Female Pope - 08/09/2019

The High Priestess was in front of an audience, in a conference room with tall windows, completely made out of wood and with several vases with flowers. The audience was made of normal people. The High Priestess was nervous because she knew what she had to talk about, she did all the studies and research, but the book she had in front of her was written by someone else and she couldn't talk because her point of reference (the book) didn't mirror what she learnt during her life, which made her nervous. When I took the High Priestess' place I felt her nervousism and her frustration since the book was unreadable to me. I leafed fast and frantically through the pages hoping that something that I learnt during my life would show up, but the idea of teaching a lesson someone else wrote down completely blocked me. I couldn't talk and the audience looked at me, waiting for me to educate them. At that point I looked up and looked at the light passing through the windows, which calmed me down, and I decided to close the book and talk to the audience about my personal life experience, which I managed to do. From my left I pulled out another book, the book of my personal life story, and I noticed it was readable and full of pictures. I opened it, I put it on the book stand and I started talking to the audience. I left the High Priestess speaking and once out of the card I realized that the book the High Priestess holds was not a standard book, but the lessons she learnt during her life.

The Magician/Juggler - 07/09/2019

Once in the card I saw the Magician looking at the things he had on the table, annoyed, because he couldn't figure out whether to leave the coin and take something else or to wait for something to happen for him to understand which decision he had to make. Once I became the Magician I felt the growing frustration due to the inability to decide straight forward. I realized I was in a closed space, like a chapel or half of an eggshell, and I had an opening behind me, from where I could have left only after having made a decision. I couldn't look in front of me, or elsewhere that wasn't the table and the things that were on top of it. It wasn't hot in there, but the clothes were uncomfortable and I started sweating out of nervousness. Once exasperated I threw everything off the table and fell to the ground crying out of frustration. I then imposed myself to get myself together and I put everything back on the table. I realized I had to make a decision first and then take action. I put the wand down and I forced myself to choose amongst the things on the table, choosing the coins. Once I made the decision I managed to look up and see the whole shell in which I was and the opening behind me widening. I got out and saw a huge meadow with trees and mountains in the background. At that point I left the Magician and saw him going towards a small house on the left.