  The Thoth Tarot-ACE OF CUPS and The Wild Wood Tarot-ACE OF VESSELS-The Waters of Life and the 1st Sephiroth- Kether: Again, the 4 Aces,
are attributed to Kether and they represent the most pure forms of
energy in essence rather than form. Each is a specific type, and density of Energy Essence
that we call the "seed" of Pythagorean and/or Alchemical Elements.  THE ACE OF CUPS:Is Kether in Briah, the Creative World, depicting the influence of Kether on the Mental Level.The Ace of Cups is the Root Powers of Water, an element used to
symbolize the Unconsciousness and emotions when in combination with Fire, which is known as Water's Consort.  The Thoth Tarot Version
of this Card shows the wave action characteristic of physical water
implying the activity that encloses and directs pure consciousness, as
the Womb of consciousness is the Universal Collective Unconscious and/or
The Divine Creative. As
the Universe of Energy is woven out of waves of consciousness, ideas
that are understood. Thus, the Web in the background. The Feminine that
Weaves this Web of frequencies and/or Microwaves of Self radiated from
the Core or Root of Self, the Galactic Center of the Milky Way, which was
known to many nations of Native Americans as Spider Woman. According to Crowley, the White Light descending is depiction of the Holy Ghost and/or Holy Spirit. The Cup, is the Psyche Womb of Form and/or the "Holy Graäl" ("Holy
Grail"), and on the Thoth Tarot, emerges from the Lotus (Crown) implying the idea or root power of Womb;the seed of the concept of conception. Therefore,
the Ace of Wands is the root power of Phallus. The Ace of Cups is a symbol for the-Yoni Moon, as the Ace of
Wands is symbolic of the Phallus- Sun. Seen on the Thoth Tarot- Ace of Cups, the dark Sea of Binah supports the Two in One Lotuses that fill
the cup with Life Fluid/"Mother's Milk", be it symbolized, by water, milk, wine or alchemical Gluten. Two in One, is the realization of the Womb and Phallus as an root power of multiplicity. Upon the cup is a stylized symbol of the Twin serpent forces of the Kundalini and chakras of the human being.  The, Wild Wood Tarot shows the Chalice like Graäl, as a stone Cauldron filled with a pure running spring of water. The radiant of
Life Giving Force, are shown as a water fall into a life giving pool that has a swan swimming, a stag drinking, and a small half moon shaped boat a floating. The Cauldron is supported by stones, whose shape resemble the Yoni. All is sustenance and feminine. The Moon Pool, represents the Universal Soul and/or The Divine Collective Unconscious that all life forms are supported by and imagined from. The Qabalistic- ACE OF CUPS, and Ace of Vessels, represent
the emotional
world of "feeling" and/or intuition that resides in the Unconscious; the
time of Summer and the Space of East. This is the
symbol of receptivity, psychism, instincts, fears, memories, desires,
dreams, fantasy, and all the other aspects of the subconscious. This is
the essence of imagination, what I call "the womb-with-a -view", for in
her ideas are gestated in "Understanding", which conceives all things.  The
colors of Cups, are those of water, lakes, ponds, oceans, rivers, rain
and the blood. If you remember your biology, blood is blue until it is
oxidized (You may have notice your blue veins). This is the Holy Grail
sitting within the emotional nature (would be a fitting symbol for the
Emotional Body of our Aura) which is represented by the blue cup. It is
the conscious state of emotional integrity, as represented by the double
rainbow on the Thoth Card. The inside and outside are without dichotomy. As above so below can also be seen here.  The Ace of cups
also symbolizes the ability to nurture one's-self with the same
capacity as one gives out to others. Also seen on the Thoth Graäl, are
the Three rings of " Kings Solomon's key" and a stylistic rendition of
the Chakras and serpent and,or spiral forces of life in the human body.The blue Grail,
is Wisdom and the Cup symbol is Compassion, Reason and Discipline, the
three ingredients of Love, making it apparent that Love and
Wisdom are in union as a flow of nurturing, healing, supporting
emotional force (as seen by the radiance entering the cup). Love and
Wisdom in equal balance.  The serpent handles of the cup
symbolize the regenerative nature of this balance, as the serpent sheds
it's skin to transform into a more expanded being; our Soul also sheds
personalities, in order to transform. The
lotus base represents the trusting heart who never over-extends itself
emotionally but unfolds itself naturally without resistance or holding
itself back. In fact, this Love-Wisdom union is the woven fabric of Life
itself, as symbolized by the web of Spider Woman (Native American Mother of the Universe) that is seen behind the cup.   Scholars have little doubt that
the Christianized version of the Arthurian "Holy Graäl" legend, had no
authentic tradition of the lost wine- cup of Christ, it is more about the lost religions of the Matriarch.This is because,the vessel was entirely pagan
and feminine as another transformation of the Celts' Cauldron of
Regeneration that was found in Gundestrup. This Gaäl was the symbolic female-body symbol of life
giving blood which is called the Womb; something which is part of every female. Every woman is a sacred Gaäl, yet in a mysogenic run world, she is not seen. Also in Hindu symbols, the cup was often shown in
conjunction with a male symbol, just as the Grail appeared in
conjunction with the holy lance.The legendary quest for the Grail,
is a vast pagan epic, as depicted by its Cistercian ornamentations. In
the later Christian story, every anecdote, and detail in this inspired
work is merely a travesty of the Celtic Quest for the submerged woman/
Lady of the Lake and/or Dr. Carl Jung's "inner perfect woman" the Anima. According to the Christian stories, the Grail had some very suspicious origins. It was carved out of a jewel that fell from Satan's crown (Kether is the Qabalistic Crown) as he descended into the underworld. In many texts, the jewel was identified as the Phoenix stone, Lapis Exilis, Lapis Judaicus, or Theolithus (God stone). Its magic renewed one's youth or supplied one with inexhaustible amounts of food. [Spence, 246] The connection to the Philosopher's stone or the magic Gluten is easily seen here.  Nevertheless, the Divine Feminine is the great Womb of all form, including microwavesand
therefore resides in all of us as does "mother's blood", the red Graäl, for no child
has any blood from the father. This Divine Anima, is worth knowing, for
she will release us from the fantasy of man-made identity. She knows her
children, and they are not man made. When the Ace of Cups card is thrown in divination, it indicates:
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Tarot Card Comparisons: The Thoth Tarot-Ace of Cups & The Wild Wood Tarot-Ace of Vessels-The Waters of Life
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