2 of Cups

I merge with the Beloved

The human form carries amazing capacity for blissful expression, bliss so vast, boundless, and immeasurable it encompasses every possible word or definition ever invented. Both Tantra and Taoism teach that women and men are gifted the capacity to be multi-orgasmic, riding the waves of energy and pleasure to reach higher and higher peaks. Reaching these peaks allows an opening and surrender to one’s true essence – the transcendental self – pure awareness – the Divine.

The Two of Cups reveals the beauty and power created when two beings, two threads woven together, unite. The art depicts the lovers in tantric union. Dynamic sexual energy supported by the power of intention, conscious surrender and the skillful use of breath circulating through their bodies, received and given at their sex and their hearts, joins the two in a unified circle of ecstatic color and light…..blissfully bursting through them and out beyond. They sit incongruously next to a high brick wall, a hole in it revealing another reality. One that sits behind what is normally experienced and also, a recurrent theme throughout the Starman Tarot.

In that reality we see the golden Caduceus, spiraling snakes, ancient emblems of rebirth, winding around the staff of Apollo, god of healing. The Ankh adorns the top, the ancient Egyptian symbol of life, fertility and union of the male and female gods, Osiris and Isis, Earth and Sky. This is surrounded by the cosmic dance and connectivity of intelligence, the neuron web.

At the heart of Tantra  lies the idea of awakening kundalini, a feminine, dynamic energy depicted as a serpent lying dormant at the base of the spine. This energy can be awakened by cultivating sustained sexual energy ad circulating it with loving presence, opening to your eternal and spacious nature. Preserving the energy release of the small, bodily orgasm, kundalini is harnessed and shoots up the spine to the crown of the head where it radiantly explodes as light. It then showers the body with the healing rain of love – ecstasies of the soul or consciousness.

The Two of Cups, reflecting the lovers, invites you to not only look at the potentialities of a sexual union outside in the world but also to travel within – to become more conscious of the dynamic dance, embrace and play of the inner feminine and masculine energies that shape your life. Further, it seeks to make you aware of the potential dynamism and creativity birthed when two or more forces are drawn together – the union of entities or potentialities. These are ideas, talents, abilities, lovers, friendships, etc. This in essence is a magical key with which to manifest and live a powerful, radiantly creative life. Who you choose to spend your time with, exchanging ideas, feelings and energy will either greatly enhance your ability to make things happen or diminish it. Choose wisely.