Ace of Pentacles-Reversed

I carefully tend the seeds of success

In the Starman Tarot, the Ace of Pentacles is about the remarkable potency of life. Moreover, it explores the breaking down of elements to become the nutritious soil out of which new growth and fertility arise. The raw components of your life, especially the painful and difficult times, become the compost and fecund soil out of which a stronger, more resilient and “alive you” can be created.

When you excavate the past for negatively charged stories and reframe them so a positive spark can be released, the catalyst of learning and renewed potential is born. We revisit the “story” an break it open to entertain another possibility or viewpoint which can then seed itself and grow your being.

My intention for this card was to express the wonder we have and the incredible potential to grow and become someone else. Things occur in our lives to catalyze a whole paradigm shift, symbolized by the cat and its nine lives. The artwork expresses the utter wonder of growth where the seed must appear to destroy itself, tear itself open, in order to sprout a tender new shoot. The woman represents the surrendered self that must appear to be destroyed; broken open in order to flourish. The books in the soil signify knowledge must also undergo the same process. For example, science must take what was once true, investigate it, take it apart and regrow into a more advanced and complete answer or new hypothesis.

In the Ace of Pentacles, the impossible project is seeded – the most incredible venture you can imagine can be nurtured. All astonishing accomplishments come from humble beginnings, energy and resources that are consistently gathered and attended to. This ia an amazing card for connecting creativity with abundance expanding the human mind to the cosmic mind through the use of medicine vines.

This magical plant realm was seeded 470 million years ago, far more ancient than humans or animals. Does it serve us or do we serve it? Just as the seed of life, this planet is birthed from stars, and so the Starman Tarot was seeded by my work with Bowie. The buried books contain my notes from when I worked with him on the Earthling project, the ideas broken down into the soil from which this new form has grown. In turn this, too, will become the soil for something else to come into being.

Reversed: While it’s important to create a strong intention to manifest something one also needs to locate the necessary resources and the right conditions for it. You can’t sow seeds in fallow soil, projects of substance take time to nurture and mature.

In life we only ever seem to circle around one or two major themes and like the spiral we have the opportunity to revisit them over and over again. Review your ideas and plans and know there is a right time for everything.