Queen of Pentacles

I love and nurture this great land of ours

The Queen of Pentacles is the ultimate earth mother, the great healer. As a Mistress of Nature she is the great protector, nourisher and sustainer of wildlife and their ecosystems. Her passionate connection to the miracle of life in all its forms has given her knowledge of the bountiful matrix; everything is indeed connected to everything else, powered by the sun. She is the great channeler of the vitas – the life catalyzer – signified here by the fecund energy streaming from her hands shooting life into the seedpod which releases the strand of DNA into the world.

Utterly sensitive, sensual, and receptive she is an abundant channel in this garden of Eden. The small armadillo, wears armor on its back, symbolic of protection. The armor is a physical and spiritual shield which guards its safety – indicating not only the need to protect the heart when the occasion calls, but reminding us humbly of how small we are in the scheme of life. This creature typically lives in subterranean dens further prompts us to remember the Earth is the great womb and tomb of all life.

We are all part of Mother Earth: an indivisible, living community of interconnected systems. Evidence of exploitation  and contamination to the lands, over the years, has lead to corrosive deterioration and destruction, threatening the diversity of life, including our own. If we were boldly to proclaim, as a Universal Declaration of Rights announcing the Earth is Gaia; a living entity with the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles; then might we not be catalyzing the life force from the seed pod with our own hands? We need legal power to prevent misguided interests from treating this Earth as mere property to be sold to the highest bidder. Might it protect the gift of fresh, clean water – less than 3% of all water sources and even more miraculously fragile, less than .01% of the surface water found in lakes, swamps, rivers and streams?

The armadillo’s uncanny ability to walk underwater and survive torrential flooding by inflating its body so it floats, reflects a way we ourselves might navigate the watery realm of emotions and surrender to its torrents.

This Queen is certainly moved to take action. Despite her considerable wealth and status she is conscious of the precious opportunities and resources she can access in her daily life. She doesn’t take them for granted for one minute. Aware of her afforded privileges that many in the developing world don’t have, she realizes wealth for all can only happen when we engage our collective political and social will to distribute it fairly. You are  being invited to connect with the natural abundance of nature that is your birthright and channel it beautifully to catalyze life.