The Ten of Disks

The Lord of Wealth talks not only about material wealth and its appropriate
use, but about the inner wealth and resources that we all have. This is a card
that teaches us that the harvest we gather in our lives is the end result of all
that we have put into living - and more importantly, how we have used the
riches at our disposal.

We make our own realities with every thought, every deed, every wish. And
when we direct our energies positively we shall arrive - as a perfectly natural
consequence - at the Ten of Disks. Of course, if we direct our energies
negatively we'll find ourselves with the Ten of Wands, or the Ten of Swords -
neither of which are happy cards!

There is a warning connected to this card though. When we have created

sufficient wealth to make ourselves comfortable and contented, if we have a
surplus, then we must make that surplus work. We cannot expect energy to
flow freely in our lives if we hoard it, and try to hang on to it. This is as
pointless as trying to save up the breeze so that it will blow on a stuffy day!
There are some things in life you cannot clutch tight in the hand without
crushing their value out of them.

If this card comes up in an everyday reading, it re-assures that financial and

material matters are proceeding well, and that there is no cause for concern.

If it comes up in a more spiritually based reading, then we need to be applying

the underlying principles to our lives - so in this case, we need to be letting our
inner wealth show, in order to manifest that into our lives.

Working with The Ten of Disks

The Lord of Wealth is a card which talks about the manifestation of the fruits
of our labours, in whatever area they have been directed. When we have aimed
all our energies in a single stream of force toward one end, there comes a
point, inevitably, where we shall attain our objective. And that is what the
Ten of Disks indicates.

Often, commentaries on this card warn that once sufficient wealth has been
attained, you should make sure you distribute excess fairly and generously.
This is because energy which remains unused eventually corrupts and
dissipates.
But there's another aspect to the right use of energy which is not so often
addressed. This is to do with the way the Will works. There's a common
misunderstanding about the use of Will among us - we tend to think that
applying Will is something that we only do consciously. This is incorrect. The
human Will works all the time. It runs around happily creating whatever seems
most pressing in your mind.

This has a rather unfortunate side effect. For many people, the most pressing
emotions and responses in their minds are connected to fear, pain,
unhappiness or deprivation. Once seized by feelings such as these, it can be
very difficult indeed to keep your mind off them, and engage in positive
thoughts, affirmations and actions.

You know the feeling - something comes along and hurts you. Then you
suffer. You keep circling the issue in your mind. You build up a nice collection
of fears. You make a lot of (often wildly illogical) painful associations. And
you do not find a relevant affirmation and repeat it with extraordinary fervour
until you have your feelings back under control. You do not go and do
something nice for yourself. You do not deliberately force your thoughts and
feelings onto a more positive track.

All the time that cycle is taking place, your Will is wildly scampering after all
those negative feelings and channelling your energy out into life, attempting to
create the things it thinks you want!

DOH!!! Dissipation of power causing chaos!

The Lord of Wealth teaches us the invaluable lesson... by bringing our

thoughts and emotions to a conscious level, and by making positive choices
about how we direct those energies, we create our world. So we need to
decide what we what, and then think about that... not linger on the things that
we don't want. And we need to trust our own energy to fly out into the Universe
and come back to us completed.

Then we are endlessly wealthy.

Affirmation: "I am endlessly wealthy."