Tarot mapping in the shape of Magnus Opus for recovering addict
I'm working on a reflective tarot mapping with the Thoth deck (not divination) for my friend who is recovering from addiction and hit 4 months sober yesterday. I'm trying to make it in a circular shape of Magnus Opus - main cards circulating the outskirts of the map.
starting from:
> The Fool - getting lost in the unknown
> The Devil - for addiction,
> The Hanged Man - for being stuck in the addiction and disillusion.
> The Tower - entering Nigredo with breakdown
> The Moon - for shadow work
> Death - for the ego death that is needed for transformation
> Hermit - for the reflective state, and also lonely, since known lifecurcumstances has changed.
For now i see him as being ping-ponging Moon/Death/Hermit - and the rest of the cards are so far not fixated, but potentials.
In the middle there are some central energies that I'm still also working on.
> 2 of disk for growth, proceeding and beginning something new.
> The hierophant representing AA, which is a good supportsystem for him (not a fanatic christian version where we live in Europe)
> The Empress as a mentor, so being his sponsor.
> Magus for manifesting the change.
And I've added some loose minor arcana cards on the map, fx sorrow by the Hermit, for the loss of ego, former life and illusion
The whole mapping from Fool to Hermit seems so easy to put down, and I'm not sure if it's because i see these things happen atm, but the cards also seem to contain A LOT, while some of the later cards are less distinctive - this is my challenge now.
Well!! That's it so far - I don't have any specific questions, but maybe someone has something interesting to say!