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It's good to be here, mmmmm!
The person's perception or mind is altered through card 2, placed with the upright to the left. And in this, the obstruction being contained in card 2, is an archetypal influence, which can translate into any level of energy, be it archetypal, existential or cosmic. This position is the "carrier" of any person's thought, or environment. His/her, Bething - Beth (thoughts on the primary thought).
My mind tells me that the card should be upright if the top is to the left. As this placement is ruled by the High Priestess. We receive our intuition through the left and the right hand is the "practical" side. That is also why we shuffle anti-clockwise and hopefully with the left hand (not always possible) The right is used to "assist"
These placements are linked to the kaballa.
1-primordial energy-Aleph,
2-the container-Beth-House
3-the start of movement-Gimmel-Camel
So 2 is the container, which changes as it receives what is given to fill it. This is where we get to "Gimmel" is the Bething of our primordial energy(thought), Beth our direction or bringing into something, which is not anything, by the shifting of our Aleph????
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Therefore, placement two in my view is firstly a coming together, but also a sifting and parting of what is what we want or not. It also denotes dualities and their seperating or combining? And Pirbid as you rightly said, it's a point of "standing" not stagnation. It's a short moment of "gathering" in the onward march.
All the Links are:
Celtic Cross, and how to read it:
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Blessed be.
Blessed be.