Nobody ever said it would be easy, right?  After the sweet respite of the 4, we now pass into the heat and fire of the 5 of Wands, where cold dry Saturn contends with the first flaming degrees of Leo.  Here we find discomfort of volcanic proportions, the crust cracking over pyroclastic flow, the pressure cooker, the glass alembic taking form in the furnace.

We explore themes of war and war gods, the constructive and creative side of contests, the necessity of chaos, and the Mesopotamian, leontocephaline deity Zurvan, snakebound Lord of Time.

If this card makes you squirm and sweat, you're not alone.  But what's the point of life without a bit of effort, after all?  When we cease to strive, we fail to thrive!

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