The sixteenth card of the Tarot is associated with Mars.
It’s also Uranian in energy- a usually unforeseen, significant change. It could be the breakdown of a structure in order to liberate. Or, to be able to reconstruct a more functional version. It can be the result of a subconscious rebellion against ones circumstances, manifested in physical reality. It might be something much larger than the individual, like a natural disaster, that unsettles and transforms the environment. It represents a light bulb moment, adaptability, and positivity in the face of crisis. It may involve becoming more of a leader, more independent, strategic or inventive. However much of a loss, there’s also inherent excitement. There is potential to feel more free and and empowered. The sixteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet, Ayin, can mean watch or know.
Lamb’s Quarters is a symbol for gentleness, nurturing and resourcefulness. It’s linked to Venus (warm + moist/kidneys, throat, skin and hair) and the moon (cool + moist/breasts, stomach, female reproductive organs). It contains vitamins A, B2 and C, iron, calcium, niacin and phosphorus. It can prevent scurvy, relieve stomach ache and diarrhea. Its leaves can be used as a poultice to treat itching, burns and swelling.
John Whiteside “Jack” Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer and rocket propulsion researcher, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. He invented the first rocket engine to use a castable, composite rocket propellant, and pioneered the advancement of both liquid-fuel and solid-fuel rockets. After a brief involvement with Marxism in 1939, Parsons converted to Thelema, the English occultist Aleister Crowley’s new religious movement. In 1941, with his first wife Helen Northrup, Parsons joined the Agape Lodge, the Californian branch of the Thelemite Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). At Crowley’s bidding, he replaced Wilfred Talbot Smith as its leader in 1942 and ran the Lodge from his mansion on Orange Grove Avenue. Parsons married artist, occultist and fellow Thelemite, Marjorie Cameron in 1946. He has been the subject of several biographies and fictionalized portrayals, including the television drama Strange Angel.