SAGITTARIUS - The Centaur

Nov 22 - Dec 21

Element: Fire (Hot & Dry)

Modality: Mutable (Adapting)

Ruler: Jupiter ♃

Tarot Correspondences: Temperance (XIV) | The Wheel of Fortune (X - Jupiter)

Sagittarius has read forty-seven books on spirituality, attended twelve workshops, traveled to thirty-two countries, and collected three certifications—and still can’t shake the feeling that the answer is somewhere else.

Because it is.

Just not where you think.

The cosmic joke: the treasure you’ve been chasing across the world is buried in your own backyard. The horizon keeps receding.The more you learn, the less you know.

And somehow, this is the path to wisdom.

🜂 Ignis

Archetypal Energy

The Seeker, the Student, the Gypsy, the Philosopher

As winter approaches and light withdraws, Sagittarius bears the torch of wisdom through the darkness. This is the energy of the Seeker, the Student, the Gypsy, the Philosopher—the Wanderer who learns that the ultimate journey lies within.

After Scorpio’s alchemical death, Sagittarius emerges not to escape the underworld but to carry forward the flame of earned wisdom.

Scorpio teaches that transformation requires annihilation; Sagittarius asks: Now what? What does it mean? What truth remains in the ashes?

Ruled by Jupiter, the Great Benefic, Sagittarius embodies the principle of expansion—but here’s the harder truth: Jupiter without boundaries isn’t generosity—it’s enabling.

Faith without wisdom isn’t trust—it’s delusion.

Optimism without discernment isn’t light—it’s denial.

As Dion Fortune writes in The Mystical Qabalah, Jupiter rules Chesed (Mercy), but Chesed without Geburah (Severity, ruled by Mars) becomes“a dishonored cheque”—promises that can’t be kept, expansion that collapses under its own weight, the benevolent king who gives so much he bankrupts the kingdom.

Sagittarius must learn:

the sword that cuts away excess is as holy as the hand that gives

Sagittarius is the part of us that refuses to let suffering be meaningless—that insists there must be a reason, a lesson, a gift hidden in every experience.

XIV TEMPERANCE

Tarot Keys

TEMPERANCE (XIV) – Sagittarius

The angel stands with one foot on land, one in water, pouring water (emotion) between two cups without spilling a drop. This is the art of patience and equilibrium—expansion tempered by containment, enthusiasm guided by ethics, optimism restrained by wisdom.

The Hebrew letter Sāmeḵ ס means “prop” or “support”: the structure that allows freedom to exist. True temperance isn’t moderation  for its own sake; it’s the synthesis of opposites harmonized into a higher octave (than either extreme).

THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE (X) — Jupiter

The wheel turns. Peaks become valleys. Fortune becomes misfortune.The cosmos laughs at our five-year plan.

Sagittarius learns what the ancients knew: life is cyclical, not linear. Endings lead to beginnings.

The question isn’t “How do I stop the wheel?” but “How do I trust and flow with the turning?” Can I find grace in both ascent and descent?

Together, these cards reveal Sagittarius as the wisdom keeper who knows how to enjoy the journey—who finds meaning where others overlook, who trusts the process when the destination is unknown, who embraces uncertainty, and who knows that winter always gives way to spring.

Sagittarius is the eternal student and the wise teacher—the one who understands that the more you learn, the less you really know.

That truth is a horizon that recedes as you approach.

That wisdom comes not from answers but becoming comfortable with questions—navigating uncertainty with curiosity and to revel in the mystery.

"I KNOW"

🗝️ Light Expression

Optimistic • Philosophical • Generous • Truth-seeking • Expansive • Inspired • Free-spirited • Wise • Jovial • Honest • Visionary • Faithful • Meaningful • Adventurous • Teaching

In its highest expression, Sagittarius is our capacity for faith—wisdom born of experience.

This isn’t blind faith; it’s trust maintained through the darkest nights,

having illusions burned away yet still finding meaning in the mess.

This is the teacher who remains a student,

the philosopher who can hold a paradox,

the adventurer who knows the greatest journeys go deeper rather than farther,

the one who understands that commitment doesn’t kill freedom—it shapes it.

Sagittarius sees the big picture when others are lost in details,

finds the lesson in the loss, transforms wounds into wisdom,

and shares truth in ways that inspire rather than preach.

It aims the arrow high—and lets go.

🗝️ Shadow Expression

Dogmatic • Reckless • Preachy • Excessive • Irresponsible • Judgmental • Escapist • Blunt • Overindulgent • Commitment-phobic • Self-righteous • Unrealistic • Tactless • Enabling

In shadow, Sagittarius becomes the fundamentalist who mistakes their truth for The Truth.

Expansion turns to excess—too much pleasure, too much travel, too much seeking that never lands anywhere.

Faith becomes blind optimism—the refusal to see what is, preferring comfort to clarity.

The shadow preaches without practicing, judges without understanding,

philosophizes to avoid feeling, and confuses freedom with lack of accountability.

It’s the eternal student collecting degrees but never applying them—the generous king turned enabler, the seeker who becomes the dogmatic preacher, forever unsatisfied, chasing something more. FOMO at its finest: convinced the answer lies in the next book, the next workshop, the next trip, the next lover—anywhere but here.

Mercy without Justice is weakness. Jupiter without Mars is waste.

–Dion Fortune, The Mystical Kabbalah

Shadow Work Theme

Finding freedom through commitment, wisdom through patience.

The evolutionary path of Sagittarius is to discover that true freedom comes not from avoiding limitation but from choosing it consciously—that expansion without discernment becomes excess, waste, and delusion. The benevolent king needs the sword that cuts away what no longer serves.

True wisdom includes not-knowing. Real faith embraces mystery.“The more I learn, the less I know”—and the wise can live in that paradox.

Information → Knowledge → Wisdom → Faith

Questions Sagittarius must ask:

• What am I running toward, and what am I running from?

• What am I avoiding by constantly seeking?

• Where does my generosity enable rather than empower?

• Where do I place blind optimism instead of earned trust?

• Can I be free and still belong?

  
  

Sometimes the greatest adventure is staying still long enough to let the mystery reveal itself.

Sagittarius learns that commitment isn’t a trap—it’s the ground needed to reach the heights we aim for. Limitation isn’t the enemy; it’s the container that makes creation possible.

Saying “no” with discernment is as important as saying “yes” with enthusiasm.

The medicine comes through discovering that the deepest teachings arise from staying rather than leaving—from finishing what you started, from choosing one path fully rather than dabbling in twelve, from the return: coming home enriched by experience, tempered by wisdom, carrying the flame that may guide others. This is not blind faith. It’s the faith born of walking through Scorpio’s fire, illusions incinerated, yet still choosing to trust.

 True wisdom requires you to stay with something long enough to reach its depths—not rigidly forever, but long enough to actually learn what it came to teach you.

The ultimate journey? Learning that you don’t need to travel to the ends of the earth to find yourself—you are always there.

Essential Oils The Kingdom of Flora –

The Link Between Heaven and Earth

Heaven Whispers in Flowers...

Frankincense (Boswellia carterii)

Sun / Jupiter — Spiritually expansive • Wisdom-enhancing • Faith-building • Perspective-bringing

Opens the crown to higher vision—not to escape reality but to perceive its depth. Use when seeking guidance, rekindling faith, or finding meaning through difficulty.

For millennia, Frankincense has been burned in temples and sacred ceremonies across cultures—Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu— A bridge between heaven and earth, human and divine. It reminds us that the mundane and the sacred are not separate.

Wild Orange (Citrus sinensis)

Sun / Jupiter — Optimism-bringing • Abundance-attracting • Joy-invoking • Possibility-opening

Reminds us that choosing joy amid hardship is courage. Use when optimism has curdled into bitterness or when beginning anew.

Wild Orange whispers: “The sun rises every morning, regardless of yesterday’s storms.”

Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Mars / Jupiter — Courage-building • Digestive • Warming • Activating

Brings warmth to abstraction and courage to speak truth with love. Use to integrate knowledge into wisdom or to digest difficult truths.

Melissa (Melissa officinalis)

Jupiter — Light-bringing • Spiritually uplifting • Emotionally brightening • Truth-revealing

Melissa (Lemon Balm)brings joy to heavy hearts by finding the gift in loss. Use when you’ve lost faith or forgotten that the wheel always turns. To remember —this too shall pass.

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum)

Mars / Jupiter — Creativity-enhancing • Possibility-opening • Perspective-shifting

Coriander helps to see new possibilities. It opens mental channels, supports creative problem-solving, restores beginner’s mind and dissolves dogma. Use when stuck in rigid beliefs or in need of a fresh perspective.

Bonus Blend

Elevation (Joyful Blend)

Lavandin • Tangerine • Lavender • Amyris • Clary Sage • Hawaiian Sandalwood • Ylang Ylang • Ho Wood • Osmanthus • Lemon Myrtle

Creates an atmosphere of joy and possibility—perfect for Sagittarius season when days grow dark but spirit must stay bright.

Simple Practice: The Threshold of Faith

Best performed during Sagittarius season, on Thursday (Jupiter’s day), or whenever you face uncertainty requiring trust.

You will need:

• Frankincense and Black Pepper oils (expansion with discernment)

• A doorway

• A small stone

Stand at a threshold—any literal doorway. It represents passage between known and unknown, past and future, who you were and who you’re becoming.

Apply Frankincense to the third eye for vision.

Apply Black Pepper to the solar plexus for grounded courage.

Hold the stone. It represents the wisdom gained through experience—every wound that became understanding.

Ask:

Where in my life do I need faith right now—not blind faith, but earned faith?

Where must I trust the journey though I cannot see the destination?

Feel the stone’s weight. It is not a burden but ballast—what steadies the arrow as it flies.

Speak aloud:

I trust my experience.I trust the journey inward.

I trust the flame I carry through the darkness.

I release my need to know how it all unfolds.

Step across the threshold consciously, stone in hand.

You don't drop your wisdom to have faith—you carry it forward as a torch.

On the other side, hold the stone to your heart and say:

My greatest adventure lies within.

I have everything I need for this journey.

I choose to stay, to commit, to go deeper rather than farther.

I am grounded.

I am free.

Keep the stone somewhere visible—as a daily reminder that the faith you’re cultivating.

Well done. 🏹