THE OBELISK

Virility – Fertility
Empire – Domination

The Obelisk is the ultimate phallic symbol: a force rising toward the sky with a vertical, penetrating, ordering, and imposing energy. It is not just architecture but a living memory of solar cults, ancient powers, and empires that spoke through stone.

In the card, veiled and nude female figures surround it in a gesture that could be reverence, ritual, devotion, or even imprisonment. The boundary is subtle, because the Obelisk is at once seed and submission, fertility and command, light that creates and power that demands. It is the backbone of civilization or the staff of the ruler. This card touches deep chords regarding the relationship between virile force and institutional power, and how these energies permeate our lives.

So, my dear one, if your subconscious has chosen this card, perhaps it wants to tell you that:

If the card speaks about you – Light

You are connecting with a powerful, solid energy, capable of generating and structuring. You feel able to protect, build, and shape the world you desire. Your inner strength becomes axis, direction, and clarity.

Questions for you
– In which area are you developing virile strength?
– What could you build if you fully trusted your energy?
– What does it mean for you to use power as a tool for order rather than imposition?

If the card speaks about you – Shadow

You may be too rigid, authoritarian, or dominating. Perhaps you confuse direction with control, potency with supremacy. Or you are yielding your power to a stronger external authority, accepting a verticality that limits you.

Questions for you
– Where are you exercising excessive control, perhaps believing it necessary?
– To which figure or structure are you offering obedience without question?
– How is an external masculine force conditioning your decisions?

If the card speaks about the world – Light

The world shows a solid, ordering, and constructive structure. The external Obelisk represents civilizations that rise, collective projects, architectures of life that generate continuity. It is the bright side of masculine strength that builds without crushing.

Questions for you
– Where, in your surrounding reality, do you recognize a power that builds rather than destroys?
– Which authoritative figures embody for you a positive, generative masculinity?
– What external structure is offering stability and direction to your path?

If the card speaks about the world – Shadow

The world around you seems dominated by vertical, patriarchal, and invasive models. The Obelisk becomes a symbol of empires and hierarchies that impose their form, often disguising control and supremacy as order or civilization. It represents the harsher side of authority.

Questions for you
– Where are you witnessing domination disguised as organization?
– What vertical power is crushing you, even symbolically?
– In what form does oppression appear in the reality you observe?