Occult Terms: Q
9 terms, each linked to a full guide.
Qi Gong is a body of traditional Chinese practices that coordinates breath, movement, and intention to cultivate and circulate qi (life energy).
A physician in the second century CE watched a crane stretch its neck, a tiger coil its spine, a bear lumber from side to side.
The qilin (Chinese: 麒麟, pinyin qílín) and the kirin (Japanese: 麒麟) descend from the same ancient Chinese archetype, but separate cultural evolution gave them distinct appearances, symbolism, and functions in ritual practice.
The difference between a Queen and a King in tarot is the difference between influence and authority, between what is cultivated and what is enforced.
The Queen of Cups and the Emperor are the tarot's great polarity: feeling and structure, intuition and law, the inner tide and the outer wall.
The Queen of Pentacles represents practical abundance, grounded nurturing, and mastery over the material world.
a mind that has already made its decision and will not be swayed by emotion.
The quincunx is a 150-degree astrological aspect between two planets, symbolized by a hollow pentagram, that represents tension, chronic health issues, and the need for constant adjustment.
A shepherd searching for a lost goat in 1946 threw a stone into a dark opening on a limestone cliff near the Dead Sea.