Self-Direction

The fifth Star, related to Self-Direction, I call Will.  Its letter is Resh, which literally means "Head" and corresponds with the Sun.  The Sun symbolizes our guiding power; our head director.  Do we lead ourselves by unbridled impulse or like a Hero/ine, with an ever-present forethought of the Greater Good?  It is said that the "Great Work" of the Hero/ine is specifically collection and restoration - that is gathering energies and impulses and all that we are conscious of and, by choice, radiating out and expressing our Power in a way that restores the Human condition to a higher estate.  As the message of The Sun card signifies, the Sun is the Great Regenerator.  It can turn the garden sterile and dry or entice fertility and growth from the desert just as the Human can regenerate their world by consciously directing their Powers - moment by moment, day by day...