Carcer
Carcer (Prison) — Fire and Earth are active, Air and Water are locked in. It stands for restriction, confinement, and the impossibility of getting out.
Structure of the figure
Latin name: Carcer. Traditional ruler: Saturn.
| Line | Points | Element of the line |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | one | Fire |
| 2 | two | Air |
| 3 | two | Water |
| 4 | one | Earth |
Active (single-point) lines: 2 of 4. The more there are, the more mobile the figure: a single point means an active element, a double point a resting one.
Meaning
One of the five unfavorable figures. Carcer describes a position in which you are bound: by obligations, a contract, circumstances, your own earlier decision. The figure doesn't speak of destruction; it speaks of the impossibility of change.
In rare cases it is read positively — as protection, walls, safekeeping. In questions about freedom of action, the answer is no.
In questions about love and money
In love — a relationship out of duty, jealousy, control, sometimes a marriage without feeling. In money — frozen funds, a loan, being unable to use what you have. Timing — long, until the obligation runs out.