People are afraid, very afraid of those who know themselves. They have a certain charisma, aura, attractiveness and power that can rescue young people who are full of life from traditional imprisonment. An enlightened person cannot be enslaved – that is the difficulty – he cannot be imprisoned.
A person of distinction who has discovered something meaningful is difficult to enslave. He is the force that destroys the existing order. The masses do not want to be disturbed, even when they live in misery; they are miserable, but they are used to it. And anyone who is not miserable is perceived to be a stranger.
An enlightened person is the greatest alien in the world, because it seems that he does not belong to anyone. He is not restrained by any organization, by society, or by nation. A powerful and authoritative person on this card is really the master of his destiny. He has the emblem of the sun on his shoulder, and the torch, which he is holding in his right hand, symbolizes the light of his own, hard-won truth.
Whether he is rich or poor, the rebel is really an emperor, because he has broken the chain of overwhelming conventions and public opinions. He has shaped himself by accepting all the colors of the rainbow. He comes out of the dark and shapeless roots of its unconscious past and grows his wings to soar into the sky. His way of being is rebellious – not because he is fighting against anything or anyone, but because he has discovered his true self and decided to live in accordance with it. His spirit is like an eagle, the messenger of heaven and earth.
The rebel calls us to be brave enough in order to accept responsibility for who we are and to live in accordance with our truth.