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autpaxautbellum) wrote2021-02-19 06:03 am
autpaxautbellum) wrote2021-02-19 06:03 am
Cards
My favorite story in the Chuang Tzu is about the cook, whose knife was still sharp after many years. He would use intuition to understand his butchery task, finding the root and grain of the problem and... vorpal blade goes snicker-snack ... the whole problem collapses.
This has long been my aspiration - to live in harmony with the Tao, living in a state of intuition and grace. The Essenes call this finding the Real You, the subconscious life force that exists in all of our cells. One tool that I’ve used in this effort periodically over the years has been the Tarot. My process is quite naive - I simply draw a card and reflect on how it might illuminate the current situation, sometimes in unexpected ways.
In recent times, I’ve been using the Celtic deck. This is relatively new to me, previously having using the Rohrig deck for many years. I felt drawn to the Celtic deck with its natural themes and images of the old country. A few months ago, I drew a couple cards in succession albeit at different times that have an interesting relationship. The moon and the Cerridwen.
The moon card has a creepy looking hand emerging from a pool. A path leads up a hill to two trees on a hill, the moon is full. In the other card, Cerridwen and her cauldron of inspiration are in front of two trees, with a slope behind her going down to a lake, the moon is new.
What I find interesting is the dark mirroring, both the moon phase, but also the trees (one alive and one dead) are reversed in each card. I grok that the hand in the moon card is emerging from the lake behind Cerridwen, and suspect it represents the Real You of the Essenes, emerging from the depths of the unconscious.
The text mentions that the moon portal can also be seen in the Death card, so it seems in this deck there is intentional geographical connection between different cards. I’ve noticed a couple others as well, which has interesting implications when considering how one draw might relate to another one. In general though, I find it a fun aspect of this deck which aligns with my love of maps.
Another thing I’m pondering on is the hand in the Moon card. It has agency, purpose, a path ahead of it. This implies that the just as I’m seeking out the Real You, perhaps it in turn is seeking out me. But perhaps that is just a false dichotomy... it IS you dummy.
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Update:
Each trump has the number of it’s path on the Tree. I need to start accounting for this. Cerridwen is the path of Gimel, the moon is the path of Qoph.
This has long been my aspiration - to live in harmony with the Tao, living in a state of intuition and grace. The Essenes call this finding the Real You, the subconscious life force that exists in all of our cells. One tool that I’ve used in this effort periodically over the years has been the Tarot. My process is quite naive - I simply draw a card and reflect on how it might illuminate the current situation, sometimes in unexpected ways.
In recent times, I’ve been using the Celtic deck. This is relatively new to me, previously having using the Rohrig deck for many years. I felt drawn to the Celtic deck with its natural themes and images of the old country. A few months ago, I drew a couple cards in succession albeit at different times that have an interesting relationship. The moon and the Cerridwen.
The moon card has a creepy looking hand emerging from a pool. A path leads up a hill to two trees on a hill, the moon is full. In the other card, Cerridwen and her cauldron of inspiration are in front of two trees, with a slope behind her going down to a lake, the moon is new.
What I find interesting is the dark mirroring, both the moon phase, but also the trees (one alive and one dead) are reversed in each card. I grok that the hand in the moon card is emerging from the lake behind Cerridwen, and suspect it represents the Real You of the Essenes, emerging from the depths of the unconscious.
The text mentions that the moon portal can also be seen in the Death card, so it seems in this deck there is intentional geographical connection between different cards. I’ve noticed a couple others as well, which has interesting implications when considering how one draw might relate to another one. In general though, I find it a fun aspect of this deck which aligns with my love of maps.
Another thing I’m pondering on is the hand in the Moon card. It has agency, purpose, a path ahead of it. This implies that the just as I’m seeking out the Real You, perhaps it in turn is seeking out me. But perhaps that is just a false dichotomy... it IS you dummy.
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Update:
Each trump has the number of it’s path on the Tree. I need to start accounting for this. Cerridwen is the path of Gimel, the moon is the path of Qoph.