EXERCISE CT #2: Energy spread macro
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:16:51 +0200
From: Moonchild
To: Comparative Tarot http://comparativetarot.com
Two-card Energy Spread adapted from Power Tarot by MacGregor & Vega.
1) The energy the world is dealing with these days
2) How the world can transmute this energy to work for it
Initial deck: Wheel of Change
1) Eight of Cups--shows a tray with a yin/yang symbol, floating on the
water. Around the circumference are eight (Chinese?) tea cups with I
Ching trigrams on them. In the background, a storm rages creating large
waves with the rain and lightning coming from massive gray clouds. In
the foreground, all is calm, and lotuses bloom. Just beneath the
foremost flowers, it looks like the starry sky under their leaves.I get this card a lot when I use WoC. And what a weird concidence that
it's the same card (number and suit anyway) that I got when I did this
exercise for myself. I must admit, I almost threw out the reading when
I saw this card. Then a little voice said, "There's a message here.
Find it." So I hope y'all don't mind if I flounder a bit.There are a couple of things going on here, but they are interconnected.
The main themes are interplay of opposites, and changing roles.
These are connected in the way we label others. They are black or
white, male or female, native or foreign, parents or childless, rich or
poor Š like us or not like us. Not necessarily a bad thing, as many
times these labels are relevant in communicating. Many times they are
abused, to communicate something false. (Mainly, friend or foe.) In
the "old days" it was clearer: everyone had their role. Nowadays,
everyone has to have many roles. (Any single parents out there?) We
used to have our extended families about us, with everyone's knowledge
and talents to draw on. Now we have to "do-it-yourself." It's not so
clear who is who. (Of course, now we have hypenated combination labels
to help us.)While, on the one hand, people have more contact with a wider variety of
cultures, on the other hand, integration/globalization tends toward
homogeny. All over the world, people eat the same Big Macs and drink
the same Coca-Cola. So the energy the world is dealing with these days
is in acclimatizing (?) to this disparate homogeny, that "they" are more
like "us" than we realize, and "us" are sometimes stranger than "they."
"They" are part "us" and vice versa. (Like the dots on the yin/yang.)2) Temperance--There's a lot to this card, and I should just scan it
rather than try to describe. But one thing that jumps out at me is that her
cauldron is not made from a smooth, hammered piece of metal. It's many pieces,
riveted together. We are not "One World"; we're overlapping parts. The
red blood and white milk which fills her cauldron does not turn pink,
rather creates a peppermint-candy type spiral. You can't get closer
than two liquids in a pot, yet each retains its origianl properties.The way we integrate roles within ourselves has to be extended to the
way we integrate with other cultures. An integration which, I hope,
leads us to greater harmony, yet allows quirky individual cultures to
endure. Switzerland is a fairly good example, with its diverse unity:
four official languages, high foreign population (in Zurich it's 26
percent!), bond of mutual defense and neutrality, numerous traditional
and religious holidays, and red and white flag. (I could write pages
about the flag, but I'll spare you.)Comparison deck: Rider Waite
1) Eight of Cups--Well, this gives a totally different feel, rather
negative, as if each is going his own way.2) Temperance--Each can go his own way, and still be together with
others going their own ways, like drops that make a river.
One Love All Love,
Moonchild~~~~~~~
You're blue when you're born,
Peach as you grow,
Turn red in the sun,
Green when you're sick,
And gray when you die.
And you call *me* colored? <graffitti-artist unknown>
This page is excerpted from my original contributions to the Comparative Tarot discussion group.
Graphics created and generously shared by Full Moon Graphics.
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