|
April 24 - April 30
April 17 - 23
An insightful comment from A., for whom I hope we'll all be sending good healthy energy thoughts:
Hummmm. Pleasant card.
Could the symbolism be a little different than what you've explained?
(Well, yes, A. Of course! That's why I love offering this as a place where we can all discuss and even (nicely) disagree! )
Three swords pierce a heart against the background of a storm and the heart bleeds. Do you know anyone (3 anyones?) who left their heart in San Francisco? If so, their hearts might bleed April 18 at the 100th anniversary of the 1906 quake which certainly had a storm quality to it.
Then there's a literal heart ache. I've begun to have smallish chest pains lately. This is of slight concern because I had two heart attacks in December 2003. Maybe I'm about to have a third - during the scattered thunderstorms we're supposed to have this week. (I have a Dr apt on May 1.) Or maybe someone else is due for literal heart ache.
I love your take on the connection with San Francisco! But yikes! I suppose literal chest pains could be indicated, but I would be very, very reluctant to indicate that to anyone in a reading, wouldn't you?
However, this does bring up a fascinating question! What happens if you "see" something (especially for someone else, but even when it's just you) that looks quite serious or even dire? What do others think about this?
Here's what another A., who lives in Maryland, says:
In answer to your question about seeing something dire in the cards, I believe that integrity demands that the message be relayed. However, there are ways and ways to relay information. In this case, tact and empathy and compassion would have to be used. Also, the advice that the interpretation may be 'off' because we never know if we are only seeing through a mirror darkly and have somehow got our 'stuff' mixed up in the perception of the meaning of the card.
Thanks, A. and A.! Of course this raises a whole NEW question -- how do you tell, in a reading, which is your "stuff" and which is the querent's? Has that ever been a challenge for you?
Email me! Let's Talk Tarot!
April 10 - 16:
April 3 - 9
March 27 - April 2:
March 13 - 19 :.................................March 20 - 26:
....................................
M.B. of Durham has some fascinating thoughts about the Five of Swords card:
* I remember reading a Mark McElroy review of some Tarot deck that used "ped" figures (you know, the chunky figures you see in pedestrian crossing signs). His young nephew saw the picture as the man helping the other two figures pick up their swords. That's not a common interpretation to that picture, I think.
* In my World Spirit deck, there are two figures, with the defeated figure front and center, holding a broken sword and bleeding arm. In the background is a sort of stick figure of the victor, posed rather smugly.
* Strikes me as a card that lets you feel sorry for yourself without guilt.
* I tend to interpret my cards for me, reflecting my inner landscape. At this moment, things seem to be going well in my life. I'm slowly working on achieving some long-term goals and feel some progress in various areas of my life. So if there's a defeat, the defeated figures are old habits. old aspects of myself that perhaps need to be got rid of for newer, hopefully better, habits to form.
* How many people see themselves as the victor?
Great questions and lots to think about! Thank you so much, M. Any one care to comment? Email me! Let's discuss!
March 6 -12:
While I was out of town, during the week of March 6-12, I received this email. I am so honored to share it with you all. It is from R. in Israel: I was so awed reading about this week's card, I had tears running down my face...This one's for me. This week I complete my own great cycle: today I pick up the physical copies of the book I worked on and dreamt of holding for years. Monday night I celebrate with the first large, open ritual I've ever run. This week my mind is frantic with all the details of logistics for the ritual, but your column made me stop for a few minutes and just appreciate the magnitude of it all again. This is more significant for me than the single project itself; pretty much all my life I've felt called to make a contribution in the public sphere, I've made various attempts and had years of despair of ever accomplishing or even finding my vocation. So this is a milestone that completes a journey of half a lifetime, and of course simultaneously opens the door to the mystery of the coming half.
I don't think I've done the description justice, nor can I in a paragraph. But thank you!
No, thank you, dear one, and a huge congratulations on achieving your dream!
Feb. 27 - March 5:
Feb. 20 - 26:
Feb. 13 - 19:
Jan. 30 - Feb. 5:............................Feb. 6 - 12:
 ......................
Jan. 16 - 22:........................................Jan. 23 - 29:
 .....................................
Jan. 2 - 8, 2006..............................................Jan. 9 - 15:
 ...................................
Received from "G." in U.K.: Having just read your interpretation of the card "Eight of Cups" I was gobsmacked !
My boyfriend whom I love dearly and with whom I have a magical relationship, has just left to go on a trip overseas, headed for the mountains! The Eight of Cups describes perfectly the situation. I don't doubt him for one minute and know he loves me. He is returning in the spring and I am going out there for a week’s visit in 8 weeks time.
I am considering selling my home, to move closer to him (when he is here in the UK) but also have an overwhelming urge to travel! I have had this urge for years now and cannot ignore it any longer. I would keep a base here in the UK and would not travel for a great length of time.
I have felt some confusion over the whole thing, perhaps a fear of the unknown or what the future has in store for me. I have come to the decision to "Go For It" as life is just too short not to. I may regret it all at a later date, but feel I would regret not having tried even more.
Thank you for your insight into my situation and the strength of my conviction it has given me.
You can review all the cards of the week from last year at Tarot Talk Archives.
Other topics of interest, questions, ideas - what's on your mind? Email me!
If you would rather enjoy Tarot Talk live and in person, come meet with others of like mind.
Click here for details!
|
|
