I use tarot and oracle cards as tools for reflection and contemplation. Rather than divining the future, they are a way for me to look more deeply at the "now."
"The goal isn't to arrive, but to meander, to saunter, to make your life a holy wandering." ~ Rami Shapiro

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Color Outside of the Lines

From Hadar's Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, the Queen of Staves (Wands); from the Greek Alphabet Runes, 'Chi:'
          Another Queen is back today; this one encourages people to create something beautiful or useful. She rallies people to do something with the minds and bodies they've been given. All humans have the ability to create, but our diversity means that we have different skills. Some may be artists, wordsmiths, relationship builders or problem solvers. This Queen appreciates all skill sets - but only if they're put to use and not gathering dust. Chi is a letter that has been used to represent Euler's Principle in geometry. Basically, for any polyhedron that doesn't intersect itself, the number of faces plus the number of corner points minus the number of edges always equals 2. While stability and reliability are great qualities, in the case of creativity it can lead to the 'same old same old.' Take a look at the Queen of Staves expression and body language as she glances over at Chi. This queen would definitely recommend taking a risk by stepping outside the norm in order to produce something original.
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  1. Carolyn TindorApril 21, 2018 at 8:37 AM

    The Chi rune makes me think of XX chromosomes that decided she would be Queen not King.

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  2. Sharyn Mallow WoerzApril 21, 2018 at 11:22 AM

    good one Carolyn :)

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  3. UnknownApril 22, 2018 at 11:05 AM

    Oh boy colouring outsides the lines! I must say I detest colouring books for this very reason and certainly this is a metaphor for how to live a creative life. If there are just externally imposed lines for the only purpose of power and control those lines have to go!

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    1. thesycamoretreeApril 22, 2018 at 12:25 PM

      I think part of the problem is that people have internalized those 'externally imposed lines.'

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    2. UnknownApril 22, 2018 at 12:40 PM

      Absolutely and this starts at the earliest of age. Boys are blue, girls are pink,(interestingly it use to be the opposite, where blue represented girls and pink, boys. Society is more concerned with controlling children and opposed to understanding them and then attempting to stream line everyone in school, continuing on from there; not having enough room for individuality, but reduces people to the lowest common denominator.

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