12/19/2023 0 Comments Judgment tarot keyI want to look at two of the cards in the deck that symbolize different forms of change, and explore the ways in which I read them differently. Just a good, old-fashioned sit-down with the RWS. Nothing fancy or esoteric, no Kabbalah or astrology or Aleister Crowley in sight. Today, we’re going to explore this question. I was going to create an elaborate imagery-equals-architecture metaphor where a Tarot deck full of “change” is like a cathedral with nothing but doors, but I ultimately decided against it. This symbolizes great change in your future.”) The cathedral of Amiens. This symbolizes great change in your present. This symbolizes great change in your past. So, naturally, the themes in the Tarot deck are going to reflect those sorts of concerns.Īnd yet, dear reader, there is a problem with this thematic architecture. When half the cards in the deck can, one way or another, be interpreted as symbolizing “change”, how to you differentiate between them? How can each card retain its unique symbolic integrity when so many of them share the same theme? Querents come to Tarot when they’re at points of flux and uncertainty: What’s coming next? Which path should I take? Will things ever go back to the way they were before? This is, ultimately, a deck of fortune-telling cards,* and the whole point of Tarot is that it helps us examine the shifting sands of the hourglass that measures our lives. It’s no surprise that Tarot is all about change. And that’s not even touching on Minor Arcana cards like the Six of Swords, the Eight of Cups, or the Eight of Pentacles. Off the top of my head, I can think of ways that at least one third of the Major Arcana could be described in terms of change (or synonyms like “transition”, “transformation”, etc.). The entire Tarot deck is threaded with motifs of cyclicality and perpetual change. Perhaps the greatest of these themes is capital-C Change. There are a few major themes that recur frequently in Tarot. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.įollow Tags Astrology British Traditional Wicca Carl Jung Cartomancy Cyclicality in Tarot Death Devotional Polytheism Divination Duality in Tarot Eight of Cups Eight of Swords Ethics Gardnerian Gardnerian Wicca How I Use Tarot How Tarot Works Judgment Jung Justice Kabbalah King of Cups Magic Magick Major Arcana Minor Arcana Nine of Swords Nine of Wands Numerology OOTK Opening of the Key Paganism Pathworking Philosophy Polytheism Qabalah Qabalah for Wiccans Religion Rodnovery Sample Reading Shadow Work Shakespeare Six of Swords Slavic Slavic Native Faith Slavic Polytheism Strength Tarot Tarot Cards Tarot Decks Tarot de Marseille Tarot Reading Tarot Spreads TdM Temperance The Chariot The Devil The Emperor The Empress The Fool The Hanged Man The Hermit The Hierophant The High Priestess The Lovers The Magician The Moon The Star The Tower Thoth Tarot Tree of Life Two of Cups Video Wheel of the Year Wicca Witchcraft
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