The Wheel
“What goes up, must come down. Spinning wheel, got to go round.” Spheres, discs, circles, wheels. One of the greatest inventions of humankind, the wheel; allowing us first better and easier transport of… Continue reading
Tag Archive: Major Arcana
The Hermit
The Hermit is a solitary person, whether by choice or necessity. Perhaps an aesthete, perhaps a shut-in. Maybe selfishly contemplating his own navel at the expense of social connection, maybe transcending so far… Continue reading
Strength
Who is strong? A strongman, certainly. A weight-lifter, a body builder. A laborer, a marathon runner, a long-distance swimmer. Ants are incredibly strong for their body-weight, and a human hair is three times… Continue reading
The Chariot
If life is a road, or a series of roads, or a path less taken, still somehow we are conveyed upon it in one direction or another. Sometimes it is by our own… Continue reading
The Lovers
“Love is not about possession. Love is about appreciation.” Osho “To love is to burn, to be on fire.” Jane Austen “Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no… Continue reading
The Hierophant
How did the word “orthodoxy” become one that people shy away from? And how is that the word “dogma”, the concept of a “rule of life”, or any sort of mystical and/or religious… Continue reading
The Emperor
Veni, vidi, vici. With great power comes great responsibility. And I shall call it, “this land”. Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Emperor is a challenging card for many, given its association… Continue reading
The Empress
A woman reclines in the height of the warm summer sunlight, the Earth in bloom around her, sprouting fields and flowers and birds and bees and all good living things. She is young,… Continue reading