Monday May 12, 2008
Current Interest? Tarot readings (again).
But this time I’m working on my own system. Well, more like cleaning one system (symbol and meanings) which align with my Universal Priniciples thoughts and making that system more similar to something kin to the Tarot (but not correlative to the Tarot).
After a few days (a week?) of intensive searching, I found something called “The Athiest Tarot” at www.octagod.com . It’s a good start and really really pointing to what I want. I’ve also found a couple of sites with some good learning-to-read tarot articles. (uh, I seem to have lost a site address 
) www.tarotinstitute.com is a site that had some absolutely great beginning to read ideas/methods. And this afternoon I made a breakthrough in one of my Universal Principles sets.
- relative level of energy: {arrow pointing up} high (fast, hot) vs {arrow pointing down} low (slow, cold)
- relative level of directedness: {two horizontal arrows pointing away from each other} dispersed (wet) vs {two horizontal arrows pointing inwards towards each other} focused (dry)
It sort of lines up with the Greek elements of Fire (hot/dry), Air (hot/wet), Water (cold/wet), and Earth (cold/dry). One difference is that it’s more along the lines of either a subjective experience of how much energy we have available and how well we are able to direct that energy towards whatever goal. Or maybe, It can also be used to observe very simple processes regarding energy and its movements. The seasonal stuff (including moistness vs dryness) would be an analogy or metaphor of the simpler process…or the process being shown on a grander scale. It will likely go through some changes in time. But for now it’s a good start to build up as well as to learn to read from.
These two..axioms??…make up 9 concepts. And so 9 cards were made with each card symbolizing one of the concepts (High, Low, Focused, Dispersed, High/Focused, High/Dispersed, Low/Focused, Low/Dispersed, Balanced). Maybe eventually I’ll post the simple diagram for it so you can get a literal feel for each concept.
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Q: What can I expect from using this particular set?
A: A relatively High level of activity. (Note: as I was ’shuffling’ the cards, this one fell (jumped?) out. So I picked it as the answer.)
I: I can expect a relatively high level of activity from using this particular set. This could mean that I’ll use it relatively often, or maybe even that it will come up relatively often (for now at least, heh). (This much would be true in as much as it is currently the only set I have at the moment.)
Dispersement and Focus are ‘about normal’, according to the card. Heh…if you only knew just how much dispersement over directendess is considered ‘normal’ for me, lol.
Looking at the card, in this context, I feel good about it. It’s exciting to thikn that I might actually get somewere with the readings and the figuring out what my ‘beliefs’ are regarding Universal Principles. In fact, this afternoon, when I finally figured out (for now) the dispersement/directedness aspect, I felt such a profound sonse of peace…no, not peach ..more like a great weight had been lifted off me, opening up my energy flow which I went and used elsewhere. My mind isn’t trying to hard to solve the problem, nor am I feeling so frustrated and hopeless about getting anywhere with this new project. In fact, I felt as if I’d successfully taken my frist step (one step forward). I haven’t felt ’successful’ in a long time.
Yeah, I like the feeling this card gives. I look at it and I feel buoyant.
