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

Friday, December 16, 2011

Adding Mass, Removing Assumptions

I drew another Ace from the Quantum Tarot today, the Ace of Wands:
In this deck, the Ace of Wands is connected to the photon, a basic unit made of electromagnetic energy, or light.  The energy released in electromagnetic radiation is made up of these particle-like packets that have momentum but no mass.  It is not just sunlight that is made of protons, but also such things as radio waves, TV broadcasts, and x-rays.  Photons travel at the speed of light, are never still, and are created when an electron makes a quantum leap inside an atom.  When I receive inspiration that motivates me to create something original or follow my passion, it is like that leap.  But just as the photon has no mass, to materialize my vision I must take concrete action rather than just dream and fantasize about it.  So what has you charged up and ready to move today?  

     The card chosen this morning from the Universe Cards is "Electromagnetism - perception:"
Electromagnetism, one of the four fundamental forces, is what causes the interaction between electrically charged particles (think of the attraction of static electricity and the repulsion of two magnets with the same charge).  This force is responsible for practically all the phenomena we experience in daily life with the exception of gravity.  Electromagnetic radiation in the form of light is what allows us to see, and why Stopworth associated this force with perception.  She writes, "Look at your deepest assumptions about the world and honestly judge whether these assumptions are viable.  Perhaps they have become like an old, comfortable suit of clothes - familiar, habitual but hopelessly out-of-date.  Your perceptions may need to be challenged..."

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