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

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Weight of Responsibility

From the Tarot of the Crone, Justice; from Transforming Dragons, Nervoc:
While you live you walk my Web.
          Even Nature seems to prefer balance. An orb weaver begins its web with two strands, a tight one and a loose one below it. Once the framing and radial lines are attached, it adds two spirals, a non-sticky one that travels outward and a sticky one that moves inward. The kabbalist's Tree of Life also shows this preference; it contains three pillars - Mercy and Severity on the outer sides and Mildness in the middle. Likewise, Justice is a push to make adjustments to bring things from an extreme point to a more centered harmony. John Michael Greer calls this a "dance of constant adjustment" and explains it "is not found by going to one extreme or the other or by remaining fixed at a static point; it is created by self-correcting movements to either side of a midpoint." But first we have to realize what that midpoint is.
          Nervoc is a dragon personification of imprudence and carelessness. His motto is "Responsibility is a heavy weight on the back of fools." This is the guy who ignores all warnings, does something stupid (he'd call it exciting), then wants to sue when things go awry. But as Greer warns, "Deliberately push a balanced system one way, and you will make it swing back the other way with redoubled force." Rights and privileges require responsibilities, and freedom demands some kind of sacrifice; it's as simple as that.

4 comments:

  1. That's the spider that survived with the ant yesterday. With perseverance and determination there can and will be Justice. Still got fire breathing dragons though.

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    1. I thought that too (about the spider)! :) The Transforming Dragons deck is all about looking at our inner "dragons" (traits) that cause chaos with all that fire breathing and thinking about how to tame them.

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  2. Spider webs always look so fragile but they are in fact incredible strong. I wonder if this one is also heat resistant? :)

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    1. I hope Ms. Spidey can make a quick exit if needed! :)

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