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

Monday, June 1, 2015

Cupful of Mercy

From the Whimsical Tarot, the Knight of Cups; from the Over the Moon Oracle, "Forgiveness:"
           The Whimsical's knight is Sir Lancelot of the Round Table. The tales of Lancelot, champion of King Arthur, could supply enough material for psychologists to write multiple books. Kind and courageous, he was flawed when it came to tamping down his desire for Guinevere. Many blamed his affair with the king's wife as the crack in Camelot that would lead to its destruction. After Arthur's death, Guinevere became a nun and Lancelot a priest as a way of penitence. Which leads to the next card, Forgiveness. What price does someone have to pay to receive a pardon? I think most people want the impossible: for history to be rewritten so the act never happened. Whether I am the deceiver or the deceived, a person's whole identity can suddenly become the awful deed itself. I must look outside the story to find mercy, actively look for other more compassionate and loving acts beyond that story. Surely no one has only one chapter in their life.

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  1. EllenJune 1, 2015 at 8:29 AM

    That would change us in very flat characters if it was all about our flaws. It try to look for the motifs behind the deed. after all we are all human aren't we?
    Forgiveness. I am happy to say I have forgiven myself ( it took quite some time though) and that is such a relief to let go of that burden of guilt. :)

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    1. thesycamoretreeJune 1, 2015 at 8:54 AM

      It is easy to let one flaw color the character of someone, instead of allowing all the rainbow of virtues to shine. It takes work, I think, to look for that humanness. And forgiveness of self can be hardest of all!

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  2. RoseJune 1, 2015 at 10:00 AM

    I'm curious to know what playing card the author of the OTM Oracle ascribes to the quality of forgiveness. In the system I use it would be the Seven of Hearts.

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  3. Inner WhispersJune 1, 2015 at 10:32 AM

    Your post today has given me pause for thought. Should we just go straight to forgiveness, or is there value in exploring the causes of the pain? If we just gloss over the flaw, may it not repeat over and over, while exploring it could open room for growth, as well as forgiveness...

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    1. thesycamoretreeJune 1, 2015 at 10:50 AM

      I vote for exploring it. I may forgive, but that doesn't mean I'm going to invite that person back into my life. For me it's more that I don't let the door of my heart shut, that I don't wish them harm.

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