Double Rainbow

From the Neuzeit Tarot, the Seven of Cups; from Rory's Story Cubes, Rainbow:

          Above these seven cups is an eye shining down upon them. Throughout various cultures and religions, the eye symbol has been seen as providence, wisdom, compassion and protection. The Hindu god Shiva was said to have a third eye in his forehead; when opened, it destroyed everything it saw. The meaning behind this mythology was that through spiritual perception, ignorance could be eliminated. Basically, though we think our senses show us what is real, our memories and emotions taint our perception. We see what we think we should see, or what we want to see. I wonder if it is even possible for humans to truly be objective? The rainbow is seen in both the card and die chosen. In the card, the light from the eye filters through the clouds to create the colors, suggesting our different perceptions. After choosing the die, I had a line from a Katy Perry song running through my head: "after the hurricane, comes the rainbow." Maybe the promise isn't so much that bad things will never happen again (they will), but that it's the hard times that can help us see more clearly what's really important. When the outer, glitzy trappings are removed, what's worth saving?