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, July 8, 2016

Decisions, Decisions

From Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, the Lovers; from the Greek Alphabet Runes, Rho:
          Bursten writes that some parts of human nature just won't succumb to force or rationality. In this illustration, the older woman with the laurel crown represents Virtue and the woman with the flowers in her hair symbolizes Sensual Desires. Whoever the man is looking at when Cupid lets loose his arrow will be his choice, and at the moment that would be Virtue. Emotions tend to short-circuit our ability to think logically; some salesmen are adept at getting potential buyers overly excited and enthused for this reason. But the good news is that emotions don't last forever, and eventually the rational side of the brain will awaken. This is where the Greek letter Rho comes in, a symbol used to denote a former Rhodes Scholar. If we can learn, as Margaret Mead put it, "how to think not what to think," it's likely we won't be so completely caught off guard when emotional decisions arise.

6 comments:

  1. The essence of this post feels a lot like my own train of thoughts today :)

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    1. Carolyn gave me a phrase that I have been using a lot lately - "Give time, time." I just want things to be settled and get back to normal, but it is going to require me to be patient and use some common sense!

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  2. Funny how many women men go through before they decide on one they can take home to meet mother. Amazing there are any women left.

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    1. Even more amazing that most of them have such high qualifications for the women, but never worry if they meet them. :D

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  3. It looks a young man trying to decide between mother and lover. A momma's boy. That boy needs time to grow up. The younger gal better be smart like a Rhodes Scholar and hightail it out of there. He is not mature enough for her. And Time is the great Healer.

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    1. She might need to reconsider who she's considering marriage to and who her in-law would be! :)

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