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, January 27, 2017

Two Sides

From the Greenwood Tarot, the Knight of Stones (Pentacles); from the Rune Cards, Thurisaz:
          A wolf walks above a Pictish depiction of a wolf as the midsummer sun streams through a dolmen. Potter suggests the actual wolf is a protective, loyal friend who helps defend boundaries. The enduring light of the summer solstice seems a perfect analogy for this Knight who is willing to go the distance no matter what. In contrast, the Picts saw the wolf as a marauder who killed their livestock and threatened night travelers. The rune Thurisaz (often translated as 'thorn') also has two sides; it can be used to stab or tear, but it can also be used to protect what is beloved. The opposite intentions - to harm or to help - suggest a check of underlying motives is in order. It's easy to step into those brambles, but mighty hard to get back out again.
The Thorn is sorely sharp for any thane 
Hurtful to hold 
Uncommonly severe 
To every man who lies among them. 

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  1. EllenJanuary 27, 2017 at 8:27 AM

    Check underlying motives! Yes,it is so easy to fool ourselves in thinking we are doing the right thing for the right reasons, while in fact we are so often just boosting our ego's

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 27, 2017 at 8:33 AM

      I think your post today sort of hinted at the same thing. :) We fool ourselves very easily.

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  2. Carolyn TindorJanuary 27, 2017 at 9:04 AM

    Interesting that both cards have pairs in them. A pair of wolves and a pair of imps. The wolf was said to be a consort of the devil; not. Both immediately made me think of the sphinxes on the Chariot. Escaped from the chains that bind, they them what will they do, what is natural or not so natural. I am not sure about those imps in full arousal with magic wands. Yikes.

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 27, 2017 at 2:08 PM

      Perhaps the arousal is that passion that can make us want to help or want to hurt.

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  3. Sharyn Mallow WoerzJanuary 27, 2017 at 9:35 AM

    you are doing two sides, I'm doing change for the sake of change. seeing all sides seems the better valor.

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    1. thesycamoretreeJanuary 27, 2017 at 2:09 PM

      Seeing the whole seemed to be Ellen's theme today. :)

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