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, January 17, 2018

There's Gonna be an Evolution

From the Delta Enduring Tarot, the World; from the Southernisms Oracle, 'Tick:'
          Egan's World card shows various circles of life, from birth to death. But this card encompasses more than just a beginning and end. Each generation of insect or animal must adapt to environmental changes, whether threats or additional resources. Though there is completion in each cycle, there is also evolution - gene pools slowly transform with each generation, making them slightly different than the one before. The Southernism paired with the World is "Full as a tick." These blood-sucking insects will latch onto an animal to feed, increasing their weight 200 to 600 times. To be this full suggests being completely engorged - and usually not in a comfortable way. Humans have a tendency to prefer what is stable and certain, to latch on rather than move on. If I complete a cycle, I  might be tempted to follow the same track over and over rather than step out of a finished circle and start anew. But this behavior won't help me evolve or develop in any way, and I'll be at a disadvantage when forced to deal with change.

The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
– Joseph Campbell
Wherever you are is the entry point.
― Kabir


2 comments:

  1. that is a fab world card. My first impression was Why are their leeches? A card you have to look at.
    Latch on or move on...good wordsmithing!

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    1. Egan has some great cards in this deck.
      Can you believe we had snow this morning?! Still some stuck on the ground. Rare as hen's teeth in these parts.

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