Fleeting Moments

From the Sacred India Tarot, the Knight of Arrows (Swords); from the State by State Playing Cards, 'Washington, D.C./5 of Hearts:'

          Often known as the 'monkey god,' Hanuman was a Vanara, a mythical race with simian attributes. As a boy, Hanuman was a bit of a rascal, but he grew up to become an example of self-restraint and wisdom. He is considered an embodiment of Karma Yoga (the path of devotion demonstrated through hard work or service). His arrow suggests penetrating insight; Hanuman is a symbol of the disciplined mind that no longer jumps from thought to thought. Washington, D.C. is known for the cherry blossoms that appear each spring. After two weeks, the flowers begin to fall like snowflakes. The cherry blossom is a symbol of beauty but also impermanence. In combination with the Knight of Swords, it reminds me of the words of Katherine Thanas:

...at any moment, with a camera, we capture a frozen moment of reality and believe that moment is true, but actually that moment is frozen from a flow of time and events. Our consciousness is like a camera: it takes sound bites, emotional 'takes,' and that's what memory remembers - frozen moments. We hang our identity and other people's identities on those frozen moments, but at some point we come to understand them as fleeting moments, and likely distortions of what happened.