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

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Dancing Fool

From the Cosmic Tarot, the Fool; from the Lotus de L'Oeil, 'Encounter:'
          This Fool doesn't just walk off the edge of a cliff, he dances off, shimmying and shaking as he goes. I've always been in awe of people who meet change with a rush of excitement rather than fear. What is their secret? The Encounter card might be a clue. The yin-yang symbol represents the duality found in all things. Each part of the figure has a small circle of the other color in it, a reminder that "all or nothing" is not a truth found anywhere. Every person or experience has a little of its opposite nature within, even if it is a tiny amount. The Fool recognizes this and therefore sets no expectations; even if things seem a disaster, there's always an element of goodness to be found if he keeps his eyes open.

All being, it seemed, was built on opposites, on division... though each was equally precious and essential. ― Hermann Hesse

Now, do you say, that you are going to make Right your master and do away with Wrong, or make Order your master and do away with Disorder? If you do, then you have not understood the principle of heaven and earth or the nature of the ten thousand things. This is like saying that you are going to make Heaven your master and do away with Earth, or make Yin your master and do away with Yang. Obviously, it is impossible. ― Zhuangzi 

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6 comments:

  1. Sharyn Mallow WoerzDecember 1, 2018 at 9:31 AM

    talk about fear...what possessed everyday people to get in a wagon and head west? Very few left to get away from something like the pilgrims.

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    1. thesycamoretreeDecember 1, 2018 at 10:06 AM

      One of my Southern ancestors went to N. Dakota because he heard you could get free land if you planted something on it. (He tried apple trees with no luck). I can't imagine enduring those winters!

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  2. Inner WhispersDecember 1, 2018 at 1:15 PM

    It's funny, your yin and yang comment also made me think that there is a bit of the familiar in even the most unfamiliar, if you look hard enough :) Maybe, when we recognise that familiar part, we can dance more joyfully off the cliff. Sometimes I can throw myself into the abyss, and other times not...

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    1. thesycamoretreeDecember 1, 2018 at 2:11 PM

      Oh I like your way of looking at it! When I am surrounded with people I don't know well, I can remind myself that they want to be safe and happy just like me. :)

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    2. Inner WhispersDecember 3, 2018 at 1:52 AM

      :)

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  3. Carolyn TindorDecember 1, 2018 at 8:59 PM

    And on we dance and make merry, knowing that things have a way of balancing out.

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