No Winners

This week I'll be using the Tarot of the Absurd, created and self-published by Jessica Rose Shanahan. I'll also be using another self-published deck, the Post-psychedelic Cyberpunk by Masha Falkov. The draws for today are the Devil and the Glass Bead Game:

          This person is in chains and twisted up like a pretzel. The horns from his head suggest a Pinocchio-like lesson about how our thoughts, words, and actions have consequences. Yet all of us get 'knotted up' by something, usually fear or anger. When that happens, our behavior is reactive and self-serving, designed to make us feel better. But often we end up adding fuel to the emotions that twisted our minds in the first place.
          The Glass Bead Game is an example of how we piece together information like a DJ mixing songs or a quilter combining fabrics. Word of mouth, social media, television and printed media all are in the bowl of beads we choose from. We may choose only what is positive, only what knots us up (the negative), or a combination of both. These two cards encourage us to be careful what we add to our mind when it is running full tilt toward a cliff's edge; there won't be any winner in that game.