This week I'll be using the Osho Zen Tarot, created by Ma Deva Padma and published by St. Martin's Press. I'll also be using the A'HA Oracle, created and self-published by Linnie Lambrechtsen. Today's draws are the King of Swords and Heart Urchin:
With his sharp, geometric angles, it's clear this King likes things squared away and sharply delineated. On the plus side, people know exactly what is expected. Yet seeing things in grayscale leaves no room for mercy or kindness. To reduce life to a monochrome photograph leaves out the dynamic, colorful causes and conditions that constantly shape people's decisions and actions. It might make judgments easier, but it certainly doesn't make them fair or appropriate. The Heart Urchin looks like a sea-dwelling hedgehog with its dense covering of small spines. But after death, the spines fall away, leaving the inner skeleton which has a slight heart shape. This card suggests we follow Walt Whitman's advice: "Be curious, not judgmental." Like glancing at the title and cover illustration of a book, we often assume we know what's inside. But behind each of us is a deep story; if we don't know it, we won't really know the other person.
We all have our stories. Most of us are not aware of the ones that guide our own lives, much less those of others.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that!
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