From Hadar's Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille, Judgment; from the Greek Rune Tiles, Phi:
The gate of liberation is always open.
—Koshin Paley Ellison
While this card depicts the Last Judgment of the Bible, it symbolizes redemptive action that leads to liberation. In other words, we pause on our madly spinning hamster wheel and question the ideas we've rigidly held and the behaviors we keep repeating. It dawns on us (hearing the trumpet) that our expectations were more than a little off kilter. In our moment of clarity, we see the gate of liberation that has always been there, just waiting for us to notice it. As Arthur Brooks wrote, "our minds are habitually unbalanced, but not intrinsically so; the key is to build new habits of thinking." Phi in mathematics represents the golden mean, a special ratio found in the designs of nature, art and architecture that make these creations more pleasing to the eye. Yet this ratio still must exist within the laws of nature; things can't be created while ignoring reality. Phi encourages us to see through a different lens; there is a way to intentionally see the beauty and good in life, even when it doesn't meet our standards or wishes.
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