This week I'll be using the Tarot Lukumi, a deck created by Caelum Rainieri, Ivory Andersen and Raphael Montoliu. It is published by Dal Negro and the artwork was done by Luigi Scapini. The oracle deck I'll be using this week is the Diloggun Cards, a digital set created through the use of art by Mase Lobe. Each card is associated with an Ifa ethic as well as a proverb, with information from a book by Ifa Karade called The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts. Today's draws are Three of Wands and Iwori (14 mouths):
A king is seen climbing the tallest royal palm tree (associated with the Orisha Shango) to collect leaves to be used in ritual. Only those with 'dignity' were allowed to make this high climb. In the traditional meaning of the Three of Wands, a collaboration of efforts brings expansion. It makes sense that wise folks would only want to invest energy and resources in someone who embodied principles they respected. The Diloggun proverb for Iwori reads: "What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn." Ambition is easy to learn, but how does one learn to love dignity? We often model what we receive; if we give respect and live with principles, then those we influence may be encouraged to do the same.
Show respect to all people, but grovel to none.
~Tecumseh
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