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, July 5, 2025

Making a Crack in the Mind

From the Ship of Fools Tarot, the Five of Swords; from the Wisdom of the Four Winds, Sunset:



Intellectual humility involves understanding that we can’t fully trust our beliefs and opinions because we might be relying on faulty or incomplete information or are incapable of understanding the details.
—Mark Leary

The fool smiles because he won the argument, but what he doesn't yet realize is that he's lost all of his friends. Intellectual humility acknowledges that we could be wrong, no matter how much we think we know. Choosing not to be an expert allows us to expand our knowledge and understand new perspectives. This trait takes some effort to develop - we naturally bow up and become defensive when others question what we accept as truth. Yet being open-minded opens up new avenues of thoughts and ideas and helps us sustain our relationships. Sunset suggests it's time to let go of our need to be an expert on everything. It might help us to use the fictional Armand Gamache's statements he teaches his new recruits: "I don't know. I need help. I'm sorry. I was wrong."

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4 comments:

  1. Blondi BlathersJuly 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM

    Gamache is such a relatable character, isn't he?

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    1. thesycamoretreeJuly 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM

      I adore him and the rest of his quirky companions!

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    2. AnonymousJuly 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM

      Jean-Guy!! I finally got The Grey Wolf from the library. It’s such a page-turner and I love the story behind the title. I’m 2/3 through it in one day. I found the last 2 books in the series a bit lacklustre but this one is slamming along. (J Gamachehead)

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    3. thesycamoretreeJuly 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM

      I loved that book too, and I'm impatiently waiting for The Black Wolf to come out in October! (It is helpful to have a daughter who works at the library and alerts me to new books by my favorite authors.)

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