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

Monday, October 27, 2025

As a Whole

 From Tarot by Caro, the High Priestess; from the Holitzka I Ching, Hexagram 8:


No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.
―John Donne

The pomegranates on the High Priestess card are a nod to Persephone (something hidden), the hems of priestly garments (wisdom), and Solomon's temple (an inner essence). She invites us to stop looking outside ourselves for answers and take a peek within. If we plant the seeds we find, they will lead to a wise and fruitful outcome. One insight available is that nothing is independent - everything depends on various causes and conditions to exist, each subject to change. Our actions (or inaction) might instigate such change, creating support or imbalance for the whole. Hexagram 8 represents cohesion, when a group of people focus on what's important and needed rather than on personal, petty things. Kind of like a President obsessed with Big Macs and ballrooms rather than focusing on the services and assistance his constituents need.

Luminous Mind - BK


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