This week I'll be using the Tarot in de Herstelde Orde (Tarot in Restored Order), created by Rob Docters van Leeuwen and Onno Docters van Leeuwen; it was published by Servire. The second deck I'll be drawing from is the Oracle of Kabbalah, a deck and book set created by Richard Seidman and published by Thomas Dunne Books. Today's draws are the Tower and Aleph (artwork by Michoel Muchnik):
The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.
―Edwin Louis Cole
One of the booklet's meanings for this card reads, "Liberation from the harness." It parallels the Hebrew letter Aleph in that the letter's original pictograph is an ox's head - an animal usually harnessed and yoked to a plow or cart. We are easily convinced that we are following the correct norms and values, that is until life gives us a hard head slap. That fall from the heights can offer a new perspective, making us reassess our goals and motives. Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and reminds us that as long as we're breathing, there's always time for a new beginning. We're all going to choose a burden to bear; at least with wisdom and clarity we can choose one that is honorable and upright.
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