Egan's World card shows various circles of life, from birth to death. But this card encompasses more than just a beginning and end. Each generation of insect or animal must adapt to environmental changes, whether threats or additional resources. Though there is completion in each cycle, there is also evolution - gene pools slowly transform with each generation, making them slightly different than the one before. The Southernism paired with the World is "Full as a tick." These blood-sucking insects will latch onto an animal to feed, increasing their weight 200 to 600 times. To be this full suggests being completely engorged - and usually not in a comfortable way. Humans have a tendency to prefer what is stable and certain, to latch on rather than move on. If I complete a cycle, I might be tempted to follow the same track over and over rather than step out of a finished circle and start anew. But this behavior won't help me evolve or develop in any way, and I'll be at a disadvantage when forced to deal with change.
The old skin has to be shed before the new one can come.
– Joseph Campbell
Wherever you are is the entry point.
― Kabir

