From the Mary-El Tarot, the Seven of Disks; from the OH Cards, Window/Letting Go:
As I get older, I'm finally beginning to accept a certain fact: things never get fixed and then stay that way. I can get my ducks in a row, turn around for one brief second, only to discover one or two have wandered away. White asks the question, "What will you create now with this chaos in your hands?" In her painting, the eclipse of the sun indicates this time of confusion, yet the four elements represented suggest there are still resources to work with. A pause and a deep breath may keep me from jumping into the first approach that looks good, hoping to set things aright immediately. Life is a constant cycle of settling and unsettling, stability and instability. Instead of working so hard to keep everything "just so," I'd be better off carrying around a parachute, fire extinguisher, shovel and floatation device.
The OH Cards painting shows a person in somber colors standing in front of a window. The word card chosen to be paired with it was "letting go." White associates the keyword "memory" with the Seven of Disks rather than the traditional Thoth label of failure. I envision this person looking back into the past, longing for the way things used to be. But that view is a romanticized one that fails to see there were hardships and challenges to be overcome there too. Might as well head for the door and see what awaits with a willingness to embrace it all.
