Craxiette
Hello there, new forum member waving her hand to all of you! =)
Gosh...there are SO many topics already covered in so many different ways, I feel it's going to take me ages just to get through the old stuff. So much being said already, so I don't want to be too repetetive...but from what I found I have not yet seen anyone mention this little sub-story of the trumps...let's see what you think of it!
((Btw, I was completely oblivious to the tarot (including astrology, quabala, magick etc etc) up until about the beginning of january this year, when I decided to get myself a pack of tarot cards for the sake of reflection upon psychological archetypes (and yes, out of pure curiosity, I had never seen a pack of tarot cards IRL before!). I browsed the net a bit and found lots of sources saying the Thoth tarot is NOT a good beginners deck because it is too complex, a beginner should just get a "nice" deck with lots of pretty pictures of people doing straight forward stuff...to me that was only advertising in favour of the Thoth. And I really couldn't stand the cartoonish pictures on the Rider-Waite style decks...so the choice was easy...and I don't regret it at all! I even got the book of Thoth and read it, with NO prior knowledge of magick...lol...I probably understood even less then I would admit but I think I should get some credit for effort! And it did get me hooked -now I HAVE to learn more!))
Sorry, I digress...now to the main post. Now keep in mind this is just a game for inspiration…and I don’t mind if you think I’m a bit perverted or a bit of a biology-nerd…so! I was pondering over the trumps the other day and the hero’s journey. There are different versions of it, but some say that the Fool, the zero is the moment of birth, and the trumps to come are the successive stages of personal development of the child. I looked at it and thought "hmm...but what happened before that?" Then I glanced over at the Devil card; the erect phallus and the sperm-filled testicles...aha!
So here it goes, the Sperm's journey:
Atu XV The Devil:
The sperm is formed in the goat’s testicles through the process of sexual cell-division or meiosis; though this division, the sperm is separated from the “garden of Eden-ish” state of wholeness, by only possessing half the number of chromosomes of a human. The Y-chromosomes are now different and separated from the X-chromosomes, and they long to be reunited, but find themselves trapped, at the feet of the devil. There is no turning back into the wholeness that once was, the only release is through the eye of Shiva (phallus).
Atu XVI The Tower:
The violent ejaculation of the sperm from the burning tower. This for most of the sperm is a plunge into death and oblivion. At the bottom of the tower is a frightening mouth (yoni) that seems to devouver and consume anything that comes in it’s path. But yet, it is straight into these unknown territories that the sperm must go in search of salvation.
Atu XVII The Star:
As the mouth closes up behind, there is not much rest for the traumatized sperm. It can now see the egg, huge and planet-like in the far way distance…but the task seems daunting, the road seems endless… But then there is a sudden realization of hope! Through the rhythmic guidance of the female orgasm, the sperm is pulled upwards towards the light, spiralling up, up, towards the round egg.
Atu XVIII The Moon:
But the sudden realization of hope and the helping hand of the Star does not last very long. The womb is a dark and treacherous place. Most of the sperm die of exhaustion or get lost in the many traps and dead ends. This is the darkest part of the whole journey and it might even end here, through the cancellation by menstruation. In the best of worlds, from the thousands of sperm that began the journey, one single hero will make it all the way. At such a gloom prospect, the veiling darkness acts as mercy for the unknowing, struggling sperm.
Atu XIX The Sun:
The final step of the journey and the fertilization of the egg. The summit is reached, the sperm has secured it’s place inside the walls of the egg-cell. The two twins (egg and sperm) are now united in a joyus dance!
Atu XX The Aeon:
Growth and development of the child in the uterus of the mother. There are three dormant egg-cells sleeping close to the womb (in the ovaries), symbolizing the seeds (eggs) of coming cycles.
Atu XXI The Universe:
Birth of the child into a new universe (through the yoni). The embryonic water flows out from all corners. The old, known universe is left, and on the other side shines the light from the new sun. The new worlds seems mysterious and paradoxical (the moebius strip). The baby now steps on the snake’s mouth that once devouvered it, to push it’s way out.
The End…and the Beginning.
Comments..?
Gosh...there are SO many topics already covered in so many different ways, I feel it's going to take me ages just to get through the old stuff. So much being said already, so I don't want to be too repetetive...but from what I found I have not yet seen anyone mention this little sub-story of the trumps...let's see what you think of it!
((Btw, I was completely oblivious to the tarot (including astrology, quabala, magick etc etc) up until about the beginning of january this year, when I decided to get myself a pack of tarot cards for the sake of reflection upon psychological archetypes (and yes, out of pure curiosity, I had never seen a pack of tarot cards IRL before!). I browsed the net a bit and found lots of sources saying the Thoth tarot is NOT a good beginners deck because it is too complex, a beginner should just get a "nice" deck with lots of pretty pictures of people doing straight forward stuff...to me that was only advertising in favour of the Thoth. And I really couldn't stand the cartoonish pictures on the Rider-Waite style decks...so the choice was easy...and I don't regret it at all! I even got the book of Thoth and read it, with NO prior knowledge of magick...lol...I probably understood even less then I would admit but I think I should get some credit for effort! And it did get me hooked -now I HAVE to learn more!))
Sorry, I digress...now to the main post. Now keep in mind this is just a game for inspiration…and I don’t mind if you think I’m a bit perverted or a bit of a biology-nerd…so! I was pondering over the trumps the other day and the hero’s journey. There are different versions of it, but some say that the Fool, the zero is the moment of birth, and the trumps to come are the successive stages of personal development of the child. I looked at it and thought "hmm...but what happened before that?" Then I glanced over at the Devil card; the erect phallus and the sperm-filled testicles...aha!
So here it goes, the Sperm's journey:
Atu XV The Devil:
The sperm is formed in the goat’s testicles through the process of sexual cell-division or meiosis; though this division, the sperm is separated from the “garden of Eden-ish” state of wholeness, by only possessing half the number of chromosomes of a human. The Y-chromosomes are now different and separated from the X-chromosomes, and they long to be reunited, but find themselves trapped, at the feet of the devil. There is no turning back into the wholeness that once was, the only release is through the eye of Shiva (phallus).
Atu XVI The Tower:
The violent ejaculation of the sperm from the burning tower. This for most of the sperm is a plunge into death and oblivion. At the bottom of the tower is a frightening mouth (yoni) that seems to devouver and consume anything that comes in it’s path. But yet, it is straight into these unknown territories that the sperm must go in search of salvation.
Atu XVII The Star:
As the mouth closes up behind, there is not much rest for the traumatized sperm. It can now see the egg, huge and planet-like in the far way distance…but the task seems daunting, the road seems endless… But then there is a sudden realization of hope! Through the rhythmic guidance of the female orgasm, the sperm is pulled upwards towards the light, spiralling up, up, towards the round egg.
Atu XVIII The Moon:
But the sudden realization of hope and the helping hand of the Star does not last very long. The womb is a dark and treacherous place. Most of the sperm die of exhaustion or get lost in the many traps and dead ends. This is the darkest part of the whole journey and it might even end here, through the cancellation by menstruation. In the best of worlds, from the thousands of sperm that began the journey, one single hero will make it all the way. At such a gloom prospect, the veiling darkness acts as mercy for the unknowing, struggling sperm.
Atu XIX The Sun:
The final step of the journey and the fertilization of the egg. The summit is reached, the sperm has secured it’s place inside the walls of the egg-cell. The two twins (egg and sperm) are now united in a joyus dance!
Atu XX The Aeon:
Growth and development of the child in the uterus of the mother. There are three dormant egg-cells sleeping close to the womb (in the ovaries), symbolizing the seeds (eggs) of coming cycles.
Atu XXI The Universe:
Birth of the child into a new universe (through the yoni). The embryonic water flows out from all corners. The old, known universe is left, and on the other side shines the light from the new sun. The new worlds seems mysterious and paradoxical (the moebius strip). The baby now steps on the snake’s mouth that once devouvered it, to push it’s way out.
The End…and the Beginning.
Comments..?