Papageno
the open book offers a unique and fresh perspective on the 8/pentacles which is usually depicted as a man sitting at a workbench hammering out disks.
I generally associate this with Hephaestus/Forge of The Gods .......although in one sense, I think that still applies here as well.
the open book with ribbon marker in place indicates a pause (not an ending) and shows us where to pick up from where we last left off, much like the various projects we pursue and the goals we set for ourselves during the course of our lives. we are composing the story of our lives. we are beginning a new passage or maybe even a whole new chapter.
Der Ring des Nibelungen and the Tolkien fantasies are centered around objects that were forged. they served as catalysts that shaped destiny. they were objects of Fate.
we can view the book in this card in two ways, a book of pre-destiny or self-determination.......maybe a bit of both? (this is like the thread about fate and free will)
Wagners Ring cycle is a story of pre-destiny, the (inevitable) fall of the Gods.
Tolkien shows us that while the Gods may fall (or leave us for greener pastures and to our own devices), mankind triumphs through self-determination.
I generally associate this with Hephaestus/Forge of The Gods .......although in one sense, I think that still applies here as well.
the open book with ribbon marker in place indicates a pause (not an ending) and shows us where to pick up from where we last left off, much like the various projects we pursue and the goals we set for ourselves during the course of our lives. we are composing the story of our lives. we are beginning a new passage or maybe even a whole new chapter.
Der Ring des Nibelungen and the Tolkien fantasies are centered around objects that were forged. they served as catalysts that shaped destiny. they were objects of Fate.
we can view the book in this card in two ways, a book of pre-destiny or self-determination.......maybe a bit of both? (this is like the thread about fate and free will)
Wagners Ring cycle is a story of pre-destiny, the (inevitable) fall of the Gods.
Tolkien shows us that while the Gods may fall (or leave us for greener pastures and to our own devices), mankind triumphs through self-determination.