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Once again I've drawn only cards we've covered, so I have chosen one of my favorite cards in the deck and, in fact, one of my favorite Chariot cards from any deck (it is my lifetime soul/personality card, so I particularly enjoy a good rendering of it).
The checkerboard landscape makes me think of fertile fields- the manifestation of creative thought (the flying pig) producing abundance. The "Tall Man" could have walked out of the Fire Wand Circus and may represent the fire element needed to bring thoughts (air) to form (pentacles).
I love the aquatic (Moon, seahorses, Cancer sign) symbols used. Graham refers to the Chariot as a symbol of our intelligence, and mentions ingenuity, futuristic/unlimited thinking, mastering emotions and overcoming limitations as positive aspects. Given the water associations, particularly Cancer as the astrological influence for the card, I'm brought to mind of Gardner's Intelligences ( www.swopnet.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences.html), and am thinking that interpersonal intelligence, with traits such as compassion, can help us to overcome limitations and inform our sense of direction as much as the logical/mathmatical type. Perhaps that is the meaning of the various buildings, which seem to symbolize different cultures, or perhaps various forms of belief. Good interpersonal abilities may help to forge communication and understanding between them more than a more "logical" approach.
Graham's booklet says: "With the Chariot, there are no limits. A journey is taking place, and a flying saucer pulled by two seahorses appears. The Chariot is an ingenious means of reaching into the future. We are on a voyage, a transformation is taking place; uncertainty and surprises are ahead.
The Chariot takes us through the carnival, across the globe through time and space, reaching new realms. We are making progress, mastering our emotions and overcoming our personal limitations. Good health is achieved. The Chariot is a symbol of our intelligence, and gives us a sense of direction.
Divinitory Meaning: Focus, achieving goals, purposeful, progression, accomplishment.
Reverse Meaning: Unable to complete a task, loss of direction, confusion, a feeling of invasion."
The checkerboard landscape makes me think of fertile fields- the manifestation of creative thought (the flying pig) producing abundance. The "Tall Man" could have walked out of the Fire Wand Circus and may represent the fire element needed to bring thoughts (air) to form (pentacles).
I love the aquatic (Moon, seahorses, Cancer sign) symbols used. Graham refers to the Chariot as a symbol of our intelligence, and mentions ingenuity, futuristic/unlimited thinking, mastering emotions and overcoming limitations as positive aspects. Given the water associations, particularly Cancer as the astrological influence for the card, I'm brought to mind of Gardner's Intelligences ( www.swopnet.com/ed/TAG/7_Intelligences.html), and am thinking that interpersonal intelligence, with traits such as compassion, can help us to overcome limitations and inform our sense of direction as much as the logical/mathmatical type. Perhaps that is the meaning of the various buildings, which seem to symbolize different cultures, or perhaps various forms of belief. Good interpersonal abilities may help to forge communication and understanding between them more than a more "logical" approach.
Graham's booklet says: "With the Chariot, there are no limits. A journey is taking place, and a flying saucer pulled by two seahorses appears. The Chariot is an ingenious means of reaching into the future. We are on a voyage, a transformation is taking place; uncertainty and surprises are ahead.
The Chariot takes us through the carnival, across the globe through time and space, reaching new realms. We are making progress, mastering our emotions and overcoming our personal limitations. Good health is achieved. The Chariot is a symbol of our intelligence, and gives us a sense of direction.
Divinitory Meaning: Focus, achieving goals, purposeful, progression, accomplishment.
Reverse Meaning: Unable to complete a task, loss of direction, confusion, a feeling of invasion."