Khatruman
I did a draw with my Quest deck the other night, when word first came that aggressions have begun in Iraq. Note that I wish to learn this deck intuitively before consulting The Compass.
I decided to do a three card reading, meditating on how to handle the situation with my students. Card One would be concerned with my students' feeling: I drew The Three of Swords (reversed). Looking at the card, its deep blues and a large deep blue teardrop pierced by the swords, I thought of the sad and fearful feelings of my students. It was interesting to me that Joseph chose a teardrop, as opposed to the RWS heart. I saw that the issue here was, as the key word states, "mourning", yet reversed indicated to me that they might not understand this mourning, the significance of this war. I thought of how it is to us, a video game war, we are disconnected in most real senses to the war, watching it detatched from our televisions sets, where we can turn to "American Idol" with a flip of the switch.
The second card was an inquiry as to my part in discussing these situations to my students. I drew the Father of Wands (reversed). This is my significator card. I associate myself deeply with the king of wands forces. His key word is "intelligence", the man thinking, sitting on the book of knowledge. I definitely told me that my knowledge and understanding was important to them, my intelligence in helping them understand, but the reversal to me signified the importance also to listen to them, their feelings, what they thought. In fact, yesterday, I had them do their journal on their feelings about events, and found that they had some misunderstandings. One thought that a whole front line of our troops had been killed. I told them they must be careful about what they here during these times. They may hear some wild things, but they must truly weigh this knowledge and reason as to whether this is truth or not.
The third card was a question to the tarot. What can the tarot offer during these times. The card I drew was "Strength", which Joseph keys as "courage". The woman astride the roaring lion, not opening his mouth, but rather pulling down the blazing curtain of orange/red heat to unfold the deep stars beneath. Deep inner strength and courage is needed. One must ride the agressiveness, but seek more the inner strength of character, the deeper spirit of life. That is what the tarot offers, the deeper strength and courage, to ride out the agressiveness.
I hope this has made sense.
Peace.
I decided to do a three card reading, meditating on how to handle the situation with my students. Card One would be concerned with my students' feeling: I drew The Three of Swords (reversed). Looking at the card, its deep blues and a large deep blue teardrop pierced by the swords, I thought of the sad and fearful feelings of my students. It was interesting to me that Joseph chose a teardrop, as opposed to the RWS heart. I saw that the issue here was, as the key word states, "mourning", yet reversed indicated to me that they might not understand this mourning, the significance of this war. I thought of how it is to us, a video game war, we are disconnected in most real senses to the war, watching it detatched from our televisions sets, where we can turn to "American Idol" with a flip of the switch.
The second card was an inquiry as to my part in discussing these situations to my students. I drew the Father of Wands (reversed). This is my significator card. I associate myself deeply with the king of wands forces. His key word is "intelligence", the man thinking, sitting on the book of knowledge. I definitely told me that my knowledge and understanding was important to them, my intelligence in helping them understand, but the reversal to me signified the importance also to listen to them, their feelings, what they thought. In fact, yesterday, I had them do their journal on their feelings about events, and found that they had some misunderstandings. One thought that a whole front line of our troops had been killed. I told them they must be careful about what they here during these times. They may hear some wild things, but they must truly weigh this knowledge and reason as to whether this is truth or not.
The third card was a question to the tarot. What can the tarot offer during these times. The card I drew was "Strength", which Joseph keys as "courage". The woman astride the roaring lion, not opening his mouth, but rather pulling down the blazing curtain of orange/red heat to unfold the deep stars beneath. Deep inner strength and courage is needed. One must ride the agressiveness, but seek more the inner strength of character, the deeper spirit of life. That is what the tarot offers, the deeper strength and courage, to ride out the agressiveness.
I hope this has made sense.
Peace.