Ravenswing
a few foolish thoughts
just a little bit of thinking out loud.
the fool appears at the beginning of the major arcana (numbered zero so we can justify placing it before one), between judgment and the world (numbered zero for no **ligitimate** reason i can think of-- eclectic deck) and after the world (and numbered XXII, which makes sense since it comes after XXI-- ibis deck)
we can go a bit further and consider that the fool isn't even part of the major arcana.
all of these seem to me to lead to **valid** frameworks for a model of structure of **reality**.
so, does order count here a bit too much?
consider: before laying out a spread, we shuffle the cards, in order to generate a **random** ordering. i don't believe anyone would do a spread with the deck in its **natural** order. (i don't say that this couldn't be done, but what would the point be??)
could it be that the **hero** of the tarot is either the fool or the magician only by virtue of being first in line?
consider: have you ever met your hierophant directly upon taking leave of an emperor? when you climb out of your chariot, who DO you meet? is temperence strictly an after-death experience? do you climb out of the wreckage of your tower and serenely watch venus setting? and what about naomi?
(sorry, i just couldn't resist that one )
let's scramble the majors and see what kind of story we can come up with. (the navigator's tarot has the **advantage** of unnumbered majors)
i'm working on a **random** order that starts with the moon. i figure that a tale full of archetypes should produce an archetypical tale. no matter the order.
any not so foolish responces??
putting on his jester's cap
ravenswing
just a little bit of thinking out loud.
the fool appears at the beginning of the major arcana (numbered zero so we can justify placing it before one), between judgment and the world (numbered zero for no **ligitimate** reason i can think of-- eclectic deck) and after the world (and numbered XXII, which makes sense since it comes after XXI-- ibis deck)
we can go a bit further and consider that the fool isn't even part of the major arcana.
all of these seem to me to lead to **valid** frameworks for a model of structure of **reality**.
so, does order count here a bit too much?
consider: before laying out a spread, we shuffle the cards, in order to generate a **random** ordering. i don't believe anyone would do a spread with the deck in its **natural** order. (i don't say that this couldn't be done, but what would the point be??)
could it be that the **hero** of the tarot is either the fool or the magician only by virtue of being first in line?
consider: have you ever met your hierophant directly upon taking leave of an emperor? when you climb out of your chariot, who DO you meet? is temperence strictly an after-death experience? do you climb out of the wreckage of your tower and serenely watch venus setting? and what about naomi?
(sorry, i just couldn't resist that one )
let's scramble the majors and see what kind of story we can come up with. (the navigator's tarot has the **advantage** of unnumbered majors)
i'm working on a **random** order that starts with the moon. i figure that a tale full of archetypes should produce an archetypical tale. no matter the order.
any not so foolish responces??
putting on his jester's cap
ravenswing