Comments on: Democratic Esoterica

By: Sare Gordy

Sare Gordy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:47:50 +0000

Very interesting. I didn’t know much about Tarot before this (thank you for the helpful links), but the archtypes seem to be full of wisdom. The offsite link explaining The Tower was particularly interesting. It described the card as the one no one wants to get, etc, and I had to laugh.

Am I the only one who actually *enjoys* watching her towers fall in her life? Can’t be. As the offsite explanation goes on to say, it’s only once the tower that we built up has fallen is the inner eye opened and we see clearly again, for the first time.

::grins::

Good entry.

By: Huw

Huw — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:34:08 +0000

The fool is not a comment on brain but rather on new beginnings. Obama is a new beginning in any number of ways - not the least because he is the first of several races to get into such a position.

Here’s a good quote from the wiki:

In many esoteric systems of interpretation, the Fool is usually interpreted as the protagonist of a story, and the Major Arcana is the path the Fool takes through the great mysteries of life and the main human archetypes. This path is known traditionally in Tarot as the Fool’s Journey, and is frequently used to introduce the meaning of Major Arcana cards to beginners.

Justice is also not a commentary on her job (although “emperor” is a commentary on W) so much as it is on her person - call it an assumption about her person away from the black hole of the President. I’ve nothing but respect for her. I rather think an Obama/Rice would rock.

Also behold the keywords (also from the Wiki), I think they ably describe the Ice Maiden:

Impartiality —– Distance —– Coldness —– Justice
Objective mind—– Criticism —– Being clever —– Insensitivity
Decision —– Intellect —– Analysis —– Realism —– Severity
Responsibility —– Rationality —– Clear vision —– Logic and reason

By: James

James — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:06:01 +0000

Obama as the Fool and Condi as Justice? Explain your cryptic choices. I don’t worship at the altar of Obama, keep in mind, but I don’t think he’s a fool in the sense of being naive and inexperienced. He strikes me as being the opposite, like a Henry IV except he gives the appearance of being a saintly fool rather than a drunken fool. He’s not necessarily a Eugene Debbs or a King Henry VI. As to Condi or anyone in the bush administration representing Justice, ?!!!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:55:23 +0000

That is soooo clever !

I once sketched out a Supermarket tarot deck based on well-known brands, which was quite amusing……..