Merryday - Time Lord (14)

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 May 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Sulis	15 May 2004
I've just got this deck and I really like it. I like the changes that Louise Poole has made but one card is bothering me; Time Lord which replaces Temperance - the keyword is 'emergence'. I like Temperance, it's one of my favorite cards. I haven't got the book so I just can't understand why or to what she's changed this card and I really don't want it to put me off this deck because I can see this deck being one that gets a lot of use (hopefully). Could anyone who has the book help me out? I will get it eventually but I'm enjoying working with this deck without it. Love Sulis xx

Sulis	16 May 2004
Bump

Mimers	16 May 2004
Hi Sulis, I have the book, and I will quote Ms Poole's explination of the card. I will add that I have had this deck for a long time without the book. I loved it at first site. The book has only deepened my appreciation of this deck. Quote: Merryday Tarot, Numerology, and the Invisable Kingdom by Louisa Poole XIV Time Lord One of the most obvious changes in the Merryday Deck comes with Key Fourteen formerly "Temperance". It seems unnatural to have such a quiet card between Metamorphosis and the Tempter. Research uncovered that Key Fourteen was originally associated with 'time' and 'cycles'. Therefore, the Time Lord was a logical exchange. This could easily have been called the "Alchemist", because the true essence of the alchemist's experiments was to rule over time by becoming immortal. Here we meet the intense Lord, pictured as an hourglass measuring the sands of time. His job is to raise knowledge from the subconscious to conscious awareness. There is no easy way to accomplish this, as you can see from the intensity in his eyes. He exposes lessons when it is time to learrn them - not a moment before or a moment after. This requires moderation and patience from the student and the teacher. His crown represents the four phases of the moon capped off by a rainbow with jour candles. In the hourglass, the deep ocean is pictured, while outside float fourteen bubbles of experience and the Sea Serpent, who moves experiences upward to the conscious mind. The silver cup represents the emotional unconscious, while the gold is the expression or receptacle for the knowledge. The obvious difficulties with this card are acquiescence, stress, impatience, hopelessness, self-pity, overwork, and/or stagnation. With a willingness and patience to work with time as an ally, a person will become in accord with his/herself and environment. Tho old story of 'when a student is ready, the teacher appears' is key to this card. hope this helps you! Mimi

Island Dreamer	16 May 2004
Hi Sulis, Oddly enough, I also acquired the Merryday tarot this week after hankering after it for some time (thanks ribbitcat!) I don't have many books on tarot and they didn't give much in the way of ideas about the possible significance of the Time Lord in place of Temperance. However, Alfred Douglas offers the following interpretation of Temperance: "The mundane interpretation of Temperance, also known as the Angel of Time, suggests the flowing of time from the past into the future: the continuity of life and its transferences from one bodily existence to another" My first impression of 'Time Lord' was that it was a very 'busy' card with so much going on that it made me quite dizzy to look at. I think it needs careful study to decipher the symbolism. I just need the time *lol* Thanks for posting the book's entry for 'Time Lord', Mimi, it was very helpful. Island Dreamer

Sulis	16 May 2004
Thanks Mimi, I've printed that off to have a look at. Love Sulis xx

Satori	15 Nov 2004
Hi folks. I just acquired the Merryday and I love it. Of course, Time Lord stopped me in my tracks. It just didn't seem to fit the deck, because the deck is so beautiful and the Time Lord, well, a bit garish. As i've looked at it I think what I like about it is that there are little beautiful elements that contain the nature of the whole deck, like the seahorse, and the snail at the bottom. I like the inclusion of the hourglass, and the fact that it spans down into the depths of the water (subconcious) and up into the heavens where rainbows dance and candles burndown and are relit. That his eyebrows are reminiscent of a whale's tail is so fabulous and the serpent, the bubbles becoming planets...I love the card now. It reminds me that behind all the beauty of the world is the face of God, and we just don't know what the face will look like now do we. Some of us might find it lovely, others of us may be terrified, but we just don't know until it hits us in the face. Any interest in a Merryday study group?

DarkElectric	17 Nov 2004
Good heavens, I'm going to have a bit of getting over with this one. When I think of a "Time Lord" all that comes to mind is Dr Who..........

OakDragon	17 Nov 2004
DarkElectric wrote: Good heavens, I'm going to have a bit of getting over with this one. When I think of a "Time Lord" all that comes to mind is Dr Who.......... I don't know anything about the deck, but that's exactly what I was thinking!

Satori	17 Nov 2004
Hey Oakie, are you going to get this deck? and Dark Electric, how be you?? Did you love getting this deck or what???

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