Umbrae
So I’m reading this Mary K. Greer Blog, and I was troubled.
It IS a brilliant blog/article. However at the same time it goes beyond. We’ve been having this very discussion (or dancing around the subject) in five separate posts over the summer that I can think of without getting a headache.
In the illustrative story referred to in the above link, I believe that the limitation in the predictive aspect (“Everyone in class agreed that they could never have predicted a bank robbery from the cards Heidi had drawn.”), is due to the overuse of the WCS cards. The illustrations limit predictive interpretive language.
I also agree with the ultimate conclusions derived from the lessons.
There’s also the mention of a movie “Roshamon” which IMO is one of the best films ever made.
Here in the modern world of Tarot we often jostle amongst ourselves attempting to reach consensus; as though there is an absolute right and wrong in Tarot, that we should ‘see’ everything regardless of cultural or personal differences. This I don’t believe is possible. Each participant in the story in Roshamon experienced truth – differently. None were wrong, only incomplete.
There’s also the whole level in the (referred) story, of the three swords stripping away the fluff, and leaving Heidi quite naked in front of herself – the Knight of Pents as the Bank, and XX as an unpleasant wake up call (A brush with death).
It IS a brilliant blog/article. However at the same time it goes beyond. We’ve been having this very discussion (or dancing around the subject) in five separate posts over the summer that I can think of without getting a headache.
In the illustrative story referred to in the above link, I believe that the limitation in the predictive aspect (“Everyone in class agreed that they could never have predicted a bank robbery from the cards Heidi had drawn.”), is due to the overuse of the WCS cards. The illustrations limit predictive interpretive language.
I also agree with the ultimate conclusions derived from the lessons.
There’s also the mention of a movie “Roshamon” which IMO is one of the best films ever made.
Here in the modern world of Tarot we often jostle amongst ourselves attempting to reach consensus; as though there is an absolute right and wrong in Tarot, that we should ‘see’ everything regardless of cultural or personal differences. This I don’t believe is possible. Each participant in the story in Roshamon experienced truth – differently. None were wrong, only incomplete.
There’s also the whole level in the (referred) story, of the three swords stripping away the fluff, and leaving Heidi quite naked in front of herself – the Knight of Pents as the Bank, and XX as an unpleasant wake up call (A brush with death).