Mi-Shell
10 of Nature
What I find so interesting with this card is, that in the course of this morning I derived at 2 completely different ways of interpreting it. I know, that often happens when we look at a card in 1 reading - and then in another. but this is / feels different: the first interpretation I will post here is based on the mood of the card and what it made me feel and think about,while the 2nd interpretation is derived at from what I KNOW- about the Neolithic, its people and how current paleo-archaeology is interpreting this time of our humble - and also brutal beginnings.
The card is dominated by a huge mask-like face carved into the trunk of a tree. The carving looks weathered and decaying, as if parts of it have broken away already.It is leaning at an angle that speaks of a fall soon to come.
A human figure is leaning against it, as if supporting him/ herself. It seems to be raining and the person, wearing a hooded cape over short length undergarments seems to be exhausted and weary.
The image is held in shades of green, speaking of growth – and of the decay, that comes after the maximum is achieved. The person seems elderly. The person and the once so powerful Tree Spirit are both soon to fall.
The spring rains are here, washing weary souls, soften them for the fall into the Moss below.
Time is running away with the rain water, trickling into the Earth below, to journey on in its never ending cycle.
We, as everything else are a part of this cycle.
So are the “gods” we carve and profess in, they too come and go.
Only the verdant Earth is eternal.
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For me personally: Sometimes I feel weary and in need to lean on to a powerful Spirit, knowing full well, that nothing is ever lasting.
What I find so interesting with this card is, that in the course of this morning I derived at 2 completely different ways of interpreting it. I know, that often happens when we look at a card in 1 reading - and then in another. but this is / feels different: the first interpretation I will post here is based on the mood of the card and what it made me feel and think about,while the 2nd interpretation is derived at from what I KNOW- about the Neolithic, its people and how current paleo-archaeology is interpreting this time of our humble - and also brutal beginnings.
The card is dominated by a huge mask-like face carved into the trunk of a tree. The carving looks weathered and decaying, as if parts of it have broken away already.It is leaning at an angle that speaks of a fall soon to come.
A human figure is leaning against it, as if supporting him/ herself. It seems to be raining and the person, wearing a hooded cape over short length undergarments seems to be exhausted and weary.
The image is held in shades of green, speaking of growth – and of the decay, that comes after the maximum is achieved. The person seems elderly. The person and the once so powerful Tree Spirit are both soon to fall.
The spring rains are here, washing weary souls, soften them for the fall into the Moss below.
Time is running away with the rain water, trickling into the Earth below, to journey on in its never ending cycle.
We, as everything else are a part of this cycle.
So are the “gods” we carve and profess in, they too come and go.
Only the verdant Earth is eternal.
….....................................................................................................................
For me personally: Sometimes I feel weary and in need to lean on to a powerful Spirit, knowing full well, that nothing is ever lasting.
