Time, time, time…
Ever been to Africa? You know, if you ever go to Africa, you’d understand what I mean when I say…”Africa time.” Things move different. Out here, we build freeways to get there fast. We know what’s gonna be where and when and by golly if’n it ain’t ya sure gonna hear ‘bout it!
Africa time.
In Africa, things move on their own time. Trains arrive when they arrive; animal herds arrive when they want…drives westerner’s crazy. But in Africa, the sun comes up – and the sun goes down…that’s time.
The Norse-Teutonic folks of ancient Europe had a different concept of time. A modern day consists of 24 hours, punctuated by day and night. The Teutonic-Norse concept contained therein was two ‘days’. One period occurring between sunup until sundown, and a second day occurring from sundown until sunup. The Norse thought of distance and time in terms of moving people between two points. The principal unit of measure was how far you could ride, which of course varied depending on the land, and time of year. Therefore, space-time is relative.
Had a friend who used to be a first-mate on coastal steamers sailing the between Seattle and Alaska. Whenever Kurt came back he had what he called, “Sixty mile an hour disease.” To him it seemed as though everybody was moving at sixty miles an hour. On board ship, things move much slower.
Time is a concept. It is a human construct to which we assign a prime importance in our lives.
Someone once said that time was invented so that everything would not happen at once.
Tarot time. You cannot tell the cards, “When.”
Through use, you will learn their idea of when. My times vary just a tad depending on which deck I use…kind of like you speak differently with different friends. Something I had to get used to. Something you will have to learn…how it works for you…
Also, sometimes the cards are telling you exactly the ‘what and when’ of an event…but it’s tough to be objective about your subjective life-view. It’s difficult to see what you are looking at, especially when it may not be what you expected to see.
Once I heard of a teacher that taught, that if you were using a Celtic Cross spread, that the Ace of Wands as equal to June 1st. This person had the whole calendar figured out on the cards. Now I’m not saying that it was wrong. But I am saying I have never heard of that before.
Here is the deal with timing…
I have never met two people with the same personal time, and there is only one way to find your ‘personal time’.
Journaling. One of the benefits of keeping that journal of yours is that you are learning your own system and concept of time. Timings set by cards will always be wishy washy, and over-ridden by your personal time. As you learn and grow, you will find things tend to shift.
Here is suggestion for you; start doing readings for friends, but do not tell them of the results. Write your readings down, and seal them in an envelope to be opened at a future date.
This way, the reading cannot influence future actions or events.
Secondly, it provides a benchmark as to how your timing works. I can tell in a layout roughly how many weeks or months in the future I am looking at, but it came from experience, and I know it is not the same for everybody.
And thirdly, like the exercise where we did readings with some cards face down, you may find that your readings vary from actual events and time. Knowing how you work with this concept we call time is important. It’s part of learning.
The other key to keeping a journal is when you have major life-changes, your timing system may change. My timing has changed drastically in the last two years, and I’m still coming to terms with that aspect of my own readings…hey…I’m human. I now have to add extra time to my readings. Should you use a static timing system, the old this means this and that means that, you will discover that is too rigid.
I have found that timing is more loosey goosey than other aspect. There are so many variables involved for an event, to be ready for you.
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