sacredashes
Starting a journal to match proverbs to tarot cards. I was introduced to Baltasar Gracian today. Love his written words.
"Better to be mad with everyone than to be sane all alone: so say the politicians. If all are mad, you'll be equal to them. And if you are alone sane, you'll be taken for mad." = 7 of Wands; 8 of Cups; Hermit
"The land of discontent is a spacious one, filled with monsters." = 4 of Cups; 4 of Pentacles; 2 of Swords
"If you can't wear the skin of a lion, wear the skin of a fox." = 7 of Swords; 7 of Pentacles
"Neither all good nor all bad. A certain sage reduced the whole of wisdom to the golden mean. Carry right too far and it becomes wrong. The orange squeezed completely dry gives only bitterness. Even in enjoyment you shouldn't go to extremes. The intellect itself will go dry if pressed too hard, and if you milk a cow like a tyrant you will draw only blood." = Temperance; 2 of Pentacles
"When should we reason backward? When we are spoken to with malice. Some people reverse everything; yes is no and no is yes." = 9 of Swords; The Moon
13.08.2008
"Better to be mad with everyone than to be sane all alone: so say the politicians. If all are mad, you'll be equal to them. And if you are alone sane, you'll be taken for mad." = 7 of Wands; 8 of Cups; Hermit
"The land of discontent is a spacious one, filled with monsters." = 4 of Cups; 4 of Pentacles; 2 of Swords
"If you can't wear the skin of a lion, wear the skin of a fox." = 7 of Swords; 7 of Pentacles
"Neither all good nor all bad. A certain sage reduced the whole of wisdom to the golden mean. Carry right too far and it becomes wrong. The orange squeezed completely dry gives only bitterness. Even in enjoyment you shouldn't go to extremes. The intellect itself will go dry if pressed too hard, and if you milk a cow like a tyrant you will draw only blood." = Temperance; 2 of Pentacles
"When should we reason backward? When we are spoken to with malice. Some people reverse everything; yes is no and no is yes." = 9 of Swords; The Moon
13.08.2008