Jewel
21 Ways - Adept Level Step 8
DECK: Fantastic Menagerie
CARD: The Moon
Since I switched cards between the apprentice and adept levels I did re-do the apprentice level step 8:2 with the Moon, but I will not post that here. So moving on:
ACTIVITY 8:3.1 - Going back to the 5 of pentacle metaphors:
(1) How do the starred items reflect my usual attitudes, habits and cultural conditioning?
In the apprentice level Activity 8:1.2, I starred the following items on my list:
- Loss of money
- Feeling like an outsider, low self worth; and
- Difficulty in obtaining financial security
Attitudewise, I think it reflects a sense of feeling like an outsider, and that in turn impacts my self esteem, which leads me to feel sorry for myself some times and to have feelings of hoplessness, that I cannot do anything about it. A real defeatest attitude.
But I think the greater meaning of this card, for me, comes from the cultural/social norms. Those of worth being identified or associated with financial success, and this determining their worth within society. Those with less are viewed as having less worth. The syndrome of the "haves" and "have nots."
As for habits, the only thing I relate it to is the constant state of trying to achieve a feeling of security and always feeling like I am falling short of the mark. Sort of like one step forward, one step back. Just as I feel I am getting there, another financial set-back is right there. Buy a new fridge, and the dryer goes out. Buy a new dryer, the water heater dies. Buy a new water heater, and a pipe breaks in the house, and so on and so forth. There seems to be no way to get ahead.
(2) How can one of the deleted metaphors relate to the card?
Deleted Metaphor: "de-stabilization of health and fitness."
When one lets themselves go physically, health and emotional consequences usually follow. There is a loss of self-esteem and a sense of futility. This is then projected through attitude, which continues the downward spiral into depression and hoplessness. All self inflicted and by choice. So in essence this card warns of these attitudes so we can snap out of them and get things going back in the right direction by taking control of our physical self.
(3) Relating the description in 1st person: When I let myself go physically, I sufer health and emotional consequences. I loose my self-esteem, beat myself up, and feel that everything I try is futile. Then I project this frustration in my daily attitude about all things, which makes me continue to fall in a downward spiral into hoplessness and depression. All self created and self inflicted. So in essence this card wands me of these attitudes so I can snap out of it, and break the cycle to get things going in the right direction by taking control of my physical self.
(4) Considering the card I am working with, The Moon:
Which metaphors suprise and delight me?
- the deception of night
- seduced by moon light
- secret rondezvous
- under the cover of darkness
- a shroud of mystery
- howling at the moon
- in the stillness of the night
Which do I find fresh and intriguing?
- the magic of the night
- the moon plays tricks on your senses
- everything is beautiful by moon light
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- moon madness
Which depict an improvement in circumstances?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- the magic of the night
- everything is beautiful by moon light
Which challenge you to become a better person?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- howling at the moon
- the many faces of the moon
- the illusion of security
Which ask me to do something I've never done before? none of them.
Which metaphors share something in common with my goals?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel
- howling at the moon
- the many faces of the moon
- the magic of the night
Working with this card on this exercise put me in a strange mental place *LOL*. The card is shrouded with mystery and discovery. Quite amazing and deep. One thing I did not mention in any metaphor during the exercise, but see in retrospect is that the card is also about longing.
DECK: Fantastic Menagerie
CARD: The Moon
Since I switched cards between the apprentice and adept levels I did re-do the apprentice level step 8:2 with the Moon, but I will not post that here. So moving on:
ACTIVITY 8:3.1 - Going back to the 5 of pentacle metaphors:
(1) How do the starred items reflect my usual attitudes, habits and cultural conditioning?
In the apprentice level Activity 8:1.2, I starred the following items on my list:
- Loss of money
- Feeling like an outsider, low self worth; and
- Difficulty in obtaining financial security
Attitudewise, I think it reflects a sense of feeling like an outsider, and that in turn impacts my self esteem, which leads me to feel sorry for myself some times and to have feelings of hoplessness, that I cannot do anything about it. A real defeatest attitude.
But I think the greater meaning of this card, for me, comes from the cultural/social norms. Those of worth being identified or associated with financial success, and this determining their worth within society. Those with less are viewed as having less worth. The syndrome of the "haves" and "have nots."
As for habits, the only thing I relate it to is the constant state of trying to achieve a feeling of security and always feeling like I am falling short of the mark. Sort of like one step forward, one step back. Just as I feel I am getting there, another financial set-back is right there. Buy a new fridge, and the dryer goes out. Buy a new dryer, the water heater dies. Buy a new water heater, and a pipe breaks in the house, and so on and so forth. There seems to be no way to get ahead.
(2) How can one of the deleted metaphors relate to the card?
Deleted Metaphor: "de-stabilization of health and fitness."
When one lets themselves go physically, health and emotional consequences usually follow. There is a loss of self-esteem and a sense of futility. This is then projected through attitude, which continues the downward spiral into depression and hoplessness. All self inflicted and by choice. So in essence this card warns of these attitudes so we can snap out of them and get things going back in the right direction by taking control of our physical self.
(3) Relating the description in 1st person: When I let myself go physically, I sufer health and emotional consequences. I loose my self-esteem, beat myself up, and feel that everything I try is futile. Then I project this frustration in my daily attitude about all things, which makes me continue to fall in a downward spiral into hoplessness and depression. All self created and self inflicted. So in essence this card wands me of these attitudes so I can snap out of it, and break the cycle to get things going in the right direction by taking control of my physical self.
(4) Considering the card I am working with, The Moon:
Which metaphors suprise and delight me?
- the deception of night
- seduced by moon light
- secret rondezvous
- under the cover of darkness
- a shroud of mystery
- howling at the moon
- in the stillness of the night
Which do I find fresh and intriguing?
- the magic of the night
- the moon plays tricks on your senses
- everything is beautiful by moon light
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- moon madness
Which depict an improvement in circumstances?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- the magic of the night
- everything is beautiful by moon light
Which challenge you to become a better person?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel at night
- howling at the moon
- the many faces of the moon
- the illusion of security
Which ask me to do something I've never done before? none of them.
Which metaphors share something in common with my goals?
- a full moon lights the roads we travel
- howling at the moon
- the many faces of the moon
- the magic of the night
Working with this card on this exercise put me in a strange mental place *LOL*. The card is shrouded with mystery and discovery. Quite amazing and deep. One thing I did not mention in any metaphor during the exercise, but see in retrospect is that the card is also about longing.