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Directory of Meanings Set 6: The functions & the feeling archetypes
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NOTES
1) The cards of set 6 constitute an important anomaly in the Rainring pack. All other cards carry an illustration at south, representing the principal mention on the card: Tides, Form, Charisma and so on. In set 6, it is not the principal mention at south which is illustrated, but the feeling side mention at west. This serves to emphasise the fact that the feelings carried on the set 6 cards are of a different order of importance to those which can be found on the other cards.
2) In the web version of the pack, the single mention allocated to each set 6 card is NOT its principal one at south, but its illustrated one at west. For example, in the orange (Form) group, we have not Sensation, but Despair; in the blue group, not Making Sound but Longing.
3) In order to serve the needs of users of both the one-mention web version and the 4-mention hard copy version, in this set we will therefore analyse both the south and the west mentions. In fact, the divinatory meaning of anger, grief or the others is simple – in this case, what is needed is rather to explain how each card is positioned within the wider context of the rest of the set and even of the grid as a whole.
4) In Rainring, six is the number for Self. The cards of set 6, therefore, are concerned essentially with the journey of the self.
46. Thought / Anger / (Hate): group – spirit (1 violet/purple)
The Image
In the foreground of the picture a powerfully-built man is kneeling. He is barefoot, wears blue trousers, fastened by a belt with a buckle, and a red T-shirt. He has a medallion round his neck. His arms are raised above his head and he appears to be forcing apart the black ropes which bind them together. There are pink rose-like flowers behind him and the image is framed by a border of thorns. A small badger-like animal is entering the scene from the right.
Thought:
The thinking function
The functions refer to the typical ways in which we face the world – how we normally respond to the challenges of life. The thought function corresponds to the qualities associated with the mind: reason, analytical thinking, discrimination, perception and so on. It is the typical way of looking at the world, of responding and of functioning that we associate with the crown chakra, hence with Spirit. In terms of your energy field, this means that you will tend to have a stronger and more consistent output from your crown chakra then from any other. You will be rather cool, cerebral, not given to intense emotions – calm and thoughtful, inspiring respect rather than affection: an ‘intellectual’.
This is not to say that if you are a thought-function type, you are unable to use intuition, feeling and the rest; only that thought represents your typical response or reaction to the outside world. Faced with a challenge from life, you will instinctively attempt to resolve the problem by thinking out a solution. Obviously, there are times when such a response is not ideal, or even possibly downright prejudicial. The challenge facing you is that of developing forms of response which do NOT come naturally to you; of acquiring a more rounded personality and being better able to cope with the whole range of demands which life makes of you.
The meaning
When this card comes up meaning thought, it will not have anything to do with your function-type, but simply indicate that you are using your mind, that you are approaching a situation in a mental way – trying to think something through, or doing intellectual work for example. This contrasts particularly with emotional reactions, which will have the opposite character. (In the bi-polar octagon, Spirit at east is opposite Will at west).
Anger
The place of Anger
Anger, which looks like an aggressive reaction, is in fact a form of defence. We get angry because we are afraid, so that it is fear which drives anger. In the cycle of emotions, we could therefore say that, strictly speaking, fear is the first. Rainring has anger, associated with Spirit, in first place, because this is the first emotion to manifest. Personal profiles include, as with the functions, a typical feeling, which is the one most characteristic of that person. This does not, however, mean that anger will automatically be the typical feeling for thinking-function people.
The meaning
Anger: This card will normally appear not because anger is part of your overall profile, but because you happen to be angry at a particular moment. Anger is one of the emotions which is often not socially acceptable, and is therefore frequently denied. Blocked anger often resurfaces in a sideways fashion as sarcastic remarks, putting people down, irony and certain forms of teasing. The latter can be particularly offensive, as it enables the angry person to be cruel and hurtful while claiming that they are just ‘having fun’ in a harmless way. Irritation and annoyance are also either mild forms of anger, or anger which has not yet erupted or is being partly stifled.
You should expect that this card will come up in situations where you will react indignantly: ‘nonsense, I’m not angry!’ Don’t believe it. One of the features of Rainring is its ability, properly used, to help you to get in touch with your feelings, improve your awareness of them, and encourage you to accept them rather than judging them as proof that you are sick, wicked or both.
Hate: Just as fear repressed produces anger, so anger itself can be repressed, and if this goes beyond a certain point, the result is that you feel hate. Hate is anger which has become so compressed that it is dark, heavy and almost immovable. If feeling anger is not always socially acceptable, then how much more is this true of hate. You may experience great guilt around feelings of hate. But hate, like all emotion, needs to be moved, to have light brought into it, if it is to have the chance to evolve.
The one-mention (web) card ‘anger’
Card 46 carries the meanings of both hate and thought, so that it will have to be considered carefully when making an interpretation, as is true of all these set 6 cards. [See also the corresponding section under card 47.] Although we chose to name these cards for the web according to the illustrations, this has not meant that we could eliminate the other meanings associated with them. Each card carries all the possible 4-mention meanings, because that is how the Unconscious uses them, and any conscious decision to override this would be completely ineffectual – the Unconscious does not take orders!
Divination summary
ANGER: Anger, rage; HATE: hate; THOUGHT: reasoning, rationality, logic, analysis; meditation, reflection; perception; discrimination.
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NOTES
1) The cards of set 6 constitute an important anomaly in the Rainring pack. All other cards carry an illustration at south, representing the principal mention on the card: Tides, Form, Charisma and so on. In set 6, it is not the principal mention at south which is illustrated, but the feeling side mention at west. This serves to emphasise the fact that the feelings carried on the set 6 cards are of a different order of importance to those which can be found on the other cards.
2) In the web version of the pack, the single mention allocated to each set 6 card is NOT its principal one at south, but its illustrated one at west. For example, in the orange (Form) group, we have not Sensation, but Despair; in the blue group, not Making Sound but Longing.
3) In order to serve the needs of users of both the one-mention web version and the 4-mention hard copy version, in this set we will therefore analyse both the south and the west mentions. In fact, the divinatory meaning of anger, grief or the others is simple – in this case, what is needed is rather to explain how each card is positioned within the wider context of the rest of the set and even of the grid as a whole.
4) In Rainring, six is the number for Self. The cards of set 6, therefore, are concerned essentially with the journey of the self.
46. Thought / Anger / (Hate): group – spirit (1 violet/purple)
The Image
In the foreground of the picture a powerfully-built man is kneeling. He is barefoot, wears blue trousers, fastened by a belt with a buckle, and a red T-shirt. He has a medallion round his neck. His arms are raised above his head and he appears to be forcing apart the black ropes which bind them together. There are pink rose-like flowers behind him and the image is framed by a border of thorns. A small badger-like animal is entering the scene from the right.
Thought:
The thinking function
The functions refer to the typical ways in which we face the world – how we normally respond to the challenges of life. The thought function corresponds to the qualities associated with the mind: reason, analytical thinking, discrimination, perception and so on. It is the typical way of looking at the world, of responding and of functioning that we associate with the crown chakra, hence with Spirit. In terms of your energy field, this means that you will tend to have a stronger and more consistent output from your crown chakra then from any other. You will be rather cool, cerebral, not given to intense emotions – calm and thoughtful, inspiring respect rather than affection: an ‘intellectual’.
This is not to say that if you are a thought-function type, you are unable to use intuition, feeling and the rest; only that thought represents your typical response or reaction to the outside world. Faced with a challenge from life, you will instinctively attempt to resolve the problem by thinking out a solution. Obviously, there are times when such a response is not ideal, or even possibly downright prejudicial. The challenge facing you is that of developing forms of response which do NOT come naturally to you; of acquiring a more rounded personality and being better able to cope with the whole range of demands which life makes of you.
The meaning
When this card comes up meaning thought, it will not have anything to do with your function-type, but simply indicate that you are using your mind, that you are approaching a situation in a mental way – trying to think something through, or doing intellectual work for example. This contrasts particularly with emotional reactions, which will have the opposite character. (In the bi-polar octagon, Spirit at east is opposite Will at west).
Anger
The place of Anger
Anger, which looks like an aggressive reaction, is in fact a form of defence. We get angry because we are afraid, so that it is fear which drives anger. In the cycle of emotions, we could therefore say that, strictly speaking, fear is the first. Rainring has anger, associated with Spirit, in first place, because this is the first emotion to manifest. Personal profiles include, as with the functions, a typical feeling, which is the one most characteristic of that person. This does not, however, mean that anger will automatically be the typical feeling for thinking-function people.
The meaning
Anger: This card will normally appear not because anger is part of your overall profile, but because you happen to be angry at a particular moment. Anger is one of the emotions which is often not socially acceptable, and is therefore frequently denied. Blocked anger often resurfaces in a sideways fashion as sarcastic remarks, putting people down, irony and certain forms of teasing. The latter can be particularly offensive, as it enables the angry person to be cruel and hurtful while claiming that they are just ‘having fun’ in a harmless way. Irritation and annoyance are also either mild forms of anger, or anger which has not yet erupted or is being partly stifled.
You should expect that this card will come up in situations where you will react indignantly: ‘nonsense, I’m not angry!’ Don’t believe it. One of the features of Rainring is its ability, properly used, to help you to get in touch with your feelings, improve your awareness of them, and encourage you to accept them rather than judging them as proof that you are sick, wicked or both.
Hate: Just as fear repressed produces anger, so anger itself can be repressed, and if this goes beyond a certain point, the result is that you feel hate. Hate is anger which has become so compressed that it is dark, heavy and almost immovable. If feeling anger is not always socially acceptable, then how much more is this true of hate. You may experience great guilt around feelings of hate. But hate, like all emotion, needs to be moved, to have light brought into it, if it is to have the chance to evolve.
The one-mention (web) card ‘anger’
Card 46 carries the meanings of both hate and thought, so that it will have to be considered carefully when making an interpretation, as is true of all these set 6 cards. [See also the corresponding section under card 47.] Although we chose to name these cards for the web according to the illustrations, this has not meant that we could eliminate the other meanings associated with them. Each card carries all the possible 4-mention meanings, because that is how the Unconscious uses them, and any conscious decision to override this would be completely ineffectual – the Unconscious does not take orders!
Divination summary
ANGER: Anger, rage; HATE: hate; THOUGHT: reasoning, rationality, logic, analysis; meditation, reflection; perception; discrimination.
