CreativeFire
I really like this card in the Thoth deck - not exactly sure why - the colours I guess (purples, mauves, yellows).
From Akron / Banzhaf's Handbook to the Cards:
The Wheel Birth and death do not relate to each other like two sides of a coin. Instead, they are the same side, separated only by time or the wheel, for the wheel is the profound symbol of wholeness, in constant movement and yet unchanging in its center. Every thing appears, develops, and again disappears out of existence, for the rotating periphery of the wheel of life moves everything to the dance of destiny.
I liked the way that is written and makes a great deal of sense to me when I think about it.
I have been looking closely at the very centre of the wheel and am trying to decide if the symbol is a 10 pointed star (which ten of course relates to the card being number 10 I guess and the 10 spokes on the wheel itself). Or is it supposed to be the Sun, which sort of works for me, in that the planets revolve around the Sun (which after all is a star as well isn't it). Does anyone know what it is supposed to represent? In Akron/Banzhaf's book they describe it as the Star (the Eye of Shiva).
I also noticed the mauve triangle, behind the main wheel, and this has a sort of design just above the horizontal line of the triangle. I am curious as what the triangle represents? Three sides - three figures on the wheel?
I look forward to reading others thoughts on this card.
CreativeFire
PS. Have attached a pic of the card for ease of reference.
From Akron / Banzhaf's Handbook to the Cards:
The Wheel Birth and death do not relate to each other like two sides of a coin. Instead, they are the same side, separated only by time or the wheel, for the wheel is the profound symbol of wholeness, in constant movement and yet unchanging in its center. Every thing appears, develops, and again disappears out of existence, for the rotating periphery of the wheel of life moves everything to the dance of destiny.
I liked the way that is written and makes a great deal of sense to me when I think about it.
I have been looking closely at the very centre of the wheel and am trying to decide if the symbol is a 10 pointed star (which ten of course relates to the card being number 10 I guess and the 10 spokes on the wheel itself). Or is it supposed to be the Sun, which sort of works for me, in that the planets revolve around the Sun (which after all is a star as well isn't it). Does anyone know what it is supposed to represent? In Akron/Banzhaf's book they describe it as the Star (the Eye of Shiva).
I also noticed the mauve triangle, behind the main wheel, and this has a sort of design just above the horizontal line of the triangle. I am curious as what the triangle represents? Three sides - three figures on the wheel?
I look forward to reading others thoughts on this card.
CreativeFire
PS. Have attached a pic of the card for ease of reference.