Back to the Wild Unknown
Tarot! My cards are the Daughter
of Wands and Death reversed.
The Daughter is equal to the
Page. The Page of Wands (Cancer,
“I feel,” sensitive, tenacious, nurturing, moody; Leo, “I am,” passionate,
dramatic noble egotistical; and Virgo, “I serve,” practical, analytical, work
and service oriented) is fun to be
around, unless you have a migraine. He is about being open to new experiences
and about being enthusiastic about whatever is happening, and his optimism
just might tip things into the right direction. He is reversed today, and my energies might be a bit
scattered. My easily distracted
state of mind might not be a hindrance, though.
The image on the Wild Unknown Daughter of Wands is
beautiful. The snake (the symbol
of Wands in this deck) is vibrantly colored, as if she had just completed
shedding her skin. She is coiled
around her Wand, a branch from a flowering cherry tree. Flowering cherries symbolize clouds,
the birthplace of the lightning strike, and they symbolize the ephemeral nature
of life (a concept which has a name, “mono no aware,” the awareness of
impermanence. The serpent on this
card has almost completed positioning herself in the symbol of eternity, the
figure 8. But the symbol is not
complete; another indication of impermanence. This image seems to be telling me to enjoy and take
advantage of the beauty of “now,” because it is a unique work of art, gone in a
blink of an eye.
The Death card of the Major Arcana corresponds with Water (cold/binds and wet/adapts, and sensitive,
imaginative energy that strives to stay the same or take the same course),
Scorpio, Nun (fish head; liberation), and the Path between Tiphareth (the hub
of the creation process where energies harmonize and focus to illuminate and
clarify) and Netzach (the stimulating factors of emotion and inspiration), and
it tells of natural change that cannot be stopped, and that usually involves
the potential to step upward on the evolutionary ladder. Many people fear this
card, but Death can be seen as representing natural change through alchemic
putrefaction. This card also
reminds us that in order for the seed to sprout, it must be destroyed or broken
open.
I adore the image on the Wild
Unknown Death card; it absolutely captures the idea of transformation without
bringing in the fear. Here is the
duckling of The Fool and the swan of the Cups Court Cards of this deck, or at
least what is left of them after their life forces have departed and their
bodies have mostly decayed and gone back to where they began so new life can
spring from their ingredients.
There are still some feathers left, and a beak on the skull, like the
fading memories left in our minds of someone who was once alive. Most of what was here once has gone on
to another plane of existence, the life force back to the Divine and the body
back to the Earth. We don’t know
what it is like to die, but there is a rightness to this image that
reassures. Life may not be
forever, but neither is Death.
Endings are as necessary in
life as beginnings, and today I am being reminded that the cycles of life, no
matter how pleasant or feared they may be, have a beauty about them. Our life cycles have an elegant
simplicity about them. Nothing is
wasted, and everything has value.
As I move away from the changes and transformations that have occurred
for me over the past months, I need to remember to not dwell too much on the
events of the past, or the possibilities of the future. Instead, I should embrace this moment
in time and look for the possibilities hidden within it. They have so much to offer me, and they
are right here, in my hands. How
exciting is that??!!
Ostara Blessings!
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