12-03-2011, 02:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-03-2011, 02:56 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
Let me try this from a different angle. I see humanity's current state in many ways represented by the five of wands tarot.
In the system of tarot, the wands represent direction and purpose. In each of the four suits of the minor arcana there are a set of cards numbered one to ten. This sequence represents the natural flow of consciousness through an aspect of being. Therefore, those cards with the number "5" represent the halfway, or turning, point in each of these sequences.
As one can see above, in the five of wands everybody has got their own wand, and they are all pointing in different directions. Let's say one guy is an animal rights activist. Another is an environmentalist. Another is for free speech. And so on.
In this stage of the game, there is a propensity toward a certain stuck-ness, as all these different purposes sometimes work together, and sometimes don't. In this stage, humanity is divided against itself, and the result is confusion, conflict, and stagnation.
However, when the card is viewed with focus on another axis (the up-down one rather than the left-right one) we can see that all of the wands are pointing upward to some degree. This is what they have in common.
In the six of wands, we see the next step:
Here, we see that all the wands are much more in alignment. To be sure, there is a little variation here and there with respect to everybody's particular niche. But they have found the overarching purpose that is common to all of the lower ones- as represented by the wreath- and they are all moving in unison toward the future.
This is what I am suggesting for humanity at this nexus... put aside all of the smaller causes, and focus in unison on the big one. The one card in the house of cards which, when removed, will cause the rest of the thing to come crumbling down.
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In the system of tarot, the wands represent direction and purpose. In each of the four suits of the minor arcana there are a set of cards numbered one to ten. This sequence represents the natural flow of consciousness through an aspect of being. Therefore, those cards with the number "5" represent the halfway, or turning, point in each of these sequences.
As one can see above, in the five of wands everybody has got their own wand, and they are all pointing in different directions. Let's say one guy is an animal rights activist. Another is an environmentalist. Another is for free speech. And so on.
In this stage of the game, there is a propensity toward a certain stuck-ness, as all these different purposes sometimes work together, and sometimes don't. In this stage, humanity is divided against itself, and the result is confusion, conflict, and stagnation.
However, when the card is viewed with focus on another axis (the up-down one rather than the left-right one) we can see that all of the wands are pointing upward to some degree. This is what they have in common.
In the six of wands, we see the next step:
Here, we see that all the wands are much more in alignment. To be sure, there is a little variation here and there with respect to everybody's particular niche. But they have found the overarching purpose that is common to all of the lower ones- as represented by the wreath- and they are all moving in unison toward the future.
This is what I am suggesting for humanity at this nexus... put aside all of the smaller causes, and focus in unison on the big one. The one card in the house of cards which, when removed, will cause the rest of the thing to come crumbling down.