The Choice

[Ankh]

Ok, here is my interpretation of this Archetype (and I may suck in it ).

The card:

The entity on the card seems to be standing in the position of soon to be walking forward. He is looking straight forward, as in figuring it out where to go. He just taking a break looking at what is in front of him.

He carries two equally seized bags on each end of his stick, which he has over his left shoulder. My interpretation of these bags is that it is the experiences made this far, of equal negative nature as well as positive. I don't put any greater importance on the fact that he has this stick over his left shoulder. It doesn't say me anything.

In his right hand he has a wandering stick. For me it represents, or symbolizes, faith, which is crowned with will, that little thing on top of his staff.

Which path shall he choose? The right one, the path of sunshine? Or the left one, the path of eclipse? The sun eclipsing with the moon represents these two paths for me. The negative path, the left one, is the path which is not. Therefore, the sun might be eclipsed walking this path, and it's dark, but it's only an illusion, because the sun is always shining, eventhough it might be shadowed for a while.

The fallen pillar represents to me the third density which will soon be left behind. It is a third density artifact which has fallen, and it being fallen symbolizes to me the end of his innocent or ignorant ages. He now stands before *The* choice.

The croc on the pillar... That's the difficult one... The croc has been both feared and worshiped as an Egyptian God in the ancient Egypt, have I learned on Brandy Rox webpage. Here is a wiki link to Sobek, the croc God. Funny quote from that page: "As a creator god, he was occasionally linked with the sun god Ra."

So the wanderer is equipted with nothing but the faith, will and his experiences. Now his innocent phase of living is to an end as he embarks on his road. Which one shall he choose? The picknick in the sunshine, or the picknick in the eclipse? The road itself is the Archetype. It alone has been carrying the wanderer being unifyed up to this point. It will now split, carrying him, his faith and will, and his belongings, to the unseen, new, destinations. Where it leads is unknown. In the picture there is only this road, this path - a choice, and the wanderer soon be embarking on its path.

Thoughts:

The concepts of thoughts are not yet clear and completely understood by me. I see this Archetype as unifying in the sense that it unifies all other Archetypes. It is best put by Ra: the Hierophant wants to know, but what will he do with his knowledge, and for what reasons does he seek? It is an amazing statement! I've "always" had an insatiable thirst for knowledge. When I study something, I can't be at rest til I know all that I want to know about the thing I am studying. But at the end, when that particular study is over, there has been an emptiness inside of me, and the question of "now what"? What shall I do with this knowledge now? For what reasons do I seek? (I love Ra!) So there is a matrix, and the potentiator, and the catalysts are presented, and the experiences are made, and finally one comes to a point of "what now"? And that point is The Choice. This conscious, or for some unconcious, choice is like a bridge, and once made, the path goes forward into the transformation of the mind, and then one is walking in The Great Way.

I would love to hear some of the other's interpretations here of this Archetype, would someone wish to share.