Tarot is, first and foremost, a tool of human make.

However, humans live due to inspiration.

It is what brings them into being, it is what sustains their life.

If lost, dullness appears, then depression, thereafter comes sickness, the kidneys give up and off it is.

It is the living spirit sustaining all life, throughout all religions it is the sole source of liveliness, never denied.

It is the mystics desire to experience unity with it, as the sole link between a human and the ultimate.

 

The living spirit appears in uniqueness, in the absence of ratification.

It is with the unexpected, for expectation as well as ratification is built upon that which is already, both mere footprints to the real deal.

It moves towards, or rather from the unknown, that which has not yet been in this specific way.

 

You, now, have never before read these words like you do now, for never before have they been perceived this way.

 

Now, them cards, Tarots this time.

They are illustrations of principles illustrating an underlying principle.

Darn good they do their job, for that what is thereunder cannot be expressed in words but only recognized in personal, intimate experience.

 

That is why the ones who have seen Dana bathing and try to tell the tale end up seen as rambling like a madman.

 

The presence of the experience however is noticeable within the heart.

 

The destiny, or fate, of humans is that they do indeed shape their fate - or not.

If not, the job is done by someone else.

 

The art of the oracle is a sword, double-edged.

For once it is a way to shape ones destiny, to clear away the rubble and unearth the light inside.

On the other hand, it is often used to foster obedience.

 

Here is but one illustrative sequence:

Cards 1 to 10 in a line and cards 11 to 20 thereunder, left side out Le Mat, right side out La Monde.

Thus you have themes of 2 elements each.

Where card 5 hints to the unity with the ultimate, card 15 illustrates the split-off.

Card 6's inspiration is complimented by card 16's desillusion, and where card 7 tells to hold the reins and steer, card 17 promotes serenity.

Where Le Mat is a view from the outside, La Monde is a view from within.

 

All taken together make the whole, the mysterious 23,  done by first having each of the 22 alive inside your spirit, L'Empereur's chair, then fusing them into one.

Thereby, one earns a living sense, a feel for That What Is.

Afterwards, it matters not what is used to partake, and be it a pack of playingcards, 56 in number, again hinting at the eleven underlying principles.

 

The single parts are in essence nameless scaffolding (XIII), their liveliness has to be induced by spiritual impulse.

 

Soul makes live palpable, personality supports soul.

When personality aims to rule over soul, madness ensues and life perishes, fleeing the abyss.

When personality yields to soul, spirit awakens and life thrives, climbing the heights.

 

May You Fare Well