Ace of Coins - Tyldwick

[Bodhiseed]

Ace of Coins

 

"the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all..." ~ Black Elk

 

The coin on this card resembles a hoop, which brought to mind the quote by Black Elk. Circles are found throughout many cultures, from the medicine wheels of native people to the sand mandalas of Tibetan Buddhists. For Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung, they represented wholeness. As humans, we seek the blessings of health and wealth - the kind of wholeness that will allow us to live life more fully. Most wheels and mandalas begin with a dot in the center that radiates outward into a larger circle. Like the saying "a penny saved is a penny earned," this card suggests that we have the opportunity to expand to "wholeness" if we will do our part. So will we settle for one slice or make an effort to win the whole pie?

 

[fire cat pickles]

 

The Ace of Coins is often "all things round," also "all things that come around," which fits in with what you bring up in discussion here. I expand on it here. This is the beginning and the end, a means to an end. It can be a clock, time, rotation, natural cycles, mechanical wheel and motions, weather phenomenon, market fluctuations and/or trends, routines (in particular) medication schedules (the disk looks like a big, giant pill to me!).

 

The Ace of of Coins often calls me to focus my attention on my routines in detail. What should I be doing during the day? What can I do better? Are my inner thoughts and actions causing me to be kind to myself? What about my outward thoughts and actions? (The last two questions I am recalling your imagery of the mandala that tends to "begin with a dot in the center that radiated outward into a larger circle.") Is my time management optimal for what I am trying to achieve for myself today? 

 

Edited September 18, 2024 by fire cat pickles