What a nice spread [Tarot Meme]
Jul. 17th, 2006 04:34 pmStolen from ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mallory_blog
I don't know anyone who knows me who would disagree with this assessment of my character:
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You scored as XIII: Death. Death is probably the most well known Tarot card - and also the most misunderstood. Most Tarot novices would consider Death to be a bad card, especially given its connection with the number thirteen. In fact this card rarely indicates literal death.Without "death" there can be no change, only eventual stagnation. The "death" of the child allows for the "birth" of the adult. This change is not always easy. The appearance of Death in a Tarot reading can indicate pain and short term loss, however it also represents hope for a new future.
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The entire flow, from top to bottom, is really nice actually:
The Magician emerges from Death (normally through the Death of the old King or Emperor). He assumes the role of Emperor and conquers the Devil (his Inner Self, and sexual potency) with his Strength (might of Will, not Physical Strength, again also a symbol of Phallic potency). This allows him to claim the High Priestess for his own and take her for his Lover. Their union produces the Fool (the Babe in the Egg, the Innocent One) who is not accepted by the Emperor but left alone to survive in the woods..
The next part shows the journey of the Fool (grown up) as he leaves his home in an attempt to bring some form of Justice to the World (as in the Grail Quests). Under the protection of the Gods (Fortune) the Fool finally finds the Tower. This Tower (his goal) is also a symbol of his return to his place of birth, and the discovery of his true power as the Son/Sun of the Emperor Magician and the Empress, his mother, the High Priestess.
In true Oedipal form, the Fool conquers all (destroying the old Emperor and shedding his New Light upon the World) and takes the Empress for his wife. His mother - the Empress and High Priestess - initiates the Fool into the mysteries whereby he becomes the Magician, ready for the cycle to start all over again.
Really, this is just the normal cycle of all living things as the Ancients saw it and told it in their tales (Grail legends, the Golden Fleece, and thousands more). When you break down the processes, and look at them as stages of evolution and/or the life-cycles of various organisms, the Ancients weren't far wrong.
