Well this month’s pull was a bit of a kick in the pants.
(for the context behind this, you can check out February’s Pull.)
Again, I used two different decks:
I’m a fan of the Osho Zen deck*, and I’d been spending some time getting used to the middle deck**, so it was a weird feeling to have an old friend of a deck hit me with some truth while the unfamiliar deck was playing nice.
So, yeah! The Knight of Clouds, or “Fighting,” as the first item. The clouds behind the knight are in the shape of two people yelling over a castle, which implies fighting over arguments not one’s own. The knight’s knuckles are also white, as though clenched for a long time. That implies it’s time to either punch or let go.
Then there’s Drei Kelche. It is HARD to describe this Three of Cups card. The card shows three chalices, two of which have curved bowls and pedestals that somewhat match in shades of green and yellow and contain what looks like water, and one of which is behind or above the other two, with a tiered look in orange and gold, and which looks empty. Around the chalices are boldly-pattered stage curtains in green, pink and red at the top, and what looks like purple, pink and blue ruffles falling towards some polka-dot-patterned medallions. This implies to me some addition to a partnership, but something that is performative, due to the curtains? But the Three of Cups is supposed to indicate happiness, reunions, and celebrations, so I’m not sure how the implication works.
Finally, there’s Aloneness. I love this interpretation of The Hermit, where instead of wandering through snow with a single lamp, this person’s staff is full of life and they can see the edge of the cliff because they’re shining with their own light. That one’s a lovely, evocative card, even though it’s supposed to indicate isolation. It’s a positive isolation, in which one is safe, powerful, and creative in their own selfhood.
Still about being alone, though. Really alone.
Okay, time to set this free in my subconscious and see what blooms!
* As you can probably tell by the wear on the edges of the cards. It’s a well-loved deck, despite me having some issues with Osho himself.
** This deck is unnamed because I didn’t realize until just as I was writing this post*** that the name is actually offensive to a marginalized group. I’ll be keeping this deck out of circulation, but it was too late for this particular reading.
*** How did I not know? I’d been told of this deck back in the 90s and had assumed it was the name of the artist. I feel like a jerk for that assumption.
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