The Tarot Series
0. The Fool
Hidden in plain sight
Forgotten from time
Abandoned to critical blight
Running to that flash
Floating in gravity
Hands locking unabashed
Righting of a tragedy
In the beginning of the fool's journey, a leap of faith needs to be taken. The card only shows the leap, the success or failure of it is unknown. In the original Rider Waite Tarot Deck, the Fool is seen about to walk off a cliff while a dog warns him to look before he leaps.
My interpretation of this card shows a girl soaring high off of her swing and taking the leap into a portal. It is a freeze frame of her entering as her leg turns blue. The portal is the planet Uranus which rules over The Fool card. Symbolically, Uranus represents change and forging a new path. Is there really a new path? Or have we opened our eyes to see the path that was there the whole time? Did she find herself or finally let herself be free?
Another older girl is sitting in her swing looking on to the moment. Who is she and what does she represent to younger girl? Are they sisters or cousins? Are they friends or foes? Does the older girl warn out of protection or for other reasons?
The sun shines brightly on the moment she decided to brave the unknown - not on the outcome.
Hidden in plain sight
Forgotten from time
Abandoned to critical blight
Running to that flash
Floating in gravity
Hands locking unabashed
Righting of a tragedy
In the beginning of the fool's journey, a leap of faith needs to be taken. The card only shows the leap, the success or failure of it is unknown. In the original Rider Waite Tarot Deck, the Fool is seen about to walk off a cliff while a dog warns him to look before he leaps.
My interpretation of this card shows a girl soaring high off of her swing and taking the leap into a portal. It is a freeze frame of her entering as her leg turns blue. The portal is the planet Uranus which rules over The Fool card. Symbolically, Uranus represents change and forging a new path. Is there really a new path? Or have we opened our eyes to see the path that was there the whole time? Did she find herself or finally let herself be free?
Another older girl is sitting in her swing looking on to the moment. Who is she and what does she represent to younger girl? Are they sisters or cousins? Are they friends or foes? Does the older girl warn out of protection or for other reasons?
The sun shines brightly on the moment she decided to brave the unknown - not on the outcome.
3. The Empress
Cemented the eternal weeping
Willows rooted to the Stone
Posterity of wisdom dispersing
Perished crown sown
Somber seeds plucked from rooting
Mended foundation shown
The Empress represents the mother in the tarot deck. It is seen as a card where beauty, nature, love and richness can grow. The card is alive almost to the point of wildness taking over.
Becoming a mother comes with the task of teaching and sowing seeds of love into your child. We do this by educating the same ways we were taught. It also comes with the understanding that not everything we learned as children should be passed on.
I now know that I can acknowledge the good and learn from the things that need to be changed. My own childhood trauma should end with me, new seeds be allowed to take root and flourish without the weeds of trauma suffocating the flowers.
Behind the heads of the mother and daughter is Venus. This planet represents all things beautiful - music, art, love, nature, etc. The mother's is a darker, somber color compared to the brighter color of the child's. They sit together on a stone foundation close enough to the weeping willow to be shaded by it, but not underneath it. The flowers around the edge of lake are purple irises, symbolizing trust, wisdom, and faith. Surrounding them are lily pads and one lily that has bloomed. The white lily symbolizes rebirth, renewal and innocence. They glisten just above the murky surface of the water below without being covered in mud.
Cemented the eternal weeping
Willows rooted to the Stone
Posterity of wisdom dispersing
Perished crown sown
Somber seeds plucked from rooting
Mended foundation shown
The Empress represents the mother in the tarot deck. It is seen as a card where beauty, nature, love and richness can grow. The card is alive almost to the point of wildness taking over.
Becoming a mother comes with the task of teaching and sowing seeds of love into your child. We do this by educating the same ways we were taught. It also comes with the understanding that not everything we learned as children should be passed on.
I now know that I can acknowledge the good and learn from the things that need to be changed. My own childhood trauma should end with me, new seeds be allowed to take root and flourish without the weeds of trauma suffocating the flowers.
Behind the heads of the mother and daughter is Venus. This planet represents all things beautiful - music, art, love, nature, etc. The mother's is a darker, somber color compared to the brighter color of the child's. They sit together on a stone foundation close enough to the weeping willow to be shaded by it, but not underneath it. The flowers around the edge of lake are purple irises, symbolizing trust, wisdom, and faith. Surrounding them are lily pads and one lily that has bloomed. The white lily symbolizes rebirth, renewal and innocence. They glisten just above the murky surface of the water below without being covered in mud.
6. The Lovers
To choose you, to choose me
To choose to forever intertwine our family tree
To choose the mind of the other
To choose to be eternal lovers
To choose you, to choose me
To choose to forever intertwine our family tree
To choose the mind of the other
To choose to be eternal lovers
9. The Hermit
Creating an internal bubble
Examining fragments of the rubble
Autonomy is washing away
Insidious bits pining to stay
Creating an internal bubble
Examining fragments of the rubble
Autonomy is washing away
Insidious bits pining to stay
14. Temperance
whatsgoingtohappenwhosgoingtobethereare
theygoingtolikemewhatifisaythewrongthing
whatifnoonetalkstomedontbeweirddontstaretoo
longdontinterruptdontgettooexcitedamioverdressed
throw on a mask, down the flask
didinotdressupenoughwhatifeveryoneforgets
aboutmeandleavesmyhairisnotdoingwhatiwant
ittoohnoilookweirdthisdoesntgowiththispeople
aregoingtomakefunofmeimgoingtobeawkward
down the flask, down the flask
silence
THE FLASK THE FLASK
flask, flask, gone in a flash
stomach revolting, clear the cache
me, myself, and I all trashed and bashed
everyone laughs
cracks of hope through the looking glass
whatsgoingtohappenwhosgoingtobethereare
theygoingtolikemewhatifisaythewrongthing
whatifnoonetalkstomedontbeweirddontstaretoo
longdontinterruptdontgettooexcitedamioverdressed
throw on a mask, down the flask
didinotdressupenoughwhatifeveryoneforgets
aboutmeandleavesmyhairisnotdoingwhatiwant
ittoohnoilookweirdthisdoesntgowiththispeople
aregoingtomakefunofmeimgoingtobeawkward
down the flask, down the flask
silence
THE FLASK THE FLASK
flask, flask, gone in a flash
stomach revolting, clear the cache
me, myself, and I all trashed and bashed
everyone laughs
cracks of hope through the looking glass
16. The Tower
Castles balancing on quicksand
grains precariously placed
grasping for completion
reaching for the sky
virtually there
just one more...
silent rumbling begins
tumbling down
the magnitude of creating
on unstable ground
Castles balancing on quicksand
grains precariously placed
grasping for completion
reaching for the sky
virtually there
just one more...
silent rumbling begins
tumbling down
the magnitude of creating
on unstable ground
19. The Sun
Perpetual rays of the terminal glow
The beat of airless blood quickens to slow
Routine smile, cerulean view
Forever the shadow of you
Perpetual rays of the terminal glow
The beat of airless blood quickens to slow
Routine smile, cerulean view
Forever the shadow of you
