Oh no, the Tower! Death, destruction, disaster (wow, a lot of scary words start with a D), and general woe to all who are in the vicinity!
Well, we all know that there aren’t really any truly one sided things in this universe, so let’s get to digging into what this card really represents.
So I started work and will be moving soon so this place has been pretty quiet. Things will pick up again once I’m settled but in the meantime:
Brooklyn Witches are doing their part to Defeat Donald Trump by casting Hexes On him
Here we have another one of those cards that is supposed to be eeeeeeeevil in the popular culture. Case amplifies its traditional meaning of temptation to give the Devil card the keyword bondage.
Temperance is not reflective of the common definition of the word, like Women’s Christian Temperance Union. It’s about the act of tempering, which is a way of treating steel with fire to make it stronger. This week’s keyword is verification, in which we try out hypotheses to form theories.
Death is a fairly dramatic card, and not in a “THE DEATH CARD!! BWAH-HAH-HAH-HAH-HAH!!!” kind of way. Death is a signifier of change, transformation and rebirth.
Because I give up!
Anyway…
The Hanged Man is probably the most famous Tarot card. I know I was aware of it before beginning to actually study and use the cards. This one and the Death card are the ones most often used in popular culture to emphasize the “woooo…scary” aspects of the use of the Tarot. Now that I know more, it always makes me laugh, because these are so NOT the scary cards. Give me the Hanged Man over the Tower, or the Three of Swords any day.
Inanna is a Sumerian goddess of love. She is known as the Queen of Heaven and is part of a well known Descent to the Underworld myth. Like Kore/Persephone, Inanna traveled to the underworld and by doing so, caused radical changes in the environment.
Have you guys seen this?
Satanic Panic Strikes After Gory Florida Murders
Just goes to show that everything’s a cycle. It also reminds me of the funniest line in the True Blood books: “The Wiccans are preparing to attack!”
“Hey,” said Shadow. “Huginn or Muninn, or whoever you are.”
The bird turned, head tipped, suspiciously, on one side and it stared at him with bright eyes.
“Say ‘Nevermore'”, said Shadow.
“Fuck you,” said the raven. It said nothing else as they went through the woodland together.
Lucina's Cauldron 