The Pips

  • Cards: Ace of Cups

    Heavy shifting and big transitions have been underway in my life recently. It seems fitting I initiate this new foray into another suit with the Ace of Cups. When I began these card explorations I didn’t have a set order as far as suits went, but I seem to have been influenced unconsciously by Jodorowsky’s…

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  • Cards: 9 of swords

    When I think about the number nine I inevitably and unavoidably think about the hermit, key 9 of the trumps. In this particular number 9, with an excessive amount of swords lying in opposition and the center sword piercing the hilts, I think about the negative aspects of the hermit. Alienation and mental vexation. This…

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  • Cards: 8 of swords

    It has been quite a few days since I posted on these card explorations. I have recently undergone a big move, hence my lack of writing activity. Here is the next one in the suit of swords. Looking at the 8 of swords, I see the transition from the challenges of the sevens moving into…

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  • Cards: 7 of swords

    Division and separation. I love odd numbers, especially the number seven, but the 7 of swords reminds me of the challenges caused by divisive thoughts and ideas. From the dynamic flow of the six an odd one enters the panorama and strikes disorder and chaos. This disruption causes a separation in which we see two…

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