tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post2882609970243598703..comments2024-03-06T04:57:58.658+00:00Comments on Rowan Tarot: Death cheated out of the limelight again?Carlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-89639975139185243552014-08-23T05:47:49.749+01:002014-08-23T05:47:49.749+01:00Hi Angelo, thanks for taking the trouble to commen...Hi Angelo, thanks for taking the trouble to comment on my blog! :) I can see, in this case without the book, the intentions behind the Death card in this deck, which are the same intentions as in most contemporary New Age type decks, that almost invariably modify 10 of Swords, 5 of Swords, 5 of Pents, Death, and Judgement. A deck that refuses to look squarely at adversity has its place. But sometimes you just want to see an acknowledgement of suffering, because it does exist. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-10069205130350839832014-08-23T00:43:31.774+01:002014-08-23T00:43:31.774+01:00I just got my Silver Witchcraft deck today and the...I just got my Silver Witchcraft deck today and the same feelings about the death card. <br />I have the book as well and Barbara explains that they are representing Death in the view of Nature and as transition. <br /><br />What is welcoming in this image is the image of emptiness, the whole the card is mostly empty and that is an invitation for something new to come in.<br /><br />It is a vastly different image than what we are use to. and I do agree with your feelings on Death,Angelo Nasioshttp://www.thatstotallytarot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-9759022552859622292014-08-20T08:18:19.383+01:002014-08-20T08:18:19.383+01:00Sounds very interesting Carla. Thank you for shari...Sounds very interesting Carla. Thank you for sharing that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478520659409723872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-30276633688137691382014-08-20T06:38:01.403+01:002014-08-20T06:38:01.403+01:00I'm really focusing on the tarot Death card in...I'm really focusing on the tarot Death card in particular here, rather than death itself, but that's okay. Starhawk wrote a famous book called The Spiral Dance (1979), a classic work about goddess worship which helped launched the ecofeminist movement and focuses on ecstatic experience and mystic visions. Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-36206040883299774662014-08-20T00:49:47.310+01:002014-08-20T00:49:47.310+01:00I agree Carla, dying is serious but not the worst ...I agree Carla, dying is serious but not the worst thing and not always the most painful. Being with those who are dying helps the living to learn to die. We are all dying, but to be fully alive makes dying easier I think and less painful. There are lots of folks not living but are upright and walking around without meaning.<br /> I am not familiar with Star Hawk.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478520659409723872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-30530743804110534852014-08-19T20:12:15.441+01:002014-08-19T20:12:15.441+01:00I still haven't read Starhawk, though. Have yo...I still haven't read Starhawk, though. Have you?Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-31132798360637772062014-08-19T20:10:49.771+01:002014-08-19T20:10:49.771+01:00I think Wolf Man may have been more apt, but if yo...I think Wolf Man may have been more apt, but if you've been there you've been there! Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-41787341258330116652014-08-19T20:10:17.374+01:002014-08-19T20:10:17.374+01:00I guess I am getting a little tired of Death being...I guess I am getting a little tired of Death being a butterfly. It is a Buddhist tradition to meditate or even pass a night in a graveyard in order to face the reality of the dissolution of the body. A Buddhist contemplation runs: 'I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill health. There is no way to escape having ill health. I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them. May I realise my true nature and liberate all living beings from suffering.' <br /><br />This sounds profoundly morbid, but the Buddhist philosophy is that suffering occurs because we fight against the reality of change and loss. When we learn to accept the inevitability of old age, illness and death, we liberate ourselves. <br /><br />So yeah -- death is the end. :) Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-88484775222143232932014-08-19T20:01:51.515+01:002014-08-19T20:01:51.515+01:00There are many things far worse than being dead, b...There are many things far worse than being dead, but dying itself is about as serious as it gets. My point is only that transformation hurts, and that is something that is often dramatically glossed over in many contemporary tarot decks. (I've read 'Women Who Run with the Wolves'.) Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03494373028041693775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-8555206382082838242014-08-19T19:39:10.934+01:002014-08-19T19:39:10.934+01:00Have to say life can be pretty ugly too and I beli...Have to say life can be pretty ugly too and I believe there are may things far worse, above and beyond death. North America has developed an unhealthy view of death as it has become hard at arms length. Something we are in denial of. Sex used to be the big taboo to talk about. Now it is death. I am reminded of the story of Skeleton Women in Dr. Clarissa Pinkola's book, "Women Who Run With The Wolves'. She refers to the Lady Death as her Life/Death/Life nature, and in this form Lady Death is not a disease, but a deity.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478520659409723872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-62354529251545425382014-08-19T16:24:52.512+01:002014-08-19T16:24:52.512+01:00Yes, I agree too - Death is a 'death', som...Yes, I agree too - Death is a 'death', something ends.Margo Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759845391358543223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749644478681930620.post-37058931806049594922014-08-19T09:46:40.214+01:002014-08-19T09:46:40.214+01:00Hi Carla I absolutely agree with you I don't ...Hi Carla I absolutely agree with you I don't like sugarcoating Death at all. <br />I like it how you compare childbirth with death.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617686222764658629noreply@blogger.com