1:09 PM
pulled the full (very chunky) deck out and went to shuffle cards around. split it, apparently, in a spot where the cards were facing the wrong way (backs 'down' and faces 'up') and the first two cards i noticed were
six of wands
the queen of bombs
so i pulled those and re-adjusted the deck properly
six of wands
Good news is coming your way and all that. this is the parade of victory, returning from battle and having won. accomplishments, sure. but it’s also the victor coming home from war and reminding people they were right, because they won. Take a look at the justice system and you’ll know the victory isn’t always right.
This card can also be the revised history of the winner. be careful not to let the stories carry you away on what your success actually was.
in reverse, this is false victories. Explicitly the intensity of winning taking over your memory, inflating your ego. People love and support you, but you cannot let it simply be kindness. You see it as worship. Stop gloating, look at who you walk over in your victory lap. stay humble.
the queen of bombs
She stands for life, liberty, and the american way. which is of course bullshit. Ha.
The Queen of bombs is the nuclear wife. she is the caretaker and supporter of those who go out in the world, and she is the lap you curl up in to feel safe.
She will also destroy anything that gets in the way of that. She is motherliness as considered in the 50s, with the underlying threat of utter annihilation. She is the one who calms you in the face of the horrid reality of our planet’s potential end, of the creeping and unstoppable anxiety of climate change, of the possibility that a single nuclear warhead might lead to mutual annihilation. her calming touch also feels a little flat in comparison to those possibilities, but it can be okay to lie to yourself to feel good, sometimes.
in reverse, she is the apathetic hand of annihilation itself. You can find solace in there, but it’s not a warm
one. Cool and quiet.