22 Days of Wisdom Readings

And the Fool Reading

I was able to sustain 12 days of posts for Christmas, so I’m going for 22 days this time.  My assignment is to ask a “wisdom question,” a kind of philosophical or spiritual exploration, for each of the majors, and answer them with Arcana Stones on tarot minors readings.

So here’s wisdom reading number, well, zero!

Fool Wisdom Question:  Will the world ever be able to fulfill its potential to be a better place to live for all people?  I know suffering will never be completely eradicated in this world, but we have so much, and the ability to do so many things.  Will this potential go toward a better life for people, or in some other not as desirable direction?

I laid out 9 minors from my trimmed pocket Thoth in magic square order, and then dropped 3 Arcana Stones on them.  I read only the cards on which a stone landed.

1-Magician-Chiastolite on Ace of Cups.  It takes effort, planning, communication, and organization to create and sustain universal love.  Even though it’s “just” an emotion, it doesn’t just happen.  Really wise and clever people have been working on this problem for a long time.  And we can’t get complacent that talking about it (loving and caring for everyone) is doing it.

18-Moon-Mother of Pearl on 3 of Cups.  In fact, the concept of the brotherhood and sisterhood of humanity is just a pleasant but impossible illusion.  People will always put themselves and their own families, country, or co-religionists first, before any ideas of what is good for ALL people. 

14-Temperance-Rose Quartz on 9 of Cups.  But that’s not because humans are naturally evil.  They are naturally natural, that is, animals.  We have evolved to think of, care for, and do for our own first, as a matter of survival.  It’s up to this and later generations to realize that taking care of everyone and the earth itself is now the path to survival.  9 of Cups is the wishing card.  If a whole lot of people moderate (Temperance) their wishes and wants to something more sustainable, we could possibly be on the path of fulfilling our potential, and allowing more people on earth the chance to fulfill their own potentials. 

But that’s going to take the ingenuity and perseverance of lots of Ace of Cups Magicians today and in the future. 

I’ve always wondered if things are getting better, or we’re just going in cycles, or things are and always were bad.  This reading makes me think that human nature is human nature, so things definitely won’t get better on their own, and they might not, even if lots of us try.  But if lots AND LOTS of us try, improvement is at least possible.

Check in tomorrow for the Magician wisdom reading!