January 3-5, 2012: Ace of Cups
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@Al-Shariyf said
"You know what Jim, when I set up the arrangement I set it up with the Death Trump on the left, the Ace of Cups in the center and The Hanged Man on the right and have been reading the cards from left to right. D'oh."
That still fits the description I gave. Might be interesting to compare the two. (Yours has Death facing inward, right?)
My only design idea from the beginning was that the Root of Water stand between the cards for elemental Water and the Kerub of Water.
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"That still fits the description I gave. Might be interesting to compare the two. (Yours has Death facing inward, right?)"
Yes I had Death facing inward. I immediately sensed a subtle shift when I saw your layout.
The process is still very similar but what I got from your arrangement was: Surrendering for the Transformation to occur.
What I got out of mine was: Transformation as prerequisite for Surrendering.
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I guess I don't see these sequentially. I place my attention primarily on the Ace, and then on the other two more or less equally and simultaneously as enhancing and clarifying the core card.
So... Transformation and Surrendering as collaborators? As two different ways of saying what the central card says?
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Transformation and Surrendering as two expressions of what the central card is saying.
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Well, I've been embarrassed to say it, but it keeps giving me the impression of sort of fainting into an orgasm. I guess you might call it surrendering to it.
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"Well, I've been embarrassed to say it, but it keeps giving me the impression of sort of fainting into an orgasm. I guess you might call it surrendering to it."
I failed to mention my impression of the central card, partly because I was afraid of sounding too cliche but what kept coming up for me when I looked at the grail on the Ace of Cups was the idea of pouring every last drop of one's self into that cup and giving it to someone or something else. So I could relate to what you're getting over there Iaomai.
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I'm more inclined to see it as: Making myself as empty as possible, with an intention to RECEIVE everything being poured into me from Beyond.
That's pretty close to my hit on Mem + Nun, as well, come to think of it.
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Relax/Don't do it/When you want to go to it. Relax/Don't do it/When you want to...
@Iaomai said
"Well, I've been embarrassed to say it, but it keeps giving me the impression of sort of fainting into an orgasm. I guess you might call it surrendering to it."
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lol..
Yeah, not so much the orgasm part, but it's what made me think of it. I'm trying more to describe that inner feeling of deeply, deeply relaxing, so much so that it starts to feel erotic and tingly. Surrender, yes. Emptying, yes. But with a blissful sense to it. I don't know if that communicates.
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"Making myself as empty as possible, with an intention to RECEIVE everything being poured into me from Beyond."
Thanks Jim. This makes a great deal of sense and "feels" spot on.