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“An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.” -Edmund Burke, 1789
#Tarot Justice is famously blind, dispassionate, yet it has been shown that even a baby at three months old instantly recognizes, registers and passionately reacts to fair play and likewise, injustice. No-one feels safe, no place is quiet, where there is real fear of injustice.
#TarotTuesday the 'psychic' bit in a reading, the inexplicable bit, is the totally random selection of cards from a 78 card deck in response to the question in the expectation of receiving a relevant/meaningful interpretation. For every card selected, all those others are not.
#WyrdWednesday Scifi. I was a little girl when I first saw 2001, A Space Odyssey and there was a lot of it I didn't quite understand at the time. But the ending got me, and it still gets me every time.
Second Decan Pisces starts from c. now-until 10 March. Corresponding Tarot card is the Nine of Cups. 'My cup runneth over'. Grace, Felicity, heartfelt wishes granted. Cheers!
#folklorethursday Today marks this years entry of the sun in Pisces. The constellation's brightest star, Eta Piscium, Alpherg or Kullat Nunu, is 294 light-years from Earth, 316 brighter times than the sun. Kullat Nunu is from the Babylonian ‘Nunu’=‘fish’ and ‘kullat’=bucket
'Jack Frost attacking Bony'. The horror of Napoleon's invasion of Russia Jun-Dec 1812, and eventual terrible defeat for his Grande Armée, finally beaten into retreat by the Russian winter in a campaign costing 500 000 French lives and 400 000 Russian lives. #wyrdwednesday
#folklorethursday The Greek goddess Iris, was a messenger of the gods before Hermes, a special envoy of Hera, and the personification of the rainbow. Iris was the daughter of a marine god Thaumas the wondrous, and a cloud goddess, Amber. #pantheon
#FolkloreThursday Ignis fatuus, the 'will o the wisp', once more commonly seen, often in oak woods, were also known as corpse candles. They were spirits, and could lead you into a bog. Natural gas, Now a rare phenomenon, due to vastly increased agriculture, drainage & irrigation.