Saturday, September 03, 2005

The Tarot Trumps

Here are a list of statements "by" each of the Tarot trumps, with some possible alternates:

I - The Magician - I shape (I work, I manipulate, I assert, I make, I will)

II - The Priestess - I know (I comprehend, I perceive, I understand, I believe, I intuit, I feel, I conceal)

III - The Empress - I give (I bestow, I nurture, I cultivate, I develop, I support)

IV - The Emperor - I rule (I order, I command, I regulate, I organize, I administer)

V - The Pontiff - I teach (I initiate, I indoctrinate, I induct, I accept, I permit, I civilize, I refine)

VI - The Lovers - I love (I choose, I value, I believe, I cherish, I communicate, I embrace)

VII - The Chariot - I control (I triumph, I discipline, I guide, I manage, I achieve)

VIII - Justice - I judge (I distinguish, I discern, I assess, I decide, I evaluate, I weigh)

IX - The Hermit - I enlighten - (I reveal, I advise, I wait, I report, I retire)

X - The Wheel of Fortune - I revolve (I raise up but also I cast down, I rotate, I spin)

XI - Strength - I persevere (I endure, I persist, I overcome, I maintain, I prevail)

XII - The Hanged Man - I overturn (I swing, I hang, I sacrifice, I transpose, I transfigure, I undo, I redeem)

XIII - Death - I terminate (I complete, I conclude, I eliminate, replace, I regenerate)

XIV - Temperance - I moderate (I combine, I balance, I adjust, I blend, I temper)

XV - The Devil - I pervert (I corrupt, I distort, I acquire, I amass, I keep, I enslave, I obscure)

XVI - The Tower - I transform (I fall, I upset, I change, I liberate, I reverse)

XVII - The Star - I inspire (I influence, I stimulate, I encourage, I sustain, I assure)

XVIII - The Moon - I mystify (I enchant, I bewilder, I unnerve, I conjure, I invent, I dream)

XIX - The Sun - I exult (I delight, I rejoice, I glory, I exalt, I ennoble, I glorify, I anoint)

XX - Judgment - I renew (I absolve, I release, I rejuvenate, I acquit, I excuse)

XXI - The World - I am (everything) (I accomplish, I achieve, I am whole)

Friday, September 02, 2005

A Riddle

Q: When did the moon become the sun?

A: When Delight became Delirium.