"All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong; let's change it for the better.'" Sonia Sanchez
TAROT: Chariot / LENORMAND: Heart, Older Woman, Star / ADINKRA: Akoko Nan
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So, there are three things I dreamed about last night: 45, Sean Diddy Combs, and Marcellus Williams. Suffice it to say I was relieved when my eyes popped open in the morning. Not that the danger presented by 45, the dastardliness of Diddy and the blood on the Missouri governor’s hands were not all still present and accounted for realities upon my awakening. Rather, my relief was rooted in the fact that, in my awake state I can be more than the horrified observer I was in my nightmares. I am a writer, and I use that fact to write words that matter in ways that help and heal and warn and inform: to “change [what’s wrong] for the better.”
The Tarot card The Chariot (7) in Nyasha Williams’ Black Tarot presents to us a woman who stands balletically balanced in the bow of her boat. She has neither reins nor horses with which to contend, so her arms are comfortably at her sides. Her course has been charted. She has only to face her destination, and her boat glides where her gaze tells it to go. She knows better than to take a seat for this ride, that a standing stance provides her with the best view. Her eye, as they say, is on the prize.
There is so much that is ugly and evil in the world. On the other hand, as medium Susan Lynn’s guides assure us, (check her out on Youtube. I love her work) the miracle is that the majority of us here on earth are, to put it simply, good.
In one of her recent videos Susan Lynn noted what I have marveled at many times: the dance we do behind the wheels of cars in traffic. There is a politeness to the way traffic flows: an “After you, my dear Alphonse” kind of vibe. We wait our turns, we let others ahead of us, we observe the colors of lights that suggest we stop or wait or go. I mean, we could just say, “Screw it!” and ram each other out of the way, but, as a general rule, we do not. We want to do the next right thing, and the next, and the next.
Sometimes, of course, we are confronted by those who have chosen the “Screw it,” path, like 45, who has screwed all of us, like Diddy, who damaged so many souls by treating people like chattel; like Missouri Governor Mike Parson, descendent of slave owners, who ordered Marcellus Williams killed, despite entreaties from prosecutors, victim family members, and more than a million names on petitions, my name among them. This is just on the domestic stage. Toss in Netanyahu and Hamas; toss in Putin and the men of Afghanistan, for starters. Sometimes, the presence of such evil is enough to tempt even the the most stalwart boatwoman /Charioteer to let her knees buckle in despair.
Lenormand’s message is one the Charioteer needs to hear, with Heart, Older Woman, Star. It is an Age of Aquarius-feeling message, about our collective decision to choose compassion and love (Heart) a wise, Yin-focused route(Older Woman) into a better, brighter future (Star.)
45 would have (white) women believe he is their “protector,” their safe refuge, their friend, since (according to him) they are currently sad, lonely, frightened. I would have all of us recall his predictable use of projection here. It is he who feels all of these ways. It is possible for us to feel compassion for him in this prison of his mind, but we need not share his cell.
Adinkra’s symbol, Akoko Nan refers to the leg of a hen. It reminds us that “the hen treads on her chicks, but she does not kill them.” The Age of Aquarius message is not all love and light. Corrective costs must be paid, and they will be, by those who have chosen the “Screw it!” path. We can start this process at the ballot box in November. We are in a Tarot Tower moment, and it doesn’t feel very good. It can, though, be the precursor to a better way, if we choose rightly and well.
Amen and Ase
Erika
Were these random draws or a focused choice? Beautiful either way. 💜
AMEN.......