Judgment Day

~ Liz A

Of course, since I mentioned not drawing any Cups or Major Arcana, what should appear next but Judgment. No pressure, right?

I read the books carefully … they had a lot to say and were most instructive:

78 Degrees: all of life as filled with spiritual light … awareness of eternal truth frees us from all illusion and fear … we feel, like a call from deep inside, the urge to dissolve ourselves completely into spirit … wondrous life contained within every being …

And here I pause to note: what could be a more perfect example than a caterpillar being moved to create its chrysalis?

78 Degrees continues: we feel the call in our deepest selves as if the very cells of the body were filled with a shout of joy … a call to rise to a more meaningful existence … to make some great change … something within has already decided and the only choice … is to follow … we are bound by our short lives … and the emphasis rests not on death but on resurrection … coming to terms with past experience as a part of going beyond it … the important thing is the call …

Well, phew.

Kitchen Table Tarot: you just have to accept that all of these little (or huge) screwups have made you the amazing, shiny person you are today … it’s about release … we can continue the way we have been or we can challenge ourselves and find our authentic path … if we accept the flaws … maybe we can feel lighter and move onward and upward …

The Creative Tarot: judging your past wrongs, dealing with the ramifications, and making amends … a karmic restart … Judgment does offer a new beginning … a life after death.

Period. Full stop.

Okay then. I went through the box of book covers …

Then searched and found my own photos of a monarch and a milkweed pod. It all went really fast after that …

And if you look closely at the Kenda North photo reproduction on the bottom of the page, you will see a hand … reaching up … and out …

19 thoughts on “Judgment Day”

        1. Thanks for the encouragement … I confess I was a little worried at the outset that I might step on some toes if I got too far out … now I’m too far in to do it any other way

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    1. B – this project is only a challenge in the sense that I realize after everything is glued down that I could have done it differently (read better) … but mostly it’s been a great mental exercise

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  6. It’s amazing to watch from afar how the different words lead you, and then you find such wonderful responses in that treasure trove of book covers. I sometimes think it takes a different angle for us to become open to new ways and to see new things and to dive in creatively where we would previously have feared to tread. What a delightful unveiling this is!

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  7. A comment from Dee landed on the old blog … I liked it so much that I asked her permission to repost it here:

    I’m enjoying reading the book excerpts and these were no exception. Uplifting instead of anything else. When I saw that hand — what can I say? Just perfect!

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    1. Thanks Grace … I’m a little discouraged at how my recent eyesight changes are making close-work really challenging … so getting to the meaning has taken on increased significance

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