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Quantum Tarot: The Magician

  • Posted on April 15, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Twitt

The Magician

Quantum Tarot Magician

Traditionally, the Magician, the card #2 in the Major Arcana, was associated with the ancient god Hermes / Mercury, messenger of the gods. Later, Medieval alchemists traced their craft to Hermes Trismegistus, or thrice-blessed Hermes.

The LWB of the Quantum Tarot associates this cared with Electromagnetic Force, represented by the rainbow colors, and describes the figure in the card as seeming to be “playing with energy… bringing consciousness and understanding to illuminate mystery.” The parallels to alchemy are all too apparent to anyone who knows even a little about the subject. The LWB goes on to say:

He represents the light of conscious thought and the ability to manifest an intangible idea or vision in the material world… Whenever we engage in a creative act that makes something out of nothing, we inhabit the magician archetype.

Sounds like the perfect card for a writer, doesn’t it? I’m hoping to tap into some Magician energy as I start my new project, the final story in my Alliance series.

Lyndi

Quantum Tarot: Ace of Pentacles

  • Posted on January 22, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Twitt

Ace of Pentacles, QT

Quantum Tarot Ace of Pentacles

Today’s card is the Ace of Pentacles from the Quantum Tarot deck by Kay Stopforth and Chris Butler.

I fell in love with the images in this deck, subtitled A Tarot of New Physics, when I spotted them on the internet. At the time the deck hadn’t been published, but I kept checking until I could buy a deck from Amazon.com. This deck is great for anyone writing science fiction, and it comes with a really terrific LWB. (Only in this case it ‘s a little black book.) Each card has the usual esoteric name plus a scientific designation. The description for each card includes the scientific background as well as an interpretation.

The science equivalent given for the Ace of Pentacles is Gluon, something I’d never heard of before. Apparently it’s a carrier of the “strong force”, one of the four forces in the universe. In the nucleus of an atom, it’s gluon that “glues” the protons and neutrons. See, we do learn something new each day, just like Mom said. :)

In the tarot, Pentacles represent the “element” of Earth, meaning practical, mudane matters. The LBB interprets the Ace of Pentacles as “the first necessary step along the road to building something solid and real… Now is the time to ground your vision in reality.”

In other words, get to work. You’ve got something to do or create. So, do you think the Universe is telling me to start writing the damn book?

Lyndi

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