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Silly Bacchus

To avoid charges of blasphemy and being burned at the stake tarot makers of Belgian tradition have replaced the Pope (Hierophant) and Papesse (High Priestess) with Bacchus and Captain Fracasse respectively.

When I discovered and fell in love with Belgian decks – Adam C de Hautot , Gerard Bodet and Vandenborre – I wondered if I would interpret Bacchus as Pope. After all a drunk monk was a part of folklore from the times immemorial, and wine represented spirituality quite often in poetry and fairy tales.

But looking at the card I can’t help but smile. He is funny. And that’s the keyword my mentor Elias gave me for this card – Silly.

Friends of the whales

To help our whale friends (and because we could) we messed with the whalers and fooled them.

We appeared as a bolt from the blue and outsmarted them, we cut their virtual nets and got out intact.

Together, as a team, we taunted them, drove them mad and thus we threw magic seeds into their souls, on a good soil.

Golden Flower

A golden flower has nine lives. Cut eight times it grows back even stronger. But the ninth time is the charm – it turns into an elixir of life.

New life begins, filled with meaningful choices and wholesome integrity. Hail the King, the ruler with soul that inspires just deeds.

Tarot by Jean Noblet

Our collective knowledge and way of life came under attack. We had to protect it and we engraved it in this one golden deck. We kept the magic close.

As our people were considered traitors and persecuted, we had to be quick on our feet, ready for any surprises.

Unsuspecting rulers allowed this to go on and multiply, but it was never what it seemed on the surface. Though deduced to the bare bone, the tradition was saved, thanks to the divine protection.

Dentist

No one likes to visit a dentist – strapped to a chair, instruments poking in your mouth for eternity, water running down your throat.

The world looks upside down, and the wisdom teeth are silent.

But then the problem is fixed, you get back on your unsteady feet… feeling in one piece again… strangely peaceful, as the glorious being you are.

Communion

To my mom

From the Variety show of life we choose a topic to explore, my mom and I. We pull the cards, as we would draw swords, freeing the bird. We watch it fly and follow the signs.

Card after card, spread after spread spins new challenges which we hit out of the ballpark. I always enjoy our communion.