Ten of Swords

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Monday, 3-card readings 10/28/2024

Two of Swords, Ten of Swords, and Lover
Diplomacy – Accumulation – Decision

Card of the day: Ten of Swords

“Everything that occurs is an accumulation of what you have knowingly or unknowingly set in motion.”
Steven Redhead

Should we be afraid of the Ten of Swords?
The Ten of Swords is more often associated with death than the Death card.
However, the frightening and gloomy perceptions are misinterpretations caused by Arthur Edward Waite and Pamela Colman Smith. Thanks to them and the subsequent efforts of Read more Ten of Swords

3-card readings 10-27-2024

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Sunday, 3-card readings 10/27/2024

Page of Wands, Tower, and Nine of Wands
Broadmindedness – Renewal – Exploration

Card of the day: Tower

“Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling.”
Deborah Day

The Tower card is commonly feared and considered to have Read more 3-card readings 10-27-2024

Concentric and vertical

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Acrylic colours on canvas.
30×30 cm – 11.81×11.81 inch.

“Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground – trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” (Genesis 2:8-9)

According to the Biblical Hebrew, the formula Read more Concentric and vertical

3-card readings 10-20-2024

Sunday, 3-card readings 10/20/2024

Eight of Swords rev., Queen of Cups rev., and Six of Wands
Restlessness – Possessiveness – Lust

Card of the day: Queen of Cups reversed

“I used to advertise my loyalty and I don’t believe there is a single person I loved that I didn’t eventually betray.”
Albert Camus

The Air-Water-Fire combinations show how emotional and instinctive factors are Read more 3-card readings 10-20-2024

The Dragon Slayer

The Dragon slayer (Saint George II)

The Dragon Slayer (Saint George II)

Acrylic colours on canvas.
20×30 cm (7.87x 11.81 inch)
Bucharest, September, 2024.
Private collection.

My second instalment of Saint George slaying the dragon.
The primary inspiration for this painting was the Equestrian Portrait of Carmen Bordiu-Franco by Salvador Dali, painted in 1974. I recycled that image and rendered it into Read more The Dragon Slayer

Good faith versus critical thinking

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In the digital age, information is more plentiful than ever, but parsing truth from fiction can be daunting.
According to Wikipedia, rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason. In this regard, a person acts rationally if they have a good reason for what they do, or a belief is rational if it is based on solid evidence.
However, apparently, we are programmed to be irrational.
I always considered Read more Good faith versus critical thinking

3-card readings 10/13/2024

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Sunday, 3-card readings 10/13/2024

Knight of Cups rev., Two of Disks rev., and Lover rev.
Burden – Decay – Worries

Card of the day: Two of Disks reversed

“Whoever would rise, must first descend, for only then can the bottommost rise to the top.”
Gustav Meyrink

What comes around goes around.
The natural Two of Disks represents ascension. Reversed, the card signifies decay. While the Wheel (of Fortune) card represents Read more 3-card readings 10/13/2024

3-card readings 10/06/2024

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Sunday, 10/06/2024

Queen of Cups rev. (past), Nine of Cups rev. (present), and Three of Swords (future).
Possessiveness – Delusion – Compensation.

Card of the day: Nine of Cups rev.

“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”
May Sarton

One of the factors that affects development is denial.
A new culture of pseudo-inclusiveness and Read more 3-card readings 10/06/2024

About G_d

About G_d

“G_d and I had a fair and cordial relationship. I never asked for anything, and G_d never gave me something. I didn’t bother G_d, and most likely, G_d was unaware of my existence. In that matter, I believe I was G_d’s favourite creature. It was almost like a good neighbour relationship in which we smiled and said hello whenever we met, but we never knew each other’s names.
G_d was everywhere and nowhere. The mathematical difference between everything and nothing is zero.”

Excerpt from the novel Waiting on the Bench by Attila Karpathy.

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