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Dwina Murphy-Gibb's avatar

I agree about the Star and Temperance, and used Ushas, the sister of the goddess of the Dawn as the image for Temperance.... the ability and Power to Adapt. I lived through that ability as a widow and was not surprised that it followed the Death or Changes card. It is a very important card in the Tarot. She helped me a lot. I shall explore her here one day, as I feel it is not only the soul left behind adapting but the soul that has gone on adapting. Wondered if you had any ideas on that?

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Gabriel Robartes's avatar

I’m going to take that question and sit with it if that’s okay? A few disconnected moments spring to mind and I need to see how they join up.

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Dwina Murphy-Gibb's avatar

Thank you. In the Vedas, Ushas is the actual Goddess of the Dawn...in other texts she was considered the sister. look forward to your 'seeing'. It may answer a question I have long thought of...

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Dwina Murphy-Gibb's avatar

Gabriel, I began in early days with playing cards and collected Jokers people chucked aside, usually if they gamed or gambled, then discovered Tarot through the Jokers, and after a startling vision of a gold and silver Tree at 8 years old, while desperately appealing to a God to show him or her self, then discovered anything to do with trees, including growing them, finding Ogham, Qabalah, Yggdrasil, many different systems throughout the world and eventually Yoga, and Light, all different types of meditation and Chakras etc; but the open-eyed system of meditation was amazing. I still held onto the system of Tarot, amalgamating East, West, Middle, North, South, Space.... Mastering one, all the others fall into place. Not enough time in a lifetime to explore every single one of them. Like you, I have studied and I enjoy meeting others who also have studied. Sharing is a way of furthering and exploring Knowledge and it is exciting and fun discovering others who follow paths. I feel it is all one anyway. Thank you for your insightful writings.***

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Gabriel Robartes's avatar

Thank you! - and thank you for sharing your story 🙏 I do suspect, though, that if I were to master one (not in this lifetime!), I’d look too closely in an unguarded moment and find multitudes hidden there all over again.

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Dwina Murphy-Gibb's avatar

Finding those multitudes in unguarded moments is the best thing in the world! You become a radial sensory being in that Truth search. Not only are you a pioneer teacher then but also the evermore student and can pass that Knowledge on for generations to come. 'Seeing' it is even more important than relating it.

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