Designer: Terry Donaldson
Interpretation: Little White Book missing
This is a deck my Mom picked up for me at a garage sale, hence the missing LWB. It is proof that I am willing to accept any deck into my collection, just to show the variety of tarot art out there. I am not a fan of dragons or fantasy, per se. In particular, I am not a fan of other peoples' fantasy. I admit, it happens that my seven of cups has a couple of dragons drinking tea on it: that's because the seven of cups is about fantasy.
The eight of swords is about being stuck between a rock and a hard place. It is about the feeling of being stuck without the complete actuality of being stuck. Sometimes there seem to be no options— or so many options it is impossible to chose. Some say it is best not to make any crucial decisions at this point. I say, there is one crucial decision that must be made at this point: how to get unstuck. Sometimes this means letting the mind go, accepting stuckness and going from there: "I am stuck, but what can I do?" The dragon on this card looks slightly menacing. If I was to feel stuck and it was to say "BOO!" I would quickly feel unstuck— unless there was another, equally menacing dragon in the opposite direction.
Yesterday I wrote: "Stopping is getting stuck. The longer I stop for, the more thoroughly I will be stuck. I do not want to get stuck." Today I am back in Vermont. Thus, aside from a few bad habits, (excessive chocolate, lack of exercise) and unfortunate situations (unemployment), I no longer feel stuck. Not here. My imagination is too great for that: I am more likely to have too many options than too few. This merely leaves me feeling inept at making a decision, not stuck.
I LIE! I am stuck: I have yet to illustrate the kings. Instead, I spend inordinate hours browsing the internet, looking for independently published small-run 78-card tarot decks (contact me if you have one) and sometimes (too often? not often enough? too often for an unemployed pregnant person but not often enough for my liking?) purchasing them. I need to get unstuck. Bring me to your leader— MANIFEST YOUR KING!
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