Building the foundation : The story of tarot Part V – The Emperor

The Fool was given options by the Magus, and decided on one with help from the High Priestess. He learned how to develop it, thanks to the Empress. Now he must manage it. How to do this? He approaches a great Emperor seated on a stone throne. The Fool is amazed by the way the Emperor is instantly, eagerly obeyed in every particular, at how well his Empire is run. Respectfully, he asks the Emperor how it is he does this. And the Emperor answers: “Strong will and a solid foundation. It’s all very well,” he explains to the Fool, “to be dreamy, creative, instinctual, patient; but to control one must be alert, brave and aggressive.”

Ready now to lead rather than be led, the Fool heads out with new purpose and direction.

The Emperor literally represents the male creative energy. With that, it comes with ambition and pride. But it may also lead to arrogance and war. This means that the querent should be aggressive and brave. It also means that the Querent must take the leadership role and be proactive in the matters concerned.

The female force: The story of tarot Part IV – The Empress

Impatient to make his future a reality, the Fool stride ahead in haste. Soon he found himself in a lush garden and in a bed of roses sat the Empress. She had hair of spun gold and her stomach was very much pregnant.

Kneeling, the Fool related his story to the Empress. Seeing his impatience, the Empress smiled and said ” a newly-planted crop, it requires attention and time. In this way, the fruits harvested would be the sweetest”. Understanding that time is needed to build and create the future he wanted, the Fool thanked the Empress and walked out of the garden.

The empress represents that the Querent needs to become a mother figure in his or her latest projects. By taking care of the most minute details, the new project would grow into the outcome that the Querent would desire.

Drawing the Empress card could also mean an arriving of a new child or a new relationship. In many cases, it may also mean luck is coming the Querent’s way as well.

Initiatrix: The story of tarot Part III- The High Priestess

Continuing the journey, the Fool suddenly saw that night has descended. He saw that the moon was full and shone brightly on the land. He then came upon a beautiful lady veiled in light. Across her stood two pillars.  She was The High priestess and proceeded to astonish the Fool by knowing everything about him. The Fool asked her where he should do next and she gave him the book she was reading. Reading the first few pages, the Fool knew what to proceed next but he was eager to know what laid beyond these pages. Before he could, the High Priestess took the book from him and said ” we will meet again when you have decided to travel the secret path.”

It is curious that the High Priestess represents the Moon while the Moon represents Pisces. The High Priestess is all about secrets. Whether it is self-discovered secret or a person who would reveal their secrets, the Querent would gain these dark knowledge and gain insight into the matters.

Seeking the mystery: The story of tarot Part II – The Magus

Falling down from the cliff, the Fool suddenly found himself floating down safely to the bottom of the cliff. Shrugging his shoulders, he traveled on ahead to find a Magus from far. The Magus stood tall and confident and the Fool was suitably impressed. The Magus beckoned to the Fool to come closer. As the fool came closer, he saw that the Magus was surrounded by his tools.   The fool saw the endless possibilities that the tools could create. The cool, airy sword of intellect, the fiery wand of regeneration, the cup of love and emotions and the pentacles of possession.  Floating on the right of the Magus was an winged egg. Plucking the winged egg from the air, the Magus gave it to the Fool with a smile.

The Magus is represented by the Planetary trump of Mercury. Any good astrologist would tell you that Mercury often represents communication and activity. And that is essentially what the card represents. In a reading, it would mean that the Querent have the necessary skill, wisdom or cunning to deal with the matter at hand.

A new beginning: The story of tarot Part I – The Fool

Many people have told of the Tarot story, depicting the fool’s journey through the 22 Arcana. I would try to do the same and I hope you would enjoy the story as much as I had.

Once there was a young man who packed up all his possessions into a bag to go on a long voyage. He did not know where he was going or why he wanted to go. Filled with his own dreams of his exciting journey, he dropped all his possessions without him noticing. He soon walked up a cliff and was about to fall.  A tiger came and gnawed at his calf  to warn him but all he could see was the butterflies and doves surrounding him.

The Fool often represents a new start to something. Whether it is a new job, relationship or house, the change is absolute and often initiated by the Querent itself. It may also mean new ideas coming to the Querent.

However, the Fool is not without it weaknesses. Unwise in material matters, it may also mean a foolish investment that may cost the querent.

Flogging a dead horse back to life

After not blogging for almost 2 years, I would like to try my hand at blogging again.LOL

For structure sake, I would want to talk more about my interests as well as share my knowledge in this blog as well

Since my blog now is deader than a dead horse and wouldn’t bat an eyelid even if you have flogged it to death, i have moved.

http://starterfor10.wordpress.com/

Scam Scam Scam

Ever since i put up my email on some of the websites, i started having spam like this
:

I am John England, an Army contractor attached to the US Army corps of engineers in Iraq. The reason why I’m explaining my findings to you are to seek for your assistance to enable you contributes immensely to the actualization of my dream.

On the 30th day of June 2007, I and my group of men under my supervision were alerted on the need of some urgent reconstruction works in Haifa Street, a long thoroughfare of high-rise buildings built and occupied by Saddam Hussein when he was alive here in Baghdad. Immediately we proceeded to the site and as we commence work to our utmost surprise we discovered a huge underground bunker in one of the buildings. Upon investigation of the bunker to our surprise we discovered one very lager box safely hidden and sealed together with numerous other boxes filled with different item, However I was attracted to the large box which was the only sealed box of them all, I told my men to open the box in order to find out the contents and when they were opened to our amazement the boxes contained US Dollars which amounted to $46M after time was taken to count them in bundles and rolls.

I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy so that we can have the money to our selves, they all agreed to the plan, I wisely took the decision for us to share the money between our selves right there in the room to avoid suspicion in moving the very large box and that led me to having US$10.2 Million (US$10,200,000) as my own share of the money after which I concealed it in one box and decided to get the money out of the country but first I hid the money in a safe and untraceable location.

I am now in desperate need of a “Reliable and Trustworthy” person like you who would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars for me up on till my assignment elapses here. I cannot leave the boxes here in Iraq like most of my men have foolishly done due to many reasons one of which is because Iraq is getting unsafe and dangerous everyday and a full blown civil war among Shiites and Sunni Iraqis may start any moment. I assure and promise to give you 14% of this fund, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this deal.

and so on and so forth.. and being the sian guy at the QF class, i replied this guy and here is the reply:

Thank you so much for your response which have calmed my situations and given me a strong heart to move on in life. On my own part I have made up my mind to send the boxes to you as well as entrust the money with you in full faith and I pray and hope you won’t betray the trust I have in your capability to handle this transaction. Please assure me you will do a very good job securing this box.

I am 51years old, living in the state of Mississippi . Like I had mentioned in my first mail, am an Army contractor attached to the US Army corps of engineers in Iraq .

I have attached my valid state of Mississippi driver’s license and my United States of America Department of the Army authorized Army Contractor Identification Document for your understanding of my genuity and personality. I am giving you these on trust and in total confidence and you must never attempt to betray me please. For further clarification I have attached my personal picture here in Iraq, am dressed up against stray bullets, that explains why am like a pure soldier. From this brief introduction of my humble self you would understand that am real and totally genuine, hence my proposal is unquestionably 100% real and very beneficial if only we are destined to be business partners.

 

Now.. this just reeks of scam and further more, the license he gave was obviously fake.. i think my 1 year old baby cousin , with her head covered and her ears plugged, can tell a more convincing lie LOL.. If you dun believe, see this:

And if that guy who sent me this sees them, pls do not send such $%#$ email to me,k? Dumbass

 

 

Social Life Status

Now sitting in my QF class, doing everything in the world but listen to my prof lo…

Last sunday, i went to Sakura which is beside California Fitness to celebrate Rach and Charlene’s bday.. Had pigged out literally and now suffers from an ever expanding waistline.. Photos would be up when i get them.. haha

Oh yah, i am now treading into the not so scientific business of Tarot as a sideline.. haha.. if u have any queries, can look for me liao…

Tattoo City

“It’s human art that you can’t peel back off the human or put away in a dresser drawer. It’s an unselfish trade, is ours. I’ll tell you what it is, it’s personal socialism,lad. Everyone’s included, everyone gets to look in to a person and share them, like what they see or not…. I’ll tell you this, lad; a tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it that it can do of a fellow with it on his back”

- On the subject of tattooing, From the Electrical Michaelangelo by Sarah Hall

Tattoo has once been a symbol of gangsterism or so it seems in Singapore.. But nowadays, it has become a fad.. But is it just something like a fashion accessory? I beg to differ.. I feel that tattoos are canvas that represent a story about a person… Like in the olden days, people would pay artists to draw their potrait to capture their essence, tatto now acts as a funnel for the same way as well..

And this is what the artist in “Tattoo City” agrees with me as well.. This exhibition is basically a photo exhibition that has people of different backgrounds and colour show their tattoo and explain how exactly it means to them.. And it is very interesting how each tattoo actually tells is own story..

Like the old man whose tattoo tells of a chaotic time..

This grandpa actually tattooed himself so as to let his brother be able to identify his corpse during the World War II period

And this guy said that the reason he tattooed a phoenix was because a phoenix burns itself before being reborn and he hopes to be able to start anew after his burning incident..

And then there was tis guy who used it as a way to signify the death of his close friend..

And there are numerous more photos.. If u wanna have a look at these stories, go down to the parliament house today and see for yourselves the stories that the tattoos whisper and what they have to tell