everything's coming up roses / in my spiritual garden / thorns and all
in your private life...
words that embody your presence are "brother, concubine, fantasy, pyramid, republic, symbol, triangle, tunnel, velvet, warning".
words that embody the people or things that you interact with are "champagne, gazelle, language, passage".
words that embody people or things in your periphery are "entertainment".
in the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge. the mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to realize your fact, it takes on color. it is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done. in the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that i was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
but it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man’s mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done. when my rally came, it came with a bound. i said to myself that my eclipse would be sure to save me, and make me the greatest man in the kingdom besides; and straightway my mercury went up to the top of the tube, and my solicitudes all vanished. i was as happy a man as there was in the world. i was even impatient for to-morrow to come, i so wanted to gather in that great triumph and be the center of all the nation’s wonder and reverence. besides, in a business way it would be the making of me; i knew that.
the left card represents an important element of the past. seven of cups (temptation), when reversed: daydreams and fantasies brought into realistic focus. the contemplation of many options leading to a conclusive choice. inner clarity that dissipates illusions and false choices. remaining connected to reality in the face of intoxication, delirium, or hallucination.
the middle card represents a deciding element of the present. king of pentacles: the essence of earth behaving as air, such as a diamond: a true businessman, with a gift for identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them. a person well informed about the world, skilled in all things physical, and eager to encourage others. a pillar of practicality and dependability, embracing tried and tested methods, and possessing an innate understanding of the material reality. a philanthropist and devotee of both luxury and hard work, whose word is as good as gold.
the right card represents a critical element of the future. ace of wands, when reversed: the seed of a new crisis - perhaps as yet unseen. the start of an explosive situation threatening to consume all who get too close. the herald of birth, invention, or upheaval. an innate and primal force unleashed. may suggest a surge of vitality, creativity, or fertility that can set dangerous events in motion.
all difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small. therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.
3. he who lightly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult. therefore the sage sees difficulty even in what seems easy, and so never has any difficulties.
and, after some despatch in hand at court, thither we bend again.
helena. look on this letter, madam; here's my passport.
[reads.] 'when thou canst get the ring upon my finger, which never shall come off, and show me a child begotten of thy body that i am father to, then call me husband; but in such a "then" i write a "never." this is a dreadful sentence.
countess. brought you this letter, gentlemen?
"dear fairy, the fairest flowers have cheered me with their sweet breath, fresh dew and fragrant leaves have been ever ready for me, gentle hands to tend, kindly hearts to love; and for this i can only thank you and say farewell."
then the quivering wings were still, and the patient little dove was dead; but the bee murmured no longer, and the dew from the flowers fell like tears around the quiet bed.
sadly rose-leaf led eva away, saying, "lily-bosom shall have a grave tonight beneath our fairest blossoms, and you shall see that gentleness and love are prized far above gold or beauty, here in fairy-land. come now to the flower palace, and see the fairy court."
duane divined that no sudden animosity was driving bosomer. it was just his chance. very likely he had forgotten his pretext for a quarrel. very probably his faculties were absorbed in conjecture as to duane's possibilities.
best of all i like to hear him tell of his earlier days when he sold liniments and cough cures on street corners, living hand to mouth, heart to heart with the people, throwing heads or tails with fortune for his last coin.
the card in the middle of the circle represents the core or central issue of the situation. four of cups (luxury), when reversed: new and unusual relationships and opportunities. the reawakening of your appetite for life or love. the path of excess leading to spiritual rejuvenation and the appearance of novel ambitions.
be thou blest, bertram, and succeed thy father
in manners, as in shape! thy blood and virtue
contend for empire in thee, and thy goodness
share with thy birthright! love all, trust a few,
do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
rather in power than use, and keep thy friend
under thy own life's key: be cheque'd for silence,
but never tax'd for speech. what heaven more will,
that thee may furnish and my prayers pluck down,
fall on thy head! farewell, my lord.
words that embody your presence are "brother, concubine, fantasy, pyramid, republic, symbol, triangle, tunnel, velvet, warning".
words that embody the people or things that you interact with are "champagne, gazelle, language, passage".
words that embody people or things in your periphery are "entertainment".
in the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge. the mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but when you come to realize your fact, it takes on color. it is all the difference between hearing of a man being stabbed to the heart, and seeing it done. in the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that i was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a something which was realization crept inch by inch through my veins and turned me cold.
but it is a blessed provision of nature that at times like these, as soon as a man’s mercury has got down to a certain point there comes a revulsion, and he rallies. hope springs up, and cheerfulness along with it, and then he is in good shape to do something for himself, if anything can be done. when my rally came, it came with a bound. i said to myself that my eclipse would be sure to save me, and make me the greatest man in the kingdom besides; and straightway my mercury went up to the top of the tube, and my solicitudes all vanished. i was as happy a man as there was in the world. i was even impatient for to-morrow to come, i so wanted to gather in that great triumph and be the center of all the nation’s wonder and reverence. besides, in a business way it would be the making of me; i knew that.
the left card represents an important element of the past. seven of cups (temptation), when reversed: daydreams and fantasies brought into realistic focus. the contemplation of many options leading to a conclusive choice. inner clarity that dissipates illusions and false choices. remaining connected to reality in the face of intoxication, delirium, or hallucination.
the middle card represents a deciding element of the present. king of pentacles: the essence of earth behaving as air, such as a diamond: a true businessman, with a gift for identifying opportunities and taking advantage of them. a person well informed about the world, skilled in all things physical, and eager to encourage others. a pillar of practicality and dependability, embracing tried and tested methods, and possessing an innate understanding of the material reality. a philanthropist and devotee of both luxury and hard work, whose word is as good as gold.
the right card represents a critical element of the future. ace of wands, when reversed: the seed of a new crisis - perhaps as yet unseen. the start of an explosive situation threatening to consume all who get too close. the herald of birth, invention, or upheaval. an innate and primal force unleashed. may suggest a surge of vitality, creativity, or fertility that can set dangerous events in motion.
all difficult things in the world are sure to arise from a previous state in which they were easy, and all great things from one in which they were small. therefore the sage, while he never does what is great, is able on that account to accomplish the greatest things.
3. he who lightly promises is sure to keep but little faith; he who is continually thinking things easy is sure to find them difficult. therefore the sage sees difficulty even in what seems easy, and so never has any difficulties.
and, after some despatch in hand at court, thither we bend again.
helena. look on this letter, madam; here's my passport.
[reads.] 'when thou canst get the ring upon my finger, which never shall come off, and show me a child begotten of thy body that i am father to, then call me husband; but in such a "then" i write a "never." this is a dreadful sentence.
countess. brought you this letter, gentlemen?
"dear fairy, the fairest flowers have cheered me with their sweet breath, fresh dew and fragrant leaves have been ever ready for me, gentle hands to tend, kindly hearts to love; and for this i can only thank you and say farewell."
then the quivering wings were still, and the patient little dove was dead; but the bee murmured no longer, and the dew from the flowers fell like tears around the quiet bed.
sadly rose-leaf led eva away, saying, "lily-bosom shall have a grave tonight beneath our fairest blossoms, and you shall see that gentleness and love are prized far above gold or beauty, here in fairy-land. come now to the flower palace, and see the fairy court."
duane divined that no sudden animosity was driving bosomer. it was just his chance. very likely he had forgotten his pretext for a quarrel. very probably his faculties were absorbed in conjecture as to duane's possibilities.
best of all i like to hear him tell of his earlier days when he sold liniments and cough cures on street corners, living hand to mouth, heart to heart with the people, throwing heads or tails with fortune for his last coin.
the card in the middle of the circle represents the core or central issue of the situation. four of cups (luxury), when reversed: new and unusual relationships and opportunities. the reawakening of your appetite for life or love. the path of excess leading to spiritual rejuvenation and the appearance of novel ambitions.
be thou blest, bertram, and succeed thy father
in manners, as in shape! thy blood and virtue
contend for empire in thee, and thy goodness
share with thy birthright! love all, trust a few,
do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
rather in power than use, and keep thy friend
under thy own life's key: be cheque'd for silence,
but never tax'd for speech. what heaven more will,
that thee may furnish and my prayers pluck down,
fall on thy head! farewell, my lord.