Herbal Tarot: VI The Lovers

[vaneramos]

Today's challenge from NaNoWriMo was to take a card from a deck, free write for five minutes, then turn it into a poem.

Herbal Tarot: VI The LoversNew lovers point and gesture free

Comments

[leafshimmer]

Interesting chain of images. I don't always know just what you're saying in these, but I like the pictures your words make in my mind.

And that's an interesting challenge. I don't really think of the typical person owning a deck of tarot cards, but maybe they've become more widespread than I had realized.

[vaneramos]

I was intrigued with divination as a teenager and had one of the common Tarot decks. After my "born again" experience I threw it out along with Stevie Nicks and a bunch of other things. When I left the church in 1996 I started contemplating other spiritual paths, Wicca among them. One of the first men I ever dated is coincidentally someone you know, Bruce Phillips. As you know I have a strong affinity for plants, so I gravitated toward the Herbal Tarot. It was no accident.

After realizing I was an atheist, I considered giving the deck to someone who could make better use of it. But now that is never going to happen. I'm still drawn to the images, the meanings and presence of the cards. To me they're metaphors, and I keep an inventory of metaphors. They're important to me.