CARD OF THE WEEK: April 18-22, 2022

 

Five of Pentacles

above: Morgan-Greer Tarot by Lloyd Morgan with art by Bill Greer

below: Rider-Waite Tarot with art by Pamela Colman Smith

 

April 18-22, 2022: In artist Bill Greer's conception, the hardships experienced by the Five of Pentacles figures have brought them closer together in compassionate embrace.

Whenever I see the very different Rider-Waite image, I'm struck by the way the stained glass window floats in the snowy air like an apparition representing...what? A church, perhaps, passed along the way, one in which the card's two bedraggled figures can expect no shelter or solace. The hint of a plain white building behind the tree of five yellow pentacles in the stained glass further suggests an institution--religious or otherwise--that remains remote from people and their needs.

And Pamela Colman Smith's figures for the Rider-Waite are clearly on the outside, trudging through a heavy snowfall. For all we know, Greer's figures might have made their way to shelter. There's nothing in Greer's warmer image--warmer in color and feeling--that indicates which side of that window they're on, and there's nothing illusory about this window or the sturdy, earthy wall surrounding it. In any case, they have one another, a different kind of shelter.

Compassion might be the watchword for this week--compassion towards yourself as well as others. What does (and what does not) offer compassion? How can you make a warm space for vulnerability and healing?

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