Comparative Tarot

Alice tries on the crown of the White Queen, who she will someday become. One peppermill stands close to her, while another five line the back of the card, across a little road or a golfer's sand trap. Alice seems to have a mirror she looks in, though we can't see it.

LWB: A great triumph. A victory. Good news with far-reaching ramifications. Expectations rewarded. Hope.

Reversed: Fear of the future. Paranoia. Uncertain victory or gain. Long delay. Disloyalty.

Our journey so far: The ace - a hand holds a peppermill. A gift from the universe. The two, a playing-card character stands on a balcony between two peppermills, toasting the countryside. He's lonely and set apart, though it's not his fault. The three, Alice peeks around the curtain - stage fright. The four - four peppermills stand together wreathed in green. Stability, order, not much really going on. The five - the playing cards fight each other. Chaos, strife.

And now the six. Alice has the crown, though it's a brief possession, it's not her time to keep it yet. A respite time, to sit down and breathe for a moment.

She has learned a lot. She has seen things that she never could have dreamed of. Now it's time to sit back, in this pocket of serenity, and integrate it all.

kerry