PHILOSOPHY

Was doing some tarot readings today, and decided to assign each of my Darrow pups/queue pups a card from the Major Arcana. I was delighted to realize that there were no repeats in the cards.



SPOCK - THE HERMIT

Look inward to get to the truth of a matter.

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Aldous Huxley

ROBIN GOODFELLOW - THE DEVIL

When you are feeling bound, you hold the keys to your own freedom.

"If we think we are bound, we are bound. If we think we are liberated, we are liberated."
― Swami Satchidananda

OKUMURA RIN - THE TOWER

The status quo is dangerous; roll with change.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
― Barack Obama

LAFAYETTE REYNOLDS - THE SUN

To be really alive is to have vitality, freedom, joy and self-expression.

“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.”
― Oscar Wilde

REMUS J. LUPIN - THE MOON

It's alright to be uncertain; don't try to force anything.

"I don't have to know an answer. I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell.”
― Richard P. Feynman

URAHARA KISUKE - THE HANGED MAN

Let go of everything that doesn't work. Reject every outdated attitude.

"To the questioner, nothing is sacred. He detests dogma, defies any finite definition of morality, rebels against any repression of a free, open search of ideas no matter where they may lead. He is challenging, insulting, agitating, discrediting. He stirs unrest."
― Saul D. Alinsky

UZUMAKI NARUTO - JUSTICE

When you meet good, become like it. When you meet ill, reflect on yourself.

“Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.”
― Gautama Buddha

TEMARI - STRENGTH

Conquer your fears, control your impulses, and never lose patience.

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen

ABEL NIGHTROAD - THE FOOL

Do not avert your gaze from the road ahead to look constantly behind over your shoulder.

“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
― Nelson Mandela

BARNABY BROOKS, JR. - THE MAGICIAN

If you make a point to try, you will meet your challenges.

“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe."
― Anatole France

GIMEL METATRONIM - THE EMPRESS

Listen to your intuition, for it is nearly always right.

“Don't try to comprehend with your mind. Your minds are very limited.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

TRES IQUS - THE CHARIOT

'Rightness' is when the heart and mind are in synthesis.

"Not for ourselves alone are we born."
― Cicero

GINKO - THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE

The nature of life is ever outside of your control.

“All fortune is good fortune; for it either rewards, disciplines, amends, or punishes, and so is either useful or just.”
― Boethius