The World: The bounties of the earth

I see the World as several things, and the best image for it is the one from the Victorian Romantic for me.

This card features a woman fling up in the air, although when I look at her I can’t decide if the blue fabric floating behind her is a set of wings, or … blue fabric. She holds a basket full of flowers (which reminds me of the flat surface people sort out their rice in here in Madagascar). The flowers fly left, right, and up, and bellow her are two figures (women), who seem about to throw flowers themselves. One does, the other is rather just looking up (while holding her own basket).

I look at this card and several meanings pop into my mind, amongst which “flying high” (that’s an obvious), “feeling light”, and strangely “what goes up… must come down”.

I do see the World as success, crowning of achievements, the “result”… rewards as well. It tends to represent (in my own experience) moments when my heart feels light and I’m just… in total bliss. These moments don’t need to last and last, they are sometimes, in fact, quite short, but still as enjoyable and make me feel connected with everything… A sense of completion…

But the “what goes up” idea comes from the visual, obviously, but as well from the fact that I do think moments where everything feels so great sometimes make one take for granted those other moments - which are fine and sometimes even pleasant… just not that pleasant. This card basically reminds me to keep things relative.

So when I pulled this card today, I spent the entire day trying to keep things relative. I did receive some of earth (or technology)’s bounty: my mother bought me an iPod… My very first. I also bought a rice cooker (that’s for practicality! ;)). And I also spent the evening trying to think of what I’ll get my mother the second more payment show up on my account… Which reminds me, I need to go to sleep: I have more work to do and to earn that money tomorrow!