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Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:26:35 +0000
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- Seven of Cups - What Is In them? Wikipedia [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/c4e7065f58b6cb9d
- Fairy Favours Poem - RWS Seven of Cups [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/864ae3f13f994fe2
- Card of the Day for January 14 - Seven of Cups [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/750c14d59533dc73
- Saturday January 14, 2012: Reference.com On This Day [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/ba521ca812450c69
- A.Word.A.Day--gerontology [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/4f7f5e0d212466c5
- A Phrase A Week - Second-guess [1 Update]
http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/2cd8e5da5233f43c
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Topic: Seven of Cups - What Is In them? Wikipedia
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/c4e7065f58b6cb9d
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:08AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/543823a167f57cd2
From wikipedia:
Rider-Waite symbolism
Generally speaking, Waite describes these cups as strange chalices of
vision. They are all up on a cloud, which may reflect their
ungrounded, impractical or transient nature and the over-imagination
or confusion of the figure conjuring them. Accordingly, they have been
associated with wishful thinking.
There is some dispute as to what the 7 symbols in the cups mean, but
tarotologists have some speculation as to the meanings. It may be
noted that the exact elements of this vision may be less important
than the very act of conjuring them.
This Card represents self-delusion. Ideas that we need not worry about
the real world because we might win the lottery.
The cups seem to offer:
* A snake - may represent animal passion and desire. Alternatively,
some consider the snake to represent powerful transformative
knowledge. The snake around The Magician's waist may offer insight
into Waite's intention with this inclusion herein.
* A treasure horde - probably represents wealth and abundance.
* A human head - may represent a potential companion to the seeker (love).
* A castle or tower - may represent power and stability, or one's
native land. (contrast with The Tower)
* A laurel wreath - most likely represents victory, honor and status.
Note the skull like shadow on the cup itself, which may point to the
great dangers of vanity and pride (a deadly sin).
* A dragon - in keeping with the christian imagery of the deck, it is
more likely a symbol of evil, anger and envy, calamity. Today, dragons
are mostly associated with fantasy, the supernatural, magic.
* A shrouded, glowing figurine - may represent the burning need for
the conjurer's self-illumination.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_of_Cups
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Topic: Fairy Favours Poem - RWS Seven of Cups
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/864ae3f13f994fe2
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:07AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/84efccc5c81ec5ac
FAIRY FAVOURS
(1827)
Wouldst thou wear the gift of immortal bloom?
Wouldst thou smile in scorn at the shadowy tomb?
Drink of this cup! it is richly frought
With balm from the gardens of Genii brought;
Drink! and the spoiler shall pass them by,
When the young all scatter'd like rose-leaves lie.
And would not the youth of my soul be gone,
If the loved had left me, one by one?
Take back the cup that may never bless,
The gift that would make me brotherless.
How should I live, with no kindred eye
To reflect mine immortality!
Wouldst thou have empire, by sign or spell,
Over the mighty in air that dwell?
Wouldst thou call the spirits of shore and steep
To fetch these jewels from ocean's deep?
Wave but this rod, and a viewless band,
Slaves to they will, shall around thee stand.
And would not fear, at my coming, then
Hush every voice in the homes of men?
Would not bright eyes in my presence quail?
Young cheeks with a nameless thrill turn pale?
No gift be mine that aside would turn
The human love for whose founts I yearn!
Wouldst thou then read through the hearts of those
Upon whose faith thou has sought repose?
Wear this rich gem! it is charm'd to show
When a change comes over affection's glow:
Look on its flushing or fading hue,
And learn if the trusted be false or true!
Keep, keep the gem, that I still may trust,
Though my heart's wealth be but pour'd on dust!
Let not a doubt in my soul have place,
To dim the light of a loved one's face;
Leave to the earth its warm sunny smile—
That glory would pass could I look on guile!
Say, then, what boon of my power shall be,
Favour'd of spirits! pour'd forth on thee!
Thou scornest the treasures of wave and mine,
Thou wilt not drink of the cup divine,
Thou art fain with a mortal's lot to rest—
Answer me! how may I grace it best?
Oh! give me no sway o'er the powers unseen,
But a human heart where my own may lean!
A friend, one tender and faithful friend,
Whose thoughts' free current with mine may blend;
And leaving not either on earth alone,
Bid the bright, calm close of our lives be one!
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Topic: Card of the Day for January 14 - Seven of Cups
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/750c14d59533dc73
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:05AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/8b595518a6a76ed3
SEVEN OF CUPS
Attribution - Venus in Scorpio
Cups is the suit of emotion, inner states, feelings, relationships,
memories, spiritual experiences. This suit talks about friendship,
family, love and happiness. The cup is the container of something
sacred. It is the suit of artists, musicians, creativity, healing,
imagination. In it's negative form it can represent anger, resentment,
misunderstandings, hurt, pain, rejection, disputes, divorce, conflict,
inconsiderate behaviour.
Seven is the number of the Universe. It is the three of the heavens
(soul) combined with the four (body) of the earth; being the first
number containing both the spiritual and the temporal. In all
cultures, myths and legends seven represents completeness and
totality, macrocosm, perfection, plenty, reintegration, mysticism,
magic, change, turning point, rebellion, eccentricity, fate.
Sevens denote a period of introspection or solitude. They deal with
wisdom, completeness, perfection, and relate to the development of the
soul.
Rider-Waite Imagery
A man stands in front of 7 cups that are floating in a cloud. He is
seen from behind and in shadow. The cups contain strange objects. The
represent among other things, the 7 planetary trump and the 7 deadly
sins.
Head: Venus - Empress
Ghost: Moon - High Priestess
Snake: Mercury - The Magician
Castle: Mars - The Tower
Jewels: Jupiter - Wheel of Fortune
Wreath: Saturn - The World
Dragon: Sun - The Sun
http://tarotjourney.net/tarot-cards/minor-arcana/cups/7-of-cups/
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
Strange chalices of vision, but the images are more especially those
of the fantastic spirit.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: Fairy favours, images of reflection, sentiment, imagination,
things seen in the glass of contemplation; some attainment in these
degrees, but nothing permanent or substantial is suggested.
Reversed: Desire, will, determination, project.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Seven: Fair child; idea, design, resolve, movement. Reversed: Success,
if accompanied by the Three of Cups.
UPRIGHT
This is a card about dreaming. There is nothing wrong with dreams,
however, indulging in endless dreaming will get you nowhere. Decide
what is practical, what is possible and what is a waste of time.
This Seven reminds us that there are invisible currents we can harness
to our wills, even when the visible methods don't seem to be working.
Considering all possibilities, reflecting on options.
Castles in the air.
Emotional choices.
Role playing.
Spell casting, seeding the universe with wishes and prayers.
Imagination is working overtime.
Wishful thinking.
Too many roads to choose from can slow the journey.
Uncertainty.
Dreams, see the truth and not the dream.
An overactive imagination.
Epic fantasy realms.
Cartoons, comic books, anime.
Lack of focus.
Temptation will cost more than it gives if we fall for it.
Do not look for too many things at once.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Make a choice! Stop daydreaming and get on with it.
The world is your oyster.
Don't spread yourself too thin.
You can be too busy chasing the lover in your head to pay attention to
the lover in your bed.
Looking for the "perfect" one.
REVERSED
Over optimism can confuse the issue.
Prepare for the worst and it is less likely to happen.
Deception in relationships.
False expectations.
Poor you, it's time for a pity party.
Procrastination.
Foolishness and daydreaming lead to failure.
A choice has been made, a plan drawn up.
Making up your mind.
Create something "real", take action based on your fantasies and dreams.
Take better care of yourself.
Draw a new picture on the canvas of your life.
Refusing to fantasize.
Believing illusions to be reality.
Spilling deep persona secrets but not telling the whole truth.
1. Herbal
2. Morgan Greer
3. Robin Wood
4. Hudes
5. Elf of Heaven
6. Phantasmagoric
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Topic: Saturday January 14, 2012: Reference.com On This Day
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/ba521ca812450c69
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:04AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/3ed8a3c48254d9a8
On This Day:
Saturday January 14, 2012
This is the 14th day of the year, with 352 days remaining in 2012.
Fact of the Day: decomposing
It takes: A Piece of Paper 2 to 4 Weeks to Decompose, A Banana Peel 3
to 5 Months to Decompose, A Cotton Rag 1 to 5 Months to Decompose, A
Cigarette Butt 2 to 5 Years to Decompose, A Disposable Diaper 10 to 20
Years to Decompose, An Aluminum Can 200 to 400 Years to Decompose, A
Piece of Plastic 450 Years to Decompose, And A Piece of Glass Over 1
Million Years to Decompose.
Holidays
Feast day of the Martyrs of Mount Sinai, St. Barbasymas or
Barbascemin, St. Antony Pucci, St. Datius, St. Macrina the Elder, St.
Sava, St. Felix of Nola, and St. Kentigern or Mungo.
Uzbekistan: Army Day.
India: Pongal.
Events
1639 - The first constitution in the American colonies, the
"Fundamental Orders" of Connecticut, was adopted.
1784 - The United States ratified The Treaty of Paris with England,
ending the Revolutionary War.
1794 - Dr. Jesse Bennett of Virginia performed the first successful
Caesarean section; the patient was his wife.
1914 - Henry Ford started his first manufacturing assembly line.
1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered all aliens in the
United States to register with the government.
1943 - United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill met at Casablanca.
1952 - NBC's "Today" show premiered on TV.
1954 - Baseball hero Joe DiMaggio married film star Marilyn Monroe.
1963 - George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with a
pledge of "segregation forever."
1980 - Gold reached a new record price of more than $800 an ounce.
Births
1741 - Benedict Arnold, turncoat American general in the American
Revolutionary War.
1875 - Albert Schweitzer, German philosopher, musician, physician,
humanitarian, winner of thw 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
1892 - Hal Roach, American producer, writer, and director.
1904 - Cecil Beaton, British photographer and stage designer.
1919 - Andy Rooney, American writer, columnist, commentator.
1941 - Faye Dunaway, American Academy Award-winning actress.
Deaths
1742 - Edmund Halley, English astronomer.
Reference.com On This Day
http://www.reference.com/thisday/
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Topic: A.Word.A.Day--gerontology
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/4f7f5e0d212466c5
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:03AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/31ccf37fda62d3e3
Wordsmith.org The Magic of Words
Jan 13, 2012
This week's theme
Words coined using combining forms
This week's words
duopsony
hypochondriac
dysthymia
autologous
gerontology
A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg
gerontology
PRONUNCIATION:
(jer-uhn-TOL-uh-jee)
MEANING:
noun: The scientific study of aging.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek geronto-, from geras (old age) + -logy (study). Earliest
documented use: 1903.
NOTES:
Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and
problems associated with old age.
USAGE:
"Emma had been on a gerontology ward where most of her patients were
suffering dementia and a laundry list of physical ailments associated
with advanced age."
Gary Braver; Tunnel Vision; Forge Books; 2011.
Explore "gerontology" in the Visual Thesaurus.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth,
but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what
you have tamed. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator
(1900-1945)
© 2012 Wordsmith.org
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Topic: A Phrase A Week - Second-guess
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/t/2cd8e5da5233f43c
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From: msesheta <msesheta@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 14 10:02AM -0500
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/opentarotnexus/msg/f685409a0cea666f
Second-guess
Meaning
1. To criticize and offer advice, with the benefit of hindsight.
2. To foresee the actions of others, before they have come to a
decision themselves.
Origin
A commonly used meaning of 'to second-guess' is to criticize the
actions of others, after the event. The event in questions was, and
often still is, a sporting event. The term is derived as what is known
as a back-formation. As back-formations loom large in etymology I'll
break off to explain what they are.
New words are usually created from existing words. For example, we all
know what 'fishing' means and, armed with that knowledge we could
easily coin the word 'fisherman' and a phrase like 'fishing for
compliments'. Sometimes though, the order that words and phrases are
derived in isn't so obvious. For example, people who rob from houses
have been called 'burglars' since the 13th century and it might be
supposed that they got their name from being engaged in 'burglary'.
However, it wasn't until the 19th century that the legal profession
decided that 'that thing that burglars do' needed to be given a name
and hence 'burglary' was coined as a back-formation from 'burglar'.
Likewise, 'narration' and 'scavenge', which were coined centuries
after 'narrator' and 'scavenger'.
The same back route was taken by the phrase 'second-guess'. The umpire
in a baseball game used to be called, rather unkindly, 'the guesser'.
People who were continually telling the guesser, the manager or the
players what they were doing wrong were known as 'secondguessers' and
were so defined in the Sporting News Record Book, 1937:
Secondguesser, one who is continually criticizing moves of players and manager.
Another meaning of 'to second-guess' is to anticipate what others
might do in a particular situation. This is also of American origin
but, somewhat more impressively, refers to a guess made before rather
than after the event. An early example of its use comes from
Broadcasting magazine, December 1941:
Do not try to second-guess or master-mind our military officials.
Leave this for established military analysts and experts, who are
experienced enough to await the facts before drawing conclusions.
My book on The Phrases and Sayings of Tudor England.
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