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The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
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Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.
The Triads
is a combination of technology and prayer. An Audio Visual Experience forming a tripartite expression of and magical vehicle for Cosmic Love tapping into the nature of continuous growth and regeneration by drawing three tarot cards especially for each event. These drawn cards, acting as Pathways , will be placed to form a triad of energy which will correspond to and link three Egyptian deities on the Egyptian Star of Life system. Each Triad, held by a tripartite divine energy focus and expressed by three aspects of human consciousness will operate as an energy vehicle to promote and expedite the message and meaning of this path working. Using generative approaches such as Stable Diffusion we will generate text, music and visuals in order to channel this magical vehicle seeded by each triad composed of three cards. This body of work will eventually produce a system of all 21+ Triads to be discovered in this ancient software.
"Cards pulled for Winter Solstice and the AIR issue of Wild Alchemy Journal: The World, Temperance, High Priestess”
Triad | THE WORLD, TEMPERANCE, HIGH PRIESTESS
Resolution of Contradictions
This card is linked to the image of The Chariot: the frame at the centre of the composition is reused as a motif indicative of a kind of cage. Furthermore, The World also refers to the content of The Devil card: the vampire or bogeyman and the prodigal son as symbols of the taboos that can be rediscovered in the big black being which is imprisoned and seems to be weeping.
This card seems to convey the pessimistic message that evil always puts the righteous in chains and will eventually triumph. But an alternate reading is possible: the Tree Graces - and with them faith, love and hope - will help the world advance. On long leashes, they pull up this dark and fiery creature from the depths of the earth to emerge at the surface. Humanity has not just descended from heaven to earth like angels, but is also a product of a long evolution. On every level of our development as humans, we are called upon to deal with our heritage. Although we never cease to discover dangerous traits in ourselves and others, we also constantly discover new, hitherto unknown areas of growth. In a positive sense, the ropes or chains represent our dependency on time and space. Our individual existence is bound to the existence of all others. We have inherited the earth from our parents and merely borrowed it from our children. We should not jeopardise this inheritance.
True Will
This image differs from all the others in Dali’s tarot deck. The colours are relatively pale, creating a somewhat over-exposed impression. The image is more like a sketch than a finished painting and it also seems to be less artful than the others. All these features have given rise to considerable speculation. Rachel Pollack has called the picture a “crude comic”; others consider it to be a rather awkward homage to Dali’s lady friend Amanda Lear, while still others simply suspect that Dali didn’t know what to do with a card called Temperance.
In the upper left corner, we can see some letters painted over in blue, but these also fail to explain the true meaning of the card. Either it is just a blunder, a changeling among the 78 cards, or its meaning lies in a different realm altogether. Even in ancient Greece, long before the first tarot cards were created, temperance was considered to be one of the cardinal virtues. It has to do with the right measure of all things and with basic human creativity.
We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters. What seems to be a foundling among Dali’s tarot cards is really a provocation: the card urges us to become active and as an artist and a master of the art of life in designing our own lives.
Traditionally, Temperance is considered to be a fire card. Purification through fire sloughs off all dross, allowing true will to be reborn. This can only be recovered by giving up the position of commentator and spectator and becoming an active participant in life.
"We will not find our own true measure, our art, and our own style of living by looking up to idols and masters"
Inner Voice
High priestesses are encountered throughout human history and mythology as oracular authorities, exemplified by the Pythia of Delphi, sibyls, or prophetesses like Cassandra. Being a mirror, this card counsels you that it is quite correct and effective to seek guidance first and foremost within yourself.
Many tarot decks depict The High Priestess holding a holy book. She is reading the “script” of her own life. Dali gives her a scroll to hold, expressing the same idea. This card is all about your own role and your personal way of life, personal taste and style, and about expressing your own opinion.
The predominantly blue hues and the crescent moon symbolise the power of your soul, your inner voice, and your moods - as changeable as the phases of the moon - which decide your success in life.
It is interesting how Dali depicts the clothing of The High Priestess. The outer garment (a kind of cloak) is reminiscent of a nun’s habit as found in many portrayals of the Mother Mary. But underneath her cloak, the figure wears a black and blue sequinned evening gown, imparting a mundane and feline look. Like the cat statue in the left-hand foreground, the big head at the left margin - the “child’s head” - represents the unconscious, libidinous mind feeding and tempting the soul with its long tongue.
In sum, The High Priestess encourages you to develop the power of your own soul and your own inner perceptions in order to mediate between piety and frivolity, nun-like devotion and cat-like instincts. The script of your life should be unrolled and evolved.
Tarot interpretations from Salvador Dali’s Tarot Universal.
Psychotronics Studio is Leslie Claire, Karin Valis and Katy Noura Butler.