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The Brokeback Tarot Deck-Include Name of Card in Subject Line
Front-Ranger:
Me, too, passionscowboys!!
A little more about the next card: It covers how we deal with right and wrong, what course we choose in dealing with the multitude of desires, goals, needs and expectations around us. Obstacles, barriers. Honesty. Careful investigation to reach better judgements.
Daniel:
STRENGTH is often showing a woman holding a lion, taming the wild beast, we might say. It is also one of the first cards of the major arcana to show an event, rather than focusing on a specific person.
In the film we see this event take place when Jack drives away from Ennis... It took an amazing amount of inner power to do that, and we see it play across his features in such a painful, poignant way that we offer wonder where that strength come from.
I think an image of Jack looking in the side rear-view mirror at Ennis as the two separate might be ideal.
Likewise we see this scene followed by Ennis's strong emotional reaction to Jack's departure.
THE HERMIT does focus upon a person, but I think this might be more of an event. Ennis's sudden loneliness and his emotional reaction are pivotal focal points of the Hermit Card: Isolation and Search For Truth.
THE WHEEL is often represented in the medium of film by a montage of events, usually, rapidly flowing through the seasons. Ennis's wedding and the following marital bliss (several years of adjustment in the long run), could very well fit this archetype. Symbolically, I would suggest the wedding ring as the focal point of the card, and perhaps a series of events around it.
Front-Ranger:
I like the way you think, Daniel!! Okay, let's move forward...
This is usually depicted as an old man holding a lantern.
The light heals and blesses the earth, bringing it to a state of innocence. We also need to remove the shadows of the past, present, and future.
This figure represents the person who solves the problem and finishes the task without sweeping anything under the rug, regardless of what the task is.
I would like to nominate Ma Twist for this card.
Front-Ranger:
THE MAGICIAN: Ang Lee, Jack
THE HIGH PRIESTESS: Annie Proulx
THE EMPRESS: Lureen, Jack, the Wind
THE EMPEROR: The mountain, Aguirre, Monroe, Ennis
THE HIEROPHANT: The mountain, Aguirre, Randall, Larry McMurtry, Jack
THE LOVERS: Jack and Ennis
THE CHARIOT: Pickup truck
STRENGTH/ADJUSTMENT/JUSTICE: The parting
THE HERMIT: Ennis's isolation, Ma Twist
THE WHEEL: Four years apart, Wedding rings
Okay, let's finish up the major arcana by tomorrow. Next up is STRENGTH/LUSTCaution/JUSTICE
Front-Ranger:
This card deals with sexuality. The Waite deck depicts blue mountains for the marriage between heaven and earth. It has to do with energy, lust, and strength, the ability to focus personal energies and joys to live life to the fullest.
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