Farewell

It's nice to be able to share my love of the cards with others. My boyfriend and I have just spent the last few minutes passing this card, Chi Chi, back and forward, trying to work out what the illustration is of. I am still unsure whether it is a window shown from the inside or the outside. Due to the nature of it's meaning, I would guess that the red is a sunset, viewed from within.

I have one very good friend who I have been talking to about card decks for nearly ten years, I'd say. We chat about all kinds of tarots and oracles and she is the first person I write to and tell when I get a new deck. When I bought this one, I felt as though I had to tell her straight away, so emailed from my phone as I walked through the dense crowds of London's Oxford Street. But in my physical community, not many of my friends care so much for tarot or the different packs I buy. It disappoints me when I show my parents a new edition and with a shrug of their shoulders, they say that all the cards I have look the same. It's just a lack of interest that makes them seem that way, I suppose.

A friend of mine expressed an interest in learning the tarot last week. I get so excited when someone becomes interested enough to buy a pack of cards. I become intrigued by which set they will buy and how they will interpret them. I do have one mate who has been learning for the last couple of years. She uses the original Rider Waite. If my other friend follows that similar pattern, the three of us could practice together.

Today's card is about completion. As I see it, the illustration depicts the closing down of a day, and therefore, a situation. As I write, I am not sure what is coming to an end. My anxiety continued throughout yesterday, so it would be nice if this card could be predicting it's passing and farewell.

Last night was nice. Three friends joined my boyfriend and I and we sat outside a local pub, talking into the evening. Feeling anxious beforehand, the wine actually did the trick, relaxing me enough to enjoy myself. My boyfriend and I have had a quiet day in my room and he is now laid out on the bed, watching the football. Thinking about the sixty-third card of the Dead Moon I-Ching, I guess that it could also represent satisfaction after achievement, or rest after busier times.



Illustration from The Dead Moon I-Ching by Luis Rojo