So there was this poem…

So there was this poem…

So there was this poem I’ve written some time ago. It’s designed as a short description on every card in the major Arcana. For some strange reason I had not posted it here yet, so here it is. Feel free to use it and even spread it, just give me the credit for writing it and if at all possible link to the blog. I’m actually considering to make it into a song sometime. Oh and [SPAM] don’t forget the giveaway… http://nltarot.blogspot.com/2010/10/free-crowley-tarot-storage-box-and.html [/SPAM]

Enjoy

0 The Fool

A path unknown started today

A new road ahead and behind

No clear path from which to stray

Still so much to discover, so much to find.

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1 The Magician

The tools of the trade lie at his hand

A messenger of the spiritual, divine

The energies, no beginning, no end

My answers are yours as your questions are mine

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2 The High Priestess

The Priestess of the goddess, the moon

She blesses her followers with knowledge lost

Mysteries and magic to be unveiled soon

Her affection may still have it’s cost

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3 The Empress

The mother, the womb that spawns

Love, caring and nurturing, her way

The eggshell is broken, a new day dawns

Beware what she gives, she might take away

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4 The Emperor

A leader to follow, charisma his sword

Inspiring loyalty deep within men

The charming tyrant now sits and looks bored

Untill his aggression is needed again

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5 The Hierophant

A ruler, a king, knowledge is might

Conservative perhaps, but wise none the less

He sticks by the books to ward of the night

The lord, our king-father to who we confess

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6 Lovers

Two souls, two hearts opposites attracted

The best of two worlds in harmony combined

A new path in life, to the heart connected

An established bond of heart, soul and mind.

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7 Chariot

It takes effort to steer the chariot

To impose your will on divine steeds

To stay on a path, and to stray not

To see what’s to get, not what you’ve got

And claim the victory, the triumph it needs

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8 Strength

The strength to dominate, impose your will

And see mind triumph over power

Feel the strength, growing still

And see the lion crawl away and cower

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9 The Hermit

The hermit shines a lantern, a beacon of light

Though he chose solitude he is willing to aid

Meditation and deep thought, will end the night

And learn that of the dark, you need not be afraid

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10 The Wheel of fortune

Fate twists and shifts as the wheel spins round

Fortune or misery will be on it’s way

To this endless cycle we all are bound

Left to it’s whim till our dying day

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11 Justice

Lady justice is blind, while striving for balance

In vengeance or retribution even the odds

Securing the base, preparing for the next challenge

And await the outcome of destiny, the whims of the gods

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12 the Hanged man

A duel of balance, to hang, at the mercy of fate

Like Odin father once hanged the same

In stasis, contemplating, a meditative state

Learning, preparing for the next round of the game

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13 Death

The reaper stands, imposing his will on all

To clear the way for a new open road

Princes and paupers, they all shall fall

What once was our lives, sails on Charon’s boat

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14 Temperance

Stay your hand, let time pass

Now is the time for reflection

Balance out what comes and what was

Step away from the on-moving mass

Find peace before you change direction

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15 The Devil

Feral instinct, bestial lust

Defile your soul and act to his will

Misplace your love, misplace your trust

And swallow down the bitter pill

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16 The Tower

The heavens strike at Babel’s tower

Breaking down arrogance for which it stands

Humbling the wielders of corrupt power

And casting them down to their ends

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17 The Star

A small light in the darkest of skies

Tells of hope and relief

An end to suffering as darkness dies

Allows us the hope to believe

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18 The moon

The crescent moon invites the wolf’s howl

A cry that is heard with the soul

Beware of the madness that’s brilliance gone foul

A third eye may blur the sight on our goal

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19 The Sun

The brightest light

Shines with power and glory

Like a fairytale knight

Is the happy end to any story

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20 Judgement

Resurrected from the earth

We shed of the sins of the past

We celebrate in our rebirth

Though once we were from Eden cast

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21 The World

Perfection found

The universe in harmony

Our souls unbound

All safe and sound

Relieved of fates tyranny

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