The Choir
Keywords: Surrounding circumstances or seemingly exterior influences
The Choir is a group of assorted animals singing loudly. We see a donkey, cow, sheep, pig, goose, cockerel and duck. There is a cat playing the bagpipe. Within this cluster of animals, all leaning onto one another, extending their necks and singing loudly in harmony, we also see some small creatures: a mouse listening raptly, a spider within her web spun between the horns of the cow and in one corner a small baby sleeping peacefully in a wooden cradle. This Trump works on several levels and we may use our overall idea of the Three Realms resonating through each card (with each Trump at home in one particular Realm) to examine the levels.
In the Stone Realm this Trump represents surrounding and distracting influences in a life pattern, and in personal readings it often means that the subject is distracted by, or involved in, unnecessary situations. It can also reveal influences that the subjects thinks are exterior but which are truly interior powers that lead to realizations and decisions to make changes in life. thus it can typically show situations that seem to force a change or bring a sudden enlightenment.
The Choir can also indicate patterns carried over from the past, particularly from childhood, showing how the infant was charmed by many sounds, feeling and animal reactions from the surrounding family.
In the Pearl Realm this patterning is accessible to us through inner work, by descending into the depths of awareness and discovering the significance of the animals. They then become allies, spiritual creatures that energize us and work with us rather than forces over which we seem to have no influence. One way of working with this Trump is to find which of the animals comes to you spontaneously in meditation and where it will lead you in inner vision. Other creatures may also appear in the image when you work this way.
In the Whirlpool Realm the child is the universal Child of Becoming or Child of Light, born into the worlds. The creatures are the countless orders of life that are uttered from the moment the Child is born and they have an affinity to stellar powers, just as our ancestors ascribed certain creatures to star groups in astrology.
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