K-WHEEL-EARTH
nagasiva
>>>> > > Might as well start out with the bad, because it only goes downhill
>>>> > > from there. Yes, this is one card that I never want to see turn up in
>>>> > > a spread. In its normal state, the wheel does its least amount of
>>>> > > harm. It basically represents a bad situation that however does show
>>>> > > hope on the horizon. This is a time for the subject to look for new
>>>> > > opportunities as the ones at present aren't doing very well to say the
>>>> > > least. The card shows that a definite change is in order. Look around
>>>> > > and see what's available. The card also shows that the subject needs
>>>> > > to adapt to different circumstances. As I like to say, when I get this
>>>> > > card in a spread, there is only one way to go and that's up....
change of fortune in general.
>>> > That applies only *if* the reader can tell from an unmoving image which
>>> > way the Wheel is turning....
typically the image demonstrates the singular direction of time,
which is clockwise on the Euro-derived cartomantic decks.
>> Take a look at the 1JJ (as per Tales of The Unexpected)
>> and you quite clearly can. It's moving clockwise.
that's typical.
>> Perhaps rather more aptly it still is when it's turned upside
>> down, by some quirk of symmetrical pediodicity.
>>
>> At the same time you may also note one of the characters
>> is holding on by his toes whilst others are falling off and,
>> others still, climbing on.
>One of the most significant aspects of the Wheel of Fortune is
>that it can revolve in either direction.
nonsense. Time only goes one way. it is where on the Wheel that
one is that changes, not the direction of the Wheel's spin.
>At one moment it turns clockwise, and at the next moment
>it may turn counterclockwise. Those who rise on the wheel
>may find themselves falling, and those who fell may rise.
sounds anti-natural to me. ;)
nagasiva
Al Smith
>> >that it can revolve in either direction.
>
> nonsense. Time only goes one way. it is where on the Wheel that
> one is that changes, not the direction of the Wheel's spin.
>
The Wheel of Fortune signifies chance, luck, fate. Not time. The
Hermit with his hourglass represents time (oh, you thought it was a
lantern? think again).
-Al-