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Association between tarot, astrology, and academic subjects (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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Good evening all,

New to Lemmy and such (reddit wasn't working for me)

Anyone knowledgeable in tarot or astrology? Wanted to start a discussion on the natural links between certain cards / placements and academic study. For example, maybe the suit of pentacles would be associated with the sciences.

Open to any and all ideas!

Nice to be here, nice to meet y'all,
the prinx

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[โ€“] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I'm super confused.

But

  1. Im finishing up my PhD in cognitive neuroscience so that's psychology. So I know a tiny bit about psychology.

  2. In my teens I got into new age stuff a lot. I learned how to read tarot and palms. I always enjoyed (still do) the imagery and stories contained in the cards.

  3. In college I learned the terminology for how fortune telling works which I had already deduced but didn't know the term. It's barnum effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect

Also I don't know what you mean by pentacles being science.

There are some themes in some suits but not fully. And pentacles are often presented as coins in illustrations. If they represent anything united, it's materialism and greed for things.

Swords mostly represent social conflicts. Challenges.

Wands. Hm. I'll have to think. These are sometimes called staves too. Could imply intentions. Creative ideas. I think of them as symbolic like candle flames.

Cups. Maybe fruition of work. Creations materializing. Relationships that are built.

These sort of interpretations are similar to other people's, all over the internet.

Just search "themes of tarot suits". Or Try "symbolism of suits."

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  • [โ€“] [S] 3 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Confused we all are daannii, but through your confusion we have found ourselves in dialogue and that I am grateful for!

    Congratulations on the Pretty hard Degree - what's your thesis on?

    With regards to imagery, story, and symbolism - that's the discussion I am hoping to open! Your analysis of the cards, specifically their suits, is a great place to start, no? Pentacles: materialism. Do we see the sciences as materialist? Maybe some, but not all, who knows!

    Wands - perhaps the arts? Or maybe only the visual arts - painting, photography, sculpture. Maybe dramatics lays somewhere else - I haven't a clue, maybe you do?

    I will research more of course and thank you for your recommendations, however nothing beats a cup of tea and some natter with anons online

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 8 months ago

    My area of study is very niche. I research how motor feedback signals from the focusing lens in the eye provide depth information.

    So far my research experiments have supported that we can infact use some of this motor feedback to guide decisions. But just barely and not in everyone. However I ran 5 experiments with slightly changed setups and found the results to be consistent.

    As for wands and the arts. I think that's fair to apply it more broadly to inspiration or creativity in multiple types of arts.

    Personally I consider most hobbies to be art. If it involves making something, it's art in my book.

    I think the tricky part might be distinguishing cups from wands.

    Cups being the completed goal.

    Wands being the creation of inspiration or ideas.

    Cups might be science discoveries. Knowledge.

    Wands might be the motivation or inspiration to pursue knowledge.

    Pursuit of wealth as primary motivator over knowledge or scientific advances would probably fall in the pentacles.

    With pentacles primarily being money and power (power as a result of wealth).

    I mean this is all subjective opinions on symbolism.

    My opinions. Yours might differ.

    There isn't really any scientific basis for this that I know of.

    There is a lot on Wikipedia about the history of the cards though.

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