I enjoy learning new skills and seeing work in progress. Both the three of pentacles and the eight are favourite cards. Although sometimes the distinctions between the two become a bit blurry. The three is I believe often associated with mastery. This seems to be emphasised here as different from the traditional RWS image the craftsperson works unobserved, unattended. This suggests he or she has achieved a degree of autonomy and can be trusted to do a job well for its own sake.
I have often wondered why the master appears before the apprentice in the eight. Or why the apprentice appears so late in the suit. Perhaps this speaks to the fact that life is not always a straightforward upward trajectory. We master one set of skills and then later in life we need to learn something new.
Or (the more I mull this) actually we really want to learn something new. Isn't it wonderful that life continues to present those opportunities?
An interesting question? Often I also see the three as the creative experimentation which can't be done without having some basic skills and practice (Eight of P). These findings can then later on be perfected also in the Eight of P. As you've said creativity, mastery, apprentice, it is more about a circular journey then a linear path
ReplyDeleteCircling and meandering can be so much more enjoyable and creative than rushing along a straight line
DeleteHmm... Maybe this fellow will mentor the one in the Eight of Pentacles card. But I kind of prefer your take on it - that we never stop learning!😊
ReplyDeleteGood story weaving there :)
DeleteSecret keeping. Hiding valuables in plain sight.
ReplyDeleteOoh like this! The beginning of a mystery story....
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