Wobble Reading, July 7. I’ve been playing with Mindful Tarot’s daily wobble readings, and I’m finding them quick and effective - I’ve been pulling daily cards for a while, but I’m enjoying the interplay of meaning here. The idea is that there are two cards that are the “wobble” - areas in play or in tension at the present moment, and then the path, a card for how to bring them into harmony or move past, whatever motion suggested. Since I wrote the one for today up, here it is. I’m going to be working with the Urban Tarot for the next while, and I’m finding it’s a deck that draws attention to interplay of power and the wider political world. The Wobble: The Aeon (Judgement) and Prince (Knight) of Wands: The wobble is between knowledge of the cycles of the past and our place within them and the knowledge of the present moment. Journalism is about the now, without having the time for further analysis, The Aeon gives us a chance to reflect on the greater patterns with some distance. There’s a tension between the urgencies of the moment and the contemplation of our small place in a much longer moment. It’s between laser focus and a panorama. The Path: Knight (King) of Cups Pay attention to what narratives are being told and how I’m being seduced by the present moment or the stories of the past. What appeals to what I want to believe, where are there moments where storytellers are skipping past details in favour of a smooth whole? #tarot