Side Notes
by BB Soto
The thoughts that don’t make the main text—but matter anyway ♥️
All Side Notes
Tarot Symbolism: Stars
For as long as humans have looked up at night to watch the twinkling lights glitter against the black backdrop of space, humans have wondered at them and ascribed them mystical significance. Many cultures across the globe, going back as far as the historical record allows, believed stars encapsulated our risen souls after death, or an unborn soul, and in some cases were thought to house angels or deities. Across the board, though, there has been an otherworldly idea of their existence.
Tarot Symbolism: Duality
In the Anglo-American tarot tradition, the Fool is the beginning and the end. Therefore the Fool is also neither the beginning nor the end.
The Magician points one hand skyward, another to the earth, all to illustrate that as above, so is below. The robed figure actively manifests awareness into reality. They are surrounded in earthy colors associated with consciousness, daytime, and masculine energy.