symbolism
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16 and No Man’s Sky
During my undergraduate studies, I had the honor of working alongside Professor Marco Antônio de Almeida, a researcher in the fields of mediation and cultural action. In fact, I served with him as a member of the University’s Extension and Culture Committee for a certain period. It was through this dynamic that I learned to…
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The sunflower of three worlds
The sunflower appears in very different places. In Van Gogh’s painting. In the Queen of Wands of the Rider-Waite Tarot. In the legend of Cabocla Jurema. Three stories that were born in different times, cultures, and contexts, but that seem stitched together by the same thread. I begin with the tarot. The Queen of Wands…
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Siamo arrivati: the cards we like to see
After writing about the cards we fear finding in a reading, I found myself thinking about a question. Are there really good cards? I don’t think so. Or perhaps there is another way of looking at it. Because, if some cards ask us for courage to cross through a difficult phase, there are others that…
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The conflict between academic identity and personal identity
During my undergraduate studies, my professor Dr. Silvia used to start some classes with music. It wasn’t to analyze the melody or figure out who the artist was it was to pay attention to the lyrics, and afterwards, we would talk about what that text evoked in each of us. At that moment I didn’t…
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Attraversiamo: crossing the cards we are afraid of
The other day I had a tarot reading. The question was about matters of the heart. And, for the second time, the Three of Swords appeared. The famous “broken heart” card. My first reaction was to negotiate. “But do I really have to go through this?” “Isn’t there an alternative path?” The answer came almost…
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Symbolism of birds
You know when you start noticing the same symbol appearing in completely different stories? That is exactly what happened to me while researching the Eye of Horus and Mati-Taperê, because both draw upon the image of the bird. Horus, the Egyptian god of the skies, is represented as a falcon, or as a man with…
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The scribe of the moon
Have you ever noticed that some people feel there is a connection when they look at the moon? This perception has accompanied humanity for thousands of years. In different cultures, the proximity between the average length of a lunation (about 29.5 days) and the menstrual cycle, which varies naturally from woman to woman and from…
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Horus’s Incompleteness
Have you ever stopped to think that even the most ancient symbols carry a philosophy of incompleteness? The Eye of Horus, one of the best-known symbols of Ancient Egypt, holds a detail that often goes unnoticed. And it was precisely this detail that transformed the way I think about the idea of being “whole.” Egyptian…
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Teaching tarot gossip version: part 4 – finale!
Have you already read part 1 of this little story here? And part 2 here? Part 3 was the most interesting! Here So let me finish this journey! The Tower collapsed. The Fool stood in the middle of the rubble, covered in dust. He didn’t know where to go. But then, in the darkness, a…
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Teaching tarot gossip version: part 3
Have you already read part 1 of this little story here? And part 2 here? Alright! So let’s continue… because now things get intense! After the Wheel spun and the Fool almost fell, he needed to put things in order. Then Justice appeared. Sword in one hand, scales in the other. No nonsense. “You reap…