Today’s card is “Zombie – Control” from the Halloween Oracle. On a moonlit night, a dead body comes to life. His hand is already above ground. He is not emerging from his grave by his own free will. No, he is summoned by some kind of sorcerer to do his bidding. A small fragment of a living soul has been put into this body for a specific cause.
This card is asking us how much we are in control of our own life. Are we living the life we want or are we buried beneath the demands and expectation of others? And in return, how much are we, ourselves in need of controlling the lives of others. Or are we capable of letting them walk their own path, only to help when asked? I think every form of control stems from fear, one of our four basic emotions. Letting ourselves being controlled by others might be caused by a fear of taking responsibility and accepting that change is a vital part of life. And change often hurts…
Controlling others, on the other hand, could stem from a fear that if we don’t interfere, things are bound to go sideways. We know best, so everybody should do as we would do in a given situation.
When we are busy controlling and letting ourselves being controlled, life passes by and we loose fragments of our soul by shying away from a more authentic life, filled patience trust and love.
Today, thirteen years ago, my life changed dramatically and I learned that control is indeed an illusion…
I would hazard a guess that most people spend the majority of their time trying to control people and situations which they don't have the power to control, while ignoring what is going on within themselves (that they can do something about).
ReplyDeleteLike you (((E))), I've often had to learn about the illusion of control in harsh ways.
Thanks for the hug Bev. Yes we have learned it the harsh way but perhaps it is the only way to learn this difficult life lesson
DeleteHalloween is a bigger holiday than christmas here.
ReplyDeleteHere it is hardly a thing. Although commerce is trying to promote it vigorously
DeleteThat is a disturbing image. Halloween is a pretty big business here as well, still Christmas decoration and holiday theme is bigger.
ReplyDeleteChristmas is the biggest event here now as well. It even pushed aside Sinterklaas (Dec 5)
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