The entirety of the universe is composed of twelve aspects, governing twelve parts of reality, which do not so much as organize everything into neat little boxes as it does ebb and flow into each other. Their realms of governance are specific, but they always overlap, and always exist in tandem, in adjacence, and in contrast to each other. All aspects keep the others in balance, serving as opposition and complement. There is no evil or good with the aspects, there only is.
"are the death of all things that are seen and unseen, not an end but the start of all things that are left to do"
Timing, Rhythm, Cycles, Progress, Evolution, The Past, Present, and Future; the Moirai, Beginnings and Ends; X. The Wheel of Fortune, XIII. Death; Inevitability, Metaphysicality, Prophecy, Destiny, Inescapability; the past coming to haunt you, the future here to take you, the present overwhelming; the universe at its most indifferent.
"how rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist"
Physicality, Creation, Transformation, Transfiguration, Growth, Space, Earth, Galaxies, Stars, Matter, Concreteness, Weight, Distance; I. The Magician, III. The Empress; The Perceived World, Possibility; the stars above you, the bones below you; the universe at its most astounding; the sheer miracle that we are even here.
"you can't reduce me to a set of influences; i am not a product of anything"
Wind, Breath, Oxygen, The Breath of Life, Ebb and Flow, Direction and Misdirection, Freedom, Escape, Rebellion, Flight, Disconnection, Detachment, Movement, Dance, XV. The Devil (Reversed).
"the universe is trying to tell us something we both should already knowâweâre stronger together than apart"
Blood, Life, Diseases, Cancers, Infections, White Blood Cells and Red Blood Cells, Arteries and Veins, Contagions and Viruses, The Circulatory System, Empathy, Compassion, Bonds, Relationships, Families, Deals, Duty, Pacts, Arrangements and Agreements, Responsibility, Loyalty, Unity, Attachment, Connection, Restraints, Cages; XV. The Devil; Bloodlines, Lineages.
"for there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open"
Revelation, Visions, Information, Knowledge, The Revealed World, Importance, Relevance, Chance, Luck, Fortune, Visibility, Clarity; IXX. The Sun.
"we understand so much, but the sky behind those lights - mostly void, partially stars - that sky reminds us we don't understand even more"
Nothingness, Abyss, The Void, The Empty, Absence, Lack, Emptiness, Irrelevance, Invisibility, The Unseen, The Unknown, Obfuscation, Mystery, The Unrevealed, Secrets, Shadow, The Hidden, Illusion; XVIII. The Moon.
Thought, Reason, Logic, Intelligence, Decision, The Ego, The Mind, Genius, Capability, Choice, Analysis, Plans, Control, Moderation, Regulation; XI. Justice; XIV. Temperance.
"why would you make out of words a cage for your own bird, when it sings so sweet the screaming, heaving, fuckery of the world?"
Soul, Emotion, Heart, Passion, The Self, Love, The Id, The Superego, Motivation, Interest, Indulgence, Hedonism, Intuition; the human love for life, the sheer wonder that you find with the world around you, the joy that overtakes you in the face of the indescribable; II. The High Priestess; IX. The Hermit.
"look at us! look at us out in the honey light of the finished day! look at us and rejoice in our sheer being!"
Life, Cells, Biology, Growth, Plants, Trees, Forests, Vegetation, Persistence, Abundance, Wealth, Overflow, Eden, Power; VIII. Strength; what it means to overcome the harshness of a cruel universe, to defy any and all expectation.
"no matter what choices you make, no matter what details you alter - we will always end up here"
Sacrifice, Rules, Limits, Death, Spirits, Ghosts, Curses, Decay, Consequences, Punishment, Poverty, Misfortune, Cruelty, Rot, Cemeteries, Hearses, Systems, Structures, The Dead, All that was never alive to begin with and all that never will be, The Afterlife, What comes after, The End, Endings, Grief, Mourning, Destruction, Resignation, Acceptance; XVI. The Tower; XII. The Hanged Man; Submission, Surrender; it comforts me much more to lay in the foundations of decay.
"ah, be love in its disrepute; scorches the hillside and salts every root; and watches the slowinâ and starvin' of troops"
Fear, Anger, Rage, Hatred, Negativity, Truth, Madness; the occult and infernal; XX. Judgement; to be self-made, team free will, the modern prometheus; a cornered animal, a mother scorned, an avenging angel; a rosary broken from prayers unanswered, to take divinity into your own hands, you are a god you are a god you are a god;Â you must fix your heart and you must build an altar where it rests //Â if you cannot move heaven, you will raise hell.
"strap the wing to me; death trap clad happily; with wax melted, iâd meet the sea, under sunlight, sunlight, sunlight"
Blind faith, wholehearted trust, devotion so overwhelming it is almost lunacy; Joy, Courage, Positivity, Imagination, Wishes, Hopes, Dreams, Ideas, Conception, Belief, Divinity; XVII. The Star; magic and ethereality; angels and prophecy; under the shadow of your personal god; Salvation, Prayer, Grace, Relief, Miracles; an oasis in the middle of the storm, come as you are, to be accepted in all your capacity - faults and edges and all; unending love, unending mercy, unending forgiveness. Be as you've always been, be like the love that discovered sin, that freed the first man and will do so again.