King of Spears
King Pellinore
Anna-Marie Ferguson’s, creator of Legend, the Arthurian Tarot, finds the King of Spears to be a mature man of wisdom, someone with humor and theatrical flair. [Sort of mashup between Joe Biden and John Cleese, maybe?] So keep an eye out for that kind of energy today, or seek to embody it yourself.
I see the King of Spears as the card of the Renaissance Man (or Renaissance Woman).
Look for (in someone else),
or better still, give yourself permission to have
a restless, joyful, driving curiosity that you allow to take you toward many different fascinations.
Here’s my picture of a typical Renaissance Person:
He or she
~ does trigonometry problems for fun and
~ can conjugate verbs in Latin, French and Japanese or Russian and
~ is on Neil Gaiman’s Twitter follow list and
~ converted a car to biodiesel ~ alone and
~ understands permaculture and
~ has sung backup for Tom Petty
~ rides a Harley and
~ works with Habitat for Humanity
He or she wants to learn
~ French cooking and
~ Feng Shui and
~ Shamanic Healing and
~ judo and
~ Vedic astrology and
~ Thai massage and
~ classical guitar and
~ how to REALLY make money day trading and
~ how to build a PC by hand and
~ wants to design a line of greeting cards and
~ wants to write a play for Broadway
And so on.
And will do so.
But remember, a true Renaissance Person is not just a dibbler-dabbler in lots of things. The characteristic that distinguishes the Renaissance person is a real commitment to explore deeply, to develop true expertise in many areas − one at a time if necessary − that appeal. Deep learning and wisdom, not just faking it or cramming to get by, are required here.
So, if you were to really own up to the Renaissancer in you, what interests, skills, and wisdom would you go after? Which one first? How can you start today?
Brightest blessings and wonder!
[On the other hand…]
~ Terry Pratchett, from The Light Fantastic
