Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences.

What struck me about your comment the most was:

At times, I’m not sure what I believe about any of it…my perspective is maybe by some standards a little skewed and also perhaps why I do not quickly shut the door on things I do not understand or can not really explain.

This is an excellent place to be and one that I share. The uncertainty you feel is the guiding light of the Star, or perhaps the Lantern of the Hermit.

We may never find the answers we seek but the uncertainty we feel, the incomprehensible vastness of the Universe that stares back at us, and how we negotiated that terror – helps us walk our own path; live our own lives and become, which for me is quite important, a unique individual.

I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog and if there is anything you disagree with then let me know. I’m all about, and therefore Tarot Eon is all about, conflicting ideas.

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If I understand you correctly, and please say if I have not, then the answer to the first part of the comment is this: no one Element is anymore powerful than the other.

The Four Elements create the visible Universe. Each is as important, or unimportant, as the other. Each Element serves a function and no one function is more important. The difficulty with the Elements, the interactions of the Elements, is that they can never achieve a perfect harmony; a perfect balance. The plain fact of the matter is, some of the Elements just repel each other. In concrete terms, this is why nothing can stay the same. The Elements are constantly at play, seeking that perfect harmony with each other but never being able to get there.

What I meant by balance can best be illustrated through a Tarot reading. Consider a spread of cards that has an excess of Air for example. In this spread, the Air Element dominates the other three Elements, however, Elements being Elements, they will seek to readdress this imbalance. Again, this is where the statement: The only constant in the Universe is Change, derives part of it’s meaning. Likewise, we could also imagine a situation where there is an absence of an Element – for example, Earth. In this case, the other Elements will be working hard to achieve the stability that is lacking. In other words, they will try and readdress the imbalance. When the Elements get around to re-balancing themselves is anyone’s guess, and in some sense, is part of the reason for so much diversity in human experience.

Do you believe the elements play out in people’s personalities?

Absolutely! As an example, The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and their Rituals of initiation, where based on balancing the Elements within the psyche.

On some level, the Elements that play out in people’s personalities are much like Spirits. The personality does not control them, but is made up from them; perhaps even controlled, to some extent, by them. If we agree with that point of view then awareness of self is one approach for achieving balance. Osho writes a lot about this.