Halloween Divination: HR Giger Tarot's The Universe

For Halloween I drew a card for us all using probably the darkest, most creepy, tarot deck I own – the HR Giger Tarot. The Universe was revealed. This is the final card of the Major Arcana, but is bleaker in meaning than The World in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is the equivalent in position. The Universe depicts a gigantic spaceship fleeing a dying and ravaged Earth. 

On a very real level it is a warning that we, as the human race, are devastating the very planet we live on. We see technology as our saviour, but used badly it will be our destruction. Hope is there, however. On a material level it is in the form of escape in that gleanimg starship, a new Ark. On the other hand it is in the form of spiritual reawakening and awareness of the light of hope emitting from the divine. 

This is a complex card, predicting the almost inevitable end of one cycle, but two potential ways forward offering a glimmer of hope for a new era to come. Will you look to technology as salvation, offering an escape from the ruins created by harmful technology – weapons of war, for example? Or, will you seek spiritual salvation?  That term might seem more Christian than Pagan, but I view it in a way that can fit with all religions and paths of belief that aim towards rebirth and renewal for the human collective consciousness. The card could also be interpreted as technology and spirituality needing to be employed together harmoniously, rather than being opposites.

Whichever interpretation you prefer, let’s stop fighting, and start supporting and helping each other, before it’s too late. Those parted lips are what I see this card offering as hint as to how to do that. Let’s start communicating in love – or at least compassion – rather than in hate. Interestingly, although the artwork is entirely different, I’m seeing some contrasts and parallles with the card I drew for the world in August: The Emperor from Taro as Colour. That also seemed to show huge lips, but the shape they make is different. I’m seeing these as contrasting voices – the hot angry shouts of the Emperor, and the gentler, consoling, whispers of spirit.

You can read my review of the HR Giger Tarot here: www.badwitch.co.uk/2022/01/tarot-looking-at-hr-giger-baphomet.html

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