When someone says: “My grandfather was a real hero”, what does that imply? May be he fought bravely during World War Two? Sacrificed his life for someone? Helped children in Africa? Donated a big sum of money for a good cause? Whichever it was, it sure was a selfless act of valor.
Strangely our history doesn’t always keep the names of heroes like it does the names of the dictators, so most of the time we pay our homage to the Unknowns or Unknown Soldiers. Because it wasn’t about the fame for them it was about doing the right thing.
And I am slowely getting to the architype of a Hero which is depicted in the Chariot Tarot Card
A fairytale is always a mother of an architype. When I look at the man on the card riding through the desert, both frightened and excited I recall a story from Indian epos Mahabharata – Bhagavat Gita which literally means “A Song of God”.
The battle between two mighty clans the Kauravs and Pandava is about to break out. The great warrior Arjuna takes his time to think before the masacre begins – he doesn’t want to kill his own brothers. He opens his confused hear to his faithful charioteer Lord Krishna, who gives him a lesson of spirituality and conviences him that this battle was always there, is there and will be there for many generations to come. It is Arjuna’s dharma (right action) to lead his clan to that field and fight to death. And he must set his hourses and ride into the heart of the battle where only twelve warriors will survive.
Thus the horses on this card simbolize two opposites – two sides of self, conscience and unconscience, heart and mind, body and soul, pros and contras- everything that should come together as one to make the right move and get somewhere.
Arjuna had a councilor who helped him make a decision,this councilor lies within us. Like in Mariah Carey’s song:” A hero lies in you” .
Whatever choice we are making it should come from within to help us fight the outter advirsities. We need to become hard on the outside and soft in the middle like a crab which image is on the man’s chest (see the card).
Make yourself at home, find inner peace and then you’ll see how easy it is to move forward.
ARTnCULTURA 