Travelers Tarot: Part 3
Meet the Smith
Beloved:
Well now that I am done being an old ladyboy screaming on “the socials” this morning, we may continue my actual gig which is writing for you all about the esoteric, the strange, the weird, the not-so-known, and Black Magic/k.
As you know I am introducing you to my cartomancy set, or Tarot set the Travelers Tarot. It is a completely different system than the Coleman-Rider-Waite system many of you are used to and you can a little about my thinking here:
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The first 50 will be numbered and signed by me. Now to today’s post:
Forgive me y’all. I realized I never posted my draft explanation of who the 12 Voices are. I just said they are messenger beings who witnessed the birth of the cosmos and the multiple versions of Earth that are part of the “mythos” of the deck. The World Cards.
Let us begin with that, then meet this new voice: The Smith.
The 12 Voices are the 12 souls to witness the birth of the cosmos or creation. To testify to who they are they each have two beings who witness their life, called the 24 Witnesses. Creation is not a distant event of the past but an event throughout all spacetime, an unfolding act of co-creation that requires someone to be chosen to share the power of “The Empty Throne.” The 12 Voices’ responsibility as they understand it.
Some of the voices are self-aware and sentient to their nearness to divinity, others live among us unaware. Called to be the bearers of a world’s possibility, sometimes several worlds in fact, and they can travel between and still access possible worlds bringing the power, magic/k, and alchemy from other realms. They often but not always play a role in the destiny of our world. If ever gathered in one place they are collectively the Voice of Creation, of this world. The 12 Voices are immense power who chose to return to this world, often shedding much of that power or their awareness of it, to assist versions of our world like ours that haven’t finished their journey, or like some versions of Earth that many of you live on are being intentionally and harmfully kept from growth.
So they return as humanity’s defenders, heroes, and occasional foes. It all depends on what we need, and the 12 Voices understand one person’s savior is another adversary. They are often sent into the world among mortals with little prior incarnation memory, or power, and often live “normal” lives in our midst completely unaware of their status with little fanfare. They become more self-aware of their status as being “set apart” if a world is in danger, or to help that world get ready for what they call “The Event.” Some are born always knowing and this makes them appear to us odd, and somewhat mad, yet these are the people we always look to in times of trouble. They are those who are left behind to care for this Earth and those that inhabit it.
The Smith is standing above her anvil. She has placed her tools in her crown and carries the sword of her judgment, red hot coals of anger burn in her eyes, set within the brown face she fashioned for herself long ago. She is the one who forges the unseen chains that connect each Voice to their Witnesses, and the one who forged the wheel of incarnation. She stands at the mighty forge and engine that spins out each life, each world, and each destiny and feeds that same fire the screaming and repentant remnants of worlds long forgotten, abandoned, or dead.
Earth in ashes, humanity turned in on itself, tomorrow lost, “yesterdays” that never should have been are all fed into her forge to spin out another chance, another shot, another great game of life. New worlds are beaten into shape under her sharp loving gaze.
She does this because it is her joy. Her reason for being and in exchange for her work The Engineer provides her with every design he can manage to write down. While he conceives of possible futures, worlds, technology, and tools none of these things could spring into being without The Smith. She is when our ideas carved from the wind become the sword in your hand, the lock on your door, or the key to your home. Nothing isn’t made manifest on the Earth until he passes it on to her. It is through her birthing labor, sweat, and toil that humanity starts to create, build, and innovate new tools, technology, and metal works. From the first flint to the first Qbit, The Smith is there tending the fires and tempering the steel.
If you pulled The Smith do you have all your tools or are you making your magic/kal or everyday existence harder by trying to use sheer force? Will is weak when compared to the traditions of ancestors and ancient beings and what they crafted for us. The tools they left as a gift for us to use. Are you ready to build, create, and innovate your way out of this? It’s time to put the nose to the grindstone. Are you learning and perfecting your craft, art, or vocation and calling or are you just getting by? Would you like the fire to do more?
When with her Witnesses she is a shortcut to success who will use her sword to cut through red tape, enemies, and even your ignorance until you see the path through. She will stand with your sword in hand until you reach your next destination.
Written in love and liberation
rev/awo lenny duncan ( they/ them)