What is common in Tarot, seen by many as a divinatory technique but increasingly used in psychotherapy, personal development or human resources, Coaching, which many say is the art of asking the right questions, process focused on the here and now rather than the past or future, and the Archetypes, as they were defined by CG Jung as “active predispositions (…) that preform and instinctively influence our thinking, feeling, and action,” fundamental human motives that remain in the collective subconscious of all people?
Apparently any answer can validate this link. I could have added symbol therapy, branding strategy but also “red”, “home” or maybe “today is a beautiful day”, the question remains valid and, paradoxically, does not require an answer. The essential connection will be given by knowing and using them in the personal and / or professional life by those who may ask themself this question.
Etymological, know (cognoscere) means “to be born with”, an invitation to discover what we know even before learning. The Tarot and the framework offered by the Referential Birth Chart method represent an intuitive way to project ourselves in the major arcana, to mirror ourselves and to discover, with the guidance of the practitioner, valences of our deepest self but it also offers us valuable tools for Coaching. Usually, coaching sessions are focused on the goal and the projection of goals, resources to achieve it and obstacles to overcome in the archetypes present in the major arcana is, at least for me, an inexhaustible source to feed the knowledge in each of us.
I learned or, rather, I remembered with the help of Georges Colleuil, Alain Cardon, Jodorowski, Marie von Franz, to name a few of my guides on this path, that all things, elements, ideas, events, experiences, the people who appear in our lives are interconnected, they are part of a dynamic system in which each of us actively participates and of which we are more or less consciously part.
A trained coach will answer …“Clear! So?”
So I invite you to an exercise in imagination.
We are used to looking for answers to our questions either to knowledgeable people, or to friends, family, colleagues or superiors, on google or in books but we are less used to looking for them in ourselves. Therefore, regardless of the question or objective, today I invite you to ask the Hermit of the Tarot of Marseilles, the Archetype of the Sage, this seeker and explorer of the depths of the human soul.
Perhaps he will invite you to spend time alone, to reflect on where this question comes from, what is the context, source or origin of the goal you have set for yourself.
The tarot pilgrim carries the sun in the lantern in his hand, an inner sun that he shares with those who need his guidance. Is it possible that beyond the proposed question or objective you are looking for a validation of what you already know? Is there a fear of isolation in your professional or personal context that you associate with the proposed question or goal?
If you had a magic wand today and became Merlin, King Arthur’s advisor, the famous wise wizard, or the contemporary Merlin from the series running on Netflix, what would be the answer you would give to your question or the first piece of advice for achieving your goal?
The Great Arcana of the Couple, the Hermit invites us, before makeing a couple with someone else, to make a couple with ourselves. In the context of the question or objective, is there an ideal couple? And if so, and if you can imagine it, what do you need to do today to slowly but surely get closer to that ideal image?
And because the Hermit loves nature, I invite you to take a walk, admire the beauty of a blade of grass, listen to the symphony of life and think that maybe you already have the answer to the question at the beginning of this exercise.
written by Monica Măgureanu
