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\"\"Welcome to the Winter Solstice Tarot Blog Hop. Our wrangler has said\u00a0that\u00a0“it\u2019s time to go back to the Dark Side of the Winter Solstice<\/em>” and instructed us to “pick a card or cards or develop a spread that you think reveals a useful message from the Dark or Hidden realm of life”<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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Before we dip a toe into that particular realm, here are the navigation links to shine a light on this dark path through the Hop:<\/div>\n
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PREVIOUS BLOG<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0MASTER LIST<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NEXT BLOG<\/a><\/div>\n

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Naturally the first thing that springs to mind here, being of a somewhat geeky persuasion, is Star Wars where the Empire represents the Dark Side. Now you might think of Darth Vader at this point, but he is redeemed at the end, so a more appropriate spokesdude is the Emperor, who rather conveniently also happens to be a Tarot card.<\/p>\n

I was going to make my own version, but it seems that someone has already done so and is already working on a Star Wars Tarot<\/a>. Huzzah!<\/p>\n

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At this point, I should probably point out the appropriateness of this particular card for me as representing the Dark Side. I don’t really get on with authority, never have, and I certainly can’t be doing with the sort of control and subservience that this suggests. No kneeling here, thank you (not least because my knees are a bit knackered and I’d probably have trouble getting up again).<\/p>\n

So what, you may ask, is the useful message here? To be honest, I’m not really sure other than authority would seem to be\u00a0a necessary evil (some authority figures being vastly more evil than others and you know what they say about power), and\u00a0you need to decide whether you will bend a knee, rebel or just go about your business according to how your conscience dictates. I’m mostly somewhere between the rebel and the just-going-about-my-business\u00a0myself.<\/p>\n

So where do you stand in relation to your Emperor\/Empire?\u00a0Lackey or rebel? Activist or\u00a0apathist?\u00a0Or something else?<\/p>\n

While you contemplate that, here are the links to my neighbours and the master list:<\/p>\n

PREVIOUS BLOG<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0MASTER LIST<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NEXT BLOG<\/a><\/div>\n
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Don’t forget to share your thoughts in the\u00a0comments before you go \ud83d\ude42<\/div>\n
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