The Elevator Dream

Dear Friends! Welcome to the GYPSY CAFE! Yesterday's cards spoke of finding my way to symmetry and peace by getting a chance to speak my truth, to voice my side of the story. Well, yesterday this chance did not come, but as we know, at times events unfold slowly, and the cards often indicate only the direction our soul is going instead of a specific event at a precise place and time. So now I am in a state of flux, in a state of slow motion toward internal balance, as it is so beautifully illustrated by the Move card. I am patient and waiting for the opportunity to ripen.

Today I have decided not to draw the cards but to speak of a specific card instead. The other day I was talking to my friend and we were talking about dreams in general. He asked me if I have ever had the "elevator dream", the one I believe we all have had at some point in our lives: the one where we are trapped in a fast moving elevator that has a mind of its own and goes up and down and sideways, fast and furious and out of control. Mine is also tilted for good measure to make the ride even more terrifying. So, I told him that of course I have had this dream, many times in fact. We both agreed that the "elevator dream" comes from our subconscious that is warning us that we are not in control of events in our lives and that we are not holding the reins like we ordinarily would in times of balance and harmony. The dream tells us that  events around us may be happening too fast, too unexpectedly, and we are not caught up but rather legging a few paces behind. How we respond to this warning is our personal choice, of course, but dreams appear to help us restore our internal balance or balance in a situation in which we are immersed. 

Having agreed upon the meaning of this dream and its universality, I asked my friend what types of "elevator dreams" he reckoned people had before elevators were even invented. He thought for a minute and then said that he suspected people may have dreamt being on perilious carriages and dragged and drawn by wild horses, trying to hold on to dear life. This was a very interesting answer as my friend knows nothing about Tarot cards, it not being his area of interest at all. Of course, I immediately thought of the Chariot Rx card, and was amazed at the strong archetypal message it symbolizes: going too fast, being out of control, need to slow down and regain leadership. In addition, it also symbolizes internal division as two different horses pull the chariot with what looks like equal force. The message of being dragged by wild horses is so strong in our culture that the perfect symbolic representation needed to be born, and it made its way into the arsenal of 78 archetypal symbols, as the Chariot Rx card.

I love these discussions with friends. When such free association and accidental allusion to the deck they do not know happen, I feel the power of the archetypes upon which the cards were based. From now on I must keep my eyes open for more of these incidental associations; they will only strengthen the meaning of the cards within me. 

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