Watching The Shining for the first time (Im half way through the book, so I got curious about Kubricks adaptation), then just noticed this: the knives over Dannys head as he talks with Hallorann in the kitchen scene. I counted them, theyre nine, and they instantly reminded me of the Nine of Swords card in Tarot. (I used to be a tarot addict). Whats interesting is that this card, also known as Lord of Cruelty, represents fear and nightmares, also premonitions. Reversed, it represents total isolation and imprisonment. If you read the book, or remember the movie, it makes perfect sense in context. I wonder if that was purposeful--not the placement of the knives, because that sure is, but their number and if theyre indeed a mimic of the card, also in relation to Jack Torrance and his own ghosts and past sins. More about the card: This is the card that underscores ones state of hysteria regarding just how bad things are about to get and knowing ones actions are to blame. There is no way to nicely say it: The Nine of Swords is just about as bad a card as you can draw from the Tarot deck. It is a card that confronts you to accept responsibility for your actions even as it refuses to divulge the impact these sins will have. When you experience a realization of just how horrible a situation has become, the Nine of Swords will appear in your reading. This is the card of waking up from a nightmare. But all too often, it is the card that reveals our miscalculations and vices have made this nightmare all too real in our waking life. (source: https://keen/documents/works/articles/tarot/9-of-swords-tarot-card.asp)
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:41:15 +0000
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