Short Mythical Story : The Collective

This short story is inspired by Key 19 of the Tarot, The Star. The role of the twins in the card is explored as two sides of the duality. Also explored is the intelligence behind the stars themselves and where we are observing the Collection or the Collector in action.

Transcript

Key 19,

The Collective The boy and the girl were both obsessive collectors.

As twins,

They thought and acted alike.

She liked collecting and pressing wild flowers from the woods at the back of their garden.

While she loved the variety,

What fascinated her the most was the similarities between them.

The boy,

Like most boys,

Liked cars and football.

He was equally proud of his collections of modern cars and his football cards.

Like his sister,

He had developed a meta-fascination with his collections.

He was obsessed with numbers and order.

His cars were arranged neatly on shelves in rows of seven.

He was unhappy having anything less than seven cars in a row,

So would save up his pocket money to buy seven at a time.

When collecting football cards,

He would also focus on how many were missing from a team,

As opposed to how many he had.

He spent most of his days indoors looking down and in at the detail.

He had no idea at this time that this obsession would lead him to being an accountant.

The girl would spend all day outside,

Mostly looking up.

Her mother was forever calling her in for supper when it was getting dark.

The girl didn't know she was to become an astronomer.

The seed of this calling came when she was eleven,

From an idea that arrived one autumn when the flowers started to get thin on the ground.

She wondered what else she could collect in the winter months.

She looked up and saw some birds migrating beneath the clouds.

She wondered who had put that collection together in perfect formation,

And who was collecting flocks of birds and the swathes of clouds.

After supper that very evening,

She went outside to take the garbage out.

She looked up at the stars and wondered who put that lot together.

Reviews

Such bits of wisdom I enjoy. Thank you. ☮️💟🕉

This resonates with me, I too have the weird habits of counting things (forwards then backwards!?!) and of grouping! Thank you for sharing! 😊

Thank you! This is exactly the technique I use working with drug addicts in prison to try to identify their passions and determine new careers for when they are released.

So interesting, thank you Tom!

I love all your stories Tom. This one I had to listen to twice and actually think about the moral and big idea! I think I got it, 🤔😉🙏thank you.

Love the way the story shows how we are shaped by our beginnings and how we flourish and grow and we use intuition to see where our path lies. One of my favourite decks has a young woman looking to the stars for this card

💖so timely for me, thank you💖

I always enjoy this short stories by Tom.

Bleeding heart picture lead me to listen. Many lessons in this short story. You always make me think Tom. Thank you!

Perfect thank you

Thank you! This brought back my childhood memories of climbing a tree to look at rare aeroplane passing by way up in the sky and wondering where it was going... I, became an air hostess! Namasté

Nice exposition. I see a lot of this sort of thing in my own life and the lives of others in looking back. It sparks my curiosity when I look at the interests and passions of younger people, and I find enjoyment in speculation as to what they will choose to do with their lives as a result. Thanks for this, Tom. I see the light in you. 🤲🏻❤️🤲🏻

Thought provoking and evoked memories. Of starry nights, of bluebell flowers in woods, of rivers and lakes green landscapes. (Collections of childhood memories!) Sometimes I wonder how I became an accountant; but I did🙂

makes me think about my childhood passion again 😊❤

Thank you🌺 Food for thoughts, I am going to listen to it again 🌻🌱🌼🐝