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Today is Tuesday the 16th of April 2024 and this week, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles into Israel's territory. @pre@boing.world does a five minute tarot reading to investigate and finds that while relations looked like they were becoming more peaceful, the oppression under the surface made it a tinderbox so even the smallest betrayal can escalate to destroy the precious peace. *Transcript* Welcome friends to the wordcloud tarot show, direct from the Tarotdrome here in cyber-space in front of an audience of tarot cartoons! Today is Tuesday the 16th of April 2024 and last weekend, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles into Israel's territory. What's going on with that? Lets do a tarot reading to find out. We'll use this, the word cloud tarot happy toast deck. Each card has a drawing by the amazing Happy Toast, plus the meaning of the card is written onto each card itself in a word-cloud. This makes our reading very transparent, you can see that the cards mean what we say they mean. Today we'll do the usual five card spread, so lets go! ### History - 12 Of Pentacles, Knight The first card represents history, that is the knight of Pentacles. The knight is a _contemplative_ _conscious_ _diligent_ _educated_ fellow. And here he represents the uneasy truce between the nations in recent history. _Opportunistic_, sure, _accepting_ in a _dutiful_ _equanimous_ way that even if the countries can't be friends, at least they can find _purposeful_ _advantage_ in not fighting, gather a _pious_ peace dividend. The _realization_ that even just _financial_ incentives demand more _munificence_ towards each other. To call it _benevolent_ _magnanimous_ or _altruistic_ would be an exaggeration, but you get the idea, this is a _methodological_ _enterprising_ peace, barely stable. But at least they weren't blowing each other up all that much. ### External - 6 Of Cups, Pleasure The External card is the six of cups. Pleasure. Externally, this looked like it was a _saccharine_ _mawkish_ _bliss_. I mean we're exaggerating again, clearly, it's not that there's an _enthusiasm_ to be _together_. This isn't _love_ _passion_ and _delight_ even from the outside, but it's that sort of direction. Perhaps a _fondness_ in it's _infancy_ , _anticipation_ of _honesty_ and _sincerity_ at least. There is some _pleasure_ in peace with your enemy. ### Hidden - 10 Of Wands, Oppression In the Hidden position we have the ten of Wands, Oppression While it may look like a pleasure, there is in fact much _repression_, not even that deeply hidden. _colonial_ _subjugation_ , _brutal_ _enslavement_, _injustice_ and _tyranny_ and _pain_ The _authoritarian_ _surveillance_ _fascists_ _persecute_ their _victims_ on both sides of the borders. Even during the peace, there are protestors in _chains_ , _statutory_ _pressure_ and onerous _responsibility_ _confinement_, _obligation_, _entrapment_, _hardship_. These states may project apparent pleasure, an uneasy accord, but government oppression and tension lie under the surface. ### Present - 12 Of Trumps, Hangedman The card for this moment is the 12th Trump, The Hanged man An _interruption_ and _incomprehension_ , an _understanding_ is _renounced_ and _abjured_ . The peace is _relinquished_. Under attack people _cede_ the peace and _suspend_ their good will, they _forego_ _insight_ and _denounce_ instead of forgive. Their _devotion_ leads to _suspension_ of law, to _disdain_ in their _perception_ of other's _viewpoints_ . To _indifference_ and _detachment_ . People feel _nonchalance_ for _implications_ which makes them _abdicate_ reasonableness and _abandon_ peace. Inevitably, it leads to _disaster_, _catastrophe_ . Escalation. ### Outcome - 5 Of Cups, Disappoint The final slot tells us the outcome, and that is the five Of Cups, Disappoint. When people abandon care for consequences, and seek revenge for oppression instead of furthering the peace, they will be disappointed. They are heading for _calamity_ . The cycle of _injury_ and _revenge_ leads to _bereavement_ , _sorrow_ , _despair_ , _trauma_ ,_sadness_ _misfortune_ , _heartache_ , _misery_ , _anguish_ and _loss_. Each escalation leads to more _frustration_, _treachery_ and _disappointment_ and yet more _dismay_ _desperation_ and _unhappiness_ The outcome of losing sight of your enemy's humanity is _deception_ _weariness_ and _regret_. ### Summary Relations between the nations was more diligent and opportunistic than friendly, but purposeful peace was being pursued. It looked like it was going okay, with some anticipation of cooperation in it's infancy. But really under the surface is lots of unaddressed oppression and suffering. It's a powder-keg, and even the smallest betrayal or interruption, a single hanged man, can relinquish the hold on peace. Then the cycle of disappointment, injury and revenge destroys everything. The key is de-escalation, and addressing the oppression, understanding and reluctance for revenge, only that can give a peace dividend, not an eye for an eye, but maybe just one eye for every two? I note that the cards don't say who swung the first hanged man, and that every state in the region and beyond is guilty of kinds of oppression. I don't think the cards here cast more judgement upon either side, unless they fail to de-escalate, fail to seek ways to address oppression, and continue that cycle of revenge. ### End That's what the cards tell me anyway. 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