Connect the Dots, Part II of Episode 2 in The Mad Hatters Musings Series

Two, or Three to Tango

The Magician's concept of two in this case is either as two whole Ones, or it can co-create A THIRD ENTITY by and relative to the individual "I's", or Twins, which now exist at the threshold of the High Priestess (Roman numeral II).

This third entity, or "chord"/"dis-chord" also assumes its own flip side which enables its hidden potential to be not only "squared" but manipulated parallel and perpendicular to any other point or points. When plotted as a "T" on a plane this form already predicts at least four potential points connecting its two perpendicular lines, where the common, intersecting, or Hybrid point divides one line into two halves (or unites two lines by one shared point), and thus teases us not just with the embedded concept of the Lovers, VI, but with the possible segmentation for a Golden ratio (phi), or "note".

In the interest of rolling everything into One it is only natural then that we connect the point at the base of the "T" to each of the outside points at the top. Now we've just created an equally bisected Triangle that actually makes up Three triangles and reinforcing the Lovers Third entity idea -- the two smaller embedded and the one larger made by the two smaller. (1 + 1 = 3 = 1/One)

Which triangle came first? Is there ever a truly singular One that doesn't imply the Other?
This also suggests the infinite potential for unfolding pattern and self perpetuating form within form and is at the heart of the real "Magic". It's also why I consider the High Priestess one of the most accessible quantum leap portals for achieving self directed transformation.

Three Times a Lady

Anyway, geometrically we now have our first stable, closed form, or accord, which I call the Empress' Triangle, (Roman numeral III) formed by three Magician points all connected to each other and born of the Ace of Cups to suggest High Priestess embedded relationships/connections. Linguistically, the points "I" and "You" now contain the potential to become "Us", reinforcing the natural grouping where 1 + 1 = ethereal 3 = One, or "me and you equal we".

As WE settles into the orbital groove of Three the potential for introducing new conflict, contradiction, and order arises when a hierarchy naturally develops and "WE", Spiro-graphically preaching to the choir, becomes aware of its own paradox, Not We, and begins to exile, interfere, regroup, partition, twist, consolidate, or promote One over others, or two around/under/over one, like a Mobius Pretzel. A simple example can be seen in identifying, excluding, or grouping the three according to gender, characteristics, role, type, etc. Even the language begins to change to include the Possessive "mine"/"yours"/"not mine"/"theirs"/etc. to project a fourth relative potential (similarities/differences )by the flip side paradox.

When a Triangle or grouping is made up of three "I's" that agree on being One "We" the tendency is to look outward or gravitate towards other, similar One's. These relationships, or orbits can intersect to form a six pointed triangle, (Lovers, VI/hexagram) or they can share a base resulting in the kite (potential comingling of Empress/Emperor (3-d tetrahedron self-dual). But when vocabulary approaches "Us/Them" The Magician has inevitably predicted the High Priestess parallel/perpendicular territorial, guarded, or team evolution of Four (IV), which within its open "face" 2-d square (made up of four Magician points on a plane connected by four High Priestess lines) creates "the box" and no matter how the Magician/Page of Swords/Ace of Swords divides it up, it always ends up as a box/not box.



(End part II)