TIME

Patience – Perseverance
Slowness – Repetition

In the image, a pendulum carries an Ouroboros instead of hands: the serpent biting its own tail, embodying cyclical time, the eternal return. As the pendulum swings, marking the rhythm, pulse, and passing of hours, life flows following cycles that move through us. The heartbeat is destined to fade, but the cycle is eternal. This card reminds us of the value of patience and constancy, of continuing to repeat gestures, of maintaining the rhythm of our existence.

Time, however, can become slow, especially when we are waiting. The oscillating movement of the pendulum borders on hypnosis: it invites slowness, requires repetition. When hours become identical to themselves and our lives unfold in similar sequences, boredom and dissatisfaction may creep in. Time that nourishes can thus become time that traps.

So my dear one, if your subconscious has chosen this card, perhaps it wants to tell you that:

If the card speaks about you – Light

You are resonating with a larger cycle and learning to recognize the natural rhythm of events. Accepting phases, returns, and pauses can help you live in greater harmony.

Questions for you
– In which phase of your personal cycle are you right now?
– Have you found a routine that sustains your inner life?
– What work of great value can you complete by applying constancy in what you do?

If the card speaks about you – Shadow

You may be trapped in a repetition, habit, or dynamic that always returns you to the same point. Perhaps you are living a cyclical time that does not evolve and seems to make you go in circles.

Questions for you
– What pattern are you repeating without noticing it?
– What concrete action could interrupt the inertia that blocks you?
– What is causing this stagnation?

If the card speaks about the world – Light

The world around you is experiencing a moment of return and rebalancing. Things return to their place as part of a greater order, and observing this rhythm can help you understand the direction of events.

Questions for you
– What aspects of reality are returning to their natural balance?
– What in your environment remains unchanged because it is necessary?
– What benefits can you gain by being more patient?

If the card speaks about the world – Shadow

Your surroundings may be moving mechanically, repetitively, as if trapped in a time that does not evolve. The sensation can be one of stagnation, fatalism, or dependence on old patterns.

Questions for you
– What is moving too slowly?
– How are you, even unwillingly, participating in a mechanism that never changes?
– What social or family habit has become unbearably boring?