#20 Judgement

02 | 78 I'm telling you that roaches aren't that bad y'all. Really.

Did you know that cockroaches are just unkillable tiny dinosaurs? While that's a slight exaggeration, it's somewhat true because these nasty things first appeared during the Late Jurassic period, and over time, they haven't evolved much and are known as one of, if not the most, primitive insects.

If you missed my first Handmade Tarot Card project installment, then let me explain: these cards are all handmade by me. I do use the traditional Rider-Waite deck as inspiration, but I have obviously shifted things a bit and am using buggos as my primary theme here.

The traditional Rider-Waite version of Judgment shows a group of folks emerging from their graves, being called upon by an angel and awaiting their judgment to determine their worthiness to enter “heaven”.

In my version, we have the cockroach, because, I mean… If you’ve got roaches in your house, you're getting judged. I picked the poor roach for Judgment because it has literally been here for ages, and while it hasn't evolved much, it does know how to do one thing… endure. Roaches can survive in Arctic temperatures as well as tropical ones, and they are just unkillable. A pest that always seems to resurrect itself, no matter how much bug spray and kitchen cleaning you manage to do.

If you are a little more casual of a tarot card reader like me, think about the poor roach and how it’s perceived, a kind of magical and inspiring quality, right? What I am saying is, think about it, around for MILLIONS of years, and people just hate them, but they keep going, and I have to say, that’s kind of how judgment is right, whether you deserve to be judged or not, you just kind of have to keep going and move past it so you can be your best self. While cockroaches haven't evolved much, they are doing something right because they are still here, and they don’t let anything stop them or get in their way. They know how to roach and roach it right.

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Thanks for hanging out with me! What Major Arcana card should I work on next?

— R