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Im so bad at this blogging thing. It seems like life always gets in the way! Sometimes, we have to take time away from being a super-star Taro Masta and focus on other things. Well, imma back!
Today we will talk about the gunas. The gunas are three in number and stem from the Sanatana Dharma or hinduism as it is usually known. They represents a certain quality, or categorization that affects everything. They relate to maya; because they are in essence the product of the human mind, or Jiva. They are the turning of the wheel of life, or dharma, their affect can directly be seen in Atu 10, the Wheel of Fortune. Enough of all of this though; what are the gunas? They are known as Sattva, Raja, and Tamas, or holiness, action and sloth. Sattva represents everything that raises the human spirit: a new born baby, a sunset, a sculpture by Bernini, anything that makes a sigh from it's beauty. Raja is hard work, its labor, its effort and motion, it is anything that brings great change about in this world, the actions of kings and cripples alike. Tamas is the principle of rest; it is waiting for something to happen, it is that which has expended all of it's energy and now has floated down to the bottom. It is completely passive.

Now, there are a few ways to look at these; Sattva as tao, Raja as yang, Tamas as yin.
Or we can see them in a hegelian sort of way as Raja as thesis, Tamas as antithesis and Sattva as synthesis. In the tarot; We have Sattva as the Magician, Raja as the Emperor, and Tamas as the Empress. The Wheel of fortune describes their turning. The lovers describes the differences between them, and The art card describes their union. The main thing to remember is that despite how nice Sattva is, or how dull Tamas is, they are still Maya, the modifications of the human mind, and thus do not represent our goal. As a wise man said about the Wheel of Fortune. Seek to be like the hub of the wheel, and do not let the turning of the rim affect you!