For my Soundtrack to the Days of Their Lives assignment I chose to pair the song The Tarot by F.I.R. with the Goddess Athena. This Goddess was interesting to me because she has a very powerful and important female role in the Odyssey. Athena is constantly offering her wisdom to Telemachus and goes out of her way to help both him and Odysseus.
I found that the Chinese song, The Tarot, mirrors Athena’s personality and position in life quite well. The lyrics, “Tarot Cards point out one’s way/ Uncertainties of the believers are resolved/ It reveals the future/ But can not change the designated grief” (translation courtesy of Gloria F.) could represent Athena’s ability to change the fate of mortals but also her recognition that they will still have to overcome hardships in order to be worthy in the eyes of their peers. The Goddess is always altering the fates of Telemachus and Odysseus but does not necessarily make their journeys easy.
Another set of lines which fit in nicely with Athena’s character is in the description of the Tarot Cards. Each card represents something such as strength and sacrifice just as the Greek Gods and Goddesses each represent something different. One card, the High Priestess, represents Wisdom and coincidentally Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom.
Tarot Cards (translation courtesy of Gloria F.)
Guess you never really know him in these days.
The spell of distance between your hearts, it never goes away.
Time to give up. Time to fall deeper.
Let me choose one, right now.
Consists of twenty two cards
It describes all situations in life
Flourished for hundreds of centuries
Spread from Egypt and India
Until now
The Hanged-Man represents sacrifice
The High Priestess is full of wisdom
The Moon is a subconscious dream
Tarot Cards point out one’s way
Uncertainties of the believers are resolved
It reveals the future
But can not change the designated grief
How powerless
Tarot Cards
Shall I
Choose the next card?
Would you like to master your life?
Or let the destiny arrange your fate?
Consists of twenty two cards
It describes all situations in life
Flourished for hundreds of centuries
Spread from Egypt and India
Until now
The Magician creates a new beginning
The Sun represents strength
And The Wheel of Fortune never stops turning
Tarot Cards point out destinies
Uncertainties of the faithful were resolved
It reveals the future
But cannot change the designated grief
How powerless
Tarot Cards
Shall I
Choose the next card?
Would you like to master your life?
Or let the destiny arrange your fate?
Consists of twenty two cards
It describes all situations in life
Flourished for hundreds of centuries
Spread from Egypt and India
Until now
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