Kaboom

Right after the crash, Marcel (he/him) wondered how that sudden blackout of the mind came to be. The lady in the supermarket was rude – no doubt about it – and shopping carts can reach unexpectedly high speeds when pushed with a blind rage.

“What’s in your head, son?” – asked the policeman.

Marcel checked thoroughly and everything looked normal in there. He even rummaged through his guts, his heart, everything seemed fine.

“I don’t know” – he said.

Except he knew that when the blood flows through the arteries, sometimes it’s a mountain stream and sometimes a tsunami. There’s manners and norms standing on the banks, little sturdy houses built over the years, but on the seldom day when the dam breaks – KABOOM! – all hell breaks loose.

This card is about aggression, addiction and all the ways we externalize our responses to the roadblocks of life. Whether by displacement of negative emotions or by seeking salvation in things that only provide instant gratification, Kaboom wants you to reflect on the unhealthy shapes taken by your inner problems in the outside world.

When it shows up in a reading, you’ll have to tame the beast and cope with the rawest instincts, the most basic impulses, the darkest tendencies of human nature.

Are you constantly placing blame to avoid facing your mistakes? Are you impulsive and choleric? Do you have problems accepting boundaries? Are you “communicating” your feelings by way of emotional contagion instead of having open-hearted conversations?

Whether it’s snapping at someone or falling into temptation, it’s important to resist behaviors that feel out of control and represent a potential hazard to yourself or others.