If Taylor Swift’s Midnights Tracks Were Major Arcana Cards (A Spotify Playlist)
From The Metaphysical Cannabis Oracle Deck. Lavender Haze and clouds of smoke fill the images of Taylor’s latest album and the images Ejiwa Ebenebe created in what is now my first best-selling published work!
When inspiration strikes it can be a whirlwind and this idea came together as a much bigger idea. While listening to the latest release of Midnights and Midnights 3 am version — I saw major connections between the images of the cards and the lyrics I was hearing. The symphonic flows of the album are easily malleable into a story that couldn’t wait to be told.
So I present to you: ‘Midnights’ as the Meta Arcana.
To follow along: Bring up the Spotify playlist
Midnights with The Metaphysical Cannabis Oracle Deck — Meta Arcana Story
The Fool →Vry: Freedom — Labrinth
“It only hurts this much right now” — “Uh-oh, I’m fallin’ in love
Oh no, I’m fallin’ in love again
Oh, I’m fallin’ in love”
Message: Ask yourself: “How does it get better than this?”
The Magician → The Manifesteer: Creation — Vigilante Shit *
“ She needed cold hard proof so I gave her some.” — “She don’t start shit, but she can tell you how it ends.
Don’t get sad, get even”
Message: You didn’t come here to fail. Am I being clear in my co-creation?
The High Priestess →The Witch Doctor: Wisdom — Bejeweled
“I miss you but I miss sparkling” — “Diamonds in my eyes
I polish up real, I polish up real nice.”
Message: Everyone has a shadow self — are you running from yours?
The Empress →Saranuniya Uwa: Nurture — Sweet Nothing
“I found myself a-running home to your sweet nothings” — “On the way home
I wrote a poem
You say, “What a mind”
This happens all the time”
Message: Step into nature and write to receive wisdom from matriarch energy — Do you feel guilty for receiving pleasure?
The Emperor → Sarki: Stability — Dear Reader
“Dear reader, bend when you can, Snap when you have to” — “Never take advice from someone who’s falling apart.”
Message: “Victory, Victory, Victory. It’s time to speak up and aim at the devil. With Sarki, you won’t miss it.
The Hierophant → Adurisinsin: Tradition — Anti-Hero*
“I’ll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero”
Message: Authenticity and integrity are needed to be fully human. Both selves. Where do my truths lie?
The Lovers → Alabasiseppo: Union — Snow on the Beach
“I’m unglued, thanks to you — ” “Tonight feels impossible
But it’s coming down” — “My smile is like I won a contest
And to hide that would be so dishonest”
Message: Union — you have outgrown some previous loves to love like this. Who showed me what the structure of relationships can look like?
The Chariot → Karusar: Autonomy — Would’ve, Could’ve, Should’ve
“And the God’s honest truth is that the pain was heaven
And now that I’m grown, I’m scared of ghosts” —
Message: Do not give up. What is the outcome I am seeking?
Strength → Hisabi: Accountability — Maroon
“And I wake with your memory over me, That’s a real fucking legacy, legacy”
Message: Only you can give yourself forgiveness. Can I let my tears be healers of my timeline?”
The Hermit → Anchorita: Solitude — You’re On Your Own Kid
“I didn’t choose this town, I dream of getting out” — “I search the party of better bodies Just to learn that you never cared”
Message: “ It’s time to recharge in no one’s company but you’re own. Am I afraid of the silence in my head?
Wheel of Fortune → Arziki Dabaran: Gratitude — Glitch
“In search of glorious happenings of happenstance on someone else’s playground
But it’s been two-thousand one-hundred ninety days of our love blackout”
Message: Each event in your life is a blessing or a lesson. How do I react to change?
Justice → Tsabta: Clarity — Mastermind
“Once upon a time, the planets and the fates
And all the stars aligned
You and I ended up in the same room
At the same time” — “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
Strategy sets the scene for the tale”
Message: You are responsible for where you are. Have I taken responsibility for all of my choices?
The Hanged Man → Qaddamarwa: Initiation — Question
“Big City, Wrong Choices” — “And every single one of your friends was makin’ fun of you
But fifteen seconds later, they were clappin’ too?
Then what did you do?”
Message: You are being too hard on yourself. Can I see this issue from another perspective?
Death → Iku: Transformation — Vigilante Shit*
“They say looks can kill and I might try” — “You did some bad things, but I’m the worst of them
Sometimes I wonder which one’ll be your last lie”
Message: You are free to release something and step into a new light. Do I know how to embrace the unknown?
Temperance → Ifarada: Healing — The Great War
“Tore your banners down, took the battle underground” — “I drew curtains closed, drank my poison all alone”
Message: The opportunities for growth are infinite in your life. Is it time to go back and make some changes?
The Devil → Etan: Seduction— Anti-Hero
“I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis
(Tale as old as time)” — “Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?”
Message: Stop feeding the momentum of negativity. Do I feel chained to someone, something, or someplace?
The Tower → Gogoro: Ego Death — Midnight Rain
“He wanted a bride, I was making my own name” — “All the love we unravel
And the life I gave away
’Cause he was sunshine, I was midnight rain”
Message: Time to relinquish the old habits, thoughts, and programs that keep you a prisoner in your ivory tower built by someone else. Am I ready to have my plans turned upside down without a warning?
The Star → Irawo: Restoration — High Infidelity
“You know there’s many different ways that you can kill the one you love
The slowest way is never loving them enough” — “I didn’t know you were keeping count Rain soaking, blind hoping”
Message: Thousands had to love for you to be here. Am I showing gratitude every day to those who really need to hear it, those closest to me?
The Moon → Osupa: Vision — Lavender Haze
“I’m damned if I do give a damn what people say” — “I been under scrutiny”
Message: Imagination is one of the most powerful tools in your toolkit. Am I ignoring my shadow self?
The Sun → Oorun: Joy and Light — Paris
“No, I didn’t see the news, ’Cause we were somewhere else” — “I’m so in love I might stop breathing.”
Message: Be happy with yourself! Success in your vortex. Am I surrounded by people who raise my spirit to its highest potential?
Judgment → Idajo: Karma — Karma
“You’re terrified to look down
’Cause if you dare, you’ll see the glare” — “Ask me what I learned from all those years
Ask me what I earned from all those tears”
Message: It is time to stop judging yourself, and others so hard. Am I ready to recreate myself?
The World → Agbaye: Bigger Than The Whole Sky
“You were bigger than the whole sky
You were more than just a short time”
Message: All things, even the hardest things, are always energy in motion, don’t forget to breathe. Have I completed a cycle?
I hope you enjoyed the ride through the Major (Meta) Arcana of The Metaphysical Cannabis Oracle Deck!
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Should I do the remainder of the cards in the suits as other Taylor’s Version tracks?
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