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Week of February 25, 2024
“Roll With The Punches And Get To What's Real”
Classic Rock Tarot:
8 of Swords: David Lee Roth
Knight of Cups: Eddie Van Halen
This day in Rock & Roll history, February 25, 1984, Van Halen's "Jump" peaks at #1 in the US. Over the years David Lee Roth has given various accounts of the meaning behind the lyrics, but most often says they are about a TV news story he saw where a man was about to kill himself by jumping off a building. Roth thought that one of the onlookers at such an event would inevitably yell "go ahead and jump". Roth bounced this suggestion off one of their roadies, who agreed it was good; however, instead of describing a potential suicide, the lyrics were written as an existential invitation to action, life and love. Vulture.com ranked it the 16th-best Van Halen song, calling it "an articulation of unadulterated joy and the unprecedented power of six rudimentary keyboard chords arranged in the best possible sequence." I'm not particularly fond of this tune. They've so many better bangers. How this song outranked, “Everybody Wants Some” at 36, “Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love” at 25, “Pretty Woman” at 21 & “Jamie’s Crying” at 19, I’ll never know -another tragedy.
Diamond Dave representing the 8 of Swords speaks to being overwhelmed by the extent of your problems & feeling as if there are no options. Here paralyzing fear & depression rule your thoughts. If this story is true, it’s possible this poor soul, trapped in a bleak mindset struggling with hopelessness, would have certainly felt boxed in as he wavered in his decision to jump. In such a situation, he would have benefited from an invitation to consider life, love and perhaps welcomed a bit of understanding from the Knight of Cups, portrayed here as Eddie Van Halen. Known as “The Lover or “The Peacemaker”, this Knight meanders thoughtfully on his quest to end loneliness and to uplift perspective. Perhaps this suffering passerby just needed a sympathetic individual to gently offer support & encouragement to unload burdens & coax truths.