Tile of The Month

by Jean-Baptiste Duret

The Dragonfly

Function • Helps navigate into illusions / reflections and become the center of one’s own. Grants great flexibility in shifting through facets of reality.

Families • Milumet, Sumafi

Significance • This tile represents an expanded awareness and a great mobility of attention.

With its two pairs of wings, the dragonfly is able to move swiftly and rapidly in its environment (by taking off, rotating, uplifting…) or to hover in the air.

Its two faceted eyes grant the dragonfly a great field of vision and it is able to keep track of its target and objectives and to have a clear understanding of obstacles. The dragonfly can perceive 175 images per second giving it clarity in its perception and access to consequent information.

This tile is also a reminder of the kaleidoscopic vision of reality which suggests a great flexibility of the perception.

Interpretation • The Dragonfly lies in the center of its awareness represented by the bubble. The shape of the bubble is not spherical as our awareness is neither continuous nor even or seamless. The different parts inside the bubble represent the different facets of one’s attention and remind us of a puzzle. The quality of the membrane is in a state of fluctuation so to speak and represents the way our perception is filtered through our beliefs. The lines are moving in a spiral way, indicating that our perception is in a constant motion. The bubble can expand or contract itself depending on the focus and the attention. The Dragonfly is very mobile in its bubble and moves swiftly from one point of attention to another.

As an advice • Whenever you find this tile, take a moment to slow down your perception and evaluate the information at your disposal through your senses and other avenues of communication (dreams, impressions, emotions…). It will bring you a sense of clarity and stability in the center of yourself.

Allow yourself the flexibility to move through the diversity of your different worldviews so that you may put bits and pieces of your reality puzzle together. Don’t take anything for granted and allow yourself to see through the illusion of perception.

First appearance • March 2009

Other connections • kaleidoscope, bubble, iridescence