Saturday, June 21, 2025

Ascending to the black star

In a comment on "Igxuhp zvmwqfb Jack dry stolen," Bill points out that three of the stamps are a color other than white. These are arranged in an ascending diagonal line and spell out AMU, which as it happens is an Elvish root meaning "up(wards)" or "to raise." The meaning of the word thus matches the way in which it is written.


Bill interprets the colors of the three letters thus:

Further, the 1 Red and 2 Blue letters would map to one narrative of the story in terms of who or what is being raised. A Red "A" has been a symbol repeatedly showing up, whether in the Red Alvin, Ace of Hearts, or the "Red One/ Alpha", that Being will be raised up. One form of his name I've guessed is named after John, or Elias, and so we shouldn't be surprised to see that Red A sitting in the name Jack.

In addition, that Red Being will ascend with 2 "Blue Wizards", which has been a pretty consistent part of the story, even if the identities of all 3 of these individuals are in flux. This maps also to William's story of Patrick, Tim, and William Alizio as well as Daymon's story of Joseph and the Two Wizards. These stories all mention two wizards sent to bring a third Being back home.

Just as the red A is part of the name Jack, the blue M is part of the name Wm written backwards -- corresponding to Bill's current guess that I am one of the Blue Wizards.

Bill notes that the red A is associated with the Ace of Hearts. The Tarot equivalent of that card is the Ace of Cups, which is conceptually "blue" (associated with water) and features a W that looks like an inverted M:


Note that this card also shows lotus flowers and a dove carrying something. See "Shaved by Tessa while contemplating a Rose or Lotus" and "Carry that weight." (The first graffiti image in the latter post includes the word dove together with "You're goma [sic] carry that weight," misspelled so that it includes an M.) Given Bill's emphasis on baptism, see also my 2022 post "The Ace of Cups combines baptismal and Eucharistic imagery."

Coming back to the title of this post, though, note that the U stamp is a lighter shade of blue than the M. That, combined with the diagonal orientation, means that the AMU corresponds to one and only one location on a Scrabble board:


Scrabble is played with square white tiles marked with letters of the alphabet, very close to the appearance of the stamps, so I think this connection is relevant. Bill has conceptualized the AMU as moving up and to the right. Based on the Scrabble color-coding, then, these three characters' destination is the black star (black hole?) at the center of the board.

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Simple Simon -- how did we miss this one?

We got "Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater." We got "Jack and Jill went up the hill." But somehow we'd overlooked this one ...