Except for the change to the plural possessive your from the singular thy, this is a direct quote from Ecclesiastes:
Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days (11:1).
If eating bread that has been floating in the water for many days seems unappealing, this is the standard interpretation, as reflected in modern translations: "Ship your grain across the sea; after many days you may receive a return" (NIV). This reminds me of Waite's commentary on the Three of Wands, which I quoted in "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Resurrectionists, and merchant ships": "those are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea."
It also reminds me of the ending of the first canto of Byron's Don Juan, though the relevant lines were confessedly cribbed from Robert Southey of "Three Bears" fame.
It's interesting that right after this allusion to Ecclesiastes 11:1, we have the date 11/1.
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A few interesting things about the bread reference, all having to do with Asenath, who I had once again referenced in the comments on your post before this one (in reference to the name Tommy Solomon)
Asenath's nickname, in Daymon's writings, was White Crumb Lady, so named after the "bread crumbs" she had gathered, and what Joseph foresaw as the last remains or holdings of a world/ existence we can no longer remember. I've guessed these Crumbs have something to do with - or in fact are - various Stones, and are the means for some future restoration, and that Asenath created them.
I've mentioned overlapping name/ symbol references between Joseph and Eonwe, but there are overlaps between Asenath and Eowyn. In one set of words a reference to "Mbasse" was mentioned, which I've guessed is a reference to a person. Mbasse means bread.
The connection of Asenath with your bread reference becomes even more of a possibility when considering how you ended this post with Byron. In the quotation, a little book is cast upon the waters from someone in solitude, and told the world would one day find it.
This mirrors exactly Asenath and her writing of the Brass Plates. Following Pharazon's assault, and the ensuing departure of Eressea and destruction of Numenor, Asenath was left alone upon the waters in a small boat. She was later joined by Ki-Abroam (Abraham), where the two of them composed that record - with Asenath speaking/ reciting, and Abraham writing. At the conclusion of this, Abraham refers to her writing as a Barge to sail out (since a barge is another word for Ark, my own guess is Asenath's writings are the legendary Ark of the Covenant):
"... after months told by her aging daily, he hefted himself a Bronze Book, of his making:
" 'Almost,' she laughed, 'a coffin for all knowledge'
" ' Not so, but a barge, to sail it wheresoever the winds release, and take they voice's words, oh loving wife..."
Remember that Abraham/ Ki-Abroam is the same person, in my opinion, as Tom Bombadil, so when I have written about Tom's house in France (France has got Key...), it is this same individual. I've also guessed it is possible that Asenath's Book/ the Brass Plates are in Tom's study.
Daymon's later writings would suggest the book was destroyed, but I think that is pretty convenient for those who would rewrite history to their benefit.
This is actually the second time I've quoted the first canto of Don Juan in connection with the Three of Wands, the first being my reference to Nelson as "Britannia's god of war," a phrase that also comes from that canto.
The god of war is Mars, whose symbol is the shield and spear, so this ties in with the "Brittany Spears" concept. There's also a Joseph Gordon-Levitt link, as he plays the title character in the movie Don Jon.
I suppose the blond "god" Donald John Trump, the subject of the book Dark Star Rising (written by a former member of Blondie), is also a Don Juan. His rise to power suggests that poem's opening lines:
I want a hero: an uncommon want,
When every year and month sends forth a new one,
Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant,
The age discovers he is not the true one;
I've written about Trump before in connection with a blond god (Hermes in this case) and an ark at sea. The comments even bring in the Three of Wands as the 45th Minor Arcanum.
https://magicianstable.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-trumpiest-trump.html
Connecting Trump with Hermes is interesting.
I've guessed that Trump is the reincarnated Coriantumr and Ether, who was sent to Coriantumr to warn him, is symbolized by Hermes.
It is also interesting to note that while Coriantumr laid claim to being the Jaredite king (and fought hard to retain that title), the genealogy that Moroni provides us in the Book of Ether makes it clear that Ether had claim to the throne, further clarified by events in Ether 11 (Ether's grandfather Moron was king before being overthrown ... though Moron was a wicked dude).
Where I am going with this is in the post you referenced, you have the Judgement card and go through connections to Trump. But Judgement lies with the Being who incarnated as Ether, given what Joseph Smith translated about him by his other name in the GAEL as Jah-ho-e-oop: "An ambassador: one delegated with Kingly power; one authorized to execute judgement for the King; a swift messenger one whose power cannot be escaped; one next to supreme"
This gives us the Judgement connection, and the Trump itself is pretty funny when I think back on events in 2020 as I have interpreted them, specifically with the recovery of the Rose Stone. As part of that effort, I believe the Disciples stopped off in Salt Lake City on their way to Idaho and were responsible for knocking the trumpet out of the hands of the angel on the temple. Given the symbolism of that angel, I think this was done for equally symbolic reasons.
Donald Trump is sure an interesting name.
I had a random hunch that the date the trumpet was knocked off would be significant, so I looked it up. The statue was placed on the temple spire on April 6, 1892. The trumpet was knocked off on March 18, 2020. The time between those two dates is 46,720 days -- or exactly 128 common years.
The exactness of the number seemed meaningful, but I didn't know if 128 years had any particular significance. Googling "128 years" lds brought up several articles like this one: "Salt Lake Temple Time Capsule Is Opened 128 Years Later."
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/salt-lake-temple-capstone-opened-2020
In the Old Testament, 128 years passed between the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians and the decree to rebuild it.
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