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With her new album, \u201cThe Tarot Songs,\u201d Bianca St\u00fccker<\/strong> reads the cards. Well, in any case, it\u2019s all very intuitive. In our July\/August issue, we talk with the charming musician about (un)usual instruments, life behind a glass wall, and fate. <\/p>\n\n

But for now, let\u2019s chat a bit about some of the songs and start with \u201cTemperantia (Temperance).\u201d Bianca explains: It\u2019s a beautiful card whose meaning isn\u2019t immediately clear, because \u201ctemperance\u201d isn\u2019t a very common word in everyday language. It\u2019s about\u2014in addition to equilibrium, balance, and harmony\u2014finding the right measure, and that is indeed important in many ways and in many situations. In any case, the card has nothing to do with \u2018mediocrity\u2019 (which is what one might assume).\u201d <\/p>\n\n

\u201cFortitudo \u2013 One of a Kind (Strength)\u201d has a dramatic feel to it. Bianca St\u00fccker reflects: \u201cWith \u2018Fortitudo,\u2019 I had two things in mind: first, the meaning commonly used today, which also encompasses a zest for life and sensuality; and second, an older meaning that revolves around \u2018culture over nature\u2019\u2014that is, humanity subjugating nature. The text can thus be understood as a passionate but unfulfilled love story, but also as a relationship between humans and nature that is always reciprocal\u2014and, of course, unique\u2014and always carries connotations of finitude or, in the worst case, finality. Uniqueness or \u2018strangeness\u2019 can be both a distinction and a burden: what is special can be celebrated, but it can also be stigmatized. In this respect, I believe it is an ambivalent quality \u2026\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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