This week, for this #NewMoon, PLUS the upcoming Venus retrograde, PLUS the Sun's ingress into #Leo... as well as some other complex #astrology, we naturally aren't messing around with anything but the Triumphs of the Tarot!

Stop by for insights regarding this visit from the magical helper and guide that shines his beacon for us at this time.
#tarot #Cardoftheweek #astrologylovestarot #VenusRetro
#MajorArcana #tombombadil

https://www.owlsdaughter.com/weekly-tarot/

Poor old Willow-man, you tuck your roots away! Tom's in a hurry now. Evening will follow day. Tom's going home again water-lilies bringing. Hey! Come derry dol!

#lego #afol #lotr #tombombadil #mastoart

One of the enduring mysteries from #LordOfTheRings is the nature of #TomBombadil. I won't recap that mystery here, because there's plenty already out there you can read:
- https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Bombadil
- https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Theories_about_Tom_Bombadil

My own theory is that Tom Bombadil was necessary for the creation of Middle-earth, and he's just stuck around since then. The purpose of Middle-earth was to be where Elves and Men, the Children of Eru Illúvatar, lived. The world was made *for* them. But the creation of Middle-earth required the work of the Ainur and took time, and the Elves didn't awaken until well into the Years of the Trees, and Men even later, many thousands of years after Middle-earth's creation.

Tom's remarks indicate that he predates pretty much everything. He remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. And he is also known by the title Master, with the implication that he's master of everything.

My theory is that Tom Bombadil's role is just that: Master. In the first days, there weren't any Elves or Men, so there was no one for Middle-earth to be *for*, or to be its master. But the world was meant to be for someone, so until the Elves came along, Tom got to be who the world was for. That let the world be for someone, so the fundamental nature of the world didn't have to change when Elves and Men came along. Tom Bombadil was a placeholder – a part of the construction scaffolding that Eru Illúvatar used to create Middle-earth. Eru Illúvatar made Tom before anything else, so that the rest of the world would make sense, at least until the other Children could fill that role. He doesn't fit into any other boxes because he is unique, and he is unique because he was made to fill a unique purpose.

There isn't much in the canon to back up my theory specifically, but I believe it is consistent with canon and even JRRT's non-canon lore.

#JRRT #LOTR #FanTheory

@frankobert There may be songs of joy and woe to be revisited, but the words that the trees and water speak daily are ever changing.

Come! Let them flow through you as you cool your feet in clear pools and rivulets.

#TomBombadil

After watching The Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy the other day, I've been thinking a lot about Tom Bombadil (because of his absence).

Henceforth, I too shall endeavor to prance amongst the reeds and willows throughout the year.

Songs yet unwritten, shall ring forth for all the woodland creatures to revel in.

Hey derry-do! Won't you join us? Once in need of rest, we shall feast on milk and honey bread.

#TomBombadil

Okay, this may be a spoiler and this is the last time I'm reading something about The Rings of Power until I see season two (last season just had too many spoilers disguised as "theories"), but if this is true, it means that we're one step closer to "Tom Bombadil, the Musical!" You know you want it.

https://www.theonering.net/torwp/2023/01/04/116054-bonkers-rings-of-power-s2-rumour-a-wild-tom-bombadil-appears/

#RingsOfPower #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #TomBombadil

Lol I guess I should clarify I mean the #LOTR books here, seeing as they did technically cover it in three movies but at the cost of several exclusions like our friend #TomBombadil

Lol I guess I should clarify I mean the #LOTR books here, seeing as they did technically cover it in three movies but at the cost of several exclusions like our friend #TomBombadil

Como me abría gustado que el maestro #Tolkien se hubiera centrado y contado más sobre #Tombombadil