How do Big Bang and BTS see each other?
Big Bang’s side is pretty interesting because it starts with The Star and then just kind of plummets out with three reversed cards coming out together (again, I don’t keep reversed cards in this deck so when they come out like that it’s usually significant) which are The Hanged Man, the 8 of Cups, and the 6 of Cups. All three of those cards, when reversed, have something to do with being stuck in something, not wanting to or not being able to progress past something. It’s like physically, mentally, and emotionally they collectively, as a group, as Big Bang, feel very stuck, almost dead, like it’s dead energy, and they are seeing BTS as this literal star. Like a big ball of fire in the sky, nothing but energy and movement.
My focus was brought to the lights in the images. The stars in the image of The Star and the halo of light around the man’s head in The Hanged Man. They are seeing BTS as this omnipresent light, just this force with no real thought towards them as people, like a faceless meteor or some shit that they can’t really understand. Then they see themselves, or the group, as much more toned down. The focus is on the face, the head, the person, the people in Big Bang as individuals. Not saying this to stir people’s shit, but it’s like they are seeing themselves as being insignificant compared to BTS, like what they did for KPOP and the industry back in the day doesn’t even compare to what BTS are doing now. “Kings of Kpop” doesn’t really vibe here basically, and it’s very pessimistic.
So, there’s all that stuck energy there with that. Again, it feels dead like literally walking up to a person with their legs cut off and they’re just laying on the ground and saying, “what’s the point of going on?” A lot of stress there too but that could be coming from recent events and other issues that have put Big Bang as a group and as individuals in difficult to handle situations. They don’t want to quit but they also don’t know where to go from where they are now. It’s like everything is frozen and stuck and when they look at BTS (which, honestly, I don’t think they do even though that seems impossible) they see that roaring ball of fire.
On BTS’ side the one card that I expected to see was the 7 of Cups since, you know, shit be messy right now and I’m sure that can shift opinions and thoughts around on an individual level between them. That card did come out last pointing to wavering thoughts, a mix of good and bad views, general confusion, not knowing how to feel. Things like that. Above all of that, however, they have a general group view that is mainly made up of respect and admiration.
Temperance and the 9 of Cups is the primary focus, it’s what they’re actually projecting towards Big Bang collectively. It’s like they are acknowledging their work, a big focus on the way the angel mixes the water in the cups, and how they were inspired by them. The water, the work, the inspiration in those cups in Temperance are what they used to create the 9 of Cups for themselves. Basically, it’s like they saw Big Bang (and other groups as well) achieve what they assumed for themselves to be impossible and put in the effort to scratch the surface of what they had done before them, BTS just ended up filling more cups in the end.
They acknowledge Big Bang’s contribution to the industry and to their own work and success, and that is being put above any kind of personal issues or controversy that members of Big Bang may have. And absolutely in no way does that mean any of them or dismissing anything or letting things slide with what’s been going on, it just means that they aren’t going to forget what and who inspired them to take the steps towards getting themselves where they are right now.