I
began this on a lilt on an optimistic breeze but everything followed
the path I normally take, though I enjoyed the enthusiasm at the
time.
Using
my lovely new Favole
Tarot deck in an effort to study it,
the artist, the symbolism, and me.
7.12.10
I
should mention to anyone reading this that I split this deck because
the number cards are just pips, but I kept the courts with the Majors
and am using them together as I study.
Also,
this deck veers away from the norm and the suits are: Crosses, Masks,
Flowers and Butterflies. There is nothing in the details to tell you
what suit is what; I guess that the crosses are swords and masks are
wands but it’s up in the air as to whether the cups are black roses
or butterflies. I feel that the emotion lies with the butterflies,
the celebration and tragedy of their short lives – so they should
represent the cups. The thorny danger of roses indicates the problems
we all have with money – but, it is possible to see the other side
of this argument. Don’t we all cry and bleed tears when pricked by
the dark side of love? And wouldn’t the petals catch those tears?
The
butterfly as a precious and jewelled beast might be an earthy trait,
even though it is flighty and creative and everyone loves them; the
other terrible truth is that butterflies feed on excrement, and they
are here today, gone tomorrow – a life as short as cash-flow.
I
spent a while studying the two sets of court cards and have come to
the conclusion that the Flowers are the Cups, because the king is
wearing a mask, the knave is dressed as a pierrot and the knight has
her arms around a statue in a poetic and romantic gesture; they all
denote theatre and therefore the arts. Both the queen and the knave
have the stem of a rose in their mouths which suggests – a cupping.
-
back to the future
I
really love the way I leapt onto these cards, and even though I
didn't keep up with the readings the practice of deliberately not
really using the traditional meanings much and just catching what
might be suggested by how the characters were dressed and the
juxtaposition of them and the environment, it was a lesson in
detailed roaming. Tarot are meant to stimulate and inspire meaning
which might lead to decision-making and change, but this is a
busman's holiday - I already know most of the answers as to what I
need to do to achieve either my goal/dream or contentment… but that
wee bugger, Procrastination, is hard to eradicate.
