Rede Seeker
Fetch a magnifying glass and check out the cups - the four lower cups are marked with a heart, spade, club, and diamond - similar to the suit-symbols on the bottom banner for each card. The two hightest cups and the cup balanced on the lady's head are golden, different shapes, adorned with pearls (as the other four are) but uncommitted to a suit.
There is a berry-red woman, naked but adorned with pearls at her ears and neck; green bracelets on both wrists. In her right palm she balances the cup of diamonds; in her left, the cup of clubs. A rainbow arcs over her head and connects the cups she balances in her palms. The woman is sun-blonde and sits in a meditative pose. Her human eyes are closed; her third eye is open. The lady's belly has a clockwise sworl pattern; the sun at the top of this card has a counter-clockwise sworl in yellow and orange. The lady is sitting on a cloud set against a blue sky.
The cup of hearts (lower left corner) has hearts streaming out of it. The cup of spades (lower right corner) has butterflies streaming out of it. Both of these cups have a thread of crystal-colored water overflowing it's rim.
In addition to the rainbow, the cup of diamonds has stars and light rays streaming out of it; the cup of clubs has flames rising out of it. The cup the lady balances on her crown chakra has seven vapor trails rising out of it.
Two cups rest on clouds above the lady's head but below the sun; one cloud on the right side of the card; the other on the left. Both cups are being filled by two larger cups on the border of the card. These larger cups are connected by a rainbow similar to the cups the lady balances on her palms. The cups resting on the clouds have streams of crystal-colored water overflowing their rims. The clouds they rest on are shedding raindrops.
There are no Runes on this card.
What a sense of peace I get from this version of the seven of cups! Other decks carry a mild anxiety vibe - which to choose? Other versions of the seven of cups has the chooser separated from his/her choices. On the Pearls of Wisdom version, the chooser and the to-be-chosen are not separated. Her meditative pose suggests that she is letting her inner vision see and choose for her. The balancing of cups on her palms rather than gripping them more securely indicates her openess to outcome. Her hair is in motion - an indicator of inspiration? All the elements are represented and 'mystery cups' are available, too.
The lady's berry-coloring escapes me - I don't get a 'raw cold' vibe (after all - she is naked on a cloud being rained upon). Perhaps it's an indicator of her rootedness - red being the color of the root chakra - even though she is supsended in the air.
The green bracelets are a puzzle for me, too. They seem to be beaded. I don't get a shackle-vibe from them. The pearls at her throat and ears are symbols of her power and - perhaps - her right to choose for herself? In which case, the bracelets may symbolize her release from bondage. They haven't evolved into pearls yet, but that transformation is in-progress?
In a reading, I would say that the querent has choices. That he/she is part of the choice process not some passive participant in creation of his/her own Wyrd. The right choice will be made if he/she sees with his/her 'Wisdom-Eye' from a calm space.
There is a berry-red woman, naked but adorned with pearls at her ears and neck; green bracelets on both wrists. In her right palm she balances the cup of diamonds; in her left, the cup of clubs. A rainbow arcs over her head and connects the cups she balances in her palms. The woman is sun-blonde and sits in a meditative pose. Her human eyes are closed; her third eye is open. The lady's belly has a clockwise sworl pattern; the sun at the top of this card has a counter-clockwise sworl in yellow and orange. The lady is sitting on a cloud set against a blue sky.
The cup of hearts (lower left corner) has hearts streaming out of it. The cup of spades (lower right corner) has butterflies streaming out of it. Both of these cups have a thread of crystal-colored water overflowing it's rim.
In addition to the rainbow, the cup of diamonds has stars and light rays streaming out of it; the cup of clubs has flames rising out of it. The cup the lady balances on her crown chakra has seven vapor trails rising out of it.
Two cups rest on clouds above the lady's head but below the sun; one cloud on the right side of the card; the other on the left. Both cups are being filled by two larger cups on the border of the card. These larger cups are connected by a rainbow similar to the cups the lady balances on her palms. The cups resting on the clouds have streams of crystal-colored water overflowing their rims. The clouds they rest on are shedding raindrops.
There are no Runes on this card.
What a sense of peace I get from this version of the seven of cups! Other decks carry a mild anxiety vibe - which to choose? Other versions of the seven of cups has the chooser separated from his/her choices. On the Pearls of Wisdom version, the chooser and the to-be-chosen are not separated. Her meditative pose suggests that she is letting her inner vision see and choose for her. The balancing of cups on her palms rather than gripping them more securely indicates her openess to outcome. Her hair is in motion - an indicator of inspiration? All the elements are represented and 'mystery cups' are available, too.
The lady's berry-coloring escapes me - I don't get a 'raw cold' vibe (after all - she is naked on a cloud being rained upon). Perhaps it's an indicator of her rootedness - red being the color of the root chakra - even though she is supsended in the air.
The green bracelets are a puzzle for me, too. They seem to be beaded. I don't get a shackle-vibe from them. The pearls at her throat and ears are symbols of her power and - perhaps - her right to choose for herself? In which case, the bracelets may symbolize her release from bondage. They haven't evolved into pearls yet, but that transformation is in-progress?
In a reading, I would say that the querent has choices. That he/she is part of the choice process not some passive participant in creation of his/her own Wyrd. The right choice will be made if he/she sees with his/her 'Wisdom-Eye' from a calm space.