swimming in tarot
The Quantum 2 of Cups depicts two young people, cheek to cheek, with greenish overtones, looking directly out at us from the top of the card. In front of each is a glinting chalice. At the bottom of the card, clouds in golden and rosy tones (more like orange, really). The LWB speaks of binary star systems, being two-star systems bound together by gravity. It notes that the stars may orbit around each other, but that that relationship may change: the larger star reaches the end of its life and fades, the other one takes material from it for fuel, and grows brighter and hotter.
Oh, dear. That sounds like a non-Hallmark version of relationships. Gravitation does pull people together, so to speak, but the purposes are not always romantic; and if romantic, the romance can morph into another form of relationship, or disintegrate. (I hate it when people say, "oh, the two of cups, how romaaaaaaantic!) People can be drawn together for the sake of power plays, for unresolved psychological issues that they need to replay until they understand, for mutual back-scratching, and for greed, to name a few reasons. And they will keep orbiting around each other until somebody gets smart, and/or their needs change, or somebody dies. This is like the larger star reaching the end of its life and leaving a bequest to the remaining star; or that star's needs change and it leaves the relationship, and pays alimony for the other star's benefit. The remaining star may grow brighter and hotter from material benefit, or brighter and hotter from anger and bitterness. Don't I sound cynical. But I think that this card's imagery serves as fair warning for that reading: the models' faces are greenish-tinged, perhaps with envy, covetousness, jealousy; much hope is put on the pledge-cups (glinting edges), but these are resting on water (emotion) and clouds (delusion). The clouds are golden on the top surface, but fiery orange and stormy beneath, as are many relationships below the surface, either in time or from the outset.
I don't think there's anything wrong with putting these cautionary interpretations foremost. Do people really need to be warned of a healthy, happy romance coming their way, so they can take the necessary precautions to prevent it from blossoming?
Oh, dear. That sounds like a non-Hallmark version of relationships. Gravitation does pull people together, so to speak, but the purposes are not always romantic; and if romantic, the romance can morph into another form of relationship, or disintegrate. (I hate it when people say, "oh, the two of cups, how romaaaaaaantic!) People can be drawn together for the sake of power plays, for unresolved psychological issues that they need to replay until they understand, for mutual back-scratching, and for greed, to name a few reasons. And they will keep orbiting around each other until somebody gets smart, and/or their needs change, or somebody dies. This is like the larger star reaching the end of its life and leaving a bequest to the remaining star; or that star's needs change and it leaves the relationship, and pays alimony for the other star's benefit. The remaining star may grow brighter and hotter from material benefit, or brighter and hotter from anger and bitterness. Don't I sound cynical. But I think that this card's imagery serves as fair warning for that reading: the models' faces are greenish-tinged, perhaps with envy, covetousness, jealousy; much hope is put on the pledge-cups (glinting edges), but these are resting on water (emotion) and clouds (delusion). The clouds are golden on the top surface, but fiery orange and stormy beneath, as are many relationships below the surface, either in time or from the outset.
I don't think there's anything wrong with putting these cautionary interpretations foremost. Do people really need to be warned of a healthy, happy romance coming their way, so they can take the necessary precautions to prevent it from blossoming?