Barleywine
Bear with me, this may get a little far-fetched.
While exploring the modern reconstruction of the Gringonneur deck, I noticed that the 2 of Wands shows a supine, castrated man with his "bits" apparently lying on the ground next to him. In trying to reconcile this to the more common RWS image, I saw that the latter shows a man with a staff in one hand and a globe in the other, perhaps paralleling the former depiction by showing an inability to "perform" because the "sum of the parts" has gone astray. It made me wonder whether the RWS man might be unable - or at least hesitant - to complete a certain action or to step outside a narrow situational framework because he lacks the wherewithal - resolve, stamina, "balls" - to carry on. So it looks like a case of "arrested development," more pondering than "push." Reversal might show a case of actual rather than figurative impotence. None of this would be outside the more demoralizing of Waite's two chains of meaning.
http://www.albideuter.de/html/estensi_23.html
When you're done laughing, give me your thoughts.
While exploring the modern reconstruction of the Gringonneur deck, I noticed that the 2 of Wands shows a supine, castrated man with his "bits" apparently lying on the ground next to him. In trying to reconcile this to the more common RWS image, I saw that the latter shows a man with a staff in one hand and a globe in the other, perhaps paralleling the former depiction by showing an inability to "perform" because the "sum of the parts" has gone astray. It made me wonder whether the RWS man might be unable - or at least hesitant - to complete a certain action or to step outside a narrow situational framework because he lacks the wherewithal - resolve, stamina, "balls" - to carry on. So it looks like a case of "arrested development," more pondering than "push." Reversal might show a case of actual rather than figurative impotence. None of this would be outside the more demoralizing of Waite's two chains of meaning.
http://www.albideuter.de/html/estensi_23.html
When you're done laughing, give me your thoughts.