Master_Margarita
Judgement is exemplified in this deck by the very old tale of Snow White, which is too familiar to need a link to the story.
The notion of rebirth and renewal is easily conveyed by the familiar moment in the story when the Prince dislodges the poisoned apple in Snow White's mouth (query: why didn't it poison him too if his lip touched it??) and she sits up. Charmingly, the image on the card depicts all seven dwarfs as well as Snow White and the Prince.
I had forgotten, until I read the decks' companion book, that Snow White's stepmother makes three attempts in total to kill Snow White. I never knew, until I read the companion book, that the Brothers Grimm somewhat sanitized this tale in 1819 when they published it, and until that time the poisoner was Snow White's mother, not her stepmother. Particularly with the mother as the antagonist, as the commentary points out, it is easy to interpret this tale as a narrative about the struggles we have to individuate when growing up against the conscious or unconscious attempts of our parents to keep us as children. In that light, the Seven Dwarfs represent the past and the Prince represents the future.
So is Judgement about a whole new life, or making a transition to a new phase of life? This story serves either meaning.
M_M~
The notion of rebirth and renewal is easily conveyed by the familiar moment in the story when the Prince dislodges the poisoned apple in Snow White's mouth (query: why didn't it poison him too if his lip touched it??) and she sits up. Charmingly, the image on the card depicts all seven dwarfs as well as Snow White and the Prince.
I had forgotten, until I read the decks' companion book, that Snow White's stepmother makes three attempts in total to kill Snow White. I never knew, until I read the companion book, that the Brothers Grimm somewhat sanitized this tale in 1819 when they published it, and until that time the poisoner was Snow White's mother, not her stepmother. Particularly with the mother as the antagonist, as the commentary points out, it is easy to interpret this tale as a narrative about the struggles we have to individuate when growing up against the conscious or unconscious attempts of our parents to keep us as children. In that light, the Seven Dwarfs represent the past and the Prince represents the future.
So is Judgement about a whole new life, or making a transition to a new phase of life? This story serves either meaning.
M_M~