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Found this in "Spiritual Tarot" by Echols, Mueller and Thomson.bellatrix said:. Temperance mentioned the astrology signs on the blanket. Do these have any significance at all?
"The quilt covering her legs has red roses embroidered in the yellow squares, indicating passion backed by intellect, and astrological signs, standing for aspects of her personality, embrodered on its blue squares of awareness."
"The base of the bed is carved with images, possibly mythogical ones.
The scene on the base of the bed suggests that a myth or script we live by is an underlying factor in shaping our ideas about ourselves and whats ahead."
This book also suggests that the swords are hanging to represent "hang-ups" from the past.