Sophie-David
Like the Queen of Spears, Pellinore the King has the grey hair of maturity. He wears a short dignified beard and looks towards the sky, ready to release his falcon. Pellinore wears a royal robe of gold, but with a dynamic coloured edging, conveying energy along with authority. Under his robe his clothing is quite practical, a shirt of royal purple, and grey servicable looking pants.
King Pellinore is hunting on this estate with a falcon in training, for which he carries a tether line in his right hand. Falcons were expensive birds, costly to train and maintain, and considered a sacred mark of the nobility, as the following reference suggests, used "to keep up their rank":
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/scriptorium/hunting.html
A Keeper of Words tells us that King Pellinore is a wise and loyal ally of Arthur, who aided him in battle with the rebel kings. A longer and perhaps more revealing story is told in the Seven of Cups, that Pellinore is on a lifelong quest to catch the elusive Questing Beast. This reflects on the meaning of King Pellinore's card, that this is a man who "sets high goals and continuously works to achieve them". As do the other members of Legend's Court of Spears (Wands or Staffs), King Pellinore's countenance conveys creative intensity and courage.
King Pellinore is hunting on this estate with a falcon in training, for which he carries a tether line in his right hand. Falcons were expensive birds, costly to train and maintain, and considered a sacred mark of the nobility, as the following reference suggests, used "to keep up their rank":
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/scriptorium/hunting.html
A Keeper of Words tells us that King Pellinore is a wise and loyal ally of Arthur, who aided him in battle with the rebel kings. A longer and perhaps more revealing story is told in the Seven of Cups, that Pellinore is on a lifelong quest to catch the elusive Questing Beast. This reflects on the meaning of King Pellinore's card, that this is a man who "sets high goals and continuously works to achieve them". As do the other members of Legend's Court of Spears (Wands or Staffs), King Pellinore's countenance conveys creative intensity and courage.