joya250
hi. I'm back. I'm beginning to appreciate this card more. The more I study it, the more I am starting to see. I also really like her interpretations -- "Discarding Identities" "Seeing, thinking, hearing double" "Doubts" "Two-ness" etc., etc.
Traditionally I think of the lovers as just that, Lovers. A couple. A relationship. But her meaning opens it more to just that traditional view of man and woman. It is two Beings, recognizing Each Other and Themselves, what they are, what they are not. The discarding of identities, as she says. It is a safe place, gentle. A place of realness. A place where two become one, but only after seeing the "oneness" of their own self and the "oneness" of the other. It is a place of uncertainty, of "doubts" as she writes, because of the depth of revelation and the tentativeness to reveal. You have to be willing to see all parts of the other, both the positive and the negative. And, even harder still, you need to see that in yourself as well. One has to be careful who they choose to mix their energies with. Who they choose to reveal themselves to. "Cautious encounter of opposites" she writes. The duality and the wholeness -- all swirled up.
I kept being drawn back to that red line on the lower left of the card. It seemed to be... something... then I realized: It is a leg, actually, there is an image of two legs, spread open, as though in the position to give birth. Although in this situation, I do not think it directly relates to "giving birth" (as the creative potential of the Empress might be), but rather an illustration of the depth of trust and revelation possible within the atmosphere of this card. Either man or woman, I don't know, it could be either... but it is someone revealing themselves -- at their most vulnerable and open. Now, I know I'm not crazy... cause I definitely see it... but, does anybody else see this image too?? The snake is positioned in the middle of the legs. See it? See it?
Traditionally I think of the lovers as just that, Lovers. A couple. A relationship. But her meaning opens it more to just that traditional view of man and woman. It is two Beings, recognizing Each Other and Themselves, what they are, what they are not. The discarding of identities, as she says. It is a safe place, gentle. A place of realness. A place where two become one, but only after seeing the "oneness" of their own self and the "oneness" of the other. It is a place of uncertainty, of "doubts" as she writes, because of the depth of revelation and the tentativeness to reveal. You have to be willing to see all parts of the other, both the positive and the negative. And, even harder still, you need to see that in yourself as well. One has to be careful who they choose to mix their energies with. Who they choose to reveal themselves to. "Cautious encounter of opposites" she writes. The duality and the wholeness -- all swirled up.
I kept being drawn back to that red line on the lower left of the card. It seemed to be... something... then I realized: It is a leg, actually, there is an image of two legs, spread open, as though in the position to give birth. Although in this situation, I do not think it directly relates to "giving birth" (as the creative potential of the Empress might be), but rather an illustration of the depth of trust and revelation possible within the atmosphere of this card. Either man or woman, I don't know, it could be either... but it is someone revealing themselves -- at their most vulnerable and open. Now, I know I'm not crazy... cause I definitely see it... but, does anybody else see this image too?? The snake is positioned in the middle of the legs. See it? See it?