weaver
Oh, Gardener, thank you so much for drawing such insightful parallels between the Blue Rose and Margarete Petersen 6 of Swords/Feathers. Your analogy seems so obvious once highlighted but, in truth, I don't know that the striking similarities would have clicked for me had you not pointed them out. (Interestingly, both cards have turned up in readings I have done over the last few days.)
Firstly, this deck has just come into my world. Thus, I am just beginning to assimilate and consider it's images, one baby step at a time! So everything I write constitutes "first blush" impressions.
In looking at the MP 6 of Feathers card, I was very much reminded of the RWS card which shows individuals huddled in a boat which appears to be moving away from troubled waters. As a person who lives very close to nature, the 6 of Feathers image reminds me of the reflections one finds being mirrored in water while canoeing. Because of the movement and subsequent water's ripples, the reflected images always appear to be disjointed and fragmented. Overlaying the fragmented reflection, the feathers appear to be coming together like the spokes of a wheel and constitute a juxtaposition that suggests movement and passage to me. It's an image that also reminds me of the importance of maintaining perspective and finding one's stabile center during periods of movement and passage.
But then, what is being reflected? Is it the Sun? Is it the Moon? The LWB says, "Cultivate a harmonious relationship between your mind and feelings". Perhaps one might at least consider that both the Sun and the Moon are being reflected? There does appear to be two separate half circles being reflected.
Firstly, this deck has just come into my world. Thus, I am just beginning to assimilate and consider it's images, one baby step at a time! So everything I write constitutes "first blush" impressions.
In looking at the MP 6 of Feathers card, I was very much reminded of the RWS card which shows individuals huddled in a boat which appears to be moving away from troubled waters. As a person who lives very close to nature, the 6 of Feathers image reminds me of the reflections one finds being mirrored in water while canoeing. Because of the movement and subsequent water's ripples, the reflected images always appear to be disjointed and fragmented. Overlaying the fragmented reflection, the feathers appear to be coming together like the spokes of a wheel and constitute a juxtaposition that suggests movement and passage to me. It's an image that also reminds me of the importance of maintaining perspective and finding one's stabile center during periods of movement and passage.
But then, what is being reflected? Is it the Sun? Is it the Moon? The LWB says, "Cultivate a harmonious relationship between your mind and feelings". Perhaps one might at least consider that both the Sun and the Moon are being reflected? There does appear to be two separate half circles being reflected.