Aeric
I thought I might start a new thread, this one dealing with the four Guide cards together since, visually, they're more identical than any other corresponding cards.
The Mythic Tarot Workbook (excellent deck, snatch it up!) associated each of the court cards with a particular Greek mythological figure based on his astrological personality. Since there are twelve signs, four of the court cards, the Pages, weren't associated with astrology. Rather, they introduced the spirit of the element into each suit.
And I feel this is what the Guides have done. The Guides are a few of the uniquely supernatural/spiritual entities of the deck. They bear the aura of fairies, a common word in gay circles with a plethora of interpretations. And I can certainly think of Tinkerbell guiding Peter as the spirited voice of reason in his adventures.
The exchange of the regal Queen for the guiding spirit is a good one, and I'm more associative of the nurturing principle with these cards than with the Queens.
Consider the Guide of Cups. He stands, naked, on what seems to be a parched desert mesa (the Grand Canyon and Ayers Rock came to my mind). But he's about to pour a large quantity of water onto the bare stone, quenching the parched dryness of the desert. It makes you want to breathe a sigh of relief whenever you see these cards.
The Guides bear the emblems of their suits, the focused essence of their elements, for the mundane. In times of need, it's the Guides who come flitting down from some other realm to offer the very basic necessities, simplest solutions to vexing problems. They are minimalist entities, but they give the most essential qualities. Much warmer, in my opinion, than Queen cards.
The Mythic Tarot Workbook (excellent deck, snatch it up!) associated each of the court cards with a particular Greek mythological figure based on his astrological personality. Since there are twelve signs, four of the court cards, the Pages, weren't associated with astrology. Rather, they introduced the spirit of the element into each suit.
And I feel this is what the Guides have done. The Guides are a few of the uniquely supernatural/spiritual entities of the deck. They bear the aura of fairies, a common word in gay circles with a plethora of interpretations. And I can certainly think of Tinkerbell guiding Peter as the spirited voice of reason in his adventures.
The exchange of the regal Queen for the guiding spirit is a good one, and I'm more associative of the nurturing principle with these cards than with the Queens.
Consider the Guide of Cups. He stands, naked, on what seems to be a parched desert mesa (the Grand Canyon and Ayers Rock came to my mind). But he's about to pour a large quantity of water onto the bare stone, quenching the parched dryness of the desert. It makes you want to breathe a sigh of relief whenever you see these cards.
The Guides bear the emblems of their suits, the focused essence of their elements, for the mundane. In times of need, it's the Guides who come flitting down from some other realm to offer the very basic necessities, simplest solutions to vexing problems. They are minimalist entities, but they give the most essential qualities. Much warmer, in my opinion, than Queen cards.