Aoife
Prompted by Diana's question about the 9 of swords, I pulled out my Grimaud deck.
The only reference to the use of colour that I have is at http://krishadar.com/A/Index1A.asp. The first thing that occurs is that Kris Hadar's definitions may not apply to the Grimaud deck.... if so, I'm completely at sea.
Outside of the suit of swords in the Grimaud deck, the only other card to show a sword is Justice - blade, guard and hilt are all yellow. Yellow is said to be the colour of universal wisdom. [Works for me].
Kris Hadar says that "the tarot tells of the battle between the blue [spiritual plane, timless power] and red [material plane, temporal power] supervised by the yellow [divine plane, universal wisdom].
Three cards have swords showing blue, red and yellow - The Ace, the seven and the ten [although the ten is complicated by the fact that two swords are shown with different colour distributions]. In the case of the Ace and the seven, the blades are blue, the guards yellow, the hilts red with a yellow finial. Would I therefore be right in understanding that the hand that wields the sword does so in pursuit of desire for temporal power. But between the handling of the sword and the deploying of the blade comes the guard [or warning? or barrier?] suggesting that universal wisdom should first be applied? The blue blade, properly employed portends spiritual greatness and divine blessing [the crown and yods]?
Or am I on a wild goose chase.... or have I misunderstood?
I could continue - with a particular fascination now for the swords wielded by the Courts - but perhaps another time.
Your guidance or comments would be greatly appreciated.
The only reference to the use of colour that I have is at http://krishadar.com/A/Index1A.asp. The first thing that occurs is that Kris Hadar's definitions may not apply to the Grimaud deck.... if so, I'm completely at sea.
Outside of the suit of swords in the Grimaud deck, the only other card to show a sword is Justice - blade, guard and hilt are all yellow. Yellow is said to be the colour of universal wisdom. [Works for me].
Kris Hadar says that "the tarot tells of the battle between the blue [spiritual plane, timless power] and red [material plane, temporal power] supervised by the yellow [divine plane, universal wisdom].
Three cards have swords showing blue, red and yellow - The Ace, the seven and the ten [although the ten is complicated by the fact that two swords are shown with different colour distributions]. In the case of the Ace and the seven, the blades are blue, the guards yellow, the hilts red with a yellow finial. Would I therefore be right in understanding that the hand that wields the sword does so in pursuit of desire for temporal power. But between the handling of the sword and the deploying of the blade comes the guard [or warning? or barrier?] suggesting that universal wisdom should first be applied? The blue blade, properly employed portends spiritual greatness and divine blessing [the crown and yods]?
Or am I on a wild goose chase.... or have I misunderstood?
I could continue - with a particular fascination now for the swords wielded by the Courts - but perhaps another time.
Your guidance or comments would be greatly appreciated.
