Bean Feasa
The angels in the background of this card make me think of comic-book figures - supermen types swooping in to rescue the dead. The coffins look a bit like boats - rafts or lifeboats or some type of floating wreckage. The flat mustardy sky reminds me of the gold background of Greek or Russian orthodox icons.
But the angel in front is a different matter altogether. A stained-glass type angel, she/he looks quite stern. The phrase that springs to mind is "do not ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" The Judgement card always makes me uncomfortable - I think it stirs some atavistic fear in me that I, with my pinko-leftie-liberal-new-age-witchywoo notions might in fact be wrong and Ian Paisley might be right. (Karen will know who I mean here, don't know if anyone else will though. If not substitute some big Bible-thumping evangelist preacher of your acquaintance).
So this is the weird thing - I feel as if there are 2 sets of angels here - the ones in the back who are saying 'here, quick, take my hand and we'll get out of here before she sees you' She being the foreground angel. I wonder is this what was intended or am I being my dual-thinking Gemini self? So could this mean that Judgement can be a healthy wake-up call, a realisation that enlightens and saves you, or one that crushes you with guilt and expectation of retribution? Any thoughts?
But the angel in front is a different matter altogether. A stained-glass type angel, she/he looks quite stern. The phrase that springs to mind is "do not ask for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee" The Judgement card always makes me uncomfortable - I think it stirs some atavistic fear in me that I, with my pinko-leftie-liberal-new-age-witchywoo notions might in fact be wrong and Ian Paisley might be right. (Karen will know who I mean here, don't know if anyone else will though. If not substitute some big Bible-thumping evangelist preacher of your acquaintance).
So this is the weird thing - I feel as if there are 2 sets of angels here - the ones in the back who are saying 'here, quick, take my hand and we'll get out of here before she sees you' She being the foreground angel. I wonder is this what was intended or am I being my dual-thinking Gemini self? So could this mean that Judgement can be a healthy wake-up call, a realisation that enlightens and saves you, or one that crushes you with guilt and expectation of retribution? Any thoughts?