Requiella
I'm really liking the biracial aspect.
And the apparent unfolding-ness of the Fibonacci sequence in the shell is like a developing embryo. The ridged surface is an inside-out vagina.
Or something. Or everythingIt's wonderful.
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So far, this card, the Hierophant and the Fool put me in mind of Frieda Harris's painting style. Great swirls.
Is everybody OK with me just barreling on with the cards? I kind of feel that I have been taking over. Shall I continue or let somebody else have a go at starting the threads?
Yes! I agree that there is that element of projective geometry in this card.
I love the idea that the sequence is like a developing embryo. Very cool idea, Debra!
Is everybody OK with me just barreling on with the cards? I kind of feel that I have been taking over. Shall I continue or let somebody else have a go at starting the threads?
Yeah, I noticed that too.Who or what is the woman looking at in the card? She seems to me to be looking at something out of the frame of the card?
I am pretty sure all the dark shell parts are her. The original Lovers had two dark females. I wonder why she changed it?Also is the shell bit behind the male figure a part of him or a continuation of the female? I can't tell
Love this.. You have a great point here. The only way for Spirit to know itself is through 'other'. You have touched on a great topic for discussion here....The man is white, don't white lillies in RWS mean spiritual purity? And red is for the material world? To me this card looks like the man is worshipping the female, to gain spiritual enlightenment? To free himself from the red physical/material world surrounding him?
Yup!Also white= yang which is male energy? Black = yin which is female? Have I got that the right way round?
That sounds like a book worth looking up. I know his work as a graphic novelist.... I think?Has anyone read American Gods by Neil Gaiman? Theres a scene earlyish in the book where a man is with a prostitute (who is really a Goddess) and who has sex with her which is a way of worshipping her and he ends up going inside her (kind of like a reverse birth!)...well this card reminds me of that scene