Little Baron
For the past couple of days, I have been pulling cards from the RWS.
Todays card is the '9 of Cups'.
I have always disliked this card the most from this deck. I just don't warm to that guy. Looking at other clones of the RWS, I get the same feeling about him - he looks even more repellant in the Morgan Greer and the Universal Tarots. There is just something I don't like; maybe it is the 'keeping you at arms length' posture. That complacency he seems to behold.
Because of this, I find it hard to interpret the card.
My thoughts today were -
He looks as though he is guarding something. His legs are astride and his arms are folded - almost saying 'don't come any further'. What is beneath the table and hidden under the fabric? The cups, to me, are like trophies. Does the fabric suggest that he hides his feelings and what we see is only the surface stuff (the cups)? Is this card suggesting we get in tune with our emotions and share them with others? Pull away the fabric and reveal what is underneath?
I have read that he is content, that he may be over-indulgent, that he is pleased by his accomplishments. All of these interpretations are interesting, but I feel there has to be something more. That table looks very tall and the fabric intreagues me. Any other ideas?
Yabs
Todays card is the '9 of Cups'.
I have always disliked this card the most from this deck. I just don't warm to that guy. Looking at other clones of the RWS, I get the same feeling about him - he looks even more repellant in the Morgan Greer and the Universal Tarots. There is just something I don't like; maybe it is the 'keeping you at arms length' posture. That complacency he seems to behold.
Because of this, I find it hard to interpret the card.
My thoughts today were -
He looks as though he is guarding something. His legs are astride and his arms are folded - almost saying 'don't come any further'. What is beneath the table and hidden under the fabric? The cups, to me, are like trophies. Does the fabric suggest that he hides his feelings and what we see is only the surface stuff (the cups)? Is this card suggesting we get in tune with our emotions and share them with others? Pull away the fabric and reveal what is underneath?
I have read that he is content, that he may be over-indulgent, that he is pleased by his accomplishments. All of these interpretations are interesting, but I feel there has to be something more. That table looks very tall and the fabric intreagues me. Any other ideas?
Yabs