Amashelle
The six of swords presents me with a conundrum.
When I first drew this card, I saw a woman on a journey. The full moon represents the mysteries she is ready to face, and the still waters are the calm of her emotions: she is not acting in haste or fear or anger, she is merely resolved to take this journey. She is dressed in the blue of serenity and creativity. She weilds her oar with pupose, and looks steadily to the right, into the future. And though she is alone, she still has the defence of the six swords, three behind (her past, her family/friends, and her knowledge), and three ahead (her determination, her ambitions, and her inner strength).
She has timed her journey perfectly, to match with the full moon, the night of full potential. She does not look back; she is not afraid of anything she is leaving behind.
All of this is emphasized by the frog, which is a symbol of rebirth, healing, transitions, and dreams, most of which are things that are also represented by the moon around her head.
When I looked her up in the book, it gave quite a different interpretation. It said the swords were her thought patterns, which bound her to her course rather than protecting her as she took it, and that the frog symbolisized the 'flight' responce: that she was running away from something that she might not need to be running from.
This is the first deck based on the RWS that I have looked at, so I don't know if my unfamiliarity with the symbols used is clouding my interpretation, so I thought I'd ask what others have thought of this card.
When I first drew this card, I saw a woman on a journey. The full moon represents the mysteries she is ready to face, and the still waters are the calm of her emotions: she is not acting in haste or fear or anger, she is merely resolved to take this journey. She is dressed in the blue of serenity and creativity. She weilds her oar with pupose, and looks steadily to the right, into the future. And though she is alone, she still has the defence of the six swords, three behind (her past, her family/friends, and her knowledge), and three ahead (her determination, her ambitions, and her inner strength).
She has timed her journey perfectly, to match with the full moon, the night of full potential. She does not look back; she is not afraid of anything she is leaving behind.
All of this is emphasized by the frog, which is a symbol of rebirth, healing, transitions, and dreams, most of which are things that are also represented by the moon around her head.
When I looked her up in the book, it gave quite a different interpretation. It said the swords were her thought patterns, which bound her to her course rather than protecting her as she took it, and that the frog symbolisized the 'flight' responce: that she was running away from something that she might not need to be running from.
This is the first deck based on the RWS that I have looked at, so I don't know if my unfamiliarity with the symbols used is clouding my interpretation, so I thought I'd ask what others have thought of this card.