Probie
Greer (2006) 21 Ways - Step 6.1
Rider-Waite-Smith
7/The Chariot
6.1.1 - Keywords for Suits
6.1.2 - Suit/Element of Chosen Card
My card, 7/The Chariot, is actually a water element card! Even though it has very strong and commanding (read: "active") aspects, it is technically a water card says Greer (2006) on page 256. In this case, I believe that "beliefs in an affective nature" is a good fit as well as the concerns with "emotions." In the Sacred Rose Tarot, the suit of Cups is represented by the white rose of purity (Gargiulo-Sherman, 1999). 7/The Chariot is mainly a card about controlling ones passions/emotions so that the two diameterically opposite sphinxes will pull together in a productive manner versus pulling the charioteer apart. So 7/The Chariot could be seen as being water in the "purity of the emotional life through carefully managed control."
References:
Gargiulo-Sherman, J. (1999). Guide to the Sacred Rose Tarot. Stanford, CT: US Games Systems.
Greer, M. K. (2006). 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn.
Rider-Waite-Smith
7/The Chariot
6.1.1 - Keywords for Suits
- Suit of Wands/Fire: Action/Activity, Energy/Vitality, Force/Forcefulness (both of a physical and of a personality/character nature).
- Suit of Cups/Water: Emotion, Intuition, Relational Energies (both intrapersonal and interpersonal - the former is relationship within the self and the other is relationship with others), Beliefs in their affective nature.
- Suit of Swords/Air: Intellect/Intelligence, Beliefs in their ideological nature, Mental Activity/Energy, Mental Forcefulness (i.e., debate/debating).
- Suit of Pentacles/Earth: The Spiritual Nature as expressed in the Material Realm, Material/Tangible Spirituality, Material/Tangible Aspect, Careers & Commerce, Economy-Marketplace/Economy-Household Rules & Day-to-Day relationships from a practical viewpoint ("Economy" comes from the two Greek words for "house" [oikos] and "law(s)" [nomos] and originally dealt with the "rules of the house/household").
6.1.2 - Suit/Element of Chosen Card
My card, 7/The Chariot, is actually a water element card! Even though it has very strong and commanding (read: "active") aspects, it is technically a water card says Greer (2006) on page 256. In this case, I believe that "beliefs in an affective nature" is a good fit as well as the concerns with "emotions." In the Sacred Rose Tarot, the suit of Cups is represented by the white rose of purity (Gargiulo-Sherman, 1999). 7/The Chariot is mainly a card about controlling ones passions/emotions so that the two diameterically opposite sphinxes will pull together in a productive manner versus pulling the charioteer apart. So 7/The Chariot could be seen as being water in the "purity of the emotional life through carefully managed control."
References:
Gargiulo-Sherman, J. (1999). Guide to the Sacred Rose Tarot. Stanford, CT: US Games Systems.
Greer, M. K. (2006). 21 Ways to Read a Tarot Card. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn.