Aoife
I totally agree with you about the dynamics of memory ... but just would not associate that as represented by the 6 of cups
but I can see how you could associate that with the RW 6 of cups IMAGE .
Well... I am referring specifically to the RWS 6 of Cups. As Waite writes in The Pictorial Key, divinatory meanings, "A card of the past, and of memories..."
ravenest said:- Just curious here, as I know some people use more than 1 deck - if you do, do you translate your RW 6 of cups image meaning to other 6 of cups cards image or symbolic / abstract design 6 of cups ... or do you give the 6 of cups in other decks different associations ?
For Waite-Smith clones and derivatives I interpret the 6 of Cups to be concerned with the past and memory... but not if I'm reading with a TdM. I rarely read with the Thoth - and then only for myself - because, as Aeon points out I lack the knowledge and experience of -
Nevertheless, I 'borrow' from Crowley's work and.. I know, its heresy... blend, fuse, mingle and macerate with other accumulated stuff. Perhaps that's why I don't 'read' in the usual style. As I keep on saying, it is much more of a dialogue with the querent... and their interpretation dictates the direction of travel. But generally-speaking... and I mean, in the widest sense... the 6 of Cups [in other than RWS ] for me concerns matters of pleasure, and particularly waves [maybe from the Thoth image] which in turn stresses the significance of matters sexual... but equally, waves of intense emotion of a more bittersweet natures... and sometimes waves of nausea, perhaps from over-indulgence, perhaps from grief caused by permanent loss... maybe of an intense love, maybe of innocence. What I'm trying to say is that no single card ever has an irreducible meaning for me... and it is fundamentally influenced by other cards in a reading....'magical language' has to be absorbed and deeply integrated in such a way that it 'seeds' the subconscious mind and sets up a channel of communication via a clearly defined set of symbols.
More to say, but I'm out of time... but I suspect we may not be as far apart in opinion as you think. I also think there's very important and fascinating issues at risk of being buried in a specific-issue thread.