Sulis
The Court Cards in this deck are represented by animals and I really like that Kim Krans has done them this way - it gives the deck a very earthy, shamanistic feel that I like.
The suit of Cups / Water / emotions and feelings is represented by the Swan.
The Daughter of Cups is the most immature court in this family; in traditional decks she would be the Page or Valet.
So on this card we have a baby swan floating on what looks to be very calm water (no colour).. Her reflection can be seen in the water and it's a rainbow reflection - absolutely beautiful.
This makes me think that she has an imagination, new feelings for something or someone and maybe even the beginnings of psychic powers but they are still beneath the surface, just emerging but not yet fully realised or discovered.
The song about the ugly duckling springs to my mind... Not that she's ugly, far from it but her feathers aren't smooth yet as they will be when she matures.
Pages and Valets carry messages so I'm associating that with this card too... She looks as if she'd love to tell you how she feels in a naive and open way.. I can see her going to her mum and dad to open her heart about something that she's feeling.
So this is new beginnings in the emotional realm.. New feelings or maybe the start of a relationship on an emotional level.
This card could also be advising you to open yourself up to what you could be feeling or to let someone else know how you feel about something but do so in an emotionally aware way... Be open and honest and take into account how your words may make someone else feel.
With the correspondences I use (a little different from the Golden Dawn correspondences), I'd say she's Air (Pages, Valets, Daughters) of Water (Cups, feelings)... She's thinking about her feelings which are below the surface and are just starting to surface. This card can also be about stilling your mind in meditation and that goes well with the swan imagery for me - calm and still on the surface but paddling underneath.
I think I'm going to have to do some research about the mythology and lore that surrounds swans.
I'd love to hear what others who have this deck think of this card.
The suit of Cups / Water / emotions and feelings is represented by the Swan.
The Daughter of Cups is the most immature court in this family; in traditional decks she would be the Page or Valet.
So on this card we have a baby swan floating on what looks to be very calm water (no colour).. Her reflection can be seen in the water and it's a rainbow reflection - absolutely beautiful.
This makes me think that she has an imagination, new feelings for something or someone and maybe even the beginnings of psychic powers but they are still beneath the surface, just emerging but not yet fully realised or discovered.
The song about the ugly duckling springs to my mind... Not that she's ugly, far from it but her feathers aren't smooth yet as they will be when she matures.
Pages and Valets carry messages so I'm associating that with this card too... She looks as if she'd love to tell you how she feels in a naive and open way.. I can see her going to her mum and dad to open her heart about something that she's feeling.
So this is new beginnings in the emotional realm.. New feelings or maybe the start of a relationship on an emotional level.
This card could also be advising you to open yourself up to what you could be feeling or to let someone else know how you feel about something but do so in an emotionally aware way... Be open and honest and take into account how your words may make someone else feel.
With the correspondences I use (a little different from the Golden Dawn correspondences), I'd say she's Air (Pages, Valets, Daughters) of Water (Cups, feelings)... She's thinking about her feelings which are below the surface and are just starting to surface. This card can also be about stilling your mind in meditation and that goes well with the swan imagery for me - calm and still on the surface but paddling underneath.
I think I'm going to have to do some research about the mythology and lore that surrounds swans.
I'd love to hear what others who have this deck think of this card.