FourLeafClover
It's become my habit of late, when I go to bed, to pick up one of my decks and leaf slowly through it, often stopping for a long time at a card I want to get to know better, or one that is just pleasant to look at.
I've noticed something about my Faery cards of late. If I really get lost in a card, sometimes it changes, or my perception of it changes (which amounts in some ways to the same thing).
I first noticed it with Himself. I was curled up in bed with my bedlamp on, staring at his card, not looking for anything, just enjoying seeing.
And I noticed that if I looked at him long enough, his lips seem to quirk in a sweet, mischevious little smile. I got the feeling he enjoyed being admired and wanted to say he thought I was cute too Try it... I bet he'll smile for you too!
A similar thing happened with the Dark Lady. She was someone who confused me very much. The image on the card is full of darkness and her expression is anything but kind. And yet I felt drawn to her, so whe she showed up in my explorations of the deck, I watched her until I could make some sense of the confused emotions surrounding her.
It was quite sudden, the way I finally understood what she wanted to say. Her face stopped looking unkind to me, and the card seemed filled with radiance. The Dark Lady isn't evil, but nor is she sweet and yeilding. She's been in the darkness, she's been buried in the earth, she's been misunderstood and been through some rough things. We see her coming out of imprisonment, and damned if she'll take any more of that crap. She has learned from the dark and she represents the determination of a seed to shove off the dark and the dirt and grow into something else. Her face looked, no longer evil, but fiercely proud, and protective of those who are still in darkness.
Have any of you seen movement or changes in your Faery cards? I'd be very interested to know...
I've noticed something about my Faery cards of late. If I really get lost in a card, sometimes it changes, or my perception of it changes (which amounts in some ways to the same thing).
I first noticed it with Himself. I was curled up in bed with my bedlamp on, staring at his card, not looking for anything, just enjoying seeing.
And I noticed that if I looked at him long enough, his lips seem to quirk in a sweet, mischevious little smile. I got the feeling he enjoyed being admired and wanted to say he thought I was cute too Try it... I bet he'll smile for you too!
A similar thing happened with the Dark Lady. She was someone who confused me very much. The image on the card is full of darkness and her expression is anything but kind. And yet I felt drawn to her, so whe she showed up in my explorations of the deck, I watched her until I could make some sense of the confused emotions surrounding her.
It was quite sudden, the way I finally understood what she wanted to say. Her face stopped looking unkind to me, and the card seemed filled with radiance. The Dark Lady isn't evil, but nor is she sweet and yeilding. She's been in the darkness, she's been buried in the earth, she's been misunderstood and been through some rough things. We see her coming out of imprisonment, and damned if she'll take any more of that crap. She has learned from the dark and she represents the determination of a seed to shove off the dark and the dirt and grow into something else. Her face looked, no longer evil, but fiercely proud, and protective of those who are still in darkness.
Have any of you seen movement or changes in your Faery cards? I'd be very interested to know...