mythos
I'm looking here at the 'Original' Waite ... how 'original' it is is a matter of conjecture, but the sky is white, and the clouds are torn brownish colours. Clearly, the 'cloud' of confusion has been torn away, but it is still sharp-edged, cutting, and unsettled. For me, the little guy in the middle is feeling the sense of shame that goes with a defeat. He stand's close to the water, which is choppy, reflecting disturbed feelings ... Is he going to throw himself in?
The guy on the left, whose coloured in red, yellow and orange, looks to me like he has dropped his sword, and said to himself "This is not a fight that I want to be involved in. This guy wants to win so much, that he can have the victory. I 'know' that the victory exists in attitude of mind. For me, I have made a decision to leave this situation. I will feel neither defeat nor shame ... I choose to walk away. I can always return another day, if the need arises. There are other ways to win a battle ... and sometimes you have to decide whether it is a battle that is worth fighting!"
The big guy in the foreground, obviously so deeply needs to win that he will do whatever it takes ... fair means or foul. Is that a win? In his mind 'yes'! ... but, as someone said, pride goeth before a fall.
For me, 5's are about change. The dynamics between the three people have changed ... only time will tell how each will fair. That is why, in a reading, I always ask the querent which figure they identify with and why?
This, too, is what Isabel Radow Kliegman (I think) calls a separation card. The two lines indicate that the action is occurring on a 'stage' ... is a sense it is not 'real-life' but an act. It is separated from the wholeness of all situations. In this case, it is separated from the emotional repercussions of the action (the sea) and from the mountains (the climb to the heights of understanding).
So, my reading of it really depends more on which figure the querent identifies with, why and how the card interacts with the others in a spread.
mythos
The guy on the left, whose coloured in red, yellow and orange, looks to me like he has dropped his sword, and said to himself "This is not a fight that I want to be involved in. This guy wants to win so much, that he can have the victory. I 'know' that the victory exists in attitude of mind. For me, I have made a decision to leave this situation. I will feel neither defeat nor shame ... I choose to walk away. I can always return another day, if the need arises. There are other ways to win a battle ... and sometimes you have to decide whether it is a battle that is worth fighting!"
The big guy in the foreground, obviously so deeply needs to win that he will do whatever it takes ... fair means or foul. Is that a win? In his mind 'yes'! ... but, as someone said, pride goeth before a fall.
For me, 5's are about change. The dynamics between the three people have changed ... only time will tell how each will fair. That is why, in a reading, I always ask the querent which figure they identify with and why?
This, too, is what Isabel Radow Kliegman (I think) calls a separation card. The two lines indicate that the action is occurring on a 'stage' ... is a sense it is not 'real-life' but an act. It is separated from the wholeness of all situations. In this case, it is separated from the emotional repercussions of the action (the sea) and from the mountains (the climb to the heights of understanding).
So, my reading of it really depends more on which figure the querent identifies with, why and how the card interacts with the others in a spread.
mythos
. Ligth 2000 eu respeto e gosto muito de seus " post", nao tenho nenhuma coisa pra dicer de seus comentarios, voce pode ter a opinion que deseje, e quero le agradecer por ler o meus post também, tudo joia!!!O brigado para Shandar da misma maneira!!!Olhe so como a gente e boa aquí, se preocupando por nois!( falho portugués porque moro muito perto do Brasil).