Sophie-David
WalesWoman
I have not been able to find an obvious linking card that would fit to the right of the Emperor card from within the Majors. I have not studied all the Minors yet, there may well be one in among them. So I don't know where the door leads, which also seems to be the source of the strong breeze blowing the torches. Well, the obvious answer is that the door is from Arthur's unconscious, but what I mean is that I haven't noticed a card yet that expresses this link.
Of course I looked at #5, the Hierophant, Teliesin, whom one could imagine attending Arthur at court. But of course his card has quite different imagery from Arthur's.
Using the principle that the Majors can be broken down into repeating groups of seven, in #11, Justice, The Lady of the Lake, Arthur does appear in this card, and this time he is actually kneeling in the water before the Lady (ah, that's better). But that's another card and another story.
In the third cycle of seven, #18, The Moon, Morgan Le Fay is in later days portrayed as Arthur's antagonist, but again I cannot see an obvious link in imagery.
It interesting to note that the Fool's Journey of the Majors is strongly associated with Arthur. He appears in the Emperor, The Chariot, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, and Judgement. Arthur is also strongly associated with Temperance. Of the other characters in the Majors, none appear more than twice. The Priestess and Morgan appear in their own cards and in the Judgement, Percivale appears in the Fool and dreams Strength, and Gareth and Lyones appear in the Lovers and are implied in the Hanged Man.
I have not been able to find an obvious linking card that would fit to the right of the Emperor card from within the Majors. I have not studied all the Minors yet, there may well be one in among them. So I don't know where the door leads, which also seems to be the source of the strong breeze blowing the torches. Well, the obvious answer is that the door is from Arthur's unconscious, but what I mean is that I haven't noticed a card yet that expresses this link.
Of course I looked at #5, the Hierophant, Teliesin, whom one could imagine attending Arthur at court. But of course his card has quite different imagery from Arthur's.
Using the principle that the Majors can be broken down into repeating groups of seven, in #11, Justice, The Lady of the Lake, Arthur does appear in this card, and this time he is actually kneeling in the water before the Lady (ah, that's better). But that's another card and another story.
In the third cycle of seven, #18, The Moon, Morgan Le Fay is in later days portrayed as Arthur's antagonist, but again I cannot see an obvious link in imagery.
It interesting to note that the Fool's Journey of the Majors is strongly associated with Arthur. He appears in the Emperor, The Chariot, The Wheel of Fortune, Justice, and Judgement. Arthur is also strongly associated with Temperance. Of the other characters in the Majors, none appear more than twice. The Priestess and Morgan appear in their own cards and in the Judgement, Percivale appears in the Fool and dreams Strength, and Gareth and Lyones appear in the Lovers and are implied in the Hanged Man.