HoneyBea
yes I agree with you here. This may be of some interest in Robert M. Place's
Book Tarot, History, Symbolism and Divination he says of the Star
so it appears that Robert is relating the Star to the goddess Iris ummm - interesting.
I have copied this from my write up about Temperance its the information I have managed to find out about the goddes Iris
Maybe Robert sees her as nurturing the world because she is the goddess of the sky and sea - light and water? - have to think about this one some more *lol*
Book Tarot, History, Symbolism and Divination he says of the Star
She is completing Iris' mission and nurturing the world
so it appears that Robert is relating the Star to the goddess Iris ummm - interesting.
I have copied this from my write up about Temperance its the information I have managed to find out about the goddes Iris
This is what I managed to find out about the goddess Iris:
Apparently in Greek Mythology Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the Olympian gods. She was also a goddess of sea and sky and the daughter of Thaumas "the wondrous" a marine god and Elektra her mother "the amber" a cloud-nymph. Apparently for those Greeks who lived in the coastal areas the rainbow's arc was most often seen spanning the distance between cloud and sea so Iris was believed to replenish the rain-clouds with water from the sea. She was also the messenger of the gods and could I think be considered the female equivalent of Hermes. According to Pictures of the Heart "She carried a pitcher which contained water for putting perjurers to sleep. The rainbow is considered both the essence of Iris and the pathway by which she traveled."
Maybe Robert sees her as nurturing the world because she is the goddess of the sky and sea - light and water? - have to think about this one some more *lol*