Little Baron
Firstly, I hope that my many questions and mind-ramblings here are not driving you all crazy ...
This evening, after reading the third part of McBeth's book, I thought that I would try and devise a faeries reading. I still have not read the second section of the book, so since I was unaware of the books meanings, I thought that a general reading with no specific possitions would once again, be another way of getting to know these cards.
I have been shuffling and arcing the cards for the last two days so the faeries have been totally and utterly mixed together and out of their original order.
My idea with this reading was to take what became five cards and ask each card to pick a partner. I laid five cards out in a row and did just that, using my hand to glide over the remainder of the pack and dive in to pick a match for each of the five when they said it was the right time.
I was left with five cards, and underneath each one, was their chosen partner. I thought that this would be a good way of looking at the simularities between each card and it's chosen faery match. I hope that this is making sense so far.
What I came up with seemed strange to me and a little too perfect of a match. If you lay these cards out horizontally and then lay their match underneath each one, you may see what I mean.
The row of five were as follows - (1) Iris of the Rainbows (2) Ta'Om the Poet (3) Epona's Wild Daughter (4) The Friends (5) Lasgunna.
When asked , Iris chose the 'Undressing of a Salad' as her match. Instantly, I thought that the layout of the card was strikingly similar - the many faeries, the same webfeeted girl in the same position. When held beneath Iris, the 'match' card looks like it is showing life underground Iris' setting.
Next, 'Ta'om the Poet' chose 'The Soul Shrinker'. It seemed coincidental to me that both cards were similar in artistic style; that the colours were very alike. With his face turned to the side, Ta'om almost resembled The Soul Shrinker. At this point, I was concerned about turning any other cards over, but fascinated about how well the 'matches' the faeries had chosen matched visually in colour and likeness.
Thirdly, 'Epona's Wild Daughter' picked her partner in crime. This combination was even odder. She picked 'Laiste, Moon's Daughter'. These cards are almost virtually identical in many ways, regardless of the title; the positions of the women are nearly the same, the mood of the card is too, and so also, are their legs and the figures that the subjects are leaning upon.
*If you are reading this, I hope I am not boring you stupid*
The fouth card was 'The Friends'. They chose 'A Collective of Pixies'. When held above the pixies, the sleeker 'friend' looks like he/she has just jumped from the bottom card and into the top. Once again, body types, backgrounds and atmopspheres of these cards are alike.
The last couple are 'Lasgunna' and her choise, my favourite, 'Ffaff the Ffooter. At first, I didn't see the connections but when standing back, visually, colours are similar and so are the composition of the two figures as they both sit on their toadstools.
After drawing these cards, I just had to write here and ask you guys what you thought. Try laying them out and positioning the five cards alone with their pairs to see the stark visual comparisons. Since it is middnight here in London and I am quite tired, I will leave trying to interpret any further simularites until another time. However, if you see something that is strikingly not obvious to me, I would be really interested to hear it.
Thanks for listening to my nightime ramblings.
Yaboot
This evening, after reading the third part of McBeth's book, I thought that I would try and devise a faeries reading. I still have not read the second section of the book, so since I was unaware of the books meanings, I thought that a general reading with no specific possitions would once again, be another way of getting to know these cards.
I have been shuffling and arcing the cards for the last two days so the faeries have been totally and utterly mixed together and out of their original order.
My idea with this reading was to take what became five cards and ask each card to pick a partner. I laid five cards out in a row and did just that, using my hand to glide over the remainder of the pack and dive in to pick a match for each of the five when they said it was the right time.
I was left with five cards, and underneath each one, was their chosen partner. I thought that this would be a good way of looking at the simularities between each card and it's chosen faery match. I hope that this is making sense so far.
What I came up with seemed strange to me and a little too perfect of a match. If you lay these cards out horizontally and then lay their match underneath each one, you may see what I mean.
The row of five were as follows - (1) Iris of the Rainbows (2) Ta'Om the Poet (3) Epona's Wild Daughter (4) The Friends (5) Lasgunna.
When asked , Iris chose the 'Undressing of a Salad' as her match. Instantly, I thought that the layout of the card was strikingly similar - the many faeries, the same webfeeted girl in the same position. When held beneath Iris, the 'match' card looks like it is showing life underground Iris' setting.
Next, 'Ta'om the Poet' chose 'The Soul Shrinker'. It seemed coincidental to me that both cards were similar in artistic style; that the colours were very alike. With his face turned to the side, Ta'om almost resembled The Soul Shrinker. At this point, I was concerned about turning any other cards over, but fascinated about how well the 'matches' the faeries had chosen matched visually in colour and likeness.
Thirdly, 'Epona's Wild Daughter' picked her partner in crime. This combination was even odder. She picked 'Laiste, Moon's Daughter'. These cards are almost virtually identical in many ways, regardless of the title; the positions of the women are nearly the same, the mood of the card is too, and so also, are their legs and the figures that the subjects are leaning upon.
*If you are reading this, I hope I am not boring you stupid*
The fouth card was 'The Friends'. They chose 'A Collective of Pixies'. When held above the pixies, the sleeker 'friend' looks like he/she has just jumped from the bottom card and into the top. Once again, body types, backgrounds and atmopspheres of these cards are alike.
The last couple are 'Lasgunna' and her choise, my favourite, 'Ffaff the Ffooter. At first, I didn't see the connections but when standing back, visually, colours are similar and so are the composition of the two figures as they both sit on their toadstools.
After drawing these cards, I just had to write here and ask you guys what you thought. Try laying them out and positioning the five cards alone with their pairs to see the stark visual comparisons. Since it is middnight here in London and I am quite tired, I will leave trying to interpret any further simularites until another time. However, if you see something that is strikingly not obvious to me, I would be really interested to hear it.
Thanks for listening to my nightime ramblings.
Yaboot
