Bat Chicken
15-03-2012, 07:40
http://www.mary-el.com/disks1.html
The father, mother and child of the three of Disks seem wrapped in a single cloth that reminds me of the texture of the style of tree roots in some of the other cards.
The father wears the marks of the Sun on his forehead and the Omega and Vau (Nail – Saturn?) on his hands. The mother’s facial tattoos look like water and the marks on her hands are obscured.
The gesture of her lower hand reminds me of images of Christ and some Hindu Gods. The fingers of the hand represent the five elements. The fingers the woman holds together are fire, water and earth. Similar, but not exact is the yogic mudra for earth:
Mudra of Earth (Prithvi Mudra) http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/tag/25-mudras-in-hatha-yoga/]
Touch the tip of the thumb and the tip of the ring finger together, keeping the other three fingers straight. Since this Mudra is an association of the earth element with the powerful Sun, it brings solidity to the body.
This particular mudra can be found on some Christian icons of Christ.
The child wears the five pointed star, a symbol of creation, all five elements combined and focused.
I am inclined to see the parents as the pillars and the child has passed through them, through the center. Interestingly, the sparks also found around the trees in the two of wands have returned here and this card reminds me, or perhaps echoes, that card. Can’t think of a good reason for it within the structure of Tarot, but there it is….
Thoughts?
The father, mother and child of the three of Disks seem wrapped in a single cloth that reminds me of the texture of the style of tree roots in some of the other cards.
The father wears the marks of the Sun on his forehead and the Omega and Vau (Nail – Saturn?) on his hands. The mother’s facial tattoos look like water and the marks on her hands are obscured.
The gesture of her lower hand reminds me of images of Christ and some Hindu Gods. The fingers of the hand represent the five elements. The fingers the woman holds together are fire, water and earth. Similar, but not exact is the yogic mudra for earth:
Mudra of Earth (Prithvi Mudra) http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/tag/25-mudras-in-hatha-yoga/]
Touch the tip of the thumb and the tip of the ring finger together, keeping the other three fingers straight. Since this Mudra is an association of the earth element with the powerful Sun, it brings solidity to the body.
This particular mudra can be found on some Christian icons of Christ.
The child wears the five pointed star, a symbol of creation, all five elements combined and focused.
I am inclined to see the parents as the pillars and the child has passed through them, through the center. Interestingly, the sparks also found around the trees in the two of wands have returned here and this card reminds me, or perhaps echoes, that card. Can’t think of a good reason for it within the structure of Tarot, but there it is….
Thoughts?