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08-05-2008, 07:27
57. Rapport: group – heart (3 green)
http://www.rainringcards.com/Cards/Rapport/57.aspx
The Image
In the upper part of the picture, two young men sit on a raised platform. Each leans against a pillar, they face each other with their legs intertwined, the one on the left is playing a flute, the one on the right a guitar. Below them, in the lower part of the picture, two young couples are dancing. In fact, the artist has amused herself by arranging for each girl to have given one hand to each of the two young men, so that if they attempt to turn, as they appear to be doing, they will end up in a complete tangle. The dominant colour of the image is various tones of green.
The meaning
Rapport: the essence of the artist as communicator – heart to heart connection with the other
A General
Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines rapport as ‘relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity’. Rapport is the art and life card for the heart chakra. It describes a particular relationship, the passionate connection between artist and public – one which is full of intensity, yet at the same time has a distance, an objectivity about it. By extension, it expands to include relationships of a similar kind in any other context.
B Specific
This card means that you feel a close connection, affinity or harmony with one or more others. Rapport signifies that you feel a lot of emotion, yet part of this you will keep inside, rather than exteriorising it as you would do in a relationship of an intimate character. In rapport, you feel your inner barriers and defences dissolve, and you experience great warmth towards another or others. At the same time, this sense of closeness is tempered by the knowledge that this is not a relationship that will have the continuity of an intimate one: this person, these people will move on and you sense already the need to try and protect yourself from the worst effects of the shock which this separation will produce. There is a tendency to fantasize about how life would be with this person, ignoring the fact that the special connection being felt comes not from the mundane repetitions of daily life, but from an exceptional moment outside it. Ultimately, you are involved in a tug-of-war inside yourself, for the only way to balance the strong emotional urge towards this other is to use your spirit side to pull away.
The classic instance of rapport, that is, is the case where two people have had an intense experience together, such as a shared experience of an artistic kind: through music, film, theatre and so on. This has precipitated a deep feeling of affinity, but the emotional rush which results is counterbalanced by the knowledge that they live on different continents, both have a spouse and children…In fact, the feelings associated with rapport do not have to be of a potentially sexual nature: they may be of great warmth and affection for someone of the same sex, where no homosexual feelings are involved. The opposition to rapport comes, not surprisingly, from sexual intimacy, since once the feelings contained in rapport tip over into sexual expression, the nature of the relationship has altered.
To sum up, Rapport is marked by a quality of discontinuity: the power of it is likely to be successfully contained only where there is a lot of space between those involved. If we think of the ‘serious’ artist as a passionate, dedicated individual with special qualities of heart and soul, we can see how rapport will be a frequent, almost characteristic form of connection with others.
Divination summary
mutual warmth, affection, admiration and respect; affinity & harmony in relationship; repressed passion, emotional resonance; longing, feeling uplifted and ennobled, fantasies of exceptional intimate relations; using the spirit to distance oneself from strong attraction
http://www.rainringcards.com/Cards/Rapport/57.aspx
The Image
In the upper part of the picture, two young men sit on a raised platform. Each leans against a pillar, they face each other with their legs intertwined, the one on the left is playing a flute, the one on the right a guitar. Below them, in the lower part of the picture, two young couples are dancing. In fact, the artist has amused herself by arranging for each girl to have given one hand to each of the two young men, so that if they attempt to turn, as they appear to be doing, they will end up in a complete tangle. The dominant colour of the image is various tones of green.
The meaning
Rapport: the essence of the artist as communicator – heart to heart connection with the other
A General
Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines rapport as ‘relation marked by harmony, conformity, accord, or affinity’. Rapport is the art and life card for the heart chakra. It describes a particular relationship, the passionate connection between artist and public – one which is full of intensity, yet at the same time has a distance, an objectivity about it. By extension, it expands to include relationships of a similar kind in any other context.
B Specific
This card means that you feel a close connection, affinity or harmony with one or more others. Rapport signifies that you feel a lot of emotion, yet part of this you will keep inside, rather than exteriorising it as you would do in a relationship of an intimate character. In rapport, you feel your inner barriers and defences dissolve, and you experience great warmth towards another or others. At the same time, this sense of closeness is tempered by the knowledge that this is not a relationship that will have the continuity of an intimate one: this person, these people will move on and you sense already the need to try and protect yourself from the worst effects of the shock which this separation will produce. There is a tendency to fantasize about how life would be with this person, ignoring the fact that the special connection being felt comes not from the mundane repetitions of daily life, but from an exceptional moment outside it. Ultimately, you are involved in a tug-of-war inside yourself, for the only way to balance the strong emotional urge towards this other is to use your spirit side to pull away.
The classic instance of rapport, that is, is the case where two people have had an intense experience together, such as a shared experience of an artistic kind: through music, film, theatre and so on. This has precipitated a deep feeling of affinity, but the emotional rush which results is counterbalanced by the knowledge that they live on different continents, both have a spouse and children…In fact, the feelings associated with rapport do not have to be of a potentially sexual nature: they may be of great warmth and affection for someone of the same sex, where no homosexual feelings are involved. The opposition to rapport comes, not surprisingly, from sexual intimacy, since once the feelings contained in rapport tip over into sexual expression, the nature of the relationship has altered.
To sum up, Rapport is marked by a quality of discontinuity: the power of it is likely to be successfully contained only where there is a lot of space between those involved. If we think of the ‘serious’ artist as a passionate, dedicated individual with special qualities of heart and soul, we can see how rapport will be a frequent, almost characteristic form of connection with others.
Divination summary
mutual warmth, affection, admiration and respect; affinity & harmony in relationship; repressed passion, emotional resonance; longing, feeling uplifted and ennobled, fantasies of exceptional intimate relations; using the spirit to distance oneself from strong attraction