Literature Clues: 6 Cups

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 24 May 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

firemaiden	24 May 2003
------------ Reedsong Nikolaus Lenau Along a secret woodsy path I like to sneak out in the moonlit night To the desolate reed pond Maiden, and think of you. Then as it grows dark in the thicket the reeds rustle mysteriously, moaning and whispering that I should weep, weep. It is as though I can hear the sound of your voice Your lovely singing Softly drifting And sinking into the pond. Poetry by Nikolaus Lenau Set to music by Alban Berg in "Sieben Frühen Lieder" 1907

allibee	24 May 2003
oh, I like that Firemaiden. I can think of a few it could be, so I'll choose the wrong one of course, hehehe I'll start with the most obvious, The Moon? A.

jlbvt	24 May 2003
Sounds as if maybe his loved one has dies, and he misses her terribly! Beautiful piece of writing there. I will have to check this guy out. Like Allibee, going for the obvious first- :TDEAT DEATH?

firemaiden	24 May 2003
Well, lol, those two fit, don't they! Not exactly what I had in mind though. Can you think of some others?

BoomVoom	24 May 2003
how about the 4 :SL swords?

Two of Wands	24 May 2003
This is a terrific passage; one of the most evocative we've had in ages. It certainly woudl fit the Moon card. How about the 8 of Cups?

firemaiden	24 May 2003
hmmm...not what I had in mind quite. But I like it too. :)

Two of Wands	24 May 2003
Five of cups

xouroboros	25 May 2003
Five of Cups.

jmd	25 May 2003
Three of Swords!

xouroboros	25 May 2003
...I must be loosing it or something I just returned to my post and saw that I repeated two of wands answer! ...as senility slowly sets in ...*sigh* So here I go again... six of cups

firemaiden	25 May 2003
Yay!!!!! Xouroboros gets it! For better or for worse, the Six of Cups WAS the card I had in mind. After your answers came, I began to think I had not conceived of it well, after all it could have been the eight of cups -- walking away into the darkness, embracing mystery, or the three of swords -- sorrow, or the moon -- illusion, or death-- transfiguration of drowned love into song, or the seven of cups -- hallucinations, etc... but I had in mind the idea of nostalgia, of looking back on the past -- and suffering, craving the return of that which was lost ( a drowned love). I also sort of thought of the Crowley Queen of Cups, post -posting, because of the image of the pond, and the confusion of the woman with all of nature around her. :-) But anyhow, the Six of Cups WAS what I had in mind. I hope that it makes some kind of sense!

xouroboros	25 May 2003
...so that means I have to come up with one?!?!?! (...*oh gawd*...) gimme a couple of minutes here

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