What Card? 5 Swords

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 28 May 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

allibee	28 May 2003
flubber, slob, flubber, slouch... Okies, What card am I? I deny Temperance Your cup is half empty and mine is full.... coz it's got the rest of yours in it, hahaha Good luck

gloria	28 May 2003
mad guess 4/cups?

DarkElectric	28 May 2003
3 of Cups!

mags@Treadwells	28 May 2003
...the Star?

allibee	28 May 2003
No, No and nope, LOL Don't think cups... think actions Allison

DarkElectric	28 May 2003
King of Wands?

Two of Wands	28 May 2003
The Devil?

allibee	28 May 2003
The Devil is sort of going along the right lines... think of a minor devil though... who would oppose Termperance and all that she stands for? A.

Two of Wands	28 May 2003
9 of Cups! We're gonna party like it's your birthday! :( sorry in a bit of a silly mood!

DarkElectric	28 May 2003
Hmmm, the opposite of Temperance? Why that would be profligate debauchery. King of Cups? (There is that aspect to him...)

allibee	28 May 2003
*allibee shakes Two of Wands backwards and forwards by her shoulders grating her teeth saying: not cups, not, cups, not cups....* LOL :O) Totally NOT 9 Cups! Allison:O)

allibee	28 May 2003
Maybe you're all missing the link, LOL Homework: Go and work out what ELSE Temperance stands for, and then write it on the blackboard 100 times.... LOL Put that party away, guys :O) A.

mags@Treadwells	28 May 2003
5 of swords?

DarkElectric	28 May 2003
Bloody Hell, I'm knackered too. THE MAGICIAN??????????

mags@Treadwells	28 May 2003
So Temperance also means the blending of opposites, I always think of that 1st with this Saggi card - WHO knows ANY Saggis here who LOVE moderation (yeah, right). So I thought maybe the 5Swords likes really rubbing your nose in it when you're down etcetc Divide and conquer....ohhhhhh - I think I've just worked out which one it is....ahhhh oh DAMMMIT this is hard if you re not prychic -- Whee! New word! (*psychic*)

allibee	28 May 2003
Yayyyyy, it is the 5 Swords A hollow victory indeed for the likes of Scarlett O Hara and Rhett Butler, both working for their own ends... more than a little self interest going on. Temperance offers compromise and the ability to work together... not so the 5 Swords. Many people see the card as defeat, which to a certain extent it may be.. but there is a lot more to it. It's about losing your moral compass sometimes too, winning the battle to lose the war. The cups reference was alluding to the RWS piccy too, not just about being a bit horrid Over to you mags Allison

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