Literature Clue [23rd March] - Solved

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 23 Mar 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

WolfyJames	23 Mar 2004
Here's a quote from 'The Lady of Shalott' by Tennyson: 'There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colors gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott.' Good luck! ;)

Phoenyx*	23 Mar 2004
This reminds me of the picture for the Queen of Shields for Legend: Arthurian Tarot...so...is it the Queen of Disks/Pentacles/Shields?

ncefafn	24 Mar 2004
The Moon

jmd	24 Mar 2004
How odd that you pick a poem that I have only recently (re-)printed... and a wonderful one it is! With regards to the specific quote, I too would have first chosen the Moon... but as it is taken, how about: II the Popess/High Priestess ? (she is at times represented with a spindle)

Dark Eyes	24 Mar 2004
The 6 of swords?

gloria	24 Mar 2004
How about The Wheel of Fortune?

WolfyJames	24 Mar 2004
I thought my quote would be easy to find, but after seeing your answers, I'd say that maybe it will be more difficult than I thought. So far, none of you has the right answer, worse, you're all cold. Think again. ;)

ncefafn	24 Mar 2004
Temperance

tmgrl2	24 Mar 2004
RW 9 of Pentacles...? terri

jmd	24 Mar 2004
in the RWCS, given the rainbow of weaved colours, the ten of Cups ?

WolfyJames	25 Mar 2004
I'm sorry, but none of you has it so far. Shake the poem hard and make it talk.

ncefafn	25 Mar 2004
After I've shaken it, can I pick up any loose change that's fallen from its pockets? Kim

Lady Mary	25 Mar 2004
Strength?

tmgrl2	25 Mar 2004
Ok...I'm going to do a "jmd" here (hope that's ok, jmd) and summarize.... So far: Queent Pents Moon High Priestess 6Swords Wheel of Fortune Temperance 9 Pents 10 Cupts Strength and (KIM, did you mean) The Hanged Man? I guess....The Empress.... terri

jmd	25 Mar 2004
... thanks for the summary, tmgrl2 :) ...here's another attempt: 'There she weaves by night and day weaving by night and day could easily be the Star, Moon or Sun, but also the Wheel A magic web with colors gay. a web... difficult, but could again be the Wheel, though not all its 'colours' are gay She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. Camelot as Tower, and curse... but who is she who has heard the whisper? lady Fortune herself? She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, so what the future may bring, may bring... again the Wheel? And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott.' little other care... then the continuous turning of the wheel??? As the Wheel of Fortune is taken... how about anothor card which has at times been equated with the 'missing' image of Fortuna turning the Wheel... I'll suggest the [font=papyrus] Justice [/font], though I may have been too locked in my reflections:)

ncefafn	25 Mar 2004
Quote: Originally posted by tmgrl2 Ok...I'm going to do a "jmd" here (hope that's ok, jmd) and summarize.... So far: and (KIM, did you mean) The Hanged Man? Er . . . yeah! Yeah, that's it! The Hanged Man. :D Kim

lionette	25 Mar 2004
Now that all my first choices have been taken, I'll have to reach out pretty far! Here goes... The image of movement is really strong for me in : "There she weaves by night and day" and "A curse is on her if she stay". Combined with the impression of her inner strength : "And little other care hath she" ; all makes me think of that Chariot, despite the fact that a male is usually driving. (I think there is an early depiction of a female as charioteer, tho.) So, I'll say Chariot.

WolfyJames	25 Mar 2004
Quote: Originally posted by ncefafn After I've shaken it, can I pick up any loose change that's fallen from its pockets? Kim Take anything you want! ;) I'm sorry but none of you has it, again. Lionette is warm though, jmd mentionned interesting things about the poem but came up with the wrong answer.

lionette	25 Mar 2004
oh WolfyJames, you're not giving us much help, are you? :) Do you have a particular deck/style in mind? meanwhile I'll keep floundering around with the verse ...

Lorem	26 Mar 2004
I'm guessing either 8 of pents or 10 of wands.

jmd	26 Mar 2004
... the Star ?

WolfyJames	26 Mar 2004
Quote: Originally posted by jmd 'There she weaves by night and day weaving by night and day could easily be the Star, Moon or Sun, but also the Wheel A magic web with colors gay. a web... difficult, but could again be the Wheel, though not all its 'colours' are gay She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. Camelot as Tower, and curse... but who is she who has heard the whisper? lady Fortune herself? She knows not what the curse may be, And so she weaveth steadily, so what the future may bring, may bring... again the Wheel? And little other care hath she, The Lady of Shalott.' little other care... then the continuous turning of the wheel??? As the Wheel of Fortune is taken... how about anothor card which has at times been equated with the 'missing' image of Fortuna turning the Wheel... I'll suggest the [font=papyrus] Justice [/font] , though I may have been too locked in my reflections:) Jmd, you came with interesting things here. By the way, I'm talking about the RWS deck. In the first verse, you mentionned motion, there's a bit of focus too. In the second verse, gay colors are mentionned. As for the three other verses, you were right about the meaning, but you came up with the wrong cards; there's a curse alright, and a warning ahead. For the last verses, the Lady chooses to ignore the warning 'And little other care hath she,'. I think I have given enough clues... ;)

Lady Mary	26 Mar 2004
How about the Fool? He/She doesn't really care about the cliff.

jmd	26 Mar 2004
The World ?

isthmus nekoi	26 Mar 2004
4 of swords? (I'm thinking of Anne of Green Gables where she's floating down the river). Either that or the 7 of cups? (Are we allowed 2 guesses?.........)

WolfyJames	26 Mar 2004
Lady Mary is the winner! The Fool it is. The Lady of Shalott is a gay person, and she does her stuff, in her little wolrd, just like the Fool is absorbed by the flower. The whisper is the dog warning her about the cliff - the curse. But she ignores the warning, and for those who don't know, the story ends tragically. Lady Mary, you're NEXT!!!

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