What Card am I? Lit Clue- Jun 3 - Solved

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 Jun 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

MattDouglas	03 Jun 2004
I think this one's pretty easy, but anyway... And the weaver said, Speak to us of Clothes. And he answered: Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and a chain. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment For the breath of life is in the sunlight and the hand of life is is the wind. Some of you say, "It is the north wind who has woven the clothes we wear." And I say, Ay, it was the north wind, But shame was his loom, and the softening of sinews was his thread. And when his work was done he laughed in the forest. Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean. And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and fowling of the mind? And forget not not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair. --Kahlil Gibran, from "The Prophet"

jmd	03 Jun 2004
Star ?

Dakota	03 Jun 2004
Just in case it's not The Star, I will guess.... The Sun??

mercenary30	03 Jun 2004
Judgement?

OakDragon	03 Jun 2004
Temperance?

MattDouglas	03 Jun 2004
Nope to all! Look at the meaning of the quote, and what it implies. I was not looking for a card with a nude figure on it. Though it may very be that way in spme deck, but not in RWCS.

Dakota	03 Jun 2004
Okay, how about The Empress for abundance, nature, etc.

OakDragon	03 Jun 2004
The Hierophant -- moral code?

MattDouglas	03 Jun 2004
Dakota, you;re getting closer but not there yet. Oak Dragon, I'd call the quote spiritual, but moral is questionable. Morality to me involves a lot of rules and shoulds, this quote seems to be telling people to lighten up about such things. Thus, not the Hierophant.

jmd	03 Jun 2004
II Popess ?

Dakota	03 Jun 2004
okay, tacking............... 3 of cups

MattDouglas	04 Jun 2004
Still haven't got it!

jmd	04 Jun 2004
Hermit ?

Dakota	04 Jun 2004
The World?

Lady Mary	04 Jun 2004
9 of Cups?

MattDouglas	04 Jun 2004
Nope, nope, and nope!

Dakota	04 Jun 2004
gggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........... grasping at straws........... 4 of wands?

Lady Mary	04 Jun 2004
Queen of Cups?

Suriel	04 Jun 2004
The Lovers?

MattDouglas	04 Jun 2004
Still haven't got it. Hint: The quote is indicating working with something rather than denying, repressing, and hurting that something.

Luminessence	04 Jun 2004
Is it the Moon?

MattDouglas	04 Jun 2004
No, Luminessence, not the Moon either.

starsongs	05 Jun 2004
3 of pentacles?

MattDouglas	05 Jun 2004
Sorry, not the 3 of Pentacles. I can see why you would select it after my clue, but go back to the quote itself, and look at the spirit of it.

Suriel	05 Jun 2004
guesing wildly.... is it the five of pentacles?

MattDouglas	05 Jun 2004
Nope, not that either Guessed so far: 4 of wands 3 of cups, 9 of cups, Queen of cups 3 of Pentacles, 5 of Pentacles High Priestess (Popess) Empress Hierophant Lovers Hermit Temperance Star Moon Sun Judgment World The closest guess was Dakota guessing the Empress. However, when is say closest I do not mean to guess a nearby card such as the High Priestess or a 3 of x suit. I mean that the guess has some representation of what I perceived as the spirit of the quote, but wasn't quite the card I picked. Also, if y'all tell me why you made the guess you made, I can more easily say if you are thinking along my same track of thought or not.

Suriel	05 Jun 2004
The Devil ?....

jmd	05 Jun 2004
Queen of Bastons/Wands ?

Dakota	05 Jun 2004
The Fool, the divine Innocent, without shame, lifting his arms to the wind??

starsongs	05 Jun 2004
Queen of Pentacles because (to me) her energy is similar to that of the Empress, attuned to the winds, and the natural world.

Luminessence	05 Jun 2004
Page of Cups?

MattDouglas	05 Jun 2004
Not yet! Starsongs, I like your train of heart, but think of things internally and not just externally.

starsongs	05 Jun 2004
Quote: Originally posted by MattDouglas Not yet! Starsongs, I like your train of heart, but think of things internally and not just externally. OK...hmmmmm...how about the Ace of Cups, then..linked with the Unconditional Love and Acceptance that is eventually facilitated by the Empress? :D

MattDouglas	05 Jun 2004
Not it either, but what is it that needs to be loved? Think ont hat rather than just the love itself. Lswern, you may have been on a similar train of thought with the Devil, but with just the guess written, I cannot say for sure.

Meg	05 Jun 2004
the wheel of fortune?

MattDouglas	06 Jun 2004
Welcome to the game, Meg! No. not the WOF.

Suriel	06 Jun 2004
The Hanged Man? For the unconditional love?

MattDouglas	06 Jun 2004
Nope. Again think of what is being loved, the object not just the act.

Suriel	06 Jun 2004
how about 8 of swords?

jmd	06 Jun 2004
Cards suggested so far - an update: High Priestess/Popess Empress Pope/Hierophant Lovers Hermit Wheel of Fortune Hanged Man Temperance Devil Star Moon Sun Judgement World Fool 4 Bastons/Wands Queen Bastons/Wands Ace Cups 3 Cups 9 Cups Page Cups Queen Cups 3 Coins 5 Coins Queen Coins 8 Swords How about the Six Cups ?

Phoenix Rising	06 Jun 2004
Ok, just come in, and I saw "4 of pentacles" straight away with this card!

MattDouglas	07 Jun 2004
Y'all still aint got it. Hint: The quote is about personal growth through embracing something previously undesirable rather than attacking it.

jmd	07 Jun 2004
Strength ???

MattDouglas	07 Jun 2004
BINGO!!!! Jmd gets it. I was waiting on that hint figuring it might give it away and it did. All yours!

jmd	07 Jun 2004
Thanks Matt... the hint did somewhat give it away, especially if one compares the Visconti type to the Marseille and its successors. Reading the quote with that card in mind, I can now see how the two relate :)

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