If the Queen was.....

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Jun 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

hyatt	15 Jun 2004
I just finished an exercise by Mary Greer on getting to know the court cards. I selected the Queen of Swords from my Secret Tarot deck because she is my favorite :) I thought it might be fun to see what answers you get, here are mine.... If the Queen was animal....she would be a stelthy cat, like a puma, or cheeta If the Queen was a plant or flower...she would be an orchid If the Queen was a landscape...it would be a night of thunderstorms and lightning over Rome (especially over the runes) If the Queen was a body of water...she would be a dark calm sea If the Queen was color...she would be deep purple If the Queen was music....she would be seductive,rythemic trance inducing If the Queen was a tool...she would be a razor If the Queen was a historical character....she would be cleopatra What a fun way to get to know those court cards! So anyone else have some ideas on the Queen of Swords?

13thFaeChylde	15 Jun 2004
Dang...I have GOT to get this book! Sounds fun :) If the Queen was a severe weather warning...she'd be an ice-storm If the Queen was a shoe, she'd be a pointy, high-heeled boot If the Queen was an eating utensil, she'd be a knife...or an hors d'oevre toothpick If the Queen was a fish, she'd be a swordfish

Little Baron	15 Jun 2004
I have been looking at court cards today (from the Morgan Greer - they are quite expressionate and have different personalities visually, which is a good start). I like this idea though. Which book does the exercise come from? Best wishes Yaboot

Thirteen	15 Jun 2004
Quote: Originally posted by hyatt If the Queen was a body of water...she would be a dark calm sea Aren't you missing a bet here? If she's a wide, calm lake then she's the "lady of the lake" lifting out her sword to present to King Arthur ;)

Jewel-ry	15 Jun 2004
If the Queen was a chakra ... she would be the throat If the Queen was a precious stone ... she would be diamond If the Queen was a profession ... she would be a psychologist :)

hyatt	15 Jun 2004
WOW! those are some great additions! These origenal ones came from "Tarot for Yourself - A Workbook for Personal Transformation". I like the book, it has lots of fun creative exercises. I am very impressed with the other questions added, I thought that people would just re-work mine. Leave it to the memebers of this forum to exceed my expectations....you guys are great!

ros	15 Jun 2004
Very interesting, thanks for the thread!

hyatt	15 Jun 2004
just another word on the workbook...it gives you a chart that you can fill in for all the court cards so you can compare and contrast. It also asks you to pick out two careds that would strangly be attracted to each other and have a "provacataive conversation" with them on a subject of your choice. My queen of swords and knight of cups talked about war.

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