More on the six of cups; not being a victim

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 16 Nov 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

mbop	16 Nov 2004
The card of personal memory archive and recollection stands in front of my mental imagery at this time. The little boy/dwarf hands the young girl a cup filled with a white flower. The feeling behind the card that I feel is that it’s time for her to start taking responsibility for the memories and past happenings (emotional or physical beliefs still being carried and given weight) like this visual exchange we see happening on the card. Accept the situation and what's being given to you enough to create a new situation that’s never been imagined by this little girl before. It’s appears she's being handed a gift of some sort or being asked to perform a task. The little girl is wearing gloves almost like she doesn’t want to get her hands dirty or that isn’t prepared to get involved in something like this because that was never before considered in her way of thinking. When you’re wearing gloves it’s difficult to grasp and clutch anything. Since the boy is not choosing to wear gloves in the depiction I feel he ultilizes and emphasizes the freedom of mobility He knows what it takes to perform this job; he’s done it many times before and understands that gloves get in the way of this kind of action .Wearing gloves hinders the process and hides his fingers; unnecessarily “protecting” them when he really needs to be as bare handed as possible to lift and carry this weight. He is completely aware of the job at hand and I think he’s handing the young girl the flower-filled cup to have her become a part of the process as well. An invitation to begin some sort of process of clean-up perhaps; all I feel is that a job has been presented to the children and the boy wants the little girl to get involved too. There is nothing needed there for the older man in the background. He looks to me like a servant or some kind of guard walking away to carry on with something else. He trusts the kids to do whatever is needed. It may be colder weather approaching early-to-mid fall and these flowers need to be brought inside for protection from the cold. It’s hard to pin-point what’s really happening, but I think the main point of the card is the exchange. The handing over of the cup filled with a single flower over to the young girl. She plays a new role now and maybe she’s not used to this happening because no one has ever called upon her to help or assist with anything or even accept a gift of this nature. She stands there unprepared with her gloves on, but she also has excitement stirring up within. She’s being called upon to help. She's beginning to feel significant enough to help and accept a gift. This is a new stage of her development and from now on her role is not of the helpless young one. It’s all about growing into a partiscipant; one who serves others and herself. It’s a realm never before imagined for this little one. Maybe the guard’s assigned duty was to watch over her and protect her fralilty. The elders who live in the house see her as still too young to hold worth as an assertive individual who is capable of more then all the restrictions they put upon her. Maybe the boy told the guard to back off and leave them alone so a chaging of the guard is happening as to who is truly responsible for her actions. The boy is the girl's catalyst for change. Perhaps he is personifying the energy of the Fool here. He starts the ball rolling in this direction with this offering to the young one. He knows what she is truly capable of and he thinks it’s time for her to know that she really isn’t this little helpless victim everyone makes sure to remind her that she is day in and day out. He knows she can handle the job that's placed in front of her; now is not the time to keep her wounded self closed. All these limiting belief systems must fall away. It’s time to open up and begin to feel freedom again. The interesting thing is the boy is not going to just turn around and leave like the guard/older man did. That’s not what this is about. It’s with kindness and trueness of heart that this boy reaches out to include the girl in the action of exchange. The interesting question is what will the girl do with the cups given to her? Will she continue on the path of victim and say “oh, no I couldn’t possibly accept this new role! I’m suppose keep playing the role of suffering here. I need to be the little one everyone knows me to be (feeding the belief that she is incapable of honoring herself). It's interested that she’s been carrying this weight a long time even though she is still a young child. She wants to change but fear and uneasiness of the new are apparent. The energy of a finding herself again and again and again in this victim scene, thinking she’s this little martyr is present with this card hence the cross of Saint Andrew. The little girl does in some ways feel hatred for herself. She thinks she made the adults treat her like this. She belongs to the twisted ideals of victim hood. In actuality she’s drowning in this energy pattern and the time has come for a change. “I need to cross the River Styx now, it’s time” the little girl says. “I want to deal with all the forces of life; bright as well as dark”. “I have pride and I say that’s its time to hunt and gather for myself and escape from this role. She’s got to move from victim to survivor. It hurts and everything is filled with anger. She looks at herself with love because she knows the most dangerous thing is when you refuse to let love in your life. The victim was silent and now it’s time for her to have a voice. She doesn’t want this anymore. She doesn’t have victim consciousness now, it's like, she can transmute, she can change the way that she sees herself. What happens is she had such low self esteem and she didn’t think she had any rights. The concept of healing is to let this girl have a voice…finally she has made her choice to heal.

ros	16 Nov 2004
Hi & Welcome to AT! Very interesting!!! Thanks for posting.

loveinspirit	17 Nov 2004
is this about yourself or someone else, anyway it has a lot of meaning to it, it was very good

krazymayj	17 Nov 2004
but mbop, she is a child, and may just think of all of this as a nice little game to be played with her friends. she doesent want power, because in the child state she wants nothing but love. she simply wants to be. that doesent make her a victim, it makes her pure. untainted by the evil that necessetates one to grow a "thick skin" true, she makes herself a victim at this point. thats because shes young. she doesent need to shut out her trust and faith. she simply needs to grow and learn more about people, to find discernment. then she will find her crown.

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