Rede Seeker
A Woman with child at the breast sits in an upholstered chair on the edge of a river. Her foot and pearl-topped staff are dipped into the water. Goldfish swim past her. There is life everywhere - even the chair carries a pattern of roses and leaves.
The Empress isn't looking out at us. She is watching the child.
The Empress wears a glowing headdress with small roses and leaves and pearls dangling at the sides. Her necklace is pearls with a crystal pendant which rests between her well-filled breasts. She is robed in royal purple. The glowing headdress seems to be a companion to the beaming sun above her. Her staff is gold with red and pink ribbons at the top near the glowing pearl top.
The background is filled with life. Vibrant greenry, flowers, an evergreen on the right and a bush I don't recognize on the left. A hawk on the wing and bee in flight are also present. A butterfly flutters in the lower right-hand corner; the Empress's headdress rests in the lower left-hand corner. Vines with pink buds trail along the edges of the card and across the lentel. Two Earth Spirits form the far horizon.
The Elements are represented:
Earth => the vibrant growth; flowers and grass around her
Air => the hawk, butterfly, and bee all in flight; there are clouds in the far distance
Fire => The golden glow of the Empress's crown and the sun in the sky
Water => the river filled with fish at her feet
Spirit => The Empress-Mother's expression as she watches her nursing child; as Empress she could easily summon a wet-nurse, but here she chooses to bond with her child herself. She may not be able to set aside all the trappings of her office (the staff and headdress) but her child is an important part of who she is...and she will sit in a comfortable chair not a gilded throne while tending to her child...
The Rune Berkano is marked on the left column; Jera is marked on the right. Berkano is the Rune of the Birch Goddess, of birth, of things concealed and nurtured until released upon the world. Thorsson describes it as 'New beginnings based on old patterns...' (ref: At the Well of Wyrd). Jera is the Rune of Nature and Her Cycles; it is the orbit of life; Process that dictated quality of the Product.
Berkano = third Aettir, second Rune = 18
Jera = second Aettir, fourth Rune = 12
Berkano + Jera = 18 + 12 = 30 = 3 + 0 = 3 = Thurisaz, an odd connection until we look deeper into the 'Thor Rune'. The Rune Thurisaz is used when working love/sex magic as an energizer for the 'dance' to come.
The Empress isn't looking out at us. She is watching the child.
The Empress wears a glowing headdress with small roses and leaves and pearls dangling at the sides. Her necklace is pearls with a crystal pendant which rests between her well-filled breasts. She is robed in royal purple. The glowing headdress seems to be a companion to the beaming sun above her. Her staff is gold with red and pink ribbons at the top near the glowing pearl top.
The background is filled with life. Vibrant greenry, flowers, an evergreen on the right and a bush I don't recognize on the left. A hawk on the wing and bee in flight are also present. A butterfly flutters in the lower right-hand corner; the Empress's headdress rests in the lower left-hand corner. Vines with pink buds trail along the edges of the card and across the lentel. Two Earth Spirits form the far horizon.
The Elements are represented:
Earth => the vibrant growth; flowers and grass around her
Air => the hawk, butterfly, and bee all in flight; there are clouds in the far distance
Fire => The golden glow of the Empress's crown and the sun in the sky
Water => the river filled with fish at her feet
Spirit => The Empress-Mother's expression as she watches her nursing child; as Empress she could easily summon a wet-nurse, but here she chooses to bond with her child herself. She may not be able to set aside all the trappings of her office (the staff and headdress) but her child is an important part of who she is...and she will sit in a comfortable chair not a gilded throne while tending to her child...
The Rune Berkano is marked on the left column; Jera is marked on the right. Berkano is the Rune of the Birch Goddess, of birth, of things concealed and nurtured until released upon the world. Thorsson describes it as 'New beginnings based on old patterns...' (ref: At the Well of Wyrd). Jera is the Rune of Nature and Her Cycles; it is the orbit of life; Process that dictated quality of the Product.
Berkano = third Aettir, second Rune = 18
Jera = second Aettir, fourth Rune = 12
Berkano + Jera = 18 + 12 = 30 = 3 + 0 = 3 = Thurisaz, an odd connection until we look deeper into the 'Thor Rune'. The Rune Thurisaz is used when working love/sex magic as an energizer for the 'dance' to come.