Al Si'ra
Hi!
Last night i was studying with my new wonderful fairytale tarot deck..And i did a mini reading to get to know the cards better..My first card was the 9 of swords-a.k.a Little Mermaid..You probably all know that dramatic story and how the little mermaid falls in love but the prince gets to marry somone thinking that girl has saved her life..and the little mermaid can't talk since she accepts to trade her voice for legs.And so she is destined to die because that was what the witch said it would be ..but she does not instead she rises above as a spirit for her kindness and love.
There is a lot of grief and sadness within this card...I mean the worst *could" happen as *expected* by our little mermaid-her dying and all-but no she rises above to heavens as a spirit..exactly like the figures portrayed in 9 of swords in other decks..The figures get caught up in their own fears and sorrow which usually do not come out to be true at all..
When we analyze the card from a traditional point and when i re-read the little mermaid..
I kinda began to think that 9 swords in other decks as well could as well mean feeling sorry on behalf of someone/not necessarily your own problems ..It's like saying " i feel teribbly sorry for her and i can't get it off my mind-it's just so sad".When i read the card i went completely 9 of swords-i read the story a thousand times before and everytime i read it the same effect is on me..I feel so sorry for her..every time..so you see the pattern- i how seen(read) it before-and the pain is no less than before..exactly like 9 of swords..But i assume that little mermaid was not *THAT* in despair, not as much as the reader would be-so that's where the dramatization takes place..we are feeling sorry for someone else-since it is not actually our own-it gets more tragic..and think..if i hurt myself because of my own mistake i would get sorry but get over it-but if i would hurt someone or see someone get hurt i would get *teribbly* sorry and would blame myself to death at some point.
And when we take a traditional card- i see that those 9 swords DO NOT touch the figure(hanging on the wall)- again leading me to think..it's someone elses grief who makes the figure get so sorry-not her own-but-eventually leading the fear to be on her own in the end..
I'd be glad to hear other opinions as well
Last night i was studying with my new wonderful fairytale tarot deck..And i did a mini reading to get to know the cards better..My first card was the 9 of swords-a.k.a Little Mermaid..You probably all know that dramatic story and how the little mermaid falls in love but the prince gets to marry somone thinking that girl has saved her life..and the little mermaid can't talk since she accepts to trade her voice for legs.And so she is destined to die because that was what the witch said it would be ..but she does not instead she rises above as a spirit for her kindness and love.
There is a lot of grief and sadness within this card...I mean the worst *could" happen as *expected* by our little mermaid-her dying and all-but no she rises above to heavens as a spirit..exactly like the figures portrayed in 9 of swords in other decks..The figures get caught up in their own fears and sorrow which usually do not come out to be true at all..
When we analyze the card from a traditional point and when i re-read the little mermaid..
I kinda began to think that 9 swords in other decks as well could as well mean feeling sorry on behalf of someone/not necessarily your own problems ..It's like saying " i feel teribbly sorry for her and i can't get it off my mind-it's just so sad".When i read the card i went completely 9 of swords-i read the story a thousand times before and everytime i read it the same effect is on me..I feel so sorry for her..every time..so you see the pattern- i how seen(read) it before-and the pain is no less than before..exactly like 9 of swords..But i assume that little mermaid was not *THAT* in despair, not as much as the reader would be-so that's where the dramatization takes place..we are feeling sorry for someone else-since it is not actually our own-it gets more tragic..and think..if i hurt myself because of my own mistake i would get sorry but get over it-but if i would hurt someone or see someone get hurt i would get *teribbly* sorry and would blame myself to death at some point.
And when we take a traditional card- i see that those 9 swords DO NOT touch the figure(hanging on the wall)- again leading me to think..it's someone elses grief who makes the figure get so sorry-not her own-but-eventually leading the fear to be on her own in the end..
I'd be glad to hear other opinions as well