Agreed....
Ravenne said:
Doesn't this last meaning apply to Strength in RWS and Robin Wood as well?
I mean, she is loving, patient, caring, focussed on the lion. He lets her be that way, but he shows no signs of liking it nor any interest in it or her. In that sense it to me can also mean "Being tolerated" or "being taken for granted" and in a way maybe even a hint being used/letting yourself be used.
The lion is clearly not interested in the woman, but she's completely focussed on him.
Easy to think of the cardwoman being the female in a relationship and the lion the male. But I think the lion is the strong party in the relationship and the woman the gentle, caring one, regardless of which gender that person is.
What an intricate card :S All of a sudden I see more and more meanings to it than ever before. I had these nicely, reasonably short descriptions of each card, but now my journal is turning into a tome!
Ravenne
I just did a relationship reading for my boyfriend and i. I am the one who holds the relationship together, yet in away he is too. Because i have the fury of a lion inside me and he has the disregard of the lion in him. He also has the nuturing side of the woman in him, so for me strength is balanced. It is the opposing forces working together- it's almost co-dependant. The lion is independant goes off on his own but is destructive when left to his own devices , as does my boyfriend, his nature is raw, i try to tame him, but he's very much untamable, he's fiercy independant of his beliefs and yet i still need to hold him up, he's somewhat broken inside onsome levels too. When i'm angry i grab the lion (metaphorically speaking of course)and i say , come here listen to me, i know your raw nature! I know that it can't be changed, and i will embrace that.
But it requires some level of strength because the lion is strong. No the lion can't be changed into a man. I keep nurturing him, thinking he can be, but his raw nature is far too strong!!! I hold onto him to stop it from running away with him. It requires alot of courage to deal with this beast, patience and understanding to know when it bites ( or screws up) ....It's the nature of the beast, not something that is intentional...I think it takes a massive amount of strenght to take on a relationship like this! But to be remembered that a lion is a beautiful creature and will fiercy protect that which it loves, it is loyal and dependable. It provides and i think the lion shows passion and courage.
The woman is holding onto something that is far more powerful than her you would think, but that makes the woman even more powerful to be able to tame the lion. She must do this with gentleness , persuasion, understanding , love and also a little passionate agression. She can't fight the lion though as i imagine he would turn on her and rip her to shreds- after all he is a beast.
What someone said about sex- My relationship with my boyfriend is extremely raw and passionate- yet we have a strength of understanding and compassion in our relationship too. It's a combination. It's require because my boyfriend is a lion who goes off and does his own thing, so i need the patience of a saint to deal with this, whilst i know that the bond that developed between a lion and a human can be so strong, the inner nature of the human can relate to the lion, especially if she is a lioness inside. The lion stays with its' pride and is a loyal creature i believe.