Sulis
Once again, a wonderful image to convey the essence of this card.
Against a shaded background is a tree. It looks like an evergreen, fir tree with a strong, pointed shape. The area below the ground is also visible and that's not shaded, it's white. Against the white background are the tree's roots, bigger and further reaching than the tree above ground and with beautiful rainbow colours.
Down each side of the card, equally spaced so two at the top, two at ground level and two underground are six black goblets.
Six is a balanced number, numerically, it's related to the Major Arcana card, The Lovers VI and so is about choices to get back onto an even keel after the upset of the fives, relationships with others, balance, harmony and comfort. It's 2 x 3 so there's a creative element to the sixes.. Six is a good place to be, it's not got the stagnation that we see with the 4, it's a place where you could stay for a long time but eventually you'll have to go deeper with the 7 and challenge yourself a bit.
Cups are about emotions, feelings, dreams and the subconscious.
So the VI Cups is about making choices to regain emotional balance and harmony, sharing emotionally with someone else on an equal level, so a good relationship, one that's balanced with a good energy flow.
The 6 of Cups in the RWS deck shows 2 children sharing and so it's often given the interpretation of things from the past, nostalgia etc.. I have to say that that's not an interpretation that I've ever got from the card. The image on the RWS deck and those based on it says innocence and sharing to me and I don't really get a sense of the past either from the image or from the number and element.
This card has a tall tree with beautiful roots, bigger than the part of the tree that we can see above the ground.
The cups on either side are in a balanced pattern so that meaning comes through.
So is this card talking about rooting or grounding yourself emotionally? I can see the past in this card more than in the RWS version in the 'going back to your roots' meaning.
I can also see that there may be more under the surface than is apparent so feelings that haven't surfaced yet but will.
Can anyone see anything else here?
Against a shaded background is a tree. It looks like an evergreen, fir tree with a strong, pointed shape. The area below the ground is also visible and that's not shaded, it's white. Against the white background are the tree's roots, bigger and further reaching than the tree above ground and with beautiful rainbow colours.
Down each side of the card, equally spaced so two at the top, two at ground level and two underground are six black goblets.
Six is a balanced number, numerically, it's related to the Major Arcana card, The Lovers VI and so is about choices to get back onto an even keel after the upset of the fives, relationships with others, balance, harmony and comfort. It's 2 x 3 so there's a creative element to the sixes.. Six is a good place to be, it's not got the stagnation that we see with the 4, it's a place where you could stay for a long time but eventually you'll have to go deeper with the 7 and challenge yourself a bit.
Cups are about emotions, feelings, dreams and the subconscious.
So the VI Cups is about making choices to regain emotional balance and harmony, sharing emotionally with someone else on an equal level, so a good relationship, one that's balanced with a good energy flow.
The 6 of Cups in the RWS deck shows 2 children sharing and so it's often given the interpretation of things from the past, nostalgia etc.. I have to say that that's not an interpretation that I've ever got from the card. The image on the RWS deck and those based on it says innocence and sharing to me and I don't really get a sense of the past either from the image or from the number and element.
This card has a tall tree with beautiful roots, bigger than the part of the tree that we can see above the ground.
The cups on either side are in a balanced pattern so that meaning comes through.
So is this card talking about rooting or grounding yourself emotionally? I can see the past in this card more than in the RWS version in the 'going back to your roots' meaning.
I can also see that there may be more under the surface than is apparent so feelings that haven't surfaced yet but will.
Can anyone see anything else here?