Thirteen
It appears there are many minors that never got discussed. So I thought I'd discuss this one.
A pretty pink dawn/dusk shadowed by clouds. A woman in a pale pink bodice, green chemise and lavender skirt stands near a ruined castle, a stick in hand (a wooden flute maybe?), gazes out across a lawn to sea, hand shading her eyes. Most notable about the ruins is the intact and closed gate behind her.
I like that this card seems to continue on from the 2/Wands which also featured ruins (perhaps the same ruins?). And I can see why this card didn't get discussed, as it seems fairly close to the usual RW image of gazing out to sea, waiting for a ship to come in. The woman's lavender skirt might well suggest that she at the end of a time of mourning (we discussed lavender as one of those colors worn by widows).
I'm not sure if that's a flute in her hand, but a pennywhistle would fit a sailor's widow--or just wife--waiting for her husband to return from the sea. Maybe he left it behind, or it was returned to her by the survivors. She plays it, a haunting tune, and something appears on the horizon. Did she summon a ghost ship? Likewise, the clouds at dawn/dusk remind me of the old rhyme "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailor's delight." Is it dawn or dusk? Do those clouds indicate a storm?
All of which adds up to the 3/Wands meaning of some result finally arriving after a period of investment and waiting. What was put out there may be coming back, significantly transformed--a last.
A pretty pink dawn/dusk shadowed by clouds. A woman in a pale pink bodice, green chemise and lavender skirt stands near a ruined castle, a stick in hand (a wooden flute maybe?), gazes out across a lawn to sea, hand shading her eyes. Most notable about the ruins is the intact and closed gate behind her.
I like that this card seems to continue on from the 2/Wands which also featured ruins (perhaps the same ruins?). And I can see why this card didn't get discussed, as it seems fairly close to the usual RW image of gazing out to sea, waiting for a ship to come in. The woman's lavender skirt might well suggest that she at the end of a time of mourning (we discussed lavender as one of those colors worn by widows).
I'm not sure if that's a flute in her hand, but a pennywhistle would fit a sailor's widow--or just wife--waiting for her husband to return from the sea. Maybe he left it behind, or it was returned to her by the survivors. She plays it, a haunting tune, and something appears on the horizon. Did she summon a ghost ship? Likewise, the clouds at dawn/dusk remind me of the old rhyme "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailor's delight." Is it dawn or dusk? Do those clouds indicate a storm?
All of which adds up to the 3/Wands meaning of some result finally arriving after a period of investment and waiting. What was put out there may be coming back, significantly transformed--a last.