Leo62
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This has already been discussed as part of the "Fives" thread (Here's the link: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=34757), but this card has come up for me 3 times within the space of a week as my daily card and I'd like to get if off my back, so I'm giving it some attention
The image seems drained of colour. Elaine watches Lancelot through a window, staring out to sea, obviously longing to be somewhere else. The most colourful thing in this card is the curtain, and that's green - the colour of jealousy.
Most of the time when I look at this card, I see it as the moment just after Elaine has pulled back the curtain. This is the moment of revelation, when she realises she is going to lose her man - indeed, she's already lost him emotionally. When the curtain was pulled across, she could still pretend that everything was hunky dory on the Joyous Isle. Now the truth behind the pretence has been revealed.
This is the essence of the card for me; the realisation of loss. The moment when you have to acknowledge that everything is not fine and you can't carry on anymore pretending that it is. The loss is revealed, the pain has to be faced.
This card feels more painful and hopeless than the RWS 5 of Cups, where at least you have the 2 cups still standing. It's difficult to see any bright side with this card.
Having said that, the last time I drew this card, I saw it a bit differently. This time I felt that Elaine had been watching Lancelot for some time and had acknowledged what was going on, and was about to walk away. I know that this does not fit with the story, but hell, if I were re-writing it, I'd have Elaine behave more like a modern woman and kick that deadbeat Lancelot out!
This has already been discussed as part of the "Fives" thread (Here's the link: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=34757), but this card has come up for me 3 times within the space of a week as my daily card and I'd like to get if off my back, so I'm giving it some attention
The image seems drained of colour. Elaine watches Lancelot through a window, staring out to sea, obviously longing to be somewhere else. The most colourful thing in this card is the curtain, and that's green - the colour of jealousy.
Most of the time when I look at this card, I see it as the moment just after Elaine has pulled back the curtain. This is the moment of revelation, when she realises she is going to lose her man - indeed, she's already lost him emotionally. When the curtain was pulled across, she could still pretend that everything was hunky dory on the Joyous Isle. Now the truth behind the pretence has been revealed.
This is the essence of the card for me; the realisation of loss. The moment when you have to acknowledge that everything is not fine and you can't carry on anymore pretending that it is. The loss is revealed, the pain has to be faced.
This card feels more painful and hopeless than the RWS 5 of Cups, where at least you have the 2 cups still standing. It's difficult to see any bright side with this card.
Having said that, the last time I drew this card, I saw it a bit differently. This time I felt that Elaine had been watching Lancelot for some time and had acknowledged what was going on, and was about to walk away. I know that this does not fit with the story, but hell, if I were re-writing it, I'd have Elaine behave more like a modern woman and kick that deadbeat Lancelot out!