Ivy Rhiannon
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First Impression: A sweet card indeed! I really like the card it depicts the sweetness of new love. The colors are a bit bland, I would love to see more reds and purples in the card. Still it is a dreamy card with the lovers and the swans. I did have a little difficulty with the card but I think it's because of an issue of self acceptance i have with myself.
Description: Brahma & Saraswati wade through the misty waters beside each other. One holds a glowing rose, and the other a glowing orb. Two swans also greet each other as lovers.
Gender: Both
Colors: Royal Blue, Bright Purple, Rose Pink, Lily Pad Green, Milk Chocolate Browns, Grey, White, & Black.
Senses: The cool waters of life lap at our robes, the mist is chill but not uncomfortable. We hear the noises of the swans as they playfully meet and mate. The world seems to be in spring and is fresh and new.
Symbols: Brahma, Saraswati, Lotus, Orb, Swans, Water, Trees, Mist, White Robe of Purity.
Story [Intuitive]: Saraswati wades through the mists and waters of life with Brahma at her side. "It is not lovely? The world that you have created with my wisdom?" Brahma sighs, "It is but not as lovely as you." Smiling the goddess nods and blushes. "You have my thanks kind sir." Brahma feels with joy seeing the great goddess accept his compliments. He wishes for nothing more to make her happy, this feeling is overwhelming and he wades closer to her and smells the sweet scent of lotus upon her skin. "If we were lovers we would be for all time," states the creator god, "we could frolic and enjoy each others company here in the world." Saraswati thinks, "Yes we could but who would be the watcher of the world? The kind god to oversee his great creation?" Brahma laughs seeing his foolishness. "Then we will make an animal that can perform this act of love for us." The God pulls from his being a clear crystal ball and starts to see the form of the purest, fairest bird appear. In the mists formed from his thought were two swans as they come and nuzzled each others neck. "Aw what beauty you have created Lord Brahma!" He grinned from his heart, "A bird almost as pure, fair and beautiful as you my dear." Saraswati meets his dark and loving eyes handing him a lotus flower she pulls from her hair. "A bird almost as kind and as strong of heart as you my lord." The two exchange a silent and powerful moment before they continue along their journey.
My Experience as the Lover: Who has not been a lover of something in their life? I do define myself as a very passionate person, one who indulges herself and follows her dreams. I have loved deeply and wholeheartedly. I have loved purity and found beauty in the flow of energy between a couple.
Astrological Reference: Zodiac - Gemini
Cultural Reference: In Hinduism Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti. The name Saraswati came from "saras" (meaning "flow") and "wati" (meaning "a woman"). She is the river of consciousness that enlivens creation; she is the dawn-goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance. Without her there is only chaos and confusion. To realize her one must go beyond the pleasures of the senses and rejoice in the serenity of the spirit. Saraswati wears neither jewels or paints herself with bright colors. The white sari she adorns reflects her essential purity, her rejection of all that is base and materialistic. She transcends the cravings of the flesh and rejoices in the powers of the mind as the patron of pure wisdom. She embodies all that is pure and sublime in Nature. She is depicted as beautiful fair Goddess with four arms, wearing spotless white saree and seated on white lotus. Her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge and her herald, the peacock, is a symbol of the arts. [source Wikipedia and http://www.lotussculpture.com/sarasvati.htm]
Elemental Reference: Water is a very powerful element in this card.
Numerology Reference: 6 - Fulfillment, Truth, Beauty, Peace
Keywords: Love, Fulfillment, Beauty, Happiness, Passion, Creation, Partnership
Possible Meanings: Following one's heart, Finding the beauty and love for one's self, fulfilling one's purpose, finding a loving partnership, creating art or loving what one does.
Reversed: Blockages from love, Feeling like and "ugly duckling", Not letting the creative energies flow, being unsatisfied and unfulfilled, Lack of passion or devotion.
Quote: "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
First Impression: A sweet card indeed! I really like the card it depicts the sweetness of new love. The colors are a bit bland, I would love to see more reds and purples in the card. Still it is a dreamy card with the lovers and the swans. I did have a little difficulty with the card but I think it's because of an issue of self acceptance i have with myself.
Description: Brahma & Saraswati wade through the misty waters beside each other. One holds a glowing rose, and the other a glowing orb. Two swans also greet each other as lovers.
Gender: Both
Colors: Royal Blue, Bright Purple, Rose Pink, Lily Pad Green, Milk Chocolate Browns, Grey, White, & Black.
Senses: The cool waters of life lap at our robes, the mist is chill but not uncomfortable. We hear the noises of the swans as they playfully meet and mate. The world seems to be in spring and is fresh and new.
Symbols: Brahma, Saraswati, Lotus, Orb, Swans, Water, Trees, Mist, White Robe of Purity.
Story [Intuitive]: Saraswati wades through the mists and waters of life with Brahma at her side. "It is not lovely? The world that you have created with my wisdom?" Brahma sighs, "It is but not as lovely as you." Smiling the goddess nods and blushes. "You have my thanks kind sir." Brahma feels with joy seeing the great goddess accept his compliments. He wishes for nothing more to make her happy, this feeling is overwhelming and he wades closer to her and smells the sweet scent of lotus upon her skin. "If we were lovers we would be for all time," states the creator god, "we could frolic and enjoy each others company here in the world." Saraswati thinks, "Yes we could but who would be the watcher of the world? The kind god to oversee his great creation?" Brahma laughs seeing his foolishness. "Then we will make an animal that can perform this act of love for us." The God pulls from his being a clear crystal ball and starts to see the form of the purest, fairest bird appear. In the mists formed from his thought were two swans as they come and nuzzled each others neck. "Aw what beauty you have created Lord Brahma!" He grinned from his heart, "A bird almost as pure, fair and beautiful as you my dear." Saraswati meets his dark and loving eyes handing him a lotus flower she pulls from her hair. "A bird almost as kind and as strong of heart as you my lord." The two exchange a silent and powerful moment before they continue along their journey.
My Experience as the Lover: Who has not been a lover of something in their life? I do define myself as a very passionate person, one who indulges herself and follows her dreams. I have loved deeply and wholeheartedly. I have loved purity and found beauty in the flow of energy between a couple.
Astrological Reference: Zodiac - Gemini
Cultural Reference: In Hinduism Saraswati is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, science and technology. She is the consort of Brahma, also revered as His Shakti. The name Saraswati came from "saras" (meaning "flow") and "wati" (meaning "a woman"). She is the river of consciousness that enlivens creation; she is the dawn-goddess whose rays dispel the darkness of ignorance. Without her there is only chaos and confusion. To realize her one must go beyond the pleasures of the senses and rejoice in the serenity of the spirit. Saraswati wears neither jewels or paints herself with bright colors. The white sari she adorns reflects her essential purity, her rejection of all that is base and materialistic. She transcends the cravings of the flesh and rejoices in the powers of the mind as the patron of pure wisdom. She embodies all that is pure and sublime in Nature. She is depicted as beautiful fair Goddess with four arms, wearing spotless white saree and seated on white lotus. Her mount, the swan, personifies pure knowledge and her herald, the peacock, is a symbol of the arts. [source Wikipedia and http://www.lotussculpture.com/sarasvati.htm]
Elemental Reference: Water is a very powerful element in this card.
Numerology Reference: 6 - Fulfillment, Truth, Beauty, Peace
Keywords: Love, Fulfillment, Beauty, Happiness, Passion, Creation, Partnership
Possible Meanings: Following one's heart, Finding the beauty and love for one's self, fulfilling one's purpose, finding a loving partnership, creating art or loving what one does.
Reversed: Blockages from love, Feeling like and "ugly duckling", Not letting the creative energies flow, being unsatisfied and unfulfilled, Lack of passion or devotion.
Quote: "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin