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Opium Poppy
Dreams, Illusions
Image: Opium Poppy pours seeds/pollen/something onto the sleeping insects below. One insect is awake and carries a lit lantern as he travels past. The sky is dark/cloudy as if it were threatening to rain.
Pay attention to your dreams
Watering your dreams until they begin to grow (Astrae)
A very peaceful card. It reminds me of the poppy field in the Wizard of Oz.
I relate this card to painting/drawing, whereas Flax would be the writer's card... even though, historically, many poet's have used Opium to enhance their creativity. I guess it is because of the association of color, opium supposedly produces color-saturated dreams and I relate color to paint.
The word "delirium" comes to mind, fever dreams.
Upon looking up the effects of opium, in addition to it's well known use as a narcotic painkiller, it is also associated with sex. Not sure why... perhaps someone else will know.
Dreams, Illusions
Image: Opium Poppy pours seeds/pollen/something onto the sleeping insects below. One insect is awake and carries a lit lantern as he travels past. The sky is dark/cloudy as if it were threatening to rain.
.traveller. said:Opium Poppy stands against a dark sky that is threatening rain. From two seed heads, she spreads what would logically be seeds onto some prone insects. However, logic doesn't work in this world and perhaps these aren't seeds at all, but a magical pollen that imparts dreams. This has the feeling of a temporary state, if it rains the rain will wash away the pollen and the insects will awake. One insect doesn't sleep, it is wide awake and even holds a lantern to better light the path. This insect feels like the true visionary, with no need of artificial substances to obscure things. I get the sense that for this insect, dreams don't hold the same sort of escape that they provide the other bugs, this insect's dreams are full of messages, portents, and weighty matters. No wonder it walks away from Opium Poppy.
Pay attention to your dreams
Watering your dreams until they begin to grow (Astrae)
A very peaceful card. It reminds me of the poppy field in the Wizard of Oz.
I relate this card to painting/drawing, whereas Flax would be the writer's card... even though, historically, many poet's have used Opium to enhance their creativity. I guess it is because of the association of color, opium supposedly produces color-saturated dreams and I relate color to paint.
The word "delirium" comes to mind, fever dreams.
Upon looking up the effects of opium, in addition to it's well known use as a narcotic painkiller, it is also associated with sex. Not sure why... perhaps someone else will know.