Lyones
I have to say that Igraine is my favorite Queen in this deck - I'm not sure why, perhaps it's the gorgeous red dress, or that even though she is wealthy she is down-to-earth, or even that she is secure and independent, yet kind and generous.
She sits at the table, counting her money, she has been sensible and saved it. There are scrolls nearby, which I think would be her ledgers, to keep track of what she spends, pays her employees and what she makes. There is also a bowl on the table with fruit or vegetables in it.
The bales of wheat indicate what has been harvested and stored for the winter months. The hay is being kept dry up in the loft. She plans ahead and I think of her as being thrifty, not wasting anything, very organised - everything has it's place and is neatly piled or bundled. I think it makes her feel comfortable to be able to see that everything is in order.
The senses are important to her too I think, what she can touch (the money, the solidity of the table beneath her hand), taste (the bowl of food), see (everything prettily arranged, the luxuriousness of her clothes), smell (the harvested hay), hearing (the chink of the coins as she piles them up).
Other decks normally have the black cat with the Queen of Wands, but we find it here with Igraine, rubbing itself of a bale of wheat - the domestic, yet magical and sensual qualities.
http://www.globalpsychics.com/lp/Superstition/blackcats.htm
In what would otherwise be a cold and lifeless room, she has created warmth and comfort.
She sits at the table, counting her money, she has been sensible and saved it. There are scrolls nearby, which I think would be her ledgers, to keep track of what she spends, pays her employees and what she makes. There is also a bowl on the table with fruit or vegetables in it.
The bales of wheat indicate what has been harvested and stored for the winter months. The hay is being kept dry up in the loft. She plans ahead and I think of her as being thrifty, not wasting anything, very organised - everything has it's place and is neatly piled or bundled. I think it makes her feel comfortable to be able to see that everything is in order.
The senses are important to her too I think, what she can touch (the money, the solidity of the table beneath her hand), taste (the bowl of food), see (everything prettily arranged, the luxuriousness of her clothes), smell (the harvested hay), hearing (the chink of the coins as she piles them up).
Other decks normally have the black cat with the Queen of Wands, but we find it here with Igraine, rubbing itself of a bale of wheat - the domestic, yet magical and sensual qualities.
http://www.globalpsychics.com/lp/Superstition/blackcats.htm
In what would otherwise be a cold and lifeless room, she has created warmth and comfort.