Chronata
As I get further in my creation of my own tarot, I have been, (feverishly and obsessively, ya might say!) deconstructing all the symbolism that I love from the RWS and reexamining, redefining and rediscovering them...
And I get to the roses and the lillies found on several of the cards.
Now some cards have only the red roses pictured in them...(the Queen of pents..the 4 wands)
but there are those few with the red rose and the white lily combined...
the obvious for me have always been the Magician, the 2 wands, and the Ace of Pentacles.
and now...I have just discovered them in the robes of the two men in the Hierophant.
In my earliest tarot studies...and the many classes I took from various tarot "gurus..." I have come to believe that the rose and lily together symbolize the balance of thought and desire. (lily=thought...rose=desire) or put more simply...the balance of the head and the heart.
but now, I have heard that there are many other ideas about what they symbolize.
I have also heard that the red rose is the blood/body/physical self
and that the white lily is the pure/soul/astral self
Another is that the lily is creative thought and inspiration and that the rose is manefestation. The ideas behind creative visualization .
also the rose is love, the lily purity...so together they represent pure love, or unconditional Love (beyond simply the physical relationship love)
I'm interested if anyone else has any other thoughts or meanings to atribute to these flowers...or even thoughts as to why they appear in the cards that they do!
And I get to the roses and the lillies found on several of the cards.
Now some cards have only the red roses pictured in them...(the Queen of pents..the 4 wands)
but there are those few with the red rose and the white lily combined...
the obvious for me have always been the Magician, the 2 wands, and the Ace of Pentacles.
and now...I have just discovered them in the robes of the two men in the Hierophant.
In my earliest tarot studies...and the many classes I took from various tarot "gurus..." I have come to believe that the rose and lily together symbolize the balance of thought and desire. (lily=thought...rose=desire) or put more simply...the balance of the head and the heart.
but now, I have heard that there are many other ideas about what they symbolize.
I have also heard that the red rose is the blood/body/physical self
and that the white lily is the pure/soul/astral self
Another is that the lily is creative thought and inspiration and that the rose is manefestation. The ideas behind creative visualization .
also the rose is love, the lily purity...so together they represent pure love, or unconditional Love (beyond simply the physical relationship love)
I'm interested if anyone else has any other thoughts or meanings to atribute to these flowers...or even thoughts as to why they appear in the cards that they do!