Alan Ross
I see that it's been a long while since anyone contributed to this discussion. However, I just got this deck and I feel I have to throw my own two cents in. As I see it, this lady is a bored aristocrat, a member of the "leisure" class. I think her husband doesn't work any harder than she does and is likely out hunting foxes or playing polo. I see the skull as symbolizing the oppression and untimely demise from overwork of the common laborers, servants, and lower classes upon whose efforts the lavish lifestyles of the privileged has been built and is sustained. Another possibility is that the skull could symbolize parents who have clawed their way to the top and passed on their wealth to their pampered children.
The wands on the wall aren't real, they are just stylized depictions. The indolent rich (members of the "lucy sperm club") take pride in their wealth and lavish estates as if they built them with their own hands, but the real credit belongs to those who contributed with their blood, sweat, and tears.
In interpretation, I would ask, "Am I allowing others to unfairly dump their reponsibilities onto my shoulders?" "Am I taking on the burden of taking care of others who should be able to take care of themselves?" "Am I so busy taking care of others that I'm neglecting my own needs?"
The wands on the wall aren't real, they are just stylized depictions. The indolent rich (members of the "lucy sperm club") take pride in their wealth and lavish estates as if they built them with their own hands, but the real credit belongs to those who contributed with their blood, sweat, and tears.
In interpretation, I would ask, "Am I allowing others to unfairly dump their reponsibilities onto my shoulders?" "Am I taking on the burden of taking care of others who should be able to take care of themselves?" "Am I so busy taking care of others that I'm neglecting my own needs?"