Sulis
Against a black background we see a beautiful white swan. She faces towards the left so we see her in profile. Her wings are outstretched in front of her and below her wings is a crystal goblet, not unlike the one in the Ace of Cups. In the darkness are small, multi-coloured star-shaped sparkles. Those and her orange beak are the only colours in the card.
She looks like a sorceress casting a spell or a priestess or witch scrying in the goblet. She could be enchanting a potion or she could be gazing into the depths to gain hidden knowledge.
She also looks as if she could be protecting the cup and guarding it so the thought of protecting one's emotions or one's inner feelings comes to mind.
There is something very mysterious about swans - I'm thinking of fairy tales like 'The 12 Swans' or 'The Swan Princess' that was later made into the ballet 'Swan Lake'... In tales like those princesses are often transformed into swans whilst under a spell or enchantment..
The Queen (or Mother) of Cups is Water of Water.. She has a deep understanding of her element, Water. Water represents feelings, relationships and also the unconscious or subconscious, the world of dreams and of things deep and unknown.
This lady understands those things. She is in tune with her emotions and also in tune with the psychic world of dreams and magic.
The fact that she is facing the left makes me think of either the past or of inner things - meditation etc..
So in a reading she could represent the need to really try to understand how the querant is feeling, she could represent a woman who is mysterious and high priestess-like or just someone who understands something on an emotional level or is trying to understand something on an emotional level.
She advises us to take notice of our dreams and our intuition and she also advises us to open ourselves up to our feelings and to look within. I've also had this card appear to represent the need for the use of magic, visualisation, divination or scrying.
Any more thoughts are very welcome .
She looks like a sorceress casting a spell or a priestess or witch scrying in the goblet. She could be enchanting a potion or she could be gazing into the depths to gain hidden knowledge.
She also looks as if she could be protecting the cup and guarding it so the thought of protecting one's emotions or one's inner feelings comes to mind.
There is something very mysterious about swans - I'm thinking of fairy tales like 'The 12 Swans' or 'The Swan Princess' that was later made into the ballet 'Swan Lake'... In tales like those princesses are often transformed into swans whilst under a spell or enchantment..
The Queen (or Mother) of Cups is Water of Water.. She has a deep understanding of her element, Water. Water represents feelings, relationships and also the unconscious or subconscious, the world of dreams and of things deep and unknown.
This lady understands those things. She is in tune with her emotions and also in tune with the psychic world of dreams and magic.
The fact that she is facing the left makes me think of either the past or of inner things - meditation etc..
So in a reading she could represent the need to really try to understand how the querant is feeling, she could represent a woman who is mysterious and high priestess-like or just someone who understands something on an emotional level or is trying to understand something on an emotional level.
She advises us to take notice of our dreams and our intuition and she also advises us to open ourselves up to our feelings and to look within. I've also had this card appear to represent the need for the use of magic, visualisation, divination or scrying.
Any more thoughts are very welcome .