Grip Dellabonte
Threes are the natural outcomes of the decisions made by the twos. They are the province of the Empress, so they are that which has been created.
Three of Wands:
The Three of Wands is a product of the Two of Wands. So a decision, having been made, is now beginning to bear fruit. These are the early stages but it's when hope blooms because at least one sees an outcome for their efforts.
Whether a creative endeavor or something related to business/career, you have made good choices that are paying off. You're in a good place.
The LWB says: confidence in the future, optimism, new projects. So far, this is in keeping with all I've read on the Three of Wands.
Now to the card...
This is sort of a whimsical image. There is a lady in a grey/green dress with at least knee-high boots on. She is looking to her left with her left hand shielding her eyes as if it were a visor. Her dress has a daisy collar, her sleeves are cuffed with daisy petals, she is wearing a daisy as a hat, and her shoes have little daisies on the bridges.
There is a large, docile white bull behind her standing horizontally while she is faced front. The lady has her right arm hooked in a relaxed manner through his left horn bend. In the same hand she is loosely holding a rather large healthy daisy plant that is rooted next to them. There are daisies around their feet. There must be something about daisies that I'm missing in relation to this card.
The bull has daisies for eyes and what looks like tiny crowns capped on each horn (this instantly reminded me of a holiday crown rib roast where the chefs put those tiny white paper crowns on the tops of the rib bones to be fancy. Not looking good for the bull's future...!). He is swishing his tail and has his head turned to his left, making him actually face front.
He looks to be a healthy and contented animal.
Where he is at ease, she seems mildly expectant about something.
While there are differences in this card to the traditional, there are also some similarities.
For instance, the lady is standing on a hill, surveying. She may not be on as high a point as the man gazing out to sea, but she's still elevated. And she's looking out toward the distance as he does.
In a reading I would say this card is pretty close in meaning to the RWS.
Oh! I just got a flash....She's a cattlewoman. She and the bull are waiting for the rest of the herd to catch up to them. The daisy plant now takes on the appearance of a Bo Peep like crook (don't know if cattle people used those, but still it could just be the symbol of a herder).
The "man on the hill" waits for his ships to come in, and the lady is waiting on her herd. It's the same thing. It's the outcome of what they've poured into their business. They can't take the next step until the ships dock and the herd catches up, so they have a little longer to wait.
Sooo..in a reading it could suggest that there is a profitable outcome, but one might have to wait a little bit for it. A very positive card.
Three of Cups:
The affection of the twos leads to more good feelings in the Three of Wands. There could be a party of sorts.
There could be a wedding, a family gathering, a meeting between girlfriends over tea. But this one is pretty traditional to the RWS, and it reads in the same way.
Very harmonious and happy meetings can be expected.
This is a really pretty card, what with purple grape clusters hanging from above as if from an arbor. The grape leaves on the vines are turning colors, so it must be late summer/early autumn?
It's warm because two of the women have fans - though one is wearing rather out-of-place elbow gloves!
Lots of lovely blooming flowers around them like they are out for a casual stroll in a garden.
Three of Swords:
Hmmm. This one is a bit tougher. Oftentimes conflicts that are in the Two of Swords end in heartache in the Three of Swords. Sometimes the issue doesn't involve romantic relationships, though. In the image where a person sits with two swords crossed over their chest, this can mean that the person has to make a decision and is caught in a dilemma. The problem with that is that if one hesitates long enough in making the decision someone or something will come along and force an outcome. This may not always be satisfactory.
As I was told many times in my youth, if you give your power away, there is always someone around more powerful than you who is willing to come along and take it. Who needs that?
Now to the card. Huh?!
So. We have a water nymph - or undine - coming up to the shore amongst the water plants of what looks like a lake, could be a pond.
She is naked - laid bare, vulnerable.
She is situated lower than a young angel who's got to be Cupid. She is in the more submissive position....him being on the higher ground.
There are clouds stirring in the distance. Cupid has his bow resting between his left hand and his left thigh. His arrow is held loosely in his right hand while the water nymph is holding the arrow's tip.
The arrow is clean.
Was he going to shoot her with it? Is she pointing it at herself and asking him to shoot her? Is she inspecting the arrow so she can then instruct him to shoot at another?
At his feet is one broken arrow.
Drat! I used to know what a broken arrow signified. In the Old West when an arrow was broken didn't that mean that an act of trust had been violated between two parties?
In this particular card they both seem to be examining the arrow - the source of pain, as it were. Neither seems particularly emotional about it. Who knows whether the pain involved a relationship, an argument, or whatever? There was pain involved.
But examination is a good thing. Look back on the event, learn from it, and as soon as one can, move on from it.
Three of Pentacles:
The Two of Pentacles was a weighing of issues, juggling finances, striking a balance.
The hard work that was put forth in the Two of Wands has garnered positive attention from admirers and one is in a position to perfect their art or craft, or area of expertise in relative comfort for a while. This instills a sense of confidence as well.
In the picture, another really pretty one, we see two men in a garden in very relaxed poses.
There is a man seated on a carved bench with a smallish canvas and a paintbrush in his left hand. In his right hand he is holding another paintbrush. He has started putting his subject in the canvas but for the moment is looking intently off in the distance.
Lying beside him is a younger man with a piece of parchment and a quill pen. Is he the personal scribe of the artist? He must be doing well if he has his own documenter. The scribe might be notating all the pertinent information about the artist's new project. He also must be doing well - well paid - judging by his clothes.
It is clear by the dress of the artist that he has had some success.
In a reading, I think that would be the message....actually, I know it's just one possibility...that one could expect to get recognition for the initial success of their project after all the hard work they've put into it.
Three of Wands:
The Three of Wands is a product of the Two of Wands. So a decision, having been made, is now beginning to bear fruit. These are the early stages but it's when hope blooms because at least one sees an outcome for their efforts.
Whether a creative endeavor or something related to business/career, you have made good choices that are paying off. You're in a good place.
The LWB says: confidence in the future, optimism, new projects. So far, this is in keeping with all I've read on the Three of Wands.
Now to the card...
This is sort of a whimsical image. There is a lady in a grey/green dress with at least knee-high boots on. She is looking to her left with her left hand shielding her eyes as if it were a visor. Her dress has a daisy collar, her sleeves are cuffed with daisy petals, she is wearing a daisy as a hat, and her shoes have little daisies on the bridges.
There is a large, docile white bull behind her standing horizontally while she is faced front. The lady has her right arm hooked in a relaxed manner through his left horn bend. In the same hand she is loosely holding a rather large healthy daisy plant that is rooted next to them. There are daisies around their feet. There must be something about daisies that I'm missing in relation to this card.
The bull has daisies for eyes and what looks like tiny crowns capped on each horn (this instantly reminded me of a holiday crown rib roast where the chefs put those tiny white paper crowns on the tops of the rib bones to be fancy. Not looking good for the bull's future...!). He is swishing his tail and has his head turned to his left, making him actually face front.
He looks to be a healthy and contented animal.
Where he is at ease, she seems mildly expectant about something.
While there are differences in this card to the traditional, there are also some similarities.
For instance, the lady is standing on a hill, surveying. She may not be on as high a point as the man gazing out to sea, but she's still elevated. And she's looking out toward the distance as he does.
In a reading I would say this card is pretty close in meaning to the RWS.
Oh! I just got a flash....She's a cattlewoman. She and the bull are waiting for the rest of the herd to catch up to them. The daisy plant now takes on the appearance of a Bo Peep like crook (don't know if cattle people used those, but still it could just be the symbol of a herder).
The "man on the hill" waits for his ships to come in, and the lady is waiting on her herd. It's the same thing. It's the outcome of what they've poured into their business. They can't take the next step until the ships dock and the herd catches up, so they have a little longer to wait.
Sooo..in a reading it could suggest that there is a profitable outcome, but one might have to wait a little bit for it. A very positive card.
Three of Cups:
The affection of the twos leads to more good feelings in the Three of Wands. There could be a party of sorts.
There could be a wedding, a family gathering, a meeting between girlfriends over tea. But this one is pretty traditional to the RWS, and it reads in the same way.
Very harmonious and happy meetings can be expected.
This is a really pretty card, what with purple grape clusters hanging from above as if from an arbor. The grape leaves on the vines are turning colors, so it must be late summer/early autumn?
It's warm because two of the women have fans - though one is wearing rather out-of-place elbow gloves!
Lots of lovely blooming flowers around them like they are out for a casual stroll in a garden.
Three of Swords:
Hmmm. This one is a bit tougher. Oftentimes conflicts that are in the Two of Swords end in heartache in the Three of Swords. Sometimes the issue doesn't involve romantic relationships, though. In the image where a person sits with two swords crossed over their chest, this can mean that the person has to make a decision and is caught in a dilemma. The problem with that is that if one hesitates long enough in making the decision someone or something will come along and force an outcome. This may not always be satisfactory.
As I was told many times in my youth, if you give your power away, there is always someone around more powerful than you who is willing to come along and take it. Who needs that?
Now to the card. Huh?!
So. We have a water nymph - or undine - coming up to the shore amongst the water plants of what looks like a lake, could be a pond.
She is naked - laid bare, vulnerable.
She is situated lower than a young angel who's got to be Cupid. She is in the more submissive position....him being on the higher ground.
There are clouds stirring in the distance. Cupid has his bow resting between his left hand and his left thigh. His arrow is held loosely in his right hand while the water nymph is holding the arrow's tip.
The arrow is clean.
Was he going to shoot her with it? Is she pointing it at herself and asking him to shoot her? Is she inspecting the arrow so she can then instruct him to shoot at another?
At his feet is one broken arrow.
Drat! I used to know what a broken arrow signified. In the Old West when an arrow was broken didn't that mean that an act of trust had been violated between two parties?
In this particular card they both seem to be examining the arrow - the source of pain, as it were. Neither seems particularly emotional about it. Who knows whether the pain involved a relationship, an argument, or whatever? There was pain involved.
But examination is a good thing. Look back on the event, learn from it, and as soon as one can, move on from it.
Three of Pentacles:
The Two of Pentacles was a weighing of issues, juggling finances, striking a balance.
The hard work that was put forth in the Two of Wands has garnered positive attention from admirers and one is in a position to perfect their art or craft, or area of expertise in relative comfort for a while. This instills a sense of confidence as well.
In the picture, another really pretty one, we see two men in a garden in very relaxed poses.
There is a man seated on a carved bench with a smallish canvas and a paintbrush in his left hand. In his right hand he is holding another paintbrush. He has started putting his subject in the canvas but for the moment is looking intently off in the distance.
Lying beside him is a younger man with a piece of parchment and a quill pen. Is he the personal scribe of the artist? He must be doing well if he has his own documenter. The scribe might be notating all the pertinent information about the artist's new project. He also must be doing well - well paid - judging by his clothes.
It is clear by the dress of the artist that he has had some success.
In a reading, I think that would be the message....actually, I know it's just one possibility...that one could expect to get recognition for the initial success of their project after all the hard work they've put into it.
