Queen of Disks
This is one of the cards (the Sun and the Moon are others) where the RWS symbolism that most of us are used to is taken away, and all we are left with is the bare minimum.
I don't think that's a bad thing. Because not having traditional symbolism (or much symbolism at all) makes you develop your own meanings, and also makes you think about what a certain card actually means to you. That's what I did, anyway. (I was used to lots of symbolism in other decks, and it took me a while to wrap my head around the Aquarian.)
Take Temperance, for example. We have all seen the RWS Temperance with the angel Michael pouring water from one cup to another a zillion times. That would say Temperance to you, doesn't it?
Not with the Aquarian. The card simply shows an (heavily stylized) angel. That's it. That's all you get. So what does it mean?
At first I generaly asociated the card with the standard isssue Temperance meanings. And then I had an idea: Power.
The best way I can describe it is the line from "Spiderman": With great power comes great responsibility. An angel has lots of power that's way over anything a human being has, since they are a higher level of being then us (presumably.) But the angel uses its power to help others, instead of causing harm and chaos.
My feeling is that this Temperance card is about using your powers and abilities (what ever they may be and however much you have) responsibly and in moderation. But that's just my meaning.
What do you think? Do you have different meanings?
I don't think that's a bad thing. Because not having traditional symbolism (or much symbolism at all) makes you develop your own meanings, and also makes you think about what a certain card actually means to you. That's what I did, anyway. (I was used to lots of symbolism in other decks, and it took me a while to wrap my head around the Aquarian.)
Take Temperance, for example. We have all seen the RWS Temperance with the angel Michael pouring water from one cup to another a zillion times. That would say Temperance to you, doesn't it?
Not with the Aquarian. The card simply shows an (heavily stylized) angel. That's it. That's all you get. So what does it mean?
At first I generaly asociated the card with the standard isssue Temperance meanings. And then I had an idea: Power.
The best way I can describe it is the line from "Spiderman": With great power comes great responsibility. An angel has lots of power that's way over anything a human being has, since they are a higher level of being then us (presumably.) But the angel uses its power to help others, instead of causing harm and chaos.
My feeling is that this Temperance card is about using your powers and abilities (what ever they may be and however much you have) responsibly and in moderation. But that's just my meaning.
What do you think? Do you have different meanings?