firemaiden
Okay, but should our interpretations of tarot cards really be about our own own reactions and prejudices against one sex, or one historical institution or another? Or are they more flexible than that - as universal archetypes.
No no no no no…there is a progression, an order, the High Priestess is numbered II for a reason…as the Hierophant is numbered V for a reason…they are very separate. But most importantly…a prophet-liar, Lover-Hater?kilts_knave said:…that the Hierophant may be the male force extant in The High Priestess. There is duality here. He is powerful, yet weak in the eyes of God. He is the creator-destroyer. He is the lover-hater. He is the lover-rapist. He is the prophet-liar. I could go on-and-on.
Whose progression? RWS? TdM? Minchiate? Visconti? Yours? Half of us fail to agree as to where the Fool should be, at the end or the beginning.Umbrae said:there is a progression, an order...
What we SHOULD do and what we CAN do are often two different things. Our own reactions to ANYTHING inform our lives, influence our readings, influence just about everything. We can and should do our best to escape prejudices, to be neutral--but neutrality isn't, I think, what is best for our intuition, that gut reaction which sometimes makes us say, to a querent, "Something's wrong here...." or "You can trust this man..."firemaiden said:Okay, but should our interpretations of tarot cards really be about our own own reactions and prejudices against one sex, or one historical institution or another? Or are they more flexible than that - as universal archetypes.
Depends which pub he goes to.Umbrae said:Well it’s 2006. He couldn’t get a drink in London dressed like that (lol).