Glitterbird
On my University Books edition it sure looks like a cross marking a grave in the distance.Yurikome said:And: is there a crucifix in the Death card? Above the horse's lifted hoof?
On my University Books edition it sure looks like a cross marking a grave in the distance.Yurikome said:And: is there a crucifix in the Death card? Above the horse's lifted hoof?
Some people see it as the symbol of Saturn.re-pete-a said:Has anybody noticed the coiled serpent in the crutch of the Devil on that card?
Perhaps it's the base Kundalini waking up. It's certainly in the right place.
Also the inverted 4 on the palm of the raised hand.
I had thought that the trees behind them were the Tree of Life, and the Tree of Knowledge, making the figures an allusion to Adam and Eve before and after the fall... but then why grapes, instead of an apple?Yurikome said:Also about the Devil - and maybe it's in all the books out there, which I didn't read - the woman has a fruity tail, the man a fiery one... Just like the woman's and man's respective trees in the Lovers card. Significant somehow?
An allusion to the intoxication of life?Rasa said:why grapes, instead of an apple?
Glitterbird said:On my University Books edition it sure looks like a cross marking a grave in the distance.
What about the bat wings that are spouting out of either sides of the Queen of Cups, oversized Chalice/Grail cup? Why such a strong and obvious emphasis on what is basically a prop?
Little details sometimes can make a big difference in how one views the cards. I used to look at Temperance and be puzzled by the image. Sometime last year I saw a post that mentioned the "crown" in the sky, which I had always taken to be just a weird-looking sun. Since that revelation, the symbolism of the card in relation to the Middle Pillar of the Tree of Life has steadily unfolded, like a flower from bud to full bloom.