Jewel
Well it appears that several of the cards I have drawn in the past or am starting with now don't have threads yet, so now I can actually help Traveller get more card threads up and running . This card marks the start of cards I started drawing in February of 2009 thanks to her initiative to start this study group.
The Wild Rose card shows a demure young woman standing out in nature. She is wearing a white dress adorned with leaves, thorny brown vines as the trim, and necklace and bracelets of some kind of fruit. Her dress comes accented by leaves adn teh ruffles on the short sleeves are made of pink wild roses. She also wears one really huge yellow rose (or wild rose) between her breasts tucked into her bodice. In her right hand she holds a sign, and a green something in the other (cannot make out what it is). In the background is a luscious wild rose bush with 4 flowers.
What I like most about the card are the thorny vines adorning the dress. Some of them avtually look as though they are growing from the ground which makes her part of the landscape. I also love how the thorns do not seem to hurt her in any way.
The emotional atmosphere of this card is a fake sense of serenity. Sort of like the calm before the storm. Her facial expression, the shadows and teh cloud in the distance indicate this to me.
The physical manifestation of this card would be a knowing sense of foreboding going into a meeting or conversation you know will be uncomfortable but you know you have to keep a good face through. Your body sort of tingles but not in a good way. It could also be that heavy feeling one gets when has to do something they really don't feel like doing but want to try and make the best of it though you can't quite shake the reluctance. For me that would be house cleaning, any kind of physical labor, or attending stuffy business engagements on my days off or after hours ... just the thought makes my feet and legs feel like lead *LOL*.
Mental characteristics would be those of resignation given that the situation is not going to go away and must be faced now, and making myself do them with a good attitude. Pretty much the mental and physical characteristics are tied together on this one.
Spiritually, I see a commitment and strength, purpose and determination. I pull on my spiritual, determination, and sense of purpose to make it through those things I don't want to do but have to do. So really I see this card as one of quiet strength.
What I like least about this card are the shadows and dark cloud. Just reminds me of the calm before the storm, and the heaviness I feel when having to deal with things I would rather not deal with.
The caption on the card reads "a thorny question." I see this card as being that and more, like thorny situations and encounters in general. Face it with strength and poise as it too shall pass is a phrase that comes to mind.
Upon reading the companion book, I learned that the fruit she wears as jewelry is a rosehip. I had a rosehip body wrap at a spa once, it was wonderful! So soothing and smelled so good. Also, the original language of flowers meaning for the wild rose is pleasure and pain which fits well with my thoughts on the card. It is a pain to get through the things you don't but such a pleasure to put them behind you for good.
The Wild Rose card shows a demure young woman standing out in nature. She is wearing a white dress adorned with leaves, thorny brown vines as the trim, and necklace and bracelets of some kind of fruit. Her dress comes accented by leaves adn teh ruffles on the short sleeves are made of pink wild roses. She also wears one really huge yellow rose (or wild rose) between her breasts tucked into her bodice. In her right hand she holds a sign, and a green something in the other (cannot make out what it is). In the background is a luscious wild rose bush with 4 flowers.
What I like most about the card are the thorny vines adorning the dress. Some of them avtually look as though they are growing from the ground which makes her part of the landscape. I also love how the thorns do not seem to hurt her in any way.
The emotional atmosphere of this card is a fake sense of serenity. Sort of like the calm before the storm. Her facial expression, the shadows and teh cloud in the distance indicate this to me.
The physical manifestation of this card would be a knowing sense of foreboding going into a meeting or conversation you know will be uncomfortable but you know you have to keep a good face through. Your body sort of tingles but not in a good way. It could also be that heavy feeling one gets when has to do something they really don't feel like doing but want to try and make the best of it though you can't quite shake the reluctance. For me that would be house cleaning, any kind of physical labor, or attending stuffy business engagements on my days off or after hours ... just the thought makes my feet and legs feel like lead *LOL*.
Mental characteristics would be those of resignation given that the situation is not going to go away and must be faced now, and making myself do them with a good attitude. Pretty much the mental and physical characteristics are tied together on this one.
Spiritually, I see a commitment and strength, purpose and determination. I pull on my spiritual, determination, and sense of purpose to make it through those things I don't want to do but have to do. So really I see this card as one of quiet strength.
What I like least about this card are the shadows and dark cloud. Just reminds me of the calm before the storm, and the heaviness I feel when having to deal with things I would rather not deal with.
The caption on the card reads "a thorny question." I see this card as being that and more, like thorny situations and encounters in general. Face it with strength and poise as it too shall pass is a phrase that comes to mind.
Upon reading the companion book, I learned that the fruit she wears as jewelry is a rosehip. I had a rosehip body wrap at a spa once, it was wonderful! So soothing and smelled so good. Also, the original language of flowers meaning for the wild rose is pleasure and pain which fits well with my thoughts on the card. It is a pain to get through the things you don't but such a pleasure to put them behind you for good.