Sulis
Well this card is very different from the usual hand reaching from a cloud clutching a freshly cut piece of wood, often with leaves attached.
Here we have a green truncheon-like baton with 2 green snakes entwined around it on an orange / red background.
Firstly I love the fact that the suit representing fire is called Batons (as in the Tarot de Marseille) and not Wands.
It's caused me to actually think - What is a baton? What is it used for?
Is a baton necessarily different to a wand?
The Aces represent the purest form of the element, a gift.
The energy is there but it's up to us to do anything with it, to put it to some use.
An ace is like a seed, full of potential but not really doing anything.
Fire is transformative and so with this ace I think that the potential is there for great change and transformation.
The spark is there - it is a birth of sorts, a birth of something that has the potential to transform.
Batons are also about action so this ace signifies the start of something active and vital.
This image makes me think of a caduceus as carried by Mercury or Hermes - messenger to the Gods.
The caduceus is also the symbol used by many healing organisations - I think that the British Medical Association which is the professional organisation for doctors in the UK uses it as their symbol.
So this adds another aspect to this ace - it is transformative and healing too.
Mercury is associated with communication and certainly a baton is used to communicate and direct - a conductor uses a baton to direct an orchestra or band... This is quite new to me - I usually think of the element of air or the suit of Swords as being to do with communication.
These are just some initial thoughts - I'm sure I'll add more later.
Here we have a green truncheon-like baton with 2 green snakes entwined around it on an orange / red background.
Firstly I love the fact that the suit representing fire is called Batons (as in the Tarot de Marseille) and not Wands.
It's caused me to actually think - What is a baton? What is it used for?
Is a baton necessarily different to a wand?
The Aces represent the purest form of the element, a gift.
The energy is there but it's up to us to do anything with it, to put it to some use.
An ace is like a seed, full of potential but not really doing anything.
Fire is transformative and so with this ace I think that the potential is there for great change and transformation.
The spark is there - it is a birth of sorts, a birth of something that has the potential to transform.
Batons are also about action so this ace signifies the start of something active and vital.
This image makes me think of a caduceus as carried by Mercury or Hermes - messenger to the Gods.
The caduceus is also the symbol used by many healing organisations - I think that the British Medical Association which is the professional organisation for doctors in the UK uses it as their symbol.
So this adds another aspect to this ace - it is transformative and healing too.
Mercury is associated with communication and certainly a baton is used to communicate and direct - a conductor uses a baton to direct an orchestra or band... This is quite new to me - I usually think of the element of air or the suit of Swords as being to do with communication.
These are just some initial thoughts - I'm sure I'll add more later.