Thursday, December 4, 2014

Poetic, Violent, Fierce



I thought of my "Page" of Pentacles as the most poetic card in my deck. (I put quotations around "Page" because my deck doesn't use the words "page" or "knight," instead replacing them with "princess" and "prince".) The Princess of Pentacles card pictures a woman walking through a meadow (it almost looks like she's dancing or skipping) of flowers, and dropping more flowers along the way. In her other hand, she holds a pentacle. Behind her there are big trees covered in more flowers. The card has a lot of pinkish purple colors which isn't very common in my deck. Another nontraditional aspect of this card, in terms of my deck, is that the woman is on the ground as opposed to in the sky (Edit: upon closer inspection, on all 4 of my Princess cards, the woman is on the ground, but there are no other other cards in the whole deck where the illustration does not take place in the sky).
I chose the King of Cups for violent. There is a man sitting on a throne holding a cup releasing a terrifying scorpion/crab and violent winds rushing around. Below him there is some kind of monster and an open clam. I don't know how, but the illustrators managed to even make the clam look scary. The deck's book says the card is about dominating and taking responsibility, but I think the card's picture gives a much darker meaning to it.
Finally, I think the Eight of Swords is fierce. There is a large dog sitting on top of 8 swords - I think it is a Boxer. Boxers are typically headstrong, loyal and protective. The dog in the picture has his chest puffed out and his eyes set on something - he looks proud, but focused.

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