CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: May 28-29, 2022

 

Queen of Cups and Five of Cups

Revelations Tarot

by Zach Wong

May 28-29, 2022: As you can see from the sample images above, Zach Wong's Revelations Tarot (reviewed here might prove interesting for folks who regularly enjoy the option of reading cards that come up reversed. In the reverse of the Revelations cards, Wong gives us an entirely different central figure with whom to commune and consult. 

For example, at the center of his Hanged Man card, you'll find two Hanged Men, very different in sartorial color scheme and positions of the arms, cleverly interlocked by their legs. It's one of the most intriguing depictions of this archetype that I've seen:

The Hanged Man

Revelations Tarot

by Zach Wong

Given that Tarot's classic Hanged Man, himself, is flipped upside down, the implications can be fascinating when this Major Arcana card comes up reversed. And now, here's Wong's card--already providing us with a separate figure in its reversal. Exactly which world are we inhabiting at any given moment?

Whew! Heady stuff.

Anyway, the Hanged One might be another story for another day. This weekend, we're concentrating on two of Wong's Cups cards--Queen of Cups and Five of Cups.

I'm particularly drawn to the idea that, throughout the deck, Wong's figures may be one and the same being, external and internal, conscious and subconscious, and the like. This gives me a lot of stories I can tell. Or perhaps, how can we see one as the companion and ally of the other? They need not be positive-negative and antagonistic to each other.

For this weekend, the realm of Water is key. So, focus on emotions, sensitivity, close relationships, and/or creativity. The intuitive, empathic, insightful Queen brings profound, 360°, multi-dimensional knowledge of the element of Water and all it symbolizes. You want to go to her with any questions or needs in these areas.

The Five of Cups, as you will remember from the classic Rider-Waite-Colman imagery, represents disappointment, regret, and grief at loss but with a note of hope for the future (the two goblets that, out of view of the mourning figure, remain upright). So, take a look at Wong's card. When it's upright, you'll notice that three goblets have fallen out of the figure's control. The card's remaining two goblets are firmly in the grasp of the reverse figure's hands.

This weekend will allow time to be in your feelings--or attend to the joy or development or healing of a relationship or a creative project. That time spent will be an essential part of a longer process but should be respected even if, at the moment, it appears to be a small investment. It's important.

What you might not be able to see, at this time, the Queen of Cups can see. (Note the gem at the Third Eye chakra of each of the Queen figures.) She asks you to release what must be released and contribute what you can to a future she has already envisioned.

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CARDS OF THE DAY: February 11, 2022

Queen of Cups and Two of Pentacles

Neo Tarot

by Jerico Mandybur with art by Daiana Ruiz

February 11, 2022: I so love the figures in Neo Tarot, their graceful dynamism. So here are two drawn for your day:

One, the Queen of Cups, carefully balances a goblet constructed of four disparate parts while holding a big orange ball steady beneath one firmly-planted foot. Two serene Black cherubs hover above, eyes closed in prayer.

The other--the figure in the Two of Pentacles--prances forward while expertly juggling two pentacle-balls in a figure-eight pattern, the energy of eternal motion.

Cups symbolize, among other things, human feelings, and pentacles can represent practicalities.

Looking at these two cards--with their two cherubs and two pentacle/juggling balls--I'm thinking about that expression: "Feelings are not facts."

But sometimes our feelings (Cups) really are facts (Pentacles) that need acknowledgement and acceptance as such. Know when this is true. Respect the Queen--of your feelings--and learn how to juggle, alternate, balance, and work with these feelings in a safe, fruitful way.

They are dynamic and changeable, and you can make exciting magic out of them, if you juggle them just right. The cherubs bring tender affirmation to your project or situation and heal any sense of doubt or defeat you might be harboring.

The act of walking or dancing moves us out of and into balance and out of and into balance again--does it not?--step after step. The act of motion or dancing in a wheelchair opens up new spaces to be and express. Everyday magick.

We move to claim something new and be something new.

Let's dance!

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CARDS OF THE WEEKEND: November 27, 2021

 

Queen of Cups and Knight of Cups

from Tarot of The Cat People

by Karen Kuykendall

 

November 27, 2021: I adore cats and have always loved Karen Kuykendall's Tarot of The Cat People. As you might have guessed from my earlier remarks about The Diamond Tarot, I always do what I can to help my Tarot clients get past fear of strange, potentially alarming Tarot images, and cats--even big jungle felines, like in this weekend's two cards--can certainly help with that. I used to read with this deck a lot. It's not the most serious, esoteric deck, for sure. But it's just lovable and beautifully designed.

The royal and noble tigers here in this weekend's cards help deliver a world of love to you. The Queen of Cups and the queen's Knight of Cups, teaming up here, could not be more alert, buoyant, generous, and active in your life right now. They are on the case, and you're going to feel their energy infusing, warming, and lifting your own.

Spirit is bathing you in the sweet waters of grace and dissolving the hard boundaries around issues and problems so these irritations and troubles soften and morph into something more workable. This alchemy begins in your ability and willingness to let go of your own tightly-held beliefs about what ails or hampers you and to allow change to happen to your ultimate benefit.

Listen for a (possibly subtle) change in the atmosphere around you and/or around the thing with which you are concerned. Stay alert to an idea floating up from the subconscious--or out of the blue--and opening up a new way to approach an issue.

And be sure to catch up with all of the cards you might have missed since I began this series on November 2. Here's a link to a handy list!