My Friday card: the Sun. And that's very true. It was a sunny day, I had a lovely day at home, getting on with all kinds of projects, had real quiet fun and felt loved and loving. Who doesn't love the Sun card? Even though I have already as a child moonlight and clouds and preferred them to open sunlight, the essence of the Sun is so life-giving and wonderful that I can't but love the Sun. It's a star like all the other stars, only our atmosphere and closeness make it appear as it does. Whoever loves the stars, and we all do, loves the Sun, too.
I always think of my mother when I see the Sun card. She's a sunny type, radiant, full of fun, always optimistic, a force to be reckoned with. I come from a culture where the Sun is female so it's automatic for me to see maternal love as sun-like.
And for today, Saturday: the Two of Pentacles.
Interesting card - abstract, and it reminds me of the Tree of Life, the connection between Tif'eret and Yesod - Sun and Moon. Did I do today work from the different realms? Yes I did. I did day's work (again, domestic and maternal work), and I did work from the night side, too (tarot, slowly working my way back into shadow work). I try to keep this balance every day.
Let's have a look at the book to see what the artist thought about while painting her beautiful, rich, detailed, fascinating Two of Pentacles.
She talks about the realms - conscious and unconscious, about juggling different things, about balance and accepting change. The picture is very clear and conveys her ideas well.
The Star Tarot is very RWS. For people who don't like the RWS style, it's a good alternative. The RWS card meanings are unchanged but the art is very evocative and symbol-rich.
Lovely deck. Can I believe that tomorrow is my last day with it??? NO I can't believe it!