DTC: Seven of Spears

Daily Tarot Card:

Seven of Spears

Arch of the Twelve Kings

This is a lovely card for today.  

I find this card to be very soothing.  It depicts 2 soldiers/Knights resting under an arch.  This arch is well light with statues of Kings set in the walls.  Each king is softly glowing with the color of candle light.  The top of the arch is decorated with a floral garland.  The arch feels like it is place of worship or reflection.  It would be someplace to go when you need guidance.

Usually I read this card as taking time to reflect and gather your bearings.  A quite moment of Zen before moving on with your plans.  Which is very different from the imagery in other decks.

DTC: The Chariot

Daily Tarot Card

The Chariot
Major Arcana #7(r)

Battle of Mount Badon

Wow, 2 major arcana in one week.  my mind must be sifting through some heavy stuff right now.

Ok first off this card is based off an actual historic battle.  The story may be a legend now but it has a actual real start in history.  Historians still debate the actual location of this battle but all agree it did happen.

The imagery on this card is very masculine.  Front and center is King Arthur in his chariot, his sword drawn, and his army following behind him.  What my eye is drawn to is the sky.  This is a card of battle, death, mayhem, and a beautiful peaceful sky.  It just so odd to me, I would have thought a dark sky for such an event.  To me that signifies I am looking at the confident conquerors.

It is nor surprising that the typical meaning for this card is a good start or overcoming obstacles with ease.  But our card is reversed.   To me, the reverse means a lack of confidence in overcoming a challenge, may be being unsure of how to begin a project and anxiety.

Since I am late posting this, I added the Shaman-Caselli Tarot (far left) and the Aquarius Tarot (far right) in the pictures.

DTC: Seven of Swords

Daily Tarot Card

Seven Of Swords (r)

The Sword in the Stone

This is a repeat card.  So I will try to think of it in a different light.  Last time this card utterly confused me, and to be honest it still does.

I really love looking at this card.  To me this is where my fascination with King Arthur began and then spiraled out of control.  I am of course talking about the story of the Sword in the Stone.  Except there is twist in the card.  That is not Arthur pulling the sword but Galahad pulling Balin's sword.  I had to Google the Balin story to refresh.

In a nutshell a Lady of Avalon (not THE Lady) comes to Arthur's court shortly after Balin had been released from prison.  The Lady announced only the purest knight may unsheathe the sword.  Everyone tried, including King Arthur, but no one could pull the sword.  Balin asked to try and after some hesitation the Lady agreed.  Balin, who was imprisoned because he was wrongly accused of killing the King's cousin, pulled the sword and claimed it as his prize.  But the Lady warned that keeping the sword would prove his undoing.  Balin is eventually banished from Arthur's court and is set on a path of destruction. Nope, I am not going to tell you the whole sordid affair, you should go read it yourself.

In this card we see Galahad claiming this sword from the river with Arthur watching from the bank behind him.  This marks the beginning of Galahad's quest.  But I want to take not of the water, it is running water.  Running water in some stories is known to purify and remove curses.  So by placing the sword in the river, Merlin has removed the curse that Balin suffered.

Now rethinking the card I can now understand the divination/upright meaning for a new beginning.  For the reverse, Galahad pulls this sword on the advice of Arthur and Lancelot since reverse is perceived as negative versions it is starting badly or heading ill advice in the start.

Bonus image:

Tarot of the Magical Forest

Daily Tarot: Seven of Cups

Daily Tarot Card

Seven of Cups (reversed)

~The Questing Beast~

I love the seven of cups.  It always a whimsical card.  The Arthurian deck depicts the questing beast for this task.  A golden creature of wonder and amazement caught stretching in a beam of sunlight upon it's rocky outcrop ready to jump out into the forest beyond to seek the future.  The card brings about that sense of wonderment and bright aspects.  It just makes me feel good and makes me smile.  Oddly enough this card seems more realistic when reversed, all the creativity and whimsy but a good realism along with it.

As I said this is the card for whimsy.  All my decks depict something wonderful.  Typically it depicts a person choosing from six cups with wondrous or magical fillings.

Arthurian/Rider Waite/Celtic Dragon/Joie de Vivre Tarot 

*recap*
This was the day I auditioned for a dance troupe.  I did make the troupe.

Daily Tarot: Seven of Swords

Daily Tarot Card

Seven of Swords (reversed)

The Sword in the Stone

This card confuses me.  A knight is pulling the sword from the stone in a lake, he is turned so we see his face and chest as he grips the sword with one hand and has other arm outstretched for balance.  I get all that but I never feel much when I look at this card.  Nothing really just pops in my head like the past 2 days.  My confusion is doubled when the card is reversed.  The card is meant by the book to mean new beginnings when upright and bad advice when reversed.  But I just cannot see it.  I just have no idea what to make of this card.

I think a lot of my confusion comes with that this card is so different from the Rider-Waite card.  Remember, I learned on the Rider-Waite meanings.  In the R-W it always felt this card was up to no go, that the man was stealing 5 swords out of the 7.  It is the same in the Celtic Dragon deck with a man creeping down a dark hall with the swords.  But this is not what you see in the Arthurian deck, here you see a hero pulling the sword from the stone.  Very Confused.

I am not sure how to take this card today.  I am dwelling on the card more today than normal.  I will see what happens and try to link it afterwards.

Shown in Reverse as card was drawn

*recap*
Well, yesterday was a nothing day.  No strong emotions, no new events, and just status quo.  Still confused on this card.  I will have to scour Acclectic Tarot forums to get some more ideas.