Ekati Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) I would like to start some threads to share some ideas on individual cards.Especially for those decks who have images that look different or strange. This one is for 6 of cups. These days i am studying and started to use some decks that i didn't use till now. One of them is the Scapini Medieval.Some minors on this deck are really strange.Here the 6 of cups has the meaning of past influences, things that have vanished, faded images, longing, childhood past, memories,nostalgia but look how different is the feeling you get when you see this image, how it affects you.Well very different from r/w and the decks based on it i mean. On the r/w deck there is something sweet when you first look at the image.But this one i would say it's scary. I would really love to see your thoughts and maybe some different images of the 6 of cups . Edited January 14, 2021 by Ekati
TheLoracular Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) @Ekati I love this idea So the deck I will contribute from will be the Pride Tarot: A Collaborative deck which US Games Systems, Inc published last year. It is the deck that I am writing card-by-card articles on this year and part of my "modern" studies so its a huge contrast to the Scapini Medieval (which I also happen to own and adore), My photo doesn't do the card justice. 😞 I don't find the Scapini 6 of Cups scary now but it sure creeped me out when I first got it in what must have been my mid 20s. I was a college student an into the "Wicca" side of spirituality/ideology without the copious amounts of studies of Christian mysticism and Jewish Kabbalah or Hermeticism that were about to hit. 🙂 Looking at it with older eyes, I nostalgically see very much all the things mentioned above and a few more that I studied in the past and how each of them influenced the person I evolved into. So the meanings you mentioned in your post do hit home for me with that particular Scapini Medieval card. The Pride Tarot is RWS-inspired and the image follows that same theme of the RWS sweetness. Here, a Soberto, a traditional Filipino ice cream seller is providing a cone to a happy little girl. The Pride card is meant to represent that part of us that (literally or metaphorically) can be a young child, embracing a simple pleasure with innocence and purity. It nostalgically speaks of that time-place in life where we didn't know any of the social hard truths like abuse, expectation, injustice, discrimination, etc.,. Edited January 14, 2021 by TheLoracular
Ekati Posted January 14, 2021 Author Posted January 14, 2021 @TheLoracular Don't worry about the photo 😊 i googled it to see more of this deck.it seems very beautiful i will add it to my list. I also really like the way you write! This is a very sweet image and what's sweeter than ice cream for a little kid..These contradictions are so interesting. And what fascinates me so much is how the reading changes with a different deck. I hope others will post more images and i will put some more too of course.
Grandma Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ekati said: And what fascinates me so much is how the reading changes with a different deck. Not only with a different deck, but with the same deck in different spreads, different positions, different questions, different additional cards. Even with different moods if you are using the card for meditation or individual study, not for reading per se. The next time you look at this card it could say something different than it does today! I love the Medieval Scapini Tarot. What a coincidence - I got it out yesterday after not having used it for a few years. I had forgotten how beautiful it is! I have a reading spread out right now! Edited January 14, 2021 by Grandma
aries_dreaming Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 I also have the Scapini deck and love it. I have not used it in probably twenty years though. I keep telling myself I'd like to pull it out of my box of decks and do some readings with it. I do not recall that card, but my memory sucks these days. I have a bunch of non-standard decks now - I went on a bit of a deck-buying spree recently + Christmas - so if I run across any unusual 6C cards I'll add them here.
le_charior Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Interesting thread, thank you @Ekati! Here is the 6 of cups from Tarot of the Crone. The accompanying book gives the key word "Ritual" for the card, and that it represents the principle of "As above, so below". I really like this card. My understanding of the minor arcana comes from reading Marseille and non illustrated decks, so I can't really compare it to Waite Smith imagery, but for me the 6 of cups often has connotations of emotional stagnation, of a symmetry and order that got compulsive... So to see this symmetry again in this card, but to see that it is mirrored from the three, that it has a magical component, that not all is as it seems, opens up and adds to the meaning for me.
Ekati Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 15 hours ago, Grandma said: Not only with a different deck, but with the same deck in different spreads, different positions, different questions, different additional cards. Even with different moods if you are using the card for meditation or individual study, not for reading per se. The next time you look at this card it could say something different than it does today! Yes you are right! The truth is that for years i used the two oldest decks that i have (Universal Wirth and R/W) because i feel connected and familiar with them and i was afraid to start working with decks that seem different..but this makes me feel very limited and last year i started study the others that i have.But when i read for others i'm afraid to use decks that seems to emphasize on a different aspect of the card than the two or three that come first on my mind😆 and this shows me how i limit my percpective and i want to change that..but this could be a nice discussion for another thread i guess! 15 hours ago, Grandma said: I love the Medieval Scapini Tarot. What a coincidence - I got it out yesterday after not having used it for a few years. I had forgotten how beautiful it is! I have a reading spread out right now! And yes this is a great coincidence!Ithink that this was the time for the scapini for me. 10 hours ago, aries_dreaming said: I have a bunch of non-standard decks now - I went on a bit of a deck-buying spree recently + Christmas - so if I run across any unusual 6C cards I'll add them here. Yes i will be very happy if you find an interesting card to add here.I don't know if it would be useful to add many 6 of cups so that when someone opens this thread can find many 6 of cups here i think it could be very useful for the newbies also.
Ekati Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 7 hours ago, le_charior said: Interesting thread, thank you @Ekati! Here is the 6 of cups from Tarot of the Crone. The accompanying book gives the key word "Ritual" for the card, and that it represents the principle of "As above, so below". I really like this card. My understanding of the minor arcana comes from reading Marseille and non illustrated decks, so I can't really compare it to Waite Smith imagery, but for me the 6 of cups often has connotations of emotional stagnation, of a symmetry and order that got compulsive... So to see this symmetry again in this card, but to see that it is mirrored from the three, that it has a magical component, that not all is as it seems, opens up and adds to the meaning for me. This is a fantastic image.I am not familiar with deck. You know the first deck i got in touch was the Marseille from my mother and the first i learned was then. But when i started alone i bought Wirth that has on the minors more things than just cups,wands etc but not people involved. And then i bought R/W that changes that😆 Well the card that you added here is very interesting i like the 'all is not what it seems' thing here and i also see the idea of faded images and things that have vanished, we can see at the same time the reflection of them (as the all is not what it seems=the memory of smth/used to be but it's not now etc).
aries_dreaming Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Le_Charior - Wow, that is an interesting card, and not what I've seen for the 6C usually. Definitely puts a different spin on it. Ekati - Okay, I'll try to limit it to one card. 😉 But there are so many lol.
Ekati Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 26 minutes ago, aries_dreaming said: Le_Charior - Wow, that is an interesting card, and not what I've seen for the 6C usually. Definitely puts a different spin on it. Ekati - Okay, I'll try to limit it to one card. 😉 But there are so many lol. you can post as many 6 of cups cards you want😆 and write what you think is there something different you notice about them?
aries_dreaming Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Oh okay, I must have misunderstood you! No problem. 🙂
Ekati Posted January 16, 2021 Author Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) This is from Paulina Cassidi tarot deck. A mermaid and her son.The little boy offers his mom a cup full of stars ✨ Innocence, happy memories, child-like joy.. Edited January 16, 2021 by Ekati
WildWoman71 Posted January 17, 2021 Posted January 17, 2021 The Six of Vessels in Wild Wood Tarot. Six in Tarot= Harmony Six in Wild Wood Tarot= Reunion This card represents a Soul card - a necessary reunion of two Souls where their contracts to one another were not yet finished. A need to either finish what was started - or to continue on the journey together to experience the more together so they may learn the lessons of their soul contracts. WW
Ekati Posted January 17, 2021 Author Posted January 17, 2021 Beautiful card @WildWoman71! So the aspect of reunion here. Also no people in the image.A lot of water though! And again welcome to the forum!!!
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