V. L'Amore - Love

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Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 05 - Papa cinque
A. Baragioli (editor) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

Ah, L'Amore! The Fool has finally arrived! The life skills and wherewithal that was absent before, during the first five steps of the Fool's journey, are now available to him. As a mature adult, decision making is easier and everything starts to fall into place. This is more than a card a wedded bliss. It is an indication that a plan has been laid out and it is the correct plan. All that is needed is your decision to put a plan into action. Surrender to a higher power and/or your trust your instincts.

 

 

Are we worried about the future at this very moment or are we satisfied with the way things are? Have we taken it to the limit already or is this a good resting point? This is the end of the Five Popes sequence. Perhaps this is a good time to make full and complete stop and take stock of where we are in life, to recuperate and reevaluate.

 

 

Additionally, it shouldn't escape our notice that concept of Love appears twice in this deck, once as V. L'Amore and again as XVIIII. Caritas:  "But now abideth faith, hope. love, these three; and the greatest of these is love." [Faith, Hope, and Charity, of course, come later in the Minchiate Majors sequence.]

 

 

The next five cards tie in nicely with I. through V. as the Fool continues on his journey.

Edited May 5, 2019 by fire cat pickles

[fire cat pickles]

Williams Minchiate Love: " ... brings with it all the expected qualities of love, attraction, affection, romance, friendship, fellow feeling, flirtation, courtship, betrothal, marriage, and partnership. The great joy of living, that which makes living worthwhile, is the love we share with friends, family, and lovers. The card bestows its blessings and opens the heart."

 

This is another card that offers deviation from the standard other than "Love as 'choice' interpretation." It is unfair to say that happiness is choice. It isn't something that can be picked up off the floor. A wise Japanese woman, a dying patient's wife, once said, "Happy is no 'Thing:' Happiness is 'Do.' Like Feng Shui for heart." We can only choose to surround ourselves with those who bring us joy, and separate ourselves from those who do not bring it to us. 

 

What can I do to surround myself with those I love?

 

How do I leave my comfort zone? (If I am an introvert)

 

(For extroverts/empaths) Where do I find my comfort zone/How can I limit myself, my energy, to others?

 

To whom do I make myself available? Who invigorates me? Who drains my energy whom I need to edit out of my life? 

 

Where, in whom, do I find peace now? Where, in what social circles, will I find my peace in the future?

 

 

Edited March 14 by fire cat pickles