Today’s card is the Lord of Grails (Cups) from the Vampyres Tarot. My first impression is a feeling of aversion and perhaps even a touch of fear. Not so much due to the decapitated Medusa-like head but more so by the dark spot where his face should be. Perhaps it is merely the shade of his helmet but it feels like he is some kind of headless rider. O my, then it occurs to me; perhaps it is his own head he is holding in his hand. According to the guidebook, it is supposed to symbolize his power over his lower instincts and it helps him to counter any emotional threat made against him.
I don’t get this card at all. It makes me feel uncomfortable and the keywords from the guidebook for this dreadful card like visionary, spiritual, paternal, graceful, don’t make it any easier. They don’t seem to fit this card in any way. This experience doesn’t help to create some kind of relationship with this deck at all.
So for today, I will put this card away because it seems this one goes way over my head.
Medusa's gaze could turn a person to stone - including their heart. Perhaps he has a protective helmet on to save himself from her gaze. It is a strange card!
ReplyDeleteYes I remember her myth quite well but even this story doesn't help me to make sense of this awful card
DeleteHe looks to me as the Lord of the Wild Hunt. To most he is a cruel, vicious, and relentless in his pursuits.
ReplyDeleteClose your shutters, lock your doors, and don't answer unless you know who is knocking at it today.
Even the Lord of the Wild Hunt whom I identify as Woden or Odin doesn't give me the creeps as this one. It is as if he has escaped from a horror tale.
DeleteIt's raining here so it is a good day to stay at home
.I have heard that the book is good, although I have seen a lot in IG is not much of my preference, you can also make an exchange for other deck..maybe ;)
ReplyDeletePerhaps I would if I hadn't highlighted so much in the book already :)
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