For today I've drawn the Dancer Prince , aka Knight
of Cups, from the Tarot of the Sidhe. As you can see the court cards also have
a little phrase at the bottom of the card but with them it is circumscribed as
a gift . So this Prince will bring us the gift of Passion.
In the background
we see a very large full moon with a cup depicted on the inside. For me this
represents the intense emotional nature of this Prince. He has even got a tattooed
cup on his chest near his heart.
“The
brooding hero of the dance
A poet’s
spirit of romance
He’d
steal the heart that you would keep
And lead
you darkly to the deep”
This
little poem is speaking o.a. about excessive Prince energy. When passion and feelings are
combined with the fiery nature of this court card they could boil over and be magnified all to quickly .
The Germans
have a saying derived from a song written by Goethe: "Himmelhoch jauchzend,
zum Tode betrübt" (heavenly joy, deadly sorrow). Sometimes I wish I could feel
this intense and also be aware of every feeling in between. As most of you know
I am mainly a swordy person. Cups come in play when others need me and I will fulfill the role of the King of cups but this Prince has been neglected by me far too long. So I will
gladly accept his gift and try to seek out and revive my passion.
“Don’t
worry about what the world needs. Ask
what makes you come alive and do that, because what the world needs is people
who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman
