For today I've drawn the Queen for Disks from
the Mary El Tarot. The first thing I've noticed is that she is crying crystals.
We only have her portrait to interpret so it is not entirely clear why she is
crying. From her face and out of her
head, roots are growing abundantly, because she is the embodiment of Earth. I often see this queen as a representation of the Empress in the Minor Arcana. In the background we see a rose garden in
full bloom. We are invited to follow the
path and take care of her garden because as her children we are co responsible
for her creation.
If it
wasn't for her kind tearful eye, I would consider this depiction a bit creepy.
I've seen more motherly, nurturing depictions of the Queen of Pentacles. But
while studying her she gets to me. She
is more a personified energy, a deity,
than a traditional queen and I like that.
For today she is telling me to divert my attention from thinking to doing, from
researching to creating and most of all from taking care of others to taking care of myself; taking the time to relax and to rest, eat properly, got
to bed on time and brush my teeth J. All the things a real mum would
tell me to do, which are often the last things on my lengthy to-do list
