Tarot Of The Day July 22, 2018 - Day 29: The Raven’s Prophecy Deck - 2 of Cups
I am posting a daily tarot course in a group I am a member of on Facebook ('A Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions' is the name of the group, please feel free to request membership - it is full of fun people and really great posts about all manner of topics) and I thought I would cross post the information here to this blog as well. Once the initial sessions of the course have passed, it will start over using a different tarot deck. The text of the twenty-ninth session follows.
The 2 of CUps in the Rider-Waite deck is one that could easily be mistaken for The Lovers cards, given the imagery of the young couple on the card. Each of them bears a golden goblet, and the young man reaches with one hand out toward the maiden. They appear to be pledging love to one another.Above and between them is a winged red lion emerging from the caduceus of Hermes. Behind them on the horizon is a hill with a red-roofed home nestled amongst trees.
The Rider-Waite booklet offers the following keywords for the 2 of Cups: love, pasion, friendship, affinity, union, concord, sexual relations, that which nature has sanctified (upright,) false love, folly, misunderstanding (reversed.)
So what’s the difference between The Lovers and the lovers appearing on the 2 of Cups? The Lovers represent attraction, while the 2 of cups represents the love that developed from that attraction. And while The Lovers in reverse represent repulsion, the 2 of Cups represents not hate, but falso love. Mistaken love, possibly unrequited and unfulfilled love. The love one feels not fully and deeply but that burns hot and brief and then goes out.
Maggie Stiefvater’s 2 of Cups from the Raven’s Prophecy deck is shown as two ravens, an albino one and a normal black one, preening one another. She writes, “This card logically follows the Ace of Cups - the promise of that close relationship has come to practical fruition, and you’re now friends or lovers. I know this card traditionally makes this into a romantic union, but my relationships with my best friends are so close that I think this card could quite compellingly refer to that sort of intimate emotional knowledge. ….The Two of Cups is closely related to the Lovers from the major arcana, but this card is still the first step in a relationship, much like the practical first moments of the intense relationship symbolized by the Lovers.”
Maggie’s keywords for the Two of Cups are: connection, attraction, and beauty.
Tomorrow - 3 of Cups
***TOTD will cover the entire 78 card Raven’s Prophecy Deck alongside the Rider-Waite deck for comparison. In order to not completely burn out, on Saturday I will break the lessons up by doing a practicum lesson. Practicum lessons will take the form of a layout or spread that I will walk you through the steps of interpretation for. After the first round of sessions ends, we will start over with a short break for a poll to be done to see what deck everyone wants to see next round. ***
I am posting a daily tarot course in a group I am a member of on Facebook ('A Kaleidoscope of Magical Perceptions' is the name of the group, please feel free to request membership - it is full of fun people and really great posts about all manner of topics) and I thought I would cross post the information here to this blog as well. Once the initial sessions of the course have passed, it will start over using a different tarot deck. The text of the twenty-ninth session follows.
The 2 of CUps in the Rider-Waite deck is one that could easily be mistaken for The Lovers cards, given the imagery of the young couple on the card. Each of them bears a golden goblet, and the young man reaches with one hand out toward the maiden. They appear to be pledging love to one another.Above and between them is a winged red lion emerging from the caduceus of Hermes. Behind them on the horizon is a hill with a red-roofed home nestled amongst trees.
The Rider-Waite booklet offers the following keywords for the 2 of Cups: love, pasion, friendship, affinity, union, concord, sexual relations, that which nature has sanctified (upright,) false love, folly, misunderstanding (reversed.)
So what’s the difference between The Lovers and the lovers appearing on the 2 of Cups? The Lovers represent attraction, while the 2 of cups represents the love that developed from that attraction. And while The Lovers in reverse represent repulsion, the 2 of Cups represents not hate, but falso love. Mistaken love, possibly unrequited and unfulfilled love. The love one feels not fully and deeply but that burns hot and brief and then goes out.
Maggie Stiefvater’s 2 of Cups from the Raven’s Prophecy deck is shown as two ravens, an albino one and a normal black one, preening one another. She writes, “This card logically follows the Ace of Cups - the promise of that close relationship has come to practical fruition, and you’re now friends or lovers. I know this card traditionally makes this into a romantic union, but my relationships with my best friends are so close that I think this card could quite compellingly refer to that sort of intimate emotional knowledge. ….The Two of Cups is closely related to the Lovers from the major arcana, but this card is still the first step in a relationship, much like the practical first moments of the intense relationship symbolized by the Lovers.”
Maggie’s keywords for the Two of Cups are: connection, attraction, and beauty.
Tomorrow - 3 of Cups
***TOTD will cover the entire 78 card Raven’s Prophecy Deck alongside the Rider-Waite deck for comparison. In order to not completely burn out, on Saturday I will break the lessons up by doing a practicum lesson. Practicum lessons will take the form of a layout or spread that I will walk you through the steps of interpretation for. After the first round of sessions ends, we will start over with a short break for a poll to be done to see what deck everyone wants to see next round. ***
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