Four of Staves
The poles are up, and it’s time for a celebration! Bedecked with garlands, or holding a tent canopy; with ribbons streaming in the wind, or tied to a chuppah; this is the place.… Continue reading
The poles are up, and it’s time for a celebration! Bedecked with garlands, or holding a tent canopy; with ribbons streaming in the wind, or tied to a chuppah; this is the place.… Continue reading
The Three of Staves, like the Two, is a card of taking stock. But unlike the Two, the Three looks beyond the immediate sphere. This card is not so much what you already… Continue reading
Where the Two of Staves take stock of one’s personal landscape, the Three turns outward to survey the world around. Things that have been planted are beginning to show forth, effort that has… Continue reading
The Two and Three of Staves work in concert with each other; both are taking stock, surveying the lay of the land, but where the Three looks out to what may be, the… Continue reading
The Staves are fire and passion, desire and impulse. The flame flickering to life with the potential to become a blaze. The passion that drives us forward and keeps us moving even when… Continue reading
Sheer energetic potential. Action and immediate reaction. Fire in the belly. Better to flame out than to burn out. The nearly manic force of insistent life, the buzzing of bees, the push of… Continue reading
The King of Blades is a man of great intellect. He has mastered his intellectual abilities, and in doing so, somewhat muted the harsher edges of the Queen. The King as less bitterness,… Continue reading
The King, as a card, is our conscious external face. He is the ruler, the authority, the construct- he is the sense of duty and the sense of entitlement, the sense of obligation… Continue reading
The Queen of Blades is a fierce, intimidating woman. She lives by her mind, her wits. Her intelligence is her weapon, more so than anything, and she wields it ruthlessly. This is a… Continue reading
The Queen, as I read the cards, is the unconscious, but external, portion of ourselves. This is a little difficult on the surface, but it’s most obvious in our relationship behaviors- the things… Continue reading