Comparative Tarot

BASIC DESCRIPTION: A man stands on a cliff, facing away from the viewer. It seems he has armor on under his red robe and green shawl. His hand rests on one of three staffs upright in the ground surrounding him. It seems as if he could have stepped through the two wands (2W) he's not holding, as if through a door. He overlooks a [in my deck] yellow and orange sea with three ships sailing to the left of the picture. Across the sea are mountains.

FIRST THING THAT STRUCK ME: Looks like he could be the RWS Magician from the back.

UPRIGHT MEANINGS:
strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery, able co-operation in business (Waite); providing leadership, direction; taking on responsibility; setting an example; serving as a representative; motivating others; teaching how to fish (rather than just giving a fish); business travel; productive meetings (compare Emperor); age of discovery, exploring uncharted areas; quest of new adventures; expanding horizons; new venture is underway; leaving the secure behind (compare Fool); looking ahead, being visionary, getting a premonition, taking the long-range view; manifested will, dreams come true; creativity (and release of one's creation); success through self-confidence (compare Magician); planning ahead; preparation; all operatives in position; plan of action aimed at long term effects; help needed to launch an idea (compare Three of Pents); growth, forward progress, implementing ideas, advancement; completion of a (beginning) stage of an ongoing process, still a long way to go; milestones, more lies ahead: What will happen next? (compare Eight of Cups)

REVERSED MEANINGS: The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.--Waite; Disappointments. Usury. Being taken advantage of. Help offered that benefits only the one making the offer.--Hansson

BIBLICAL: This is one of the cards I associate with Jesus' baptism, the start of his ministry.

MYTHOLOGICAL: Percival leaving home.

HISTORICAL: Sir Walter Raleigh, and his Virginia colony project. (Which he finally made viable by planting tobacco, btw.)

ANIMAL: A sea monster from an ancient map.

LANDSCAPE/LOCATION: English Channel

TIME/SEASON: indeterminate

MUSIC/FILM/BOOK/POEM: Perceval, Percival, and Parsifal, of course.

PUBLIC PEOPLE OR EVENTS: NASA?

OCCUPATIONS: entrepreneur, manager, merchant, driving instructor, teacher on graduation day

QUOTES FROM OTHER SOURCES: "Don't wear heels on this trip." -- Mauri
Stott

PEOPLE OR SITUATIONS IN MY LIFE: When my daughter was 13 months old, I did a reading on her sleeping situation and 3W came up in the "possible solution/advice" position, which I read as "Move her crib to her own room." I said I would let her ride in her crib when we moved it to the next room. And so I did. On her first night in her own room, after she had finally gone to sleep, I pulled a card. Three of Wands. The particular deck for these two readings was Healing Tarot, which is a photographic RWS derivative. It was interesting to identify with the person standing there, back to the viewer, looking out to sea, as I saw that my daughter wasn't the only one with discoveries to make. She had to learn a bit of independence; I had to learn to let her. She cried and I cried. So my husband said, "What are you going to be like when you send her off to kindergarten?" And I understood, at least in one sense, why this card has the keyword "Preparation."

PERSONAL THOUGHTS: I think of the ships on the 3W as leaving, rather than coming, because they appear to be going south.

FAVORITE REPRESENTATION: Wheel of Change. Also RW, because it most closely reflects my personal experience.

COMPARISONS TO OTHER DECKS: Wheel of Change shows three electric guitars.

COMPARISONS TO OTHER CARDS: Magician, Fool, 8 Cups, Emperor, 3 Pents (see DMs above)

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