Today I’m playing with numbers. The
number 8 is the result of 2 x 4. If I go with the idea of balance (2) and
stability (4), that brings me to 8 being a safe haven after the ‘pull up your
socks’ 7. So for the Eight of Cups I
tend towards the idea of needing to move away from the fantasies or day-dreams
of the Seven into a more secure emotional state, leaving behind what no longer
serves (which could be an unrealistic dream, for instance).
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| Eight of Cups (trimmed): © Margarete Petersen Tarot |
Margarete Petersen’s image bears
little resemblance to any other version of this card that I’ve seen so far. It
took some time, even with my magnifying glass, to work out that the ‘blob’
submerged in the deep blue sea is in fact an upside-down head. The stream of
lighter blue emanating from it to the surface was a clue – air rising to the
surface and on up into the atmosphere (as I see it!). I can’t make out what
else might be down in the depths – perhaps it’s the rest of the figure’s body…
Again, the idea of being trapped in the depths of something that feels out of
our control, yet we find a way to breathe and draw in air from beyond the
barrier that holds us in this ‘hemmed-in’ state/place. And if we don’t?
Indolence, or a sense of stagnation, could set in.
Plunging into depth
Feelings rise to the surface; Boundaries will shift.
Margarete Petersen Tarot, AGM-URANIA, 2004.
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