Binah, being the Great Mother, is bursting forth of life. It is the spiritual basis of fertility.”Ĭrowley takes Mercury to represent the Will of the All-Father and this blessing is laid upon the most receptive of cards, creating the conditions for fertility and abundance. There is here the fulfillment of the Will of Love in abounding joy. The Cups are pomegranates: they are filled bountifully to overflowing from a single lotus, arising from the dark calm sea characteristic of Binah. This is the card of Demeter or Persephone. It is a card of joy and plenty.Ĭrowley says, “This card refers to Binah in the suit of Water. Mercury in cancer takes the crab out of his shell and animates his emotions, creating a lush emotional scene. In the Thoth Tarot, we see three pomegranate cups overflowing with life and vegetation. Humans are at our best when we are laughing with other people. It is a card that represents the joys of human love and friendship. This is a card of friendship and celebration. It is a dynamic, emergent phenomenon, like a tribe, a society, or an economy. This is the concept of the pack, which, as a multiplicity, contains a whole-ness greater than the sum of its parts. But other times it happens when we are being social. Sometimes this happens we are engaged in deep focus in our work. Have you ever been so caught up the moment that the sense of time passing falls away and you simply exist? This card speaks to those moments. It is a card representing the pure ecstasy of the Eleusinian Mystery rites, conjectured to be psychedelic rituals. One can almost imagine music playing off to the side of the card, animating their festive dance. There is lush vegetation at their feet, a symbol of Life itself and its abundance. They are almost lost in a frenzy of love and sociality. In the RWS we see three women dancing merrily, with cups of wine in their hands. Keywords : friendship, celebration, joy, happiness, good social life, uplifting, party Rider-Waite-Smith
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