Old English Tarot
Two of Coins
by Helen Howell
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However, in the Old English we see a ship on a calm river, sailing away, at least it looks like that to me, from a village/town. The water has hardly a ripple in it and the boat is making very little headway. This can suggest a lack of movement, some difficulty in getting something off the ground. Even though this image is very different from the Rider Waite, it does reflect the idea of the need to handle various factors in life in order to get them running smoothly. For example, the people who set sail should have first checked the wind factor. After all it is a sail boat! Maybe they needed to make sure there were some oars aboard. But I do get the feeling with this card that it speaks more of difficulties rather than of movement.
LWB: Difficulties in launching new projects, difficult situations arise, worry.
Reversed: Able to handle matters, a letter
Something I've never been able to keep straight: when a card is inverted, is it from the perspective of the querent or the dealer?
ReplyDeleteAh when we as readers draw cards we read them from our perspective, so if a card is upright, then one would be applying the more positive aspects and if the card is reversed then the more negative would apply, but that is not to say that a reversed card is purely negative, it can mean a delay, a block or it could just mean the opposite of the positive. However many readers do not read reversals and take into account the positive, negative and neutral aspects of a card and their interpretation would depend on the question, and the surrounding cards as to which aspect would apply.
ReplyDeleteI hope this makes things a little clearer for you Larry.