If a picture is worth a thousand words, why not use images to help secure the meanings of the court cards in your head? To this end, I thought we could KICK off today (see what I did there?!) with an exploration of the Tarot Queens through the medium of HIGH-HEELED SHOES!
*very scholarly face on*
The Queen of Swords
Clever, sharp, possessed of a razor wit and allergic to all sorts of flattery or bullshit, the Queen of Swords needs something suitably spiky as her footwear. I picked this because of the fantastic spiked heel, airy cut-out feel and butterfly motif!
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| Yes, she would rather be wearing flip flops – but one needs to SUFFER for one’s high heel |
This Queen’s power is related to home, health and wealth. She appears if we need to ground ourselves – a spot of gardening, meditation, physical activity, care of your health, redecorating the spare room etc. But if any Queen was going to extoll the virtues of a the wellington boot, it would the the Queen of Pentacles. But since there’s no such thing as a practical high heel….. I had to do a powerful lot of googling. Googling shoes. What hardship. But the struggle was worth it, for I found this:
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| Grrrr – have lost the source link for this image, sorry! |
But shhhhhh, don’t tell the other Queens or they’ll want them too!
Stop being confused by court cards! Start being excited by the possibilities! Become a court card adventurer along with me 🙂 The Tarot’s Court Cards are my specialist area. They talk to me. Not LITERALLY though ….
Comments
11 responses to “The Queens of Shoes”
This is perfect, alison, well done! Especially q of s…..
They are pretty stunning heel highs, aren't they?!
Hmm, perhaps there's more Queen of Pents in me than I thought, cos hers are the only one's I'd wear by choice 😀 Fun post, Ali, thanks!
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Glad you enjoyed it. Like you I prefer flats for comfort, but for BEAUTY I'd rather google pictures of high heels 😀
Well, for sheer beauty I'd definitely go for those Queen of Swords butterflies! 🙂
Totally perfect, Alison. And I understand the compromises, particularly for Q of P who likely wouldn't be caught dead in anything but 'sensible' shoes. Those butterfly spikes, though, sooo perfect for Q of S. Ah, I get it. We could have a shoe-themed Tarot! It could work!
A Shoe Themed Tarot! Now you're TALKING!!! We could have a lot of fun with that 😀
Or wooden clogs!!!
Great Idea. I love the Queen of wands her high heels 😀
Clogs! Interesting idea, Ellen! I have a Dutch friend who does actually wear clogs around the house. I feel for her neighbours in the flat upstairs lol!
AX
Queen of Pentacles wears Birkenstocks. Google 'ugly shoes' – I dare you 😀
They b'aint Heel Highs either, so she wasn't allowed them 😀 She would be barefoot by choice. But given this weather, her footwear of choice would be a welly, I think 😀