THE FOURTH OF SPRING
A traveler at the foot of a large hill. An obstacle that only looks intimidating.
Personally, this is one of my favorite cards in the whole deck. Its meaning is delicate, undramatic. When drawn in a reading, it almost acts like a free space. The fourth of spring is nothing important, its a normal day, a time when you will be perfectly average. Everyone needs a break sometimes.
2018-10-14 18:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostTHE THIRD OF SPRING
Sun shines through a nearby window onto a dusty map. This card suggests the vital spirit of adventure.
The path ahead will reveal itself to you, in a sense. There is rarely a single path to any objective. This card will come in handy if you ever lose your way, so now is the time to explore! The third of spring will show you unexplored territory with just enough guidance that you can explore in relative safety. Give in to that thirst for adventure and you will be...
2018-10-13 18:27:52 +0000 UTC View PostTHE SECOND OF SPRING
The beginning of an adventure! This card depicts a traveler leaving their doorstep. The suit of spring deals with questions of growth. Generally, the journey of springtime is considered to be an internal one, the challenges you face will be meditative ones.
As you embark on this expedition, do your best to grow tall and true. Don't fret if the wind bends you a bit out of shape, the world needs some character. Growth is just growth, there is nothing inherently g...
2018-10-12 16:34:51 +0000 UTC View PostTHE SPRING EQUINOX
The ace of the suit of spring. The spring equinox is the gradual crawl from the dark, all wheels must turn and the year begins its slow movement towards the light.
Change can be painful, we are both the marble and the sculptor. With the drawing of the spring equinox, know that the tough work is done. All of the excess has been chipped away, there is nothing left to die. Here you face the world raw and fertile for growth. Do not be afraid.
2018-10-11 14:38:49 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER MOTHER
A figure of terrible wisdom. The arbiter of all things that fade.
the winter mother is wretchedly aged, she sits in a wheelchair. Her face is almost entirely obscured by the thick robes she wears. She is the unmaker of all things, nothing is safe from her touch. Things you considered to be the unshakable foundation of your world will come apart like old cloth.
2018-10-09 16:47:26 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER QUEEN
This card depicts Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. Her garments are half court dress, half ceremonial armor. A pointed crown rests upon her head.
The Winter Queen is a figure of ineffable power. There is no fighting her. You cannot resist a frozen lake, a dead crop, a winters night. If you are somehow in her favor, do exactly as she says. Expect everything to have a hidden meaning. The winter queen will take what is owed to her, one way or another.
2018-10-08 17:31:14 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER LADY
A young woman in a dazzling gown and matching domino mask. She holds an apple in one hand and a ceremonial dagger in the other.
A heartbreaker, a conniver, someone who plays dumb but pulls the strings. The winter lady is a cardinal force of deception and ambition, she serves nobody but herself, and is always a step ahead. The winter lady is always an unexpected element, and almost always explicitly female.
She may not be out to get you, you may just be collate...
2018-10-07 16:21:02 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER KNIGHT III
A figure battered and broken. The winter knight has taken tenfold what he dealt.
What is left of the winter knight rests slumped against a tattered banner. He has won the day at the cost of his own life. Can this truly be victory? The bodies of his fallen comrades and enemies alike litter the ground around him.
You will be faced with a near suicidal foe, someone willing to give everything. Let them. Victory will go to them, but will likely be so costly i...
2018-10-06 16:34:10 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER KNIGHT II
This card depicts the winter knight at the peak of battle, he fights like a beast. He would give far past his own safety for victory.
You will be faced with an adversary that more needs to be survived than defeated. Do not waste your energy attempting to fight. Tire them out, evade them until they are exhausted, this will be a marathon not a sprint. Your opponents single mindedness can be used to your advantage.
An interesting quirk of this card, it...
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2018-10-04 16:46:04 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER KNIGHT (1st)
A figure merciless and powerful. He dutifully serves his queen, and will do anything for victory.
The first Knight in the deck. While the winter knight is explicitly male, it is important to remember that most of the knights are non-gendered, representing a specific person in the readers life. All of their faces are hidden behind helmets.
The first winter knight is seemingly unstoppable, striking out at any who come close, friend or foe. You wil...
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2018-10-04 16:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostTHE TENTH OF WINTER
This card depicts a small camp fire in a frozen meadow. It is the paradoxical solace and beauty that comes from danger. The final card in the season of winter, the tens tend to have a more open, meditative meaning. They are an exemplar of what the season represents.
The tenth of winter shows us that there is beauty to be found anywhere and everywhere. One would not be able to enjoy such a landscape without the warmth of a fire. We cling to that which keeps us sa...
2018-09-30 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTHE NINTH OF WINTER
A card that suggests loneliness or feelings of abandonment. This card depicts an empty manor, blanketed by snow.
On your journey, things may have changed. You've been gone for a while, memories of home may not match up to what you expect to see before you. Such metamorphosis is the nature of journeys. To grow, to change, to let the past die, to seek new futures.
All things must fade, for better and worse. Letting old notions of the past die can be a ...
2018-09-29 17:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostTHE EIGHTH OF WINTER
This card depicts an elk skeleton taken by frost. It is the quiet passage of death, the space past your limits where nothing grows. It is only in the midst of such death that one can know peace. Frozen evergreens and permafrost cradle this place in its soft yet unyielding grip.
As you pass through the eighth of winter, know you are still travelling. This place will become your home one day, but fire still burns inside you, blood still flows in your veins. ...
2018-09-28 15:23:53 +0000 UTC View PostTHE SEVENTH OF WINTER
A meek campfire among freezing wind, this card is a dam about to break.
For the suits of seasons, there is no literal death. The wheel of seasons is neverending, that which dies in winter will be reborn again. Consider the meaning of Death in the original tarot. It is transformative change.
You will be frozen, buried under snow. It is your chrysalis.
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2018-09-27 17:15:44 +0000 UTC View PostTHE SIXTH OF WINTER
A figure battered but not broken, holding fast to a raft they are down but by no means out.
The worst is over now, but struggle takes its price. The sixth of winter conjures images of the cost of success. Consider how without struggle, success has no meaning. It is precisely the difficulty, or even impossibility, of some ventures that gives them meaning. The figure depicted on the card clutches a limp arm, likely broken by the strain. This injury is not necessary to t...
2018-09-25 16:18:57 +0000 UTC View PostTHE FIFTH OF WINTER
The storm rages, you will be put to the test.
A ship surrounded by colossal waves, the wind tears at the sails, lightning strikes the sea. Freezing rain and thunder paint the ship white.
This is the terror from the deep, the height of the struggle. Trust in the boards beneath your feet, no storm lasts forever.
2018-09-23 17:57:09 +0000 UTC View PostTHE FOURTH OF WINTER
The storm approaches, preparations have been made, this is as ready as you will ever be. There is an air of anxiety to this card, a second guessing despite overwhelming preparedness.
Trust yourself. Find calm in knowing that there is nothing more you could have prepared. You face the challenges ahead at maximum efficiency. Even failure here will be a valuable learning experience, costly though it may be. Lightning strikes the horizon, the first shot of the batt...
2018-09-21 17:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostTHE THIRD OF WINTER
A ship sets off for uncertain waters. The third of winter is new territory, a journey you are prepared for, but challenges you have never faced before. Old adversaries with new tricks.
There is an implication of a physical journey. Most often a literal trip overseas. A road trip, a long flight, most likely accompanied by people you know. You will not be without help from friends, but the land you travel over will be inhospitable and fallow.
2018-09-20 14:46:40 +0000 UTC View PostTHE SECOND OF WINTER
This card depicts dark clouds cresting distant mountains. The image is foreboding, but it brings trouble and adventure in equal measure. It is impossible to tell how these omens will take shape.
Their distance leaves you with ample time to prepare. See to it that your affairs are in order, you may not be able to return to them for a while. Or perhaps this will be a test of resolve.
Know that the fear you feel does not mean failure is inevitable, in ...
2018-09-19 14:08:02 +0000 UTC View PostTHE WINTER SOLSTICE
The ace of the suit of winter. The winter solstice is the perfect turning point, a time when the scales are perfectly balanced and anything could tip them.
Nature seeks balance, but too often is that balance so easily interrupted. Do not mistake balance for peace. The world is made of cycles of growth and decay, of creation and destruction. Remember there is no true change unless these cycles are broken, and broken they will be.
2018-09-18 14:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostTHE BURNING GARDEN
The second of the orphan cards in the deck that belong to no set. This card depicts a garden party going up in flames. It is chaos, wonderfully manic chaos. The destruction that the burning garden brings is utterly random, devoid of purpose or intent. Flame is a destructive but purifying force, all will burn to be reborn from the ashes.
During a reading, the burning garden is a call to mix things up, possibly to even shuffle the deck. It is a mulligan, the reader...
2018-09-14 16:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostTHE BETRAYED KING
A figure whose dying visage is one of revenge. He is the rage of treachery. This card is strikingly literal, representing the realization that someone you trusted has betrayed that very trust.
There is, however, a sense that this desire for revenge will not go unfulfilled. The last words of a dying man are a curse. As this portion of your life draws to a close, it is best to let go, it is behind you now. The world has its own ways of visiting justice upon those th...
2018-09-13 16:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostTHE MASQUERADE
The first of the decks unique cards. This card is not a part of any set or suit, and should be considered almost like a joker.
The masquerade depicts elegantly dressed men and women paired off and dancing. Every last one of them wears an unique birdlike mask with an elongated beak.
Take care, nothing is as it seems. Even you wear a mask so take care not to get lost under it. This card can dramatically change the meaning of a reading, assume everything has...
2018-09-12 17:09:09 +0000 UTC View PostTHE COURTEOUS KING
A kind figure, who invites his demise into his own home. He raises a glass to an unseen guest, unaware of the poison that already works to kill him.
The Courteous king is different from the other Dead Kings, in that he is the only one still alive. He is not naive by any means, he is simply acting in his best interests. Some consider this card to be the most dire of the dead kings, a punishment for kindness, compassion being taken advantage of, others consider his fate ...
2018-09-09 18:18:25 +0000 UTC View PostTHE FROZEN KING
A king in finery, holding a golden cup of frozen wine. His wealth and status are eternal in death, but meaningless now.
Sometimes the true damage of tragedy can be one of stagnation. Time slows to a stop, coalescing around a single moment. Many spend the rest of their lives cemented in the instance of tragedy. The Frozen King is unable to move on, unable to overcome the difficulty of what they face. Some read the Frozen King as hopelessness. This is not entirely acc...
2018-09-08 16:50:42 +0000 UTC View PostTHE LOST KING
A figure who now lies forgotten and destitute, all that's left are bones, and even they cannot tell the story of his demise.
What is left of the lost king clutches something in his hands. It is unclear what this object is. He is the tragedy of the unknown. The worry that comes from not knowing what happened to someone. The anxiety of someone simply walking out of your life and never returning. Tragedy can take everything from someone, even the satisfaction of an ending.&nbs...
2018-09-07 16:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post