The power of Imagination in Tarot
The power of imagination and creativity in tarot
Here’s an example of how we can use a tarot card to infuse its message into our being and our day… just by looking at the illustration and seeing what feelings, thoughts occur…
When I first see the page of cups I think, he’s the kind of person who wears his heart on his sleeve, is a romantic, idealist, creative, a bit of a dreamer, curious. Curious because after all he’s communing with a fish.
The fish peeking out of the cup he is holding, looks like he’s speaking to this page, or at least has a message. A moving sea (of motion/emotion/ imagination/spirituality) is behind him. Perhaps the fish jumped out of the sea and into the cup as if to say…..hello young woman, surprise! ….. you are not dreaming….. dreams do come true.
You certainly need some imagination to come up with a likely scenario for this card, and this is where our individual creativity comes into play….PLAY being the operative word also for the page of cups, he’s curious, open hearted, fun…. he’s immature certainly, you could say naïve, but his openness and willingness to experiment is the message he brings to me this morning.
So are we being asked to play around with our dreams, our instincts, ideas that aren’t fully formed, early creative impulses, explore new ideas that we might have ignored as they seem a bit idealistic.
Perhaps the fish is saying to the page of cups help me jump back into the sea of spirituality emotion, creativity, ….they do seem to be looking at each other eye to eye.
The colourful tunic and head dress decorated with lilies seem significant. Lilly or Lotus. Both flower beautifully on the surface of the water while their roots are a long way down in the mud. Again suggestions of new creative ideas, opportunities…coming out of mud/the bottom of our mind/our subconscious mind.
Lotus flowers blossom on this page’s tunic heralding new creative impulses….
Beauty that grows out of the depths…magic that flowers out of creativity and imagination. This card reminds me of poetry and wishful thinking and being a bit dreamy.
I’m going to open myself up to seeing what unexpected idea pops into my mind…. a nudge from my psyche even.
Already curiosity seems a lot more fun to approach the day than ‘What is the right thing to be doing?!’
I can’t recommend more, having your own tarot deck and pulling a card now and then to see where your imagination leads you…(see a blog from last year about the page of cups…
Do come and have a reading with me online or in person in Battersea, it is fun and you will definitely leave feeling curious and hopeful.