Tarot Card of the Day – February 15, 2009

Deck: (Left) The Victorian Romantic Tarot; (Right) The Bohemian Gothic Tarot

Element: Water
Associations: Emotions; feelings; relationships

The Page of Cups is “the dreamer” in the deck–the card that represents a a creative force in action, a lust for life and the desire to see what it brings. In both Page of Cups cards in The Victorian Romantic and The Bohemian Gold, we see a sense of longing, but there are also contrasting emotive qualities between both Pages depicted in the two decks.

The Victorian Romantic Page of Cups shows a youthful girl depicted as the Page, dressed in a purple cloak, symbolic if knowledge and victory. I have been using the The Victorian Romantic Gold for my readings and gold accents decorate  the to part of her cloak, indicating strength and even nobility in this case. The Page has gazes forward at us, as if asking for attention, with a desire for us to be onlookers as she listens to someone else play the harp. The older girl is focused on playing her instrument, her gold glove colored hands, gracing the keys. She wears a blue dress, denoting emotion, feelings and creativity, which is also adorned with gold detailing. A white lace headdress represents innocence and purity. Is this other person the teacher and the Page the student? Or, is the Page just listening to the music and taking in the lush surroundings? It. The foliage in the background is symbolic of growth.

The Bohemian Gothic Page walks down a staircase. As with all of the cards in the Bohemian Gothic Tarot deck, it is dusk or nighttime and an eerie light has been cast upon the scene. The Page is wearing a dark blue, navy colored dress with white lace around the collar–denoting mystery and innocence. She is not looking directly at us, but past us, as if wondering what will happen next. Unlike the Page of Cups in the Victorian Romantic, the Bohemian Gothic Page expresses a look of concern. She is strong, as the red headband on her head indicates, but she may have been forced to be strong at too young of an age, forced to grow up too soon. Green ivy has taken over the building and the staircase that she climbs down, symbolic of age, growth and even wisdom attained beyond her years. A Green Man-like head of a statue at the end of the staircase has it’s eyes turned at the girl. There are forces beyond her control, buts she must remain focussed ahead and in pursuit of her dreams as well, whatever they may be…

The Page is the first stage in the Court cards in Tarot, and I have pulled quite a few of them this month. I seem to be swaying back and forth between the Pages and Knights in many suits, so this makes for an interesting thing for me to consider.

It’s okay to be a dreamer, someone who is optimistic, a hopeless romantic in many ways, but it is important to be aware and keep your emotions in check as well. If one goes to far off the spectrum, these thoughts can become muddled and put you on a path of false awareness.

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