Tarot and Medici Solitaire. Gallery of examples
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"Threes", according to the Kabbalah, represent the system, order, clarity.
Cups are emotions, feelings, and memories.
Thus, the Three of Cups is a system, order and clarity of emotions, feelings, memories.
For example, it may symbolize the theatrical arts, yoga (as a system of regulating emotions), a diary, an autobiography (as a system of remembering).
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Fig. 2.1.1 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions, memories. The theatrical arts. 177
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Fig. 2.1.2 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions, memories. Theater. A stage. 178
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Fig. 2.1.3 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions. Mime. Pantomime. 179
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Fig. 2.1.4 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions. A "singing" cat or dog, a singer. Sings in tune with the music, according to a system.
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Fig. 2.1.5 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions. The model as an actor, playing a certain emotion. 180
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Fig. 2.1.6 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions, memories. Beijing Opera. 181
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Fig. 2.1.7 Three of Cups – a system, regulation of emotions, memories. Opera. "The Phantom of the Opera". 182
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Fig. 2.1.8 Three of Cups – a system of memories. A diary, an autobiography. 183
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The defining feature of the Three of Cups – emotions are ordered according to some particular system.
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Four of Cups
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The cheapest, most effective and reliable laxative is an unexpected encounter in the forest, tet-a-tet, with an angry grizzly bear.
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"Fours", according to the Kabbalah, represent nature and all things natural, simple forms.
Cups are emotions, feelings, and memories.
Accordingly, the Four of Cups is a simple, basic, "natural" emotion, an involuntary memory.
For example, it may symbolize an involuntary smile, laughter, surprise, joy and other spontaneous emotions, feelings, and memories.
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Fig. 2.4.1 Four of Cups – a simple, basic, "natural" emotion. Surprise. 184
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Fig. 2.4.2 Four of Cups – a simple, basic, "natural" emotion. Joy. Laughter. 185
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Fig. 2.4.3 Four of Cups – a simple, basic, "natural" emotion. The simple joys of life. 186
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Fig. 2.4.4 Four of Cups – a simple, basic, "natural" emotion. Laughter. 187
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Fig. 2.4.5 Four of Cups – a simple, natural, emotion, an involuntary reaction. Laughter. 188
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Fig. 2.4.6 Four of Cups – a simple, natural, emotion, an involuntary reaction. Joy. 189
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Fig. 2.4.7 Four of Cups – a simple, natural, emotion, an involuntary reaction. A smile. 190
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Fig. 2.4.8 Four of Cups – a simple, natural, emotion, an involuntary reaction. Rolling around in the snow. 191
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The defining feature of the Four of Cups is its spontaneity, sincerity, naturalness, and lack of affectedness. The emotion arises on its own and doesn't pursue any goal.
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Such simplicity and sincerity is a quality often found in children, sincere "open" people, and some animals, such as dogs.
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Five of Cups
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The girls got together for a bachelorette party. All night they told jokes, funny stories, shared their dreams with each other…
By morning, having died of shame, Lieutenant Rzhevsky fell out of the closet.
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"Fives", according to the Kabbalah, represent a door, a gate, a portal, a repository, a source.
Cups are emotions, feelings, and memories.
Thus, the Five of Cups is a source, a repository, a portal of emotions, feelings, memories.
For example, it may symbolize a sports fan, a singer, an actor (as the content keeper, the repository, of many plays).
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Fig. 2.5.1 Five of Cups – portal of emotions, feelings. Saxophone solo. 192
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