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| Book of Shadows, LoS 2012 |
The Earth suit in this deck corresponds with the Pentacles/Coins suit of a regular tarot, but there the resemblance more or less ends. The Earth suit is concerned with 'the magic of the natural world and our planet', according to the LWB. The 2 of Earth shows a pair of gnomes paddling around in the shallow rock pools near on the coast. The rocks around are dotted with starfish and other shelled creatures, and a blue hermit crab scuttles into the foreground. The lovely mottled lavenders and pinks of the setting sun reflect in the sea and the water. The card shows a remarkable harmony between earth and water, sea and sky, landscape and living creatures. The LWB simply calls this card 'The Beach.'
Hubby and I love our yearly coastal walking holidays, and this card is very evocative to me of the beautiful scenery we have enjoyed on those visits to the coast. I like the holiday feel of the gnomes wading, exploring and just dipping their feet in the water. That's what we earth-dwelling folk do when we get to the sea. We dip our toes in, dig around, wonder at the strange critters we encounter, climb and clamber and gape at the vastness of the sea, the majesty of the sky, the antiquity of the (seemingly) everlasting rock. A visit to the beach can be a very spiritual experience.
This card makes me long for a big shell or a jar of sand or some other talisman of the seashore. I must remember to collect something on our next visit.
In a reading, this card would mean balance between the various elements of the self. We have representations of water (sea), earth (rock), fire (setting sun) and air (clouds) here. But they are balanced at the mundane, daily level rather than a higher spiritual level. In this way, the 2 of Earth card does seem to echo the 2 of Pentacles. I will seek balance today in the mundane details of my life.
Love your lyrical description of exploring the sea shore! And yes, mundance balance sounds pretty good for today :)
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