Christian Tarot Playing Cards smi'pro and Pro'Mancy
CHRISTIAN TAROT AND PLAYING CARDS PROMANCY CHRISTIAN PRACTISE SMI PRO AND CHRISTIAN PRO CARTOMANCY
Ace of Cup
The divine hand appears from the cloud as God provides the cup of the covenant, the holy grail from which flows streams of living water.
My cup overflows.
The bread of heaven comes down, the holy host with the sign of the cross, carried by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove.
The cup of salvation rises as joy in the heart, offered to all people--every tribe, tongue, and nation--as pure potential that must be received by grace through faith.
The communion of saints is the fellowship of all God's children who partake in the gift of the body and blood of Christ's sacrifice
Two of Cups
The Lovers card shows the powerful spiritual principle of love as the original, archetypal couple stands naked and unashamed between the tree of life and the tree of temptation.
Here we see the more everyday manifestation of this joy of harmony, companionship, and sharing. The winged lion and twined snakes of mercury might remind us also of the Knight of Cups on his romantic quest of healing and adventure, bringing the Holy Grail to the Fisher King.
The Song of Solomon in 2:2 and 2:3 displays the exciting, early stages of romance, which are like kindling to start the burning fire of longer-lasting love. He says, "As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women." She says, "As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men."
Long-term commitment charges husbands to lay down their lives for their wives, just as Christ loved the Church. Wives as coheirs of the gift of grace are charged to follow their husbands as their husbands follow Christ. Everyone is charged to submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Whether this card signifies harmony, peace, or communion, we must remember true love is costly. Grace, giving, humility, and sacrifice are not cheap
Three of Cups
The celebration of true fellowship with the wine of communion is pictured here as three women lift cups in joyous dancing.
As the psalm goes, "You have given me more joy than when their crops and new wine abound!"
Going beyond the intimate relationship of couples, this card may represent larger groups of friends, family, or fellowship. As Solomon notes, "A cord of three strands is not easily broken."
Orthodox Christianity teaches that the archetypal pattern of fellowship exists even within God as expressed through the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a perfect unity in a prism of being.
This joy of fellowship is also seen in Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac who became the foundation of the faith.
Among his disciples, Jesus invited Peter, James, and John into his inner circle of intimacy.
In Jacob's dream, a symbolism repeated in the book of Revelation, the family was represented by three symbols: the sun, the moon, and the twelve stars.
At all the feasts and festivals, all of Israel gathered together, the unity and diversity was also prophetically celebrated
Four of Cups
Following the fellowship and festivity of the Three of Cups card, here we see yet more heavenly blessing offered!
My cup overflows!
But sometimes we move from satisfaction to satiation, from giving thanks to taking things for granted.
Sometimes it's overindulgence that makes the difference between waking up happy and waking up with a hangover. At other times we just naturally get the blues or that Monday morning feeling.
God's mercies are new every morning! Great is his faithfulness!
Our hearts have a firm foundation, our soul has an anchor, our life has deep roots near streams of water. We can clear out the old ashes daily and keep the fire burning; we can pour out the dregs and renew our cup of salvation. Renew our hearts, LORD!
Do not grow weary in doing good. Stir one another up to love and good works. Refresh relationships with forgiveness and kindness. Remember the LORD who makes all things new!
King of Cups
He sits secure upon his throne, still amidst the violent waves and storm-tossed ships. In one hand he holds the Grail from which he may deeply drink; in the other he holds his seal or scepter by which he can act resolutely. These items along with his cape and crown are golden as faith tried by fire. The shell-shaped throne and sky are pure white. Upon his face is perfect peace.
Similarly, John was the beloved disciple of Jesus who leaned upon the Master's breast and heard his private words. Though younger and not the organizational leader that peter became, John was close and intimate and received the prophetic dreams of the Book of Revelation.
David was also a man after God's own heart, who played upon the lyre and collected many psalms of worship. He danced before the LORD with abandon with a soul that longed for God as a deer pants for streams of water.
Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, was a protector and family man in both the natural and spiritual sense of the word family.
Jesus cried out over Jerusalem and wept over his friend Lazarus. He is the Good Shepherd, filled with compassion and the fruit of the Spirit. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Queen of Cups
Like the High Priestess, this queen is the very picture of spiritual insight and intuition, holding in her lap a vessel flanked by cherubim, reminiscent of the Ark of the Covenant, the very presence of God.
She sits enthroned over waves of water, smooth stones at her feet. Perhaps she is ready to pour out her love and nurture or to lift her heart in worship.
Like Mary, she hearkens to messages of angels and treasures God's words in her heart, incubating the will of God and highest good for all.
Like Sarah and Rebecca, she may bear children of promise, suffering most when they suffer, in the words of the prophet, like "Rachel weeping for her children because they are no more."
Like Israel as the symbolic wife of Jehovah or the Church as the Bride of Christ, she rules by faith and not by sight over the unseen kingdom of the heart.
Knight of Cups
He looks like the quintessential knight upon a quest, his helm and feet adorned with wings as Mercury, his cloak adorned with fish. He carries a chalice as of Good News, perhaps the holy grail to renew the wasteland of the Fisher-King.
How happy are the feet of those who bring good news!
The white horse is pure, majestic, graceful, and able to cross the waters.
Perhaps like the knights of the Round Table, this one knows of courtly love and sings the Song of Solomon for his beloved: "As a lily among the brambles, so is my lady among the maidens."
Perhaps he has known the search for the holy grail, what it is to set his heart on pilgrimage, to travel through the valley of tears but to make it a place of springs, to go from strength to strength and appear before God in Zion.
He may know of homecoming, a prodigal son returned, whose heart rests now in the right place.
My heart cries out, "When can I go and be with God?"
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