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By Dove, www.TarotwithLove.com  I have no idea, lol ;)  Well, I have a few ideas.  I did this a few days ago, and what seems to be the norm, it started out as something that didn’t appeal to me.  I then heard “silk purse,” so I decided to try to transform the “sow’s ear” into something finer  :)   But as always, I simply “played” with it (did what I felt like doing, with colors and lines) and had no intent to create anything in particular, especially anything resembling an actual purse, heh

It looks much more like an eyeball at a distance, the eye is a common symbol in my creations…  In trying to get it to tell me its name, I remembered the “silk purse,” but…  So I decided to ask the cards.  The Queen of Swords came up.   Hmm, “Queen of Swords,” interesting name :)  Then I looked at the “background card” (card on the bottom of the deck) and it was a card that represents not trusting — the Queen of Swords, among other things, is about truth.  Hmm.  Was it saying that I wasn’t trusting that it’s name is “silk purse”?  After looking at this pic again, I think so.  I had noticed the loop that looked like a handle, but then noticed that the whole eye was kinda surrounded by something that might be considered purse-like.  Okay, “Silk Purse,” it is, and we’ll give it to the queen :)

This Queen is about truth, and the eye can represent perception, awareness, a special kind of seeing, seeing with clarity, and one’s true self (one’s “godself”).  It all seems to be about seeing clearly, perhaps seeing oneself clearly…”To thine ownself be true” comes to mind.  The star is also a symbol about trusting, having “faith.”  Perhaps this image is saying that our own intuitive wisdom, our truth, is a “silk purse” even if others see it as a “sow’s ear.” ;)  It’s truly crucial that we learn to trust our own “higher self,” our own truth.

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“The Queen’s Silk Purse” by Dove, February 2008

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