Tarot: High Priestess

[pyraxis]

And she turns to me with her hand extended, her palm is split with a flower, with a flame...
(Suzanne Vega)

She is a rsakk high Grehti and therefore a master of both the delicate and that which consumes.



The strands of shells are a superstition older than most people can remember; it's believed that sleeping under them will protect a priest from evil spirits.

It is actually true. A toren could not shift back out of their insubstantial form within striking range without ending up with strings and shells embedded in their body.

Link to a traditional interpretation of the high priestess card.

Comments

[yonjuunana.livejournal.com]

Oh wow... This is really cool. Nothing stands out at me that I want to critique. I really like the concept and I love that song, hadn't seen the video for it before. Hahaha, I think e. was surprised at seeing the song in a different way, since it's something that's been very familiar to us since we were very young, our parents were always playing that CD when we were tiny... took me a while to be able to find words for a comment here because e. was too busy staring and being sort of bewildered at the song being in a new context both in the picture and the video, but they finally said "I like it." :)

[pyraxis]

:) Maybe it can be good to see a familiar thing completely re-imagined? Like saying "I know your understanding is totally different but look, here is this thread that connects us?"

Thanks, e, for liking it. :)

I really like how Suzanne Vega has no expression when she sings, she lets all the expression come through in the song. Also how at the beginning, the way her shoulders are swaying makes it look like she's walking towards you.

I'd never heard the song before a few days ago, when it just came up on internet radio and I saw the picture in my head and suddenly realized it was perfect.

- j-t