Interpretation: Strong and powerful emotions lie deep within ourselves. Using moral strength and self-control, we can channel those emotions into positive and creative activities. But if no control is exercised, such emotions can overwhelm us and be acted out in negative and destructive ways.
Image: The traditional image for this tarot card depicts a beautiful woman gently prying apart a lion's jaws. The closest I could come to that in Edmonton is this magnificent Fu Temple dog (lion) found at the entrance to the Chinese Garden in Louise McKinney Riverfront Park.
[Photo by Debra She Who Seeks]
31 comments:
A very beautiful post.
Nicole/Beadwright
I love Fu dogs and have a little pair of them in my home.
Great post. Strength can be a wonderful thing; it all depends on how you use it.
Love that statue! Something like that would look nice in my garden.
What a fantastic statue. You live in a beautiful place.
Mary
I look like a fu dog this morning. Need coffee.
Beautiful Fu dog!
I love your tarot postings and this one is no exception....
My dear husband exemplifies this card. A wonderful man, full of quiet strength, great emotion and the ability to channel that into creating exquisite music. And sometimes I do feel a bit like a lady gently opening the jaws of a lion when playing with him :)
I must get out more - I've never been to this park! That Chinese Garden has me intrigued.
The Fu Temple Dog is a beautiful image for Strength!
I love Fu Dogs. And that park is an amazing treasure in our city.
As always, a nice tarot post. The fu dog is great!
Strength is one of my fave. tarot cards. I love the Fu dog as a lion. Perhaps next time you see it you can pretend you're the Strength woman with it.
i have my own personal real fu dog and she is strong and powerful.
Great job finding this Fu dog for your post. Scary looking, too.
I love this one, Debra!
Excellent Debra! Thank you ;o)
Good job finding all these tarot symbols!! Am loving this series...
Hi Debra......I have not stopped by in ever so long....I'm not blogging much lately...but I'm glad I stopped here today as I learned something about Tarot.
Jo
That's such an apt description - I'd love to see the card.
too cool :)
did you plant that grass. i nominated you for the versatile bog award. i realize you have probably already won this a million time but i like you. xx
I remember those things always had balls in their mouths and as a kid I'd constantly try and wrestle them out.
RYC: I think you meant "contumelious". That's the adjective form of "contumely". "Contumacious" means something slightly different. Thanks for bringing my attention to it, BTW. I hadn't seen it before. I'll probably post about it in the near future.
That's okay, Debra. In my mind I added your gloved hands prying the lions jaws apart!!
Hi Debra! I enjoyed your fu dog! My husband Terry and I are going to a Chinese New Year celebration in a week, and we are looking forward to the lion dances and the dragon parades. Which Tarot deck do you like best? The Rider deck is the one I am most familiar with; but my friend Paul in California introduced me to a number of others. I think they are fascinating! Have a good weekend.
That's beautiful!
it is interesting that a woman is used to symbolize strength in this card... perfect.
Oh I LOVE those Chinese dragons dogs things!
I love the Fu Dogs..a lot
I feel like I'm always wrestling. This was good timing, to read this, right now. Thanks.
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