My specialist area of interest in tarot is working with the court cards. In my other blog (Tarot Thrones) I talk all things court cards with the aim of making them fun. Yeah, I see your eyebrows shooting up into your hairline at the inclusion of both ‘court cards’ and ‘fun’ in the same sentence. OK – if not FUN, at least equip folks with a lot of tools to make working with them a lot less of a bind!
In fact, I wrote a book about that *coughs and discretely links to it lol!*
I asked a week or so ago in the Study Group whether people might be up for a Facebook Live there on working with the court cards and so far the response has been good, so we’ll definitely be doing that – and I’ll post here once I’ve decided on a date and time.
Last week was Seachdain Na Gàidhlig (Gaelic week) and my tiny contribution to spreading the word about Scottish Gaelic was sharing the names for the animals of the Wildwood’s court cards in 4 short videos for the Study Group.
So, here they are, for future reference!
Page of Arrows Wren Drathan
Knight of Arrows Hawk Seabhag
Queen of Arrows Swan Eala
King of Arrows Kingfisher Gobha-uisge
Page of Cups Otter Dòbhran
Knight of Cups Eel Easgan
Queen of Cups Salmon Bradan
King of Cups Heron Corra-ghritheach
Page of Bows Stoat Neas
Knight of Bows Fox Madadh ruadh or Sionnach
Queen of Bows Hare Geàrr
King of Bows Adder Nathair
Page of Stones Lynx Lioncs
Knight of Stones Horse Each
Queen of Stones Bear Mathan
King of Stones Wolf Madadh-allaidh
Scottish Gaelic is a branch off from Irish Gaelic and I reckon that if I was in a pub with an Irish Gaelic speaker (and they spoke really, really, slowly!) I could understand them.
Well, I can dream!
Do you know all the court card animals from the Wildwood in another language? Do share!
