Parting the Mists

I’m still feeling the Legend deck, and today’s card of the Castle of Wonders looks promising. Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

The card with Percivale’s Vision (Strength) was also very strong this morning, so perhaps you need to consider its meaning of strength, courage, and vitality; intelligence, reason, and experience, united with enthusiasm and energy; drawing on inner strength to resist temptation and distraction; self-discipline and satisfaction.

Seven of Shields – Castle of Wonders

Meaning: Treasures and bounty. Ingenuity, and perseverance bring great gains. Successfully handling a challenging and complex situation. Patience and restraint prove to be appropriate. The steady, methodical removal of obstacles. Concentrating and completing one task at a time allows for safe progress to greater heights.

This card could also mean Impatience, unfulfilled hopes of promotion, worrying delays, stiff competition, unexpected setbacks, confusion as to how one should best proceed, miscalculation, and unease in regard to financial matters.

The Story: The greatest treasure of the castle was it’s miraculous pillar, which brought the entire kingdom to life with and it’s column. Like the castle of means, the council of wonders how many women captive with in its walls. The castle and it’s 500 residents were bound by powerful spell, cast by the other worldly magician Klingsor.

Determined to release the women, Gawain entered the enchanted castle. Within its ornate hall stood an equally beautiful bed. Gawain approached the bed, but as he tried to set up on it, it moved on its own accord. The night excepted the challenge, threw himself upon it, and held on with all his might. The possessed bed her old itself about the room, slamming into walls with tremendous force. As it came to rest, the shaken knight was subjected to a second ordeal. An ungodly reign of stones fell down upon him, nearly knocking him senseless. This was followed by a deadly rain of arrows fired by a mechanized army of archers who are affixed to the walls. The bewildered knight could hardly believe what he saw, and found it harder still to believe he had survived. Lastly, the battered knight faced and an enormous lion which burst into the hole. The knight threw himself into battle with a giant cat, and then mustering all his strength overcame the beast. In doing so, he broke the enchantment that layover the castle.

Eager to show their gratitude, the women of the castle lead the knight to a chamber which held the castle’s treasures, the finest of which was a magnificent pillar. The magical pillar was like no other; one could view the entire kingdom within the column. Every creature, movement, stone, and stream could be seen upon us living surface.

It was explained to going that the kingdom, castle, and it’s miraculous pillar could all be his if you agreed to stay with the women he had freed. He was honored and grateful for the offer, but on careful consideration decided that his heart lay with his life as a Knight of the Round Table, to which he then returned.

Legend: the Arthurian Tarot by Anna-Marie Ferguson