Tarot-inspired season 6 artwork

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Titles: Five of Cups, Queen of Wands
Creator: thenewbuzwuzz
Worksafe? - Probably.
Notes: I did a Tarot reading based on Buffy's questions to Tara at the end of "Dead Things" (Why do I let Spike do those things to me? etc.), and the plan was I'd then make a Spuffy version of each card in the spread. I only managed to make two pieces of artwork,

Comments

[double_dutchess]

So what's the meaning of the Five of Cups? Your image seems to be full of symbolism. Light and dark, life and death. Is Buffy making a choice here to turn away from the dark and into the light? Why are the cups on the light side upside down? Are they falling? I find it all very intriguing!

For the Queen of Wands I love that you turned the kitty into a black panther. With a leash firmly held by the Queen, of course! Even though the style is simple, it's still a very alluring image.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Thank you for commenting! You are very kind. <3 "Simple" is one way to put it -- I had such vivid mental images of all five "cards" and struggled to execute the ideas; I may have lost the struggle. :D

Here's the Five of Cups from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck:

[double_dutchess]

Thank you for the extensive explanation! Very interesting So where I interpreted Buffy as turning her back on the dark, what she's really doing is looking back at the (heavenly) light. But the dark actually is where the --more or less-- full cups are for her. By the way, don't you think that the man on the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card looks a lot like Spike?

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yes. :) I suppose it would have been easier to see it that way if I'd used a Buffy cap where only her head is turned instead of her whole body.

"By the way, don't you think that the man on the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot card looks a lot like Spike?"
OMG, you're absolutely right. I don't know how I didn't notice it! :))

[fancyflautist]

Can't speak to the artists intention (duh) but strictly from a tarot POV, Five of Cups is loss and grief. Three cups are upside down, but two are still alright, so there's hope.

[double_dutchess]

Thanks for the tarot explanation. Interesting to see that the "good" cups are on Spike's side!

[holi117]

For me, 5 of cups is a card that represents loss, regrets and grief... the person grieves the 3 fallen golden cups (failures, missed opportunities, loses, mistakes) and is focused in that negative emotion/thought pattern. However just behind are 2 perfectly gleaming golden cups - new opportunities, things to be happy and thankful for - all it takes is the thought to turn and look outside the negative.
Cups are emotional cards, 5’s are midpoint cards (to me, like a coin toss where a situation may fall one way or the other, forwards or backwards depending on choices and so on)

[thenewbuzwuzz]

What a lovely addition! That's interesting about the 5s. :)

[double_dutchess]

Thank you! I think thenewbuzwuzz's artwork captured that midpoint aspect very well.