This suit, most often named Coins or Pentacles, is a symbol for a magical talisman that represented wealth or potential. This suit represents something supportive that is available to you -- whether it be health, some kind of talent, a material or financial resource. Motherpeace was so influential in one strand of lesbian culture of the 1980s that it serves as a chapter title in the memoir of New Zealand academic Aorewa McLeod, [10] and a shorthand for the lesbian feminist experience in London. [11]

Some scholars speculate that cards and tarot came into Europe with the Gypsies, who are thought to descend from a Goddess worshiping people from India known as Dravidians. a b Tali, Didem (17 June 2018). "The tarot revival thanks to Brexit, Trump and Dior". BBC News . Retrieved 17 June 2018. Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-08 . Retrieved 2018-06-17. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)

The Two in this suit generally features a youth juggling, with two coins juggled in figure-eight fashion, or just the coins without the youth -- one heads up, the other tails -- both flipping in the air. It is clear that until one or the other coin drops, the final call can not be made; there is more to learn before a decision can be made about appropriate action.

Furthermore, in an attitude of righteousness, he may assign himself the job of correcting the offender. Jumping easily to conclusions, he shoots first, asks questions later and is therefore often guilty of overkill. This is not to say that he does not have his heroic side; a single-minded combativeness can have its value. However, even when he is doing the right thing, he is likely to be doing it for the wrong reasons. Apt advice for this card is to deeply question your motives for what you are thinking about doing. Forethought will assist you in discriminating between righteous and unrighteous causes. Control any traces of impulsive judgement! According to A Cultural History of Tarot, Motherpeace was designed to "fulfil a feminist agenda", with round cards to represent the Moon, "long associated with female energies and the Mother Goddess", and symbology was drawn from cultures across the world. [7] Traditionally, representing the energy of a Queen, this feminine guardian is endowed with enormous good sense and problem solving energy, but she is not particularly entrepreneurial. She loves to advise, encourage, and empower those she gets involved with, studying their problems with them and setting them up to solve them. Traditionally, she was pictured as the Sibyl or Oracle, perhaps a Tarot reader, who made herself available to people in need, no matter what their social class or situation. In modern times, she will be found educating, healing, managing disaster aid programs or a charitable drive of some sort. Broude, Garrard, and Brodsky, power of feminist art: the American movement of the 1970s, history and impact (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994).But emotional displays are just not his medium, nor is he moved by appeals to sympathy or pity. With the philosophical overview that comes from long experience, he listens deeply, watches closely and speaks last. In the end, his even-handedness and objectivity earn him the respect he receives from his community, and those who cannot work out their problems come to him voluntarily for advice. Traditionally, representing the energy of a King, this masculine energy form is The Adjudicator, the wise judge or mediator. He helps parties in conflict discover common ground and build upon it, and guides societies to see their greater good. His archetype is Solomon, ancient lawgiver and philosopher of the Old Testament. Sometimes appearing cool and detached, he can be misunderstood as not caring. Farley, Helen (2009). A cultural history of tarot: from entertainment to esotericism (Online-Ausg.ed.). London: I. B. Tauris. ISBN 9781848850538. McLeod, Aorewa (2013). Who was that woman, anyway?: snapshots of a lesbian life. Wellington, N.Z.: Victoria University Press. ISBN 9780864738783.

The origin story most often told is that the wisdom keepers of ancient cultures were healers, shamans, storytellers and other artists, who chose between writing their wisdom into spiritual or philosophical text or putting their knowledge into a game. They decided that a game in the form of cards would last longer, be more accessible to everyone, as well as being easier to hide from the powers that be. The round shape of the cards is unprecedented and symbolically significant. The departure from the usual rectangular shape is meant to represent the fertility of women. [4] This draws from classic feminist artwork which also uses many different symbols of fertility and femininity. [8] The cards are hard to shuffle because of their shape but skilled hands can handle them deftly. [9] Cultural legacy [ edit ] Zajko and Leonard, Laughing with Medusa: classical myth and feminist thought, Classical presences (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006).Giles, Cynthia (1994). The tarot: history, mystery, and lore (1st Firesideed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-89101-4. OCLC 30319267. This suit, most often named "Coins" or "Pentacles", is a symbol for a magical talisman that represented wealth or potential. This suit represents something supportive that is available to you -- whether it be health, some kind of talent, or a material or financial resource.