The Shadow Series, Tarot Card Comparisons: The Princes of Cups and The Shadow Tarot, Spica, Oracle of quantum space/time ...

The Thoth Qabalisitic Tarot-Princess of Cups: Represents mastery of emotional objectivity achieved by working through manipulation, jealousy, possessiveness and seduction.

The turtle in the sea shell symbolizes  the capacity to offer emotional loyalty and longevity to others by being objective and non-possessive. 

The Swan coming out of her head, represents emotional security and the ability to communicate her feelings, desires and concerns in realistic and meaningful ways ( the dolphin emphasizes this ability).

The crystals on her gown, show a crystal clear ability to look at things as they are instead of what see wants to see.

The free floating lotus blossom shows her trusting heart. She is devoid of a possessive and controlling heart.

This is Elaine the Virgin Moon-goddess of Arthurian legend, who was the keeper pf the Grail in the Grail temple, where she wove the tapestries of life, death, and fate. The Moon Goddess is not only the "Dispenser of Joy", she is also a source of hidden knowledge, bestower of mystical insight, and the gift of wisdom.

The Ace of Cups is a seed of consciousness that is most dependent on the Princess of Cups. The Ace of Cups is the root of the powers of Water/consciousness. This is Water, or consciousness in its most arcane form, Life-Fluid, (Dew of the Mother) symbolically represented as Water, Blood or Wine.

The Ace of Cups is also the compliment to the Ace of Wands, as is the Sun to the Moon and the Lingam to the Yoni and represents the essential form of the Holy Graäl or the Yoni of the Divine Collective.

The Great Mother, Binah, is often symbolized as the Dark Sea and in the Thoth Deck Ace of Cups, She is both the Sea and the Lotus: the Lotus ( two in one) being the Fertile expression of the Great Mother.

Descending from above, a ray of light

representing the Holy Ghost and beneath the Graäl we have the Moon.

The Waves of Life-Fluid, are shown as a web of fluid energy of which the tapestry of Creation is woven from (magnetic waves). To many Native Nations, this would symbolize the Work of the Great Spider Woman, weaver of the Universe.

THE PRINCESS OF CUPS, represents the Earthly part of Water (Life-Fluid), in particular, the faculty of  crystallization. The Princess of Cups, represents the Graäl's power of manifestation. Therefore, she is the power of water that gives substance to idea, to support life and to form the basis for chemical combination, that is often called solution.

The Princess of Cups in the Thoth Deck is represented as a Dancing figure robbed in a flowing , crystal edged garment, all of which indicates her flowing and crystallizing abilities. Thus we can determine that she is an active rather than passive force from the Great Mother. This determination is continued in the imagery of the Swan taking wing. The Swan is the symbol of AUM (of oriental philosophy) that is considered the vibratory harmonic of  Universal Creation by many Yogis. 

The Princess of Cups, also bears a covered cup from which s Tortoise is issued.  Here, once again, Lady Frieda Harris, the artistic author of the Thoth cards, presents Hindu Philosophy, as the Tortoise is symbolic of a steadily moving platform supporting the Elephant "who holds  the world on its back". In other words, represents the foundation of Life-Force for the Earth which may seem slow in evolutionary terms, but is persistent and undaunted.

The Dolphin, that is disporting in a foamy- sea, symbolizes the power of creation know as the Royal Fish, which is also known as the first matter.

The Princess of Wands, Cups, Swords and Disks, all give a Character to the Root Power they are associated to. The Princesses are called the Thrones of The Great Mother, as they represent on Earth's 4 Northern quadrants, Mother's rule.  Because root powers are without will, nor self-aware and thus not focused, the Princesses are the Intelligently Focused Energy of a Root Power and are thus aware and more personalized intelligence with conscious characteristics. These Great Daughters of the Great Mother, have their own peccadilloes, and it behooves the practitioner of magick to know them. For instance, the Princess of Cups has an infinitely gracious character that is  voluptuous, sweet, gentle, and kind. Romance, and the perpetual  dream  of rapture are her very nature. Unlike the Volcanic nature of the Princess of Wands.

To the shallow thinker, the Princess of Cups may seem indolent and selfish, but that fact that she goes about her work silently and effortlessly dispels such interpretations.

These Princesses are Elemental Intelligence, and can be communicated with as "goddesses" (Elaine, Diana, Artemis etc), however, their nature is in direct union with a Force beyond the practitioners control.  Tried and true rituals of magick  are recommended so that these forces can be contained before there is too much overwhelming  flow.  In the Case of the Princess of Cups, the practitioners personality could be overwhelmed by the extreme dreamy rapture of  her nature and become unable to operate in the day-to-day world.

Many of us don't realize that the Archetypes of the basic 16 types of personalities, as represented in the Court Cards and seen in our world, are sentient Elemental Forces. However, this makes sense as we are sentient-intelligent Spiritual force.  Because of the thinking of Theological "Divide and Conquer" we have forgotten that our human bodies, are Elemental Beings! We are a Spiral Entity (Spirit) and not of the 4 Elements but of the 5th Element called Spirit. Therefore, we are not seeking to become more Spiritual, for that would be like a fish in the Ocean, looking for water! Spirit is Spiritual and being infinite and eternal makes the concepts of more or less  ridiculous. As Spirits, we are succeeding in becoming a united Life Force; united with that which it activates, i.e. The Alive Form.  We are attempting the Whole Union of Master (Spirit) and Masterpiece (Form )which is often called the Great Work known also as,"As above, so Below". Enlightenment is a misconception brought on by the condensation of light.  Actually, we are of the I AM (Force of existence) who builds a Me (Manifested Awareness) and are not seeking Knowledge for just by looking around you it is obvious that the knowledge of the Universe is already achieved! However, the Divine Collective Unconscious needs a way to get more intimate with the thoughts that produces its "Self Image". Therefore, the intimate and personal Me needs to seek nothing, it must operate only by the Will of the I AM, that seeks awareness through the process of perspective made manifest as phenomena and then personally examining this phenomena to see if it can be progressively expansive. With the sensual Hu-Man (God-Mind) being, thought, the first material of creation, can be examined sensually! Isn't that what "Sensors" are for; up close examination? The Body is a "Sense of Presence"as the fish is a Sense of Ocean. 

Therefore I know that as a fellow I AM, I did not come to seek spirituality (I Am That), I have come to seek a sense of presence, a point in time,  so that I can examined my creativity (imagination) for errors that may impeded the Great Work; As above so Below! I am a Qabalist, because that knowing of myself, aids me in the purpose that I AM. the purpose of us all-TO BE Life! I find knowledge through being! 

The Shadow Tarot Card-Spica/Oracle of quantum space/time and the Abyss, is an comparable card to the Princess of Cups.

When one wishes to seek the powers of riches, prophecy, skill in science and mathematics, one skries Spica, using magical tokens, such as emeralds. Or herbal tokens, such as, sage,trefoil, periwinkle, mugwort or mandrake to help influence contact with this Star. 

When the Princess of Cups  or The Shadow Tarot card, Spica is thrown for a woman, it states that:

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