Card 46 • cups

Page of Cups

Brief Description

The Daughter of the Grail is a radiant crystal dancing in light above the waters, embodying pure beauty and enchantment. She represents the crystallization of emotions and desires, wielding occult arts of charm while remaining innocent of her own seductive powers. This card signifies the soul's yearning to explore emotional depths and fantasy worlds, transforming beauty and wonder through feelings. Her energy is about the striving itself rather than fulfillment, connecting us to ineffable bliss through magical enchantment.

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Alchemy

Earthly aspect of Water; Stabilizes Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius

Kindred Souls

Ace of Grails; Lotus of the Palace of Floods

Essence

Solid and enduring emotions. Crystallization. Admiration. Radiance. Tenderness. Grace. Enchantment. Fantasy. Tranquility. Luxury. Bliss. Freshness. Unreality. Whimsy. Adoration. Eroticism. Captivation. Beauty. Charm. Changeability. Illusiveness. Compassion. Virginity. Purity. Spontaneity. Innocence. Freedom. Joy. Brilliance. Wonder.

The Dancing Crystal

The Daughter of the Grail is a radiant crystal that dances in light above the waters. She is charming, beautiful and captivating, seductive and delightful. She has quenched her thirst from the grail of blood, which, effervescent and invigorating, filled her body with intoxicating pleasure and crystallized into her essence. Her emotions are bright and brilliant, restrained and calm in their majestic grace, filling her with a dizzying sensation of bliss.

The Virgin Priestess

The Daughter of the Grail is a virgin priestess who perfectly masters the occult arts of charm and enchantment. Her nature is subject to passionate striving, acute desire, which is the crystallization of love and beauty. She creates mirages and illusions in her fluid dance of whimsical imagination, silently and effortlessly transforming dreams into reality. Her watery creativity flows from her inner creative forces and nourishes all her desires. These desires are often nothing more than fleeting whims and caprices that she imagines for herself, and then she allows them to shimmer around her without bothering to catch them.

Innocent Seductress

Due to her inherent purity and innocence, the Daughter of the Grail is not aware of her own powers of seduction, temptation and captivation of her victims (who are delighted by her very innocence and worship her), whose blood she drinks. She is unrequited love, untouchable, inaccessible, which does not prevent her from willingly and persistently inflaming passions in others. Her irresistible beauty shines with youth, freshness and the natural excitement that fills her. She is sensual and seductive, charming and alluring, and yet she herself is seduced only by her own freedom and love of life.

Spiritual Significance

From a spiritual perspective, the Daughter of the Grail represents our soul's desire to plunge into the depths and desires of our emotions in order to thoroughly explore our own fantasy worlds. The energy of this card is precisely this striving, rather than the fulfillment of our desires. This is an insatiable hunger painted in all colors and magical enchantment that captivates us and connects us with the ineffable bliss of the Eternal. This process leads to transformation and materialization of beauty and wonder through our emotions, just as gentle waters nourish a flower and cause it to bloom.

Shadow

Pleas. Disappointments. Jealousy. Envy. Dissatisfaction. Grief. Losses. Sadness. Depression. Loss of freedom. Emotional instability. Lack of love. Insensitivity. Corruption. Flattery. Harmful habits.

Visual Description

A young woman sits at the edge of a green, still pool in a shadowed forest, one knee raised and one foot dipped in the water. She wears a dark lacy dress and a crown of flowers, her long hair falling over her shoulders, and her hand rests thoughtfully beneath her chin. In her other hand she holds a small grail-like cup, its bowl tipped slightly and stained with a red smudge. Behind her the trees are thin and twisted, with a warm light glowing through them in the distance.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Ian Daniels

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