28 GOLDEN CAGE
Keywords
Keywords
Attitude toward partner as prisoner, partner as property, jealousy, buying a partner, devotion.
Card Description
Astrological Correspondence
Taurus/Libra
Planets
Venus
Archetypes
Beloved + PUER (Couple).
Image
Double Venus - Taurus and Libra aspects. The card is connected with the sense of ownership. The possessiveness of the Beloved/Taurus is transferred to the Couple/Libra. The woman in the cage looks more like a Queen. It seems the golden cage is her voluntary choice.
Material Exchange
She strived for material goods and received them, but in exchange for freedom. She is very sad, but since everything in life must be paid for - the Beloved becomes a thing, property. The man, having obtained the woman, also experiences no joy, because there is a cage between them.
Symbolic Elements
Even the rose bush is partially behind the bars of the cage. There is neither trust nor human closeness in the card. There is no trust, human closeness, although it's quite possible this is a married couple, just that the woman married for money or status.
Alternative Interpretation
The card can also mean 'call girl'. The man uses her to satisfy sexual needs: the key to the lock is in his hands, the rose bush (sexual symbol) is outside the cage. Power is in the partner's hands.
Symbols and Colors
Cage - barrier, absence of intimacy.
Card Meanings in Spreads
Positive meanings: patience. Negative meanings: jealousy, distrust, limitation.
Card for the Day
The day will be connected with concluding some contracts or agreements that will later limit the person.
Necessary Actions
What will come easily today, without tension: concluding contracts or agreements.
Conclusions to Draw Today
One must respect another's freedom. Love cannot be bought with money.
What I Can Learn Today
Jealousy and distrust are poor companions in love. If a close person limits your freedom in exchange for golden mountains, the choice is always yours.
How to Behave Among My Circle
Today you should hide or conceal something from those around you.
Motive
Distrust of people, of the world. From this arises the desire to subjugate someone. The aspiration or necessity to own, to possess something.
Life Example
For example, sometimes a person is not free because they are forced to do hateful work to pay off a large loan.
State
Depressed. The person experiences distrust toward the surrounding world.
Fear and Limitation
Fear of losing something. Limitation in one's actions.
Process
Limited by certain frameworks, conditions.
Relationships
In relationships there is inequality, distrust. One partner is jealous of the other and therefore limits their freedom with certain agreements. They treat their partner as their property. The other partner submits to them.
Mutual Suffering
Both are unhappy in this situation. There is no joy in life. The agreement in this situation serves as a barrier between them. Sometimes it appears as a woman for hire. Practice shows that in mature age, roles often change.
Role Reversal
The woman ends up outside the cage, and the man inside. She holds him tightly with money that he himself earns. He tries to escape from her, but she binds him with obligations.
Warning
Jealousy and distrust are poor companions in love. Restrictions bring no joy. There is a risk of losing independence, becoming a prisoner.
Advice
Before concluding a contract, one must think carefully whether it will bring happiness.
Protective Limitation
It's necessary to limit, fence off, close, hide something precious to protect it. Limitation in this case will work as protection from weakness.
Result
There is one, but you won't be able to use it to the fullest.
Joy from Achievement
You won't be able to get joy from what you've received.
Additional Notes
Intellectual exploitation. Can also relate to work.
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