From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Two of Cups
Meanings
Love realized. A proposal, a commitment, a deeply satisfying relationship. Unity, empathy, a close friendship based on mutual trust.
Reversed (?)
A parting of ways. This could be a permanent breakdown of a relationship, a rocky patch that can be mended, or even just a separation by circumstance.
Description
A young couple sit at a table with two cups. He offers her a red carnation, she looks at the viewer with a coy smile. There is a scroll, inkwell and quill as though they have just signed a contract. A pocket watch with a blue ribbon sits open before them. Two crests and a Hermes staff hang on the wall. One crest is of a rampant lion, gold on black, wearing a crown. The other has three gold crosses on a red shield.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych, c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Blue paint: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, Robert Cheseman, 1533, Mauritshuis, The Hague.
- Hermes staff: BABUREN, Dirck van, Prometheus Being Chained by Vulcan, 1623 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Lion and X shield: WEYDEN, Goossen van der, The Gift of Kalmthout, 1511, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Woman: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel, Isabella Brandt, c.1626, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Man: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, Portrait of Simon George, 1536-37, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt.
- Marble, watch, ribbon: AELST, Willem van, Vase of Flowers with Pocket Watch, 1656, Staatliche Museen, Kassel.
- Quill, inkwell: WOLFFORT, Artus, St Andrew, 1600s, private collection.
- Scroll: PROVOST, Jan, The Coronation of the Virgin, 1524, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Her neck looks longer. There's blue ribbons by the scroll. The cups look different...longer.