The Queen Of Cauldrons

We are using Branches of the Celtic Tarot, a deck I just purchased, for our monthly card reading.  The author, Kristoffer Hughes, uses the symbol of a cauldron in place of the traditional cup for the suite that represents water and emotion. Once again, the synchronicity amazes me. The last blog featured the element of water. The Queen of Cauldrons, he says, “represents the undifferentiated consciousness of the ocean and the human expression of feelings and emotions”. The illustrator, Chris Down, captures the seascape of Celtic lands, the Celtic Cauldron or chalice and the sovereignty of the queen whose steady hand holds the love she expresses to the world.

The story of the Holy Grail is the search for the chalice, the cup of Christ’s blood, the ability to express love in the world as revealed by Percival (Pierce the Veil). The Celtic cauldron is one of the Four Sacred Treasures of the Tuatha De Danann. As we see so often, the Celtic pagan tradition and the Celtic Christian tradition meld together. In the tarot the Queen is the highest feminine card in each suite. The Queen of Cauldrons thus asks us to contemplate the Divine Feminine quality of Love in its highest form.

News of floods in the South, prayers for rain to stop the fires raging in the West and turbulent political times call on us to steady ourselves and to bring love to the situations unfolding around us. A steady stream or water has great strength over time, a raging sea becomes calm again, and the well-spring of life nourishes us. Being in the present, being current and going with the flow of Life with Love is what we all need to survive and thrive. Water images describe our emotional range; not surprising since we are 60 percent water.

October is the month we celebrate and give thanks for the harvest. Let us remember the important role that water plays in the cycle of life and in our daily lives. Let us offer the planet and its people our highest order of Love. Let Mother Nature and Love overcome patriarchy and greed.