Magdalene as Queen of Swords

[qos]

While I continue to work on balancing my nature -- especially in the area of becoming more comfortable with Water/Cups, I do still resonate strongly with the Queen of Swords.

I just found this beautiful card from the Maat Tarot, which associates the Queen of Swords with Mary Magdalene, in a combined role as whore and widow which resonates strongly with me:



From the website:
"Stories of the dark queen of myth and legend, the widow, the whore, and the mystery only she can reveal.

The image in the Queen of Swords card is the Magdalene pregnant with her hand on the skull. The Maat Queen of Swords whose roots are those of The Great Goddess comes to us in fragments from the stories of dark widowed queens of the annual king, keeper of the sacred spark. She is one of the last symbolic remnants of the Great European Goddess of the ash mound, the Dark Mother. The Queen of Swords is the archetype of all unapologetic dark queens of history, myth and legend like Cleopatra, Morgana le Fey and Mary Magdalene her reputation is that of the whore. This adjective was meant to diminish her power yet it cannot. She alone is witness to some forgotten truth. She remains a mystery to outsiders and is dangerous to her lover's enemies.

In a Reading The card would represent a woman who has endured significant losses and has recovered enough to reach out to others. All traditional meanings apply."


After LM's death, Michael told me that LM had referred to me during one of his waning days as "the goddess widow." It wasn't a term I'd heard before, and each time I find something that resonates with it as this does, it strikes me quite powerfully.

Comments

[ancareth-raven.livejournal.com]

This is so interesting. Few days ago on facebook I changed my relationship status to widowed, because I felt cheeky as it is not true (I don't label myself in this way and I'm not interested in marriage). But I like the idea for it evokes that darkness of loss and pain, the magic of grief, the blackness of the grieving veils... gothic, dark, just what I like. The goddess widow? How fascinating... and the dark queen, totally. That's me.

Queen of Swords

[(Anonymous)]

I have never heard of an association with Mary Magdalene to The Queen of Swords. I think it's rather brilliant, actually. Yes, the Queen of swords is often stoic in her suffering, but she is also a mother archetype. Due to her associations with the element air, she represents the world of intellect and truth. As a queen, however, she serves as the mother of our intellects. We see her during the conception of new ideas.

Loved you article:)

Best to you,

Carolyn
Tarot Reader and Webmaster of http://tarotreadingpsychic.com