47. YOUR CARD is related to the drowned Phoenician sailor but is not otherwise identified. However, see the fortune-teller’s final admonition at line 55, and see note 55 for further consideration of “your card.”
48. PEARLY EYES: See also line 125, and see Shakespeare*, The Tempest 1.2.399.
50. THE LADY OF SITUATIONS: See Waite, Tarot†: The Queen of Cups is a “beautiful” woman, or belladonna, who sits at the water’s edge with rocks at her feet. Reversed (rotated 180̊), she is a woman not to be trusted, a femme fatale. Belladonna is also the scientific term for the poisonous nightshade plant. Visually, this card aligns with Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks (a/k/a Lady of the Rocks, 1486); see Tarot Deck: Queen of Cups, William Rider & Sons (1909).
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| Tarot Deck: Queen of Cups, William Rider & Sons (1909) |
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| Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks (1486) |
51. THE MAN WITH THREE STAVES: See Waite, Tarot†: The Three of Wands shows a “calm, stately personage, with his back turned, looking from a cliff's edge at ships passing over the sea.” He has three staves and is called the “merchant prince.” Compare the merchant introduced as a separate card, at line 52.
THE WHEEL: See Waite, Tarot†: The Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot deck, represents cycles of change, e.g., winter to spring. See also the wheel being turned at line 320.
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*see note 0.1 †see note 46
THE WHEEL: See Waite, Tarot†: The Wheel of Fortune card in the Tarot deck, represents cycles of change, e.g., winter to spring. See also the wheel being turned at line 320.
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*see note 0.1 †see note 46
