In Ciro Marchetti's Legacy of the Divine Tarot, the Nine of Cups shows sparkling fruitful abundance, the promise of juiciness, bliss and contentment. This card corresponds astrologically with Jupiter (expansion) in Pisces (oceanic love and mysticism), and, fortuitously, Jupiter transits Pisces right now. +++
The image on this card makes a wonderful depiction of La Tavola di San Giuseppe . Waverly Fitzgerald describes it as a room in the house or garage set aside on this day to be
"transformed in the days before the feast with branches of green myrtle and glossy bay leaves, decked with oranges and lemons and golden breads in all sorts of fanciful shapes: moons and stars, jasmine flowers, pods bursting with fava beans, roses and fish and bunches of grapes, roosters (to let the world know of the birth of Christ), sheaves of wheat (for abundance), hazelnuts, bouquets, wreaths of flowers, birds making love and angels sounding trumpets..."
Breads for the Holy Family are set on the first tier of a bountiful altar, and
"the second level is decorated with flowers, crystal pitchers of wine and panini. The third level holds the cup for the Host completely decorated in bread and on the very top a picture of the Holy Family. Several large glass bowls full of goldfish sit on a throw rug before the altar..." Read on at School of the Seasons
Bountiful Blessings to All!
