Six of Cups

 

Naked and vulnerable,a child returns to the awesome Great Mother. To overcome an impasse,the six invokes a usable psychological technique:the inner return to childhood. Hidden memories of childhood impelled the ancients to visualize their divine ancestors as giants,which is how every child sees adults. Therefore,the primal Great Mother was a giantess,a mountain,or a pyramidal tomb-womb,in humanity’s legendary Golden Age (the period of dependency),when law was based on maternal blood bonds. Such a psychic return means deep memory,old fears,loves,and longings,living in the past,or searching the past for help,seeking Mother-wisdom.