Petr Krylov - Tarot and Medici Solitaire. Gallery of examples стр 12.

Fig. 2.9.1 Nine of Cups perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. Absolute happiness.227

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Fig. 2.9.2 Nine of Cups perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. Feeling so high, you could fly.228

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Fig. 2.9.3 Nine of Cups completeness, perfection of feelings, emotions. At one with Nirvana. Religious ecstasy.229

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Fig. 2.9.4 Nine of Cups completeness, perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. Delight. "Bursting with joy."230

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Fig. 2.9.5 Nine of Cups completeness, perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. "Soaring with happiness". "Jumping with delight".231

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Fig. 2.9.6 Nine of Cups completeness, perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. "To die of happiness." It's sooooooo great being a cat! What a life!

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Fig. 2.9.7 Nine of Cups exaggeration, taking feelings, emotions to an extreme ("to the max"). A comedian, buffoon, clown. Charlie Chaplin, Jim Carrey, Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, Anna Faris, Mike Myers, Danny DeVito, Johnny Depp and others.232

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Fig. 2.9.8 Nine of Cups completeness, perfection of feelings, emotions, memories. Virtuoso actors. Masters of conveying their emotions and feelings to the camera, the microphone. Brad Pitt, Vin Diesel, Will Smith, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and others.233

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The distinctive feature of the Nine of Cups is its extreme degree of manifestation.

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Moreover, due to the intensity of its manifestation, the Nine of Cups often triggers the manifestation of the One or the Five of Cups. Just like lightning in the sky provokes a clap of thunder and a fire. Although one accompanies the other these are different events and cards.

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With regard to memories, the Nine of Cups resembles a certain, often illusory, ideal of perception.

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For instance, certain lines from A.S. Pushkin's poem "I remember a wonderful moment " 234vividly illustrate the Nine of Cups.

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Ten of Cups

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The wife goes off on a business trip. The husband and cat stay at home.

Day One:

The cat goes up to its feed bowl:

Yuuuuuuuck buckwheat

It snorts and refuses to eat.

Comes up the day next:

Yuck-yuck-yuck yesterday's buckwheat

Jerks its tail indignantly and leaves.

On the third day:

Yum! Buckwheat!!!

And quickly devours everything without a trace.

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"Tens", according to the Kabbalah, are transformation, metamorphosis, transition to a new state.

Cups (Hearts) are emotions, feelings, memories.

So, the Ten of Cups is a transformation, metamorphosis, transition to a new state of feelings, emotions, memories.

For example, this corresponds to expressions such as "to be reborn", "to become a different person", "spiritual rebirth".

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Fig. 2.10.1 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Meditation, yoga, prayer as a process of spiritual transformation. 235

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Fig. 2.10.2 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Prayer. "To be born in the spirit".236

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Fig. 2.10.3 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. "To become a different person".237

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Fig. 2.10.4 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Prayer.238

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Fig. 2.10.5 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Communion as a means of spiritual transformation.239

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Fig. 2.10.6 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Initiation.240

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Fig. 2.10.7 Ten of Cups transformation, metamorphosis, transition of feelings into a new state. "Polar Bear". "To become a different person".241