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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Coloring

Hi

It's about Tarot cards. Precisely the court cards.

The instruction says: Select cards that represent you one of two ways: 1 age and coloring, 2 astrological sign.

Below are described:

King of Clubs: Brown, curly, wavy hair; green or blue eyes

Oueen of clubs .....................

--- Does "coloring" mean the color of my skin (complexion)?

So I'm supposed to choose cards that either represent me by my age and coloring (complexion) or astrological sign?

--- I suppose that "Brown, curly, wavy hair" all refer to the King's hair, right? So he had/has brown hair, it's curly and wavy. Is that right?

EDIT: actually I think that the card, not his hair, is brown.

Thanks
  

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Newguest --- Does "coloring" mean the color of my skin (complexion)? From the information you give, "coloring" seems to refers to hair and eyes, though without seeing all the other options it's hard to tell if that's its complete scope. Newguest So I'm supposed to choose cards that either represent me by my age and coloring (complexion) or astrological sign?

— Mr Wordy

  • Newguest --- Does "coloring" mean the color of my skin (complexion)?
  • From the information you give, "coloring" seems to refers to hair and eyes, though without seeing all the other options it's hard to tell if that's its complete scope.
  • Newguest So I'm supposed to choose cards that either represent me by my age and coloring (complexion) or astrological sign?
  • Yes, I think so.
  • Newguest --- I suppose that "Brown, curly, wavy hair" all refer to the King's hair, right?
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Newguest--- Does "coloring" mean the color of my skin (complexion)?
From the information you give, "coloring" seems to refers to hair and eyes, though without seeing all the other options it's hard to tell if that's its complete scope.
NewguestSo I'm supposed to choose cards that either represent me by my age and coloring (complexion) o
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Hi

Other cards are:

Queen of Clubs: Brown, wavy hair; fair skin. Sign of Aries. (fire)

Jack of Clubs : Young man/woman; brown hair; fair skin. Sign of Sagittarius (fire)

Page (tarot only): Child; brown hair; fair. No sign.

--- Does this "fair" here mean "fair skin"?

Court of Cups

King of Hearts: Older man; strong, powerful;
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NewguestPage (tarot only): Child; brown hair; fair. No sign.
--- Does this "fair" here mean "fair skin"?
By itself, "fair" can mean fair-haired or fair-skinned, or, since the two often go together, both. If the semicolons are supposed to mean "and", then "fair" must mean fair-skinned otherwise it would contradict "brown hair". If the semicolons are suppose
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Mr Wordy It is not clear to me which way one is supposed to read it, and in both cases the combination "brown hair; fair" seems slightly odd. "brown hair and fair" seems contradictory while "brown hair or fair" seems too wide to be useful.

So "fair" in this case is probably the color of the skin. Brown hair and fair skin. Of course it cannot be (at
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Do there seem to be separate choices for all four combinations of brown/fair hair and dark/fair skin?
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I'm not sure what you're asking about, but for:

King of Clubs, Queen of Clubs, Jack of Clubs it says: fair skin.

Then we have: Page, and it says only "fair" after a semicolon.

Then we have:

King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Jack of Hearts and Page and it all says just "fair" for them.

King of Hearts - older man; strong, powerful; fair.

Queen of
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NewguestI'm not sure what you're asking about
If your interpretation of "brown hair and fair skin" is correct, then it seems reasonable to expect there to be other cards covering all four possible combinations of brown/fair hair and dark/fair skin. The other interpretation is that it means dark or fair children; i.e. children of any complexion.
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Hi

I asked this question one guy who knows how to read Tarot and he replied:



It's just meant to be a general guide. "Fair" could mean lighter skin, hair, and, OR eyes. Pick the card to represent you that feels most appropriate. Don't over-think it.

So it sounds like "fair" can mean anything?
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NewguestSo it sounds like "fair" can mean anything?
See my earlier reply: "By itself, "fair" can mean fair-haired or fair-skinned, or, since the two often go together, both."
NewguestPick the card to represent you that feels most appropriate. Don't over-think it.
That is fine with "fair" by itself. However, the problems with
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Mr Wordy However, the problems with "Child; brown hair; fair" remain.

Probably he didn't know himself what to do with it
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