depths · the unconscious · the unknown · what lies beneath
Upright
The sea cave goes deeper than daylight can follow, and what lives in there is older than words. You are being drawn into the depths of yourself — the unconscious, the ancestral, the parts of you that have never seen the light. Do not be afraid. The sea cave is not a prison; it is a womb.
Reversed
You are either avoiding the depths entirely or have been down there so long you have forgotten the sky. The unconscious is a place to visit, not to live. If you are drowning in your own depths, swim for the surface. The light is still there.
Irish lore
The sea caves of the Irish coast — at the Cliffs of Moher, the Skelligs, the Aran Islands — were liminal places where the ocean breathed in and out like a living thing. In lore, sea caves were entrances to the Otherworld beneath the waves, where Manannán held court.
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