Meaning of the Peacock in the Persian Tarot

3rd card depicting an animal, this one is neutral, although it always evokes the arrival of a piece of news. This message embodied by the Peacock may take the form of a postal letter, an email or quite simply a verbal announcement from a person who is close or a stranger. When it is described as neutral, meaning more precisely that it is neither positive nor negative, the scope of this message will therefore depend on the other cards that are combined with the Peacock during the reading. Like a good many tarots, the one named Persian Indira likes to conceal its revelations and predictions of the future behind the surface aspect of the characters or subjective figures.

But this one is a touch mystical, for it borrows enormously from the local traditions specific to India and South-East Asia in general. Within this rather unconventional tarot, the Peacock thus stands as a messenger. A bearer of good or bad news, this Asian bird with plumage as colourful as it is brilliant, and a tail so long that it can spread it into a crystallised solar wheel, is also the herald of the possible surprise visit of a loved one we may not have seen for a very long time. The background of the card depicting the Peacock is of a fuchsia pink that is most revealing when one knows that this colour symbolises seduction and romanticism, as well as candour and ingenuousness.

During a divinatory reading, the Peacock Card is therefore a sign that we will not be long in receiving a piece of news. Whether good or bad will depend on the cards surrounding the Peacock, but it would seem that we will very soon have a visit from a distant person. Although we may seem delighted at the announcement of this sudden visit, the card nonetheless urges us not to show naivety and good feelings.

Keywords: Announcement, Message, Revelations, Visit, Surprise, Innocence