Meaning: Weary from battle, but prepared to fight on. (Wikipedia)
Depiction: Ahab seated in his cabin, being fitted by the carpenter for a new whalebone leg after damaging it in the process of returning from the Samuel Enderby. Eight harpoons are propped against the wall behind him: he holds one for support.
Text: Chapter 108- Ahab and the Carpenter
Yes, I have heard something curious on that score, sir; how that a dismasted man never entirely loses the feeling of his old spar, but it will be still pricking him at times. May I humbly ask if it be really so, sir?
It is, man. Look, put thy live leg here in the place where mine once was; so, now, here is only one distinct leg to the eye, yet two to the soul. Where thou feelest tingling life; there, exactly there, there to a hair, do I. Is’t a riddle?
It is, man. Look, put thy live leg here in the place where mine once was; so, now, here is only one distinct leg to the eye, yet two to the soul. Where thou feelest tingling life; there, exactly there, there to a hair, do I. Is’t a riddle?
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Note: With this entry I have started to cite other sources for tarot meanings apart from The Ultimate Guide to Tarot, to get a more rounded perspective on the cards. I have noted my sources above.
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