posted April 09, 2009 06:10 PM           

When I search for the meaning to this word for you, I get a picture of a national dress with ornate sleeves. I think the structure of the sleeves is what I am to focus on. They are pleated. The pleats start near the shoulder and open to show an inner variation of colour as the pleat lies the length of the arm. The pleat is then sewn closed at the wrist band. The pleats go right around the volumious sleeve in parallel lines of splits.

If to be taken literally, the sleeve is worn like a flag - cultural pride, and a mark of one's roots.

If to be taken as a metaphor, the sleeve is predominantly white and the colour inside the striations of pleats is reddish. I think the sleeve is your 'heart'.

I think the symbolism is to do with the old saying 'wearing your heart on your sleeve'.

I could delve more if you like - hope this throws some light.

posted April 10, 2009 01:52 PM           

I tried to google it too. I can't find any latin/italian related ones other than this:

scap·u·lar (skpy-lr)
n.
1. A monk's sleeveless outer garment that hangs from the shoulders and sometimes has a cowl.
2. A badge worn by affiliates of certain religious orders, consisting of two pieces of cloth joined by shoulder bands and worn under the clothing on the chest and back.
3. One of the feathers covering the shoulder of a bird.
adj. Anatomy also scap·u·lar·y (-lr)
Of or relating to the shoulder or scapula.

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[Middle English scapulare, from Late Latin scapulre, from neuter of scapulris, pertaining to the shoulders or scapulae, from scapula, shoulder; see scapula.]

Any garment connections seem to be sleeve-less and it may even be unconnected to your word.

I just googled 'unus' to perhaps understand the difference and got:

Definition of Unus
JM Latin-English Dictionary

ADJ
alone| a single/sole; some| some one; only (pl.); one set of (denoting enity) unusquisque PRON 1 0 NOM

And the only translation I can find for 'scap'is:

Babylon English-Russian

âåðõîâíûé ãëàâíîêîìàíäóþùèé îáúåäèíåííûìè âîîðóæåííûìè ñèëàìè ÍÀÒÎ

The only translation I can get from that by my search is:

'clasp your worried mind', then something to do with a camera/photo - so yeah, I have no idea if that is right or what that would mean if anything. Maybe it's just my 'prompt'. If that opening statement is to do with me then maybe I'm trying too hard to find you a meaning, lol. Can you read it?

When I search, I need a starting point and I just look and I see somehwere kind of in front but kind of peripherally but up. I don't move my eyes. I don't like distractions but can tolerate some if I have to. I usually have to trance slightly I guess.

The sensation I get when I 'look' is a low band that presses across from around my temporal lobes and then over my forehead. I think I get that feeling when I focus on this kind of peripheral picture. Its not so much a normal side peripheral view its kind of an overlay and I find it is often slightly to the right and up a bit but close to my forehead. It's not outside my head though, that's just where I seem to look and it's kind of hard to explain.

So, I guess really. I like to give these things a go but in the end it is up to you to discard it if you think it is trash. I'm just trying to help - maybe it just makes things worse.

So, true to my nature(teehee) I'll just carry on...

Ok, so in my attempt to look further with what I have started out with, that is that sleeve/heart thing, I'll tarot mentally a bit and see if I get any further impressions.

Yes well so the tarot in 3 card is:

6cups/fool
ace pentacles
wheel of fortune

Now the words I get accompanying these is
'ragabond' (not vagabond)
'rolex'
'band of high hopes' or 'first rate piece'

As you see there are two cards in combo so I'm thinking a start to life(childhood) that was austere but colourful and certainly a necessary part in your value formation. You know the value of things, you're not a waster, you have a grass roots assessment of worth and preservation of things of quality. And I'm seeing colour, bright primary deep colours like you would have in flags - and its cultural.

(And really, I'm being flooded with impressions as I type, because I think that some readings can just open vistas at times and can certainly be read simultaneously on several levels. What I mean by that, is that you can have the mundane/everyday(and several versions of this), the divinitory, the psyche, the metaphysical, the way distant past, and maybe even soul/spirit levels at times). And I feel an anxiety in this reading akin to how Percival(was it?) had to walk a bridge of faith or some such and it was narrow, invisible, and reliant on his own purity of vision. So, to put it plainly I feel compelled in your case to walk carefully - not because I am frightened of being outcasted on this site or by you, but because I am feeling a distinct reverence to greater things - very impressive. Good for you.

Now the second part is to do with a glittering piece of 'treasure' and I got the accompanying 'rolex watch' as a signature symbol. And I feel that this is to mark, as it would in real life, some kind of milestone - and I think perhaps there is inner and outer dimensions to that imagery of course. So perhaps in your working life you have achieved some kind of acknowledgement of dedicated service and will be receiving something of note. On another level, spiritually you have done well - brownie points in the metaphysia! The brownie points don't go hand in hand with everyone that gets an acclaimation of that calibre in working life, however with the feel and combination of the cards - this is so in your case.

The third part typifies the rhetorical nature of symbol/image translation. 'band of high hopes' and 'first rate piece' I guess pointing to much promise - inherent worth that has a rolling momentum. Basically a fortunate future. And 'time' is a consistent theme in each of the cards. So I guess you will be experiencing many occurrences of things just falling into place, perfect timing - and as I said, again this idea is accompanied by a thousand events - that is my impression. And there is travel involved but stops and starts as you find your way - there is a journey here - a voyage of discovery to come.

In summary and relating to the scapunus imagery, you wear your heart on your sleeve with total honesty - people recognise your truly good nature - you have been reared with(though severe at times)with excellent principles - and there is pride in your upbringing. I know I have touched on this before in your passport dream and I think still there is some kind of unacceptance on your part to do with where you are from, the specifics of your 'cultural inheritance', perhaps even your physical/facial characteristics. And this current stuff is again about inheritance. I'm not sure specifically, but if you don't receive a birthright related inheritance of considerable worth then I think you will still come into this fortune because essentially the universe will 'fill in the gaps'.

The 'striations' of the pleats in the sleeve imagery point to scores on you spiritually/emotionally. But you are strong and this scoring/rents are unified within the gorgeous structure of your metaphysical heart. So truly you are aristocratic on a spiritual level -well done. The arduous trials of emotional distress had seriously been a lot to bear and you have questioned your beauty - I think. You can set those concerns aside - the 'someones' are pleased out there.

posted April 10, 2009 06:55 PM           

'suncusp' that's interesting, sounds apt and important. I can appreciate the interconnection of many factors and their relevance; makes life such a buzz when you're open to possibilities.

posted April 26, 2009 12:45 PM         

for some reason this came to mind ..
~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kiev_warmuseum_070611_01.jpg ~
and another similar one .. statue of a women .. from Volgograd .. ( previously Stalingrad )
~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mutter_Heimat.jpg ~

posted April 26, 2009 01:04 PM         

I think this mystery will be solved too eventually

posted April 26, 2009 01:35 PM         

(from ~ http://www.medianfilms.com/ ~ )

" ..This is exactly the area where Herodotus’ Amazons are supposed to have migrated after they teamed up with the young Scythian men. Albeit archaeologists have found weapons within the graves of Sarmatian women, they are not the kinds of weapons one would expect Herodotus’ Oiorpata or man-killers to have – the only fighting weapons found are bent swords, thus suggesting ritual use. In the town of Pokrovka, Russia, near the Kazakhstan border, a different team of archaeologists have unearthed the 2,500-year-old remains of Sarmatian women alongside an array of weapons and other articles of war. There is clear and undeniable evidence that there were women warriors, though no doubt some were also priestesses, living in the steppe regions north of the Black Sea during Classical Greek times. An estimated 25% of Scythian and Sarmatian warrior graves found in the Ukraine belong to women. The oldest Amazon grave documented has been found in ancient Colchis (eastern Georgia), which dates from the end of the second millennium BC. .. "

posted April 26, 2009 02:58 PM         

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...the sword belt is a symbol of importance and status...one's sword belt reflected their place in society... http://home.centurytel.net/westernhorde/sword.html

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Sword Dream Meaning

Psychological Meaning: A sword can represent aggression but also discrimination, truth and justice. Attacking someone with a sword may indicate hostility towards that person or what they represent and being stabbed represents your feeling that you’ve been defeated over something. A sword can also be a phallic symbol.

Mystical Meaning: As a symbol of truth, the sword is your consciousness that frees itself from the ‘devouring mother’ aspect of the unconscious. This symbol for the process of individuation often occurs in myths and stories in which the hero slays the dragon or demon with his sword.
]http://www.dreamsleep.net/sword-dream-interpretation.html

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nothing about the belt ...

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Some belts still mixed utility with decoration - the most famous probably being the coronation belt of the Shah of Iran dating back to at least the 17th century AD. Not only does it carry a sword but it has one enormous emerald and some two hundred diamonds on a band of solid gold. The bling bling quotient of a belt denoted status. Tutankhamun's attendants wore plain cloth while Tutankhamun's belt was heavily studded with garnets. Belts were so important that even over the first bandages around the waist of his mummy was a belt of gold with glazed beads.

The belt was so revered in its role in victory that the Mongols sealed alliances with the exchange of belts and the Franks believed a man took on the power of his enemy once he had seized the enemy's belt.

Dreaming of belts?
Interestingly in dream interpretation a belt, particularly an ornate one, symbolises power. Garuda's Dream Dictionary tells us how: the belt, especially if featured in a man's dream, is a symbol of erotic needs for dominance over others; dreaming of finding a belt means you are winning the trust of someone, dreaming of the loss of a belt signals woe in love matters; and coming across an old belt in a dream means that all efforts and struggles are pointless.
]http://www.onceuponabelt.com/all_about_belts.php

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