Keywords: Feathers of Fire. Mirror of the Forest. Pride Before Breath.

Peacock unfurls not just its feathers but its encoded history—an iridescent symbol stretching from mystic halls to ancient forests, carrying the scent of violet flame and verdant grief. Peacock feathers dipped in ash and blooming anew.

Born of St. Germain's transmutational fire and Magdalene's rose wisdom, the Peacock once dazzled as a symbol of divine royalty and cosmic remembrance. A living mandala of renewal, it stood for beauty earned—not bought.

But now it stands trembling in a deforested clearing. The Peacock whispers of false pride—the kind that chops trees because their wildness threatens conformity, the kind that burns breath for comfort and calls it survival. Its tail, once a fan of alchemical grace, can also become a distraction: shimmering beauty that masks ecological amnesia.

This card speaks with the voice of the Amazon and Indonesian canopy spirits. It says: the lungs of the Earth are weary. Their CO₂ cups are full, their roots trembling, their kin gone silent. When the Peacock struts without soul, the forest falls. But when it bows—offering its eyes not for attention, but for witnessing—then magic begins again. The dead, the trees, and the ancestors now speak through it: return to reverence, or lose your breath entirely. 

Upright: Sacred visibility, transmuted ego, ecological remembrance, beauty as offering. Show your light with humility. Let your voice be a stand for what cannot speak. 

Reversed: Performance over presence, prideful ignorance, participation in destruction through denial. Examine what you're showing off—and what it may be covering. Where are your roots in this story?