Medghadutam: The Cloud Messenger

The corners of the card are covered by turquoise black and gray rain clouds that are accompanied by the larger rain clouds in the center of the card. The larger black rain clouds have electric blue text within them and are surrounded by gold streaks of lightning and blue raindrops drizzling on the couple placed on the bottom left of the card. A young couple, the man in a traditional suit and tie, holds hands with his lover who is clad in a blue sari. On the right of the card, a yellow arrow points to the right of the card, suggesting that the viewer should swipe to know more.

The eroticism of the rains in India is often symbolized as A Rain Cloud bursting with Desire

Rim jhim gire sawan sulach sulagh jaaye yeh mann"

Where did it start?

In the center of the card, a dark rain cloud looms, streaked with golden lightning forking around it. Turquoise blue and gold clouds border the top of the card, resembling a rainy cloudy sky. Against the inky sky, a reddish-pink asura or demon kneels down, grinning as he gazes upon the naked form of a woman in the bottom right corner. The woman, depicted in traditional Indian miniature style, reclines bare-breasted against a red and gold pillow. Her body is adorned with pearls, and she luxuriates in the suggestive white raindrops falling upon her from the darkened black cloud above.

In the 4th-5th century, Kalidasa wrote his famous poem Meghdootam (The Cloud Messenger) 

In it a yaksha is banished for failing his duties. Exiled, he yearns for his wife. So he asks a raincloud to carry his message of longing Across the mountains and palaces, to where she waits alone,

"Ja re badra bair ja,  re ja re Piya ka sandesua la ri la"

In the upper left corner, in a traditional miniature Indian art style, a nude, bejeweled woman is depicted. Her flowing hair cascades behind her like a black storm cloud as she straddles a black rain cloud. Wet raindrops and tears surround her, enhancing the erotic visual of her 'riding' the cloud with eyes closed in ecstasy. Gold streaks of lightning crackle around her against the backdrop of a stormy, wet atmosphere. On the left and right corners of the card, turquoise green rain clouds gather. In the lower region of the card, against stormy turquoise clouds, a red sandstone palace is placed. On the lower right corner of the palace, four people are seen, two of them woo a bashful lady while the other dances in the rain. 

As you cross the city, O cloud, you will see:

Eager young lovers chase ladies through mansion halls, anxious to untie their waist-knots

And loosen their silk saris with their quick and clever hands.

Although these innocent ladies,

Whose lips are red as ripe bimba fruits, douse the tall flames of the lamps with fistfuls of sand,

Che golden lampstands, fitted with the most lustrous gems, continue to glow and give light.

A pale crescent moon is placed in the upper center of the card, with purple and reddish storm clouds floating around it. Against the stormy gray background, silvery white raindrops fall to the floor made of purple clouds. A golden bed is placed on the lower left side, with a white mattress and a thick red pillow on it. A saddened woman with flowing black hair in a saffron sari, sits sadly eagerly awaiting the return of her lover. She caresses herself while white tears flow freely from her face

Hidden behind her lashes, and heavy with tears of sadness, her eyes

Are like lotuses on a cloudy day, neither awake nor asleep, but darting

Here, there and back again to cool moonbeams of nectar that penetrate

The lattice window of our bedroom, reminding her of past pleasures.

The stormy grey background is dominated by dark, heavy storm clouds on the verge of bursting. In the upper right corner, a nude woman drawn in Indian miniature art style stands gracefully, holding a pink lotus. A thin, transparent veil partially covers her body. In the lower region of the card, a reddish-pink asura or demon kneels down with a mischievous grin, fixated on the naked form of a woman in the bottom right corner. This woman, also depicted in traditional Indian miniature style, reclines bare-breasted against a lavish red and gold pillow. Her body is adorned with pearls, and she appears to delight in the suggestive white raindrops falling upon her from the ominous black cloud above.

Ner left thigh, pale as the trunk of a mature plantain tree will throb, naked

Without the marks of love left by my nails, and deprived by force of fate

Of the pearl belt-string hanging from her waist

that she was so fond of wearing.

I remember massaging those thighs with my hands, softly after we made love.

In traditional miniature Indian art style, a nude, bejeweled woman is depicted. Her flowing hair cascades behind her like a black storm cloud as she straddles a purplish-red rain cloud. Wet raindrops create spiral patterns around her, enhancing the erotic visual of her 'riding' the cloud with eyes closed in ecstasy. Gold streaks of lightning crackle around her against the backdrop of a stormy, wet atmosphere.

And if at that moment, dear cloud, you find her fallen into a peaceful sleep,

Then quiet your thunder and stay by her side patiently for just one watch

Of the night, for in her dreams she may be holding me in a tight embrace,

And you mustn't let her slender arms slip so suddenly from my neck.

Against a stormy gray background on the card, bluish-green turquoise clouds border the top. In the center, there is a dark rain cloud, streaked with golden lightning. On the cloud, electric blue and yellow text is present. Blue suggestive raindrops fall from it, adding to the ‘wetness’ of the cards. 

Agents as romantic as the yaksha!

What message drenched with desire do you want the rain cloud to carry for you?