Monday, October 13, 2008

Analytical Eye Spy - Major Arcana

Top to bottom, the imagery I see in my deck of cards

0 - The Fool
  • large yellow moon, top right
  • black earth, bottom left
  • blue sky between the two
  • blond-haired, blue-eyed boy (nymph) running from the moon to the earth
  • definite feeling of movement of earth and sky from top left to bottom right
  • boy wearing crown of lotus flowers, blue vest with feathered cap sleeves and multi-colored buttons with a feathered skirt
  • triangle emblem on vest
  • carrying a green square purse with a blue oval symbol in the middle (the universe?) in one hand and a large flower resembling cotton in the other
  • shadows (reflections?) of the flower trail in the top left corner
  • rainbow streaks in the earth and sky... very Starry Night
  • wearing red slippers with a large rose on the toe
  • the Hebrew letter Aleph is on the shoe
  • a wolf is running next to the boy


I - The Magus
  • yellow infinity swirl of magic
  • masked magician
  • "the hand is quicker than the eye" - the magicians hands are pointing three different directions in a sort of lambda configuration
  • black vs. white robes
  • man vs. woman - magician is androgynous
  • all four elements on a block: full cup top center, sword and wand crossed in center, coin shining at bottom center.
  • symbol for Mercury on the bottom front of the block
  • swirling red and green pools at the feet of the magician
  • The Hebrew letter Bet/Vet in the bottom center of the card

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