cherrynukacola wrote:Interesting. Is he thrusting his hand down the lion's throat? Traditionally on the strength card one is wrestling the lion's mouth closed (or open, depending on your perspective). Looking forward to seeing how they re-interpret the rest!
Actually, there are 3
interpretations in the early strength card in the Tarot. A loin and a man about to attack a unseen enemy, a women holding a loin's mouth open and the other is a women breaking a stone pillar. It seems the second one won out in history.
Is it me or does the Death card looks like he is wearing pantyhose? I wonder if they were looking at the Marseile-Conver-1760 when they made their interpretation?
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You have to remember some of these card painters were a bit sloppy. This one is a bit better. The
Death card is an interesting card.
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They say because it's the 13th card in the Tarot deck that is why it became an unlucky number. No 13th floor in buildings and so on.... I try not to go into the meaning of the cards. I try to just look into the history of the symbolism within the cards, but the death card is not a bad card. It basically just means there is going to be some change in your life. I do like the older versions of the death card. There are 2. One with a skeleton with a bow and the other is a skeleton riding a horse with a sickle about to chop some heads. I don't like the modern "Rider-Waite" death card. That guy changed so much of the old symbolism within the Tarot cards, but we are stuck with it and now it's accepted. Lets put a wallpaper of pomegranates behind the "The High Priestess" Yea, that's a great idea.