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For various reasons, including a totally different discussion by Holmes (Decanates in the tarot minors) which focussed on astrological correlations made by various people with the minors, I was reflecting on how various images in the Major Arcana may have been seen astrologically by eyes differently lensed, without GD or other influences.
For this, I looked through various astrological texts which include some early woodcuts, and this (as well as a few others) correlations emerged: The image in XI - La Force seems to combine, in the serenity of her face, depictions so reminiscent of Virgo, who stands, as in the zodiac, behind Leo. Here, then, are two signs possibly combined in imagery.
This combined symbology, incidentally, is further possible given some of the statue depictions of the Phrygian origins within the Roman Empire, in which Cybele (possibly linked with Virgo through the ear of corn) is depicted with leonine beasts at hand.
For this, I looked through various astrological texts which include some early woodcuts, and this (as well as a few others) correlations emerged: The image in XI - La Force seems to combine, in the serenity of her face, depictions so reminiscent of Virgo, who stands, as in the zodiac, behind Leo. Here, then, are two signs possibly combined in imagery.
This combined symbology, incidentally, is further possible given some of the statue depictions of the Phrygian origins within the Roman Empire, in which Cybele (possibly linked with Virgo through the ear of corn) is depicted with leonine beasts at hand.