The Typeface Tarot - observing the cards - 22 readers wanted!

[EllieP]

Thanks, WolfDeca - I love the simplicity of this one. It is what it is, with no frills, as you say. Great!

[akumas7]

Hello
I'm in with te The Emperor if thats posible

Have a nice day

[EllieP]

Excellent! I'll add you to the list. Hoping to see some results soon as well.

[akumas7]

Okej this is what i feel about this card

You have to take the comend of your life, do not walk away from the things that have to bee done. You are the roller of your own life, so act like you are. You own the world.

Lol this was litel to strong maby and i do not know if it is the corekt mening i just sad what i felt

[EllieP]

I'm attaching the pic of the card for anyone reading the reply from akumas7 (thanks, A7!). He does look as if he's in command and things are non-negotiable, doesn't he!

[EllieP]

louiseb has posted her comments on the JUSTICE card in post 18 and I've added the image in post 19.

[DaisyDragonfly]

She's right there, right plumb in the middle of the card. Each word has its own line.

And yet, somehow it's not easy to see.

The capital 'T' that starts her title is bent over, incomplete, hidden; its bar becomes a veil. More veils, with the over-arching H, the continued line of the P. And those e's: such a common letter, yet they're staring upwards, searching through those veiled letters, peering into the white void at the top of the card...

It should all be so clear, but it's not.

You have to peer closer to see the secret of the High Priestess. See it? As with all things, at first glance it can seem inscrutable, but it's not until you look closer that you start to see the patterns. And those patterns? Well, they're the way the whole thing unravels.

Take a look at the T again, that bent-over and crouching letter. It appears again, hidden amongst the rest of the typeface. A little bigger and a little bolder in its disguise, as it happens...as if pretending to be something else allows it to be more truly itself.

(It speaks, then, of the disguise we all wear in our daily lives, the masks we wear as we go about in our roles as mothers and fathers, as sons and as daughters, as workers and breadwinners or carers or whatever it is we do. It shows us that those things are the things we become, but they're not what we truly are. It reminds us that spirit is more real - more lasting - than flesh).

Yes, there's the T, disguising itself as the H. As if doesn't trust itself as the definite article, doesn't like what it started out as being... it has to be more, has to become the adjective. Everybody lauds the adjectives; nobody takes notice of the definite article.

So what is this card? It's the card of nature versus nurture; of what we were born to be and of what we become. And the way in which we lose our self in that process... though, asks the card, is that always for the best?

(I don't know how to attach the image! EllieP, do you mind adding it into the thread?)

[EllieP]

Wey hey - lovely. I see things I hadn't seen. Thank you!

Image attached.

[EllieP]

Neat, tidy, even, controlled. These are the words that spring to mind as I look at the wording on the Temperance card.

There is a nice balance between the swirling nature of the T and the more censored style of the ‘r’ and the ‘e’, both of which could have had flourishes but forbore, in the interests of flow and harmony.

I notice that instead of swinging wildly across the whole continuum of the line it is written on, it stays within the middle ground, being moderate in the space it occupies. At the same time, it is not at the bottom of the space nor at the top but taking a reasonable position of being neither ecstatically high not depressingly low. This word would never be high as a kite, nor in the doldrums. It has flow and balance, both in its entirety and in each individual letter.

The initial flourish is tempered with a direct presentation of the rest of the word – yet as I look at it, it seems to transform itself into a sword hilt (the T) and a well-tempered blade thrusting towards the right, but in a really gentlemanly fashion, as if wishing to make a point without doing too much damage! Well, that’s my take on it, anyway

[AmberFox]

Hi I was very intrigued by these 22 cards so I would like to contribute.
Infact if its ok I would like to do The Star and The Moon Cards.
Let me know if thats ok.
Amber (ps I am not a new member I have just not been here for while)