WolfyJames
The Gothic Tarot by Vargo - The Greenman
When I bought The Gothic Tarot, I also acquired Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards at the same moment. The woman (Christine Filipak) who made Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards works very closely with Vargo. She wrote the LWB that comes with The Gothic, made the package. Vargo worked too on the Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards; it is written at the back of the LWB, that the artwork is by her and him.
I'm saying that because I noticed similarities between the two decks. Like the red bloody design on the aces, that same design is in the Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards. Her style is different from his. Actually, the red bloody design on the aces is her style more than his.
I also discovered this week, while working on the Knave Of Cups, another detail. There is some face engraved on the side of the building, and I thought: "I have seen this face before". I went through the deck, and found it again on The Fool, the guardians of the arch.
I also bought wicca books this week, and incidently, was reading one at the same time. It was mentionning the Greenman, that it is: "another name for the God, as in his kingdom of the forest".
Then it clicked in my head. I knew where I had seen this. I went throught my Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards and found the Greenman, with the exact same design as in The Gothic Vargo, the engraved figures on the Knave Of Cups and The Fool. The card has more her style than his. It is written in the LWB: "the greenman is the guardian of the forest, thus he represents a deep reverence for all living thing and a love of the outdoors; the forces of nature favor you".
So the Greenman (the God) appears twice in The Gothic Tarot, on the Knave Of Cups and The Fool. Is it purely for aesthestic purposes or does it have a deeper meaning? Right now, this is the question I'm asking myself, and I haven't found any answer yet.
When I bought The Gothic Tarot, I also acquired Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards at the same moment. The woman (Christine Filipak) who made Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards works very closely with Vargo. She wrote the LWB that comes with The Gothic, made the package. Vargo worked too on the Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards; it is written at the back of the LWB, that the artwork is by her and him.
I'm saying that because I noticed similarities between the two decks. Like the red bloody design on the aces, that same design is in the Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards. Her style is different from his. Actually, the red bloody design on the aces is her style more than his.
I also discovered this week, while working on the Knave Of Cups, another detail. There is some face engraved on the side of the building, and I thought: "I have seen this face before". I went through the deck, and found it again on The Fool, the guardians of the arch.
I also bought wicca books this week, and incidently, was reading one at the same time. It was mentionning the Greenman, that it is: "another name for the God, as in his kingdom of the forest".
Then it clicked in my head. I knew where I had seen this. I went throught my Madame Eudora's Fortune Cards and found the Greenman, with the exact same design as in The Gothic Vargo, the engraved figures on the Knave Of Cups and The Fool. The card has more her style than his. It is written in the LWB: "the greenman is the guardian of the forest, thus he represents a deep reverence for all living thing and a love of the outdoors; the forces of nature favor you".
So the Greenman (the God) appears twice in The Gothic Tarot, on the Knave Of Cups and The Fool. Is it purely for aesthestic purposes or does it have a deeper meaning? Right now, this is the question I'm asking myself, and I haven't found any answer yet.