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I've been getting a good number of questions from people about where some things in the cards came from or what they mean in the image. I had originally planned to do a proper little white book with the deck detailing the images but as so many people wanted the story that was written in the thread I let that be the book with the deck. Here are some notes about where things came from and how they came to be in the cards. Feel free to chime in with meanings, ways you see the cards or really anything at all.
Starting off the Lenormand decks I used for reference were the Blue Owl, the LS 1890 reproduction and the Piatnik. Of course the only tarot deck I used was the 1910 Pam A that I had scanned in at in insane 1600dpi about two years ago. For books about the only one I could use was Steinbach's Secrets of the Lenormand and it was where most of the astrological symbols came out of. Quality control and making sure it never got to far into the realm of tarot , as you shall read about some of the cards, was my creative muse Rena George. SO with all that in place onto the cards.
The Rider.
Meaning: News or announcements. People coming with information. New situations or people are coming to you.
The first image I ever had in mind for the deck was of the rider holding the caduceus. I had no idea if the rest of the deck would even work out, but this card I knew had to be done.
Here we have the horse from the Knight of Cups with the saddle removed showing, for me, that the news coming can be slightly unexpected. The rider upon it started his life on the 6 of Wands and was, for little bit, left with his regular head in tact. Because he was so familiar and I wanted him to have his own personality I replaced the head with that of the Page of Wands. The caduceus of course comes from the Two of Cups and the birds from the Knight of Swords. Reading the Secrets of the Lenormand book I wanted to work with the system that was built there so that is why the references to Mercury and Air which can come into play with using this card to get things more exact. The back sky and clouds is from the Page of Swords with the ground coming from the Page of Pentacles.
Starting off the Lenormand decks I used for reference were the Blue Owl, the LS 1890 reproduction and the Piatnik. Of course the only tarot deck I used was the 1910 Pam A that I had scanned in at in insane 1600dpi about two years ago. For books about the only one I could use was Steinbach's Secrets of the Lenormand and it was where most of the astrological symbols came out of. Quality control and making sure it never got to far into the realm of tarot , as you shall read about some of the cards, was my creative muse Rena George. SO with all that in place onto the cards.
The Rider.
Meaning: News or announcements. People coming with information. New situations or people are coming to you.
The first image I ever had in mind for the deck was of the rider holding the caduceus. I had no idea if the rest of the deck would even work out, but this card I knew had to be done.
Here we have the horse from the Knight of Cups with the saddle removed showing, for me, that the news coming can be slightly unexpected. The rider upon it started his life on the 6 of Wands and was, for little bit, left with his regular head in tact. Because he was so familiar and I wanted him to have his own personality I replaced the head with that of the Page of Wands. The caduceus of course comes from the Two of Cups and the birds from the Knight of Swords. Reading the Secrets of the Lenormand book I wanted to work with the system that was built there so that is why the references to Mercury and Air which can come into play with using this card to get things more exact. The back sky and clouds is from the Page of Swords with the ground coming from the Page of Pentacles.