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This year on top of going back to school, working, and finishing up my training for my first degree in Alexandrian Wicca I thought why not try and go through the Woods...the woodcuts that make up the tarot of the Marseille...I need another thing to do. So with the aid of Nicky posting on here as time goes on... here we go…. Please be gentle…and feel free to jump in and comment.
Day One: I gotta admit at first I was not thrilled. I’ve always been a RWS guy myself with a little Tarot of Dreams tossed in. I know the history of the deck and kinda thought that some of it was people LOOKING for something that is not there. Like looking at a piece of toast and by turning it to the left a little and holding it just right of the light and squinting you can see Jesus. I have a copy of the Jean Noblet I got because I thought I had to have ONE Marseille in the collection and it might as well be that one, so despite not really being drawn to the art I thought it a good deck to have. So with me to work today went the little box as well as a copy of The Secrets of the Marseilles Tarot by Namron and Robert Place’s Tarot history book and on break I dug in…
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I thought the best way to approach the deck would be by color first, see if that brings any insight to the kinda homely looking card. Bam….did it ever. My brain hurts with just the use of color right now. Here is what I came up with based on just the colors:
Le Fov- The Fool can be seen at the beginning or the end of the journey and fits both. His bag is green in color representing the hope he carries with him, but to bring that hope he carries it on a staff that is red meaning that it is the hope that comes from pain, maybe loss (?). He has his battle scars, the blue in his collar lets us know that but he is still hopeful as it is ringed in green. Kinda one of those eternally optimistic persons. He path too is hopeful but a long and not without pain as seen in his red shoes. He carries with him the yellow staff of perseverance with him and the yellow also lets us know he has set his sites firm on the future. Following him along and ‘getting his attention’ is a little creature of awareness and understanding, while the fools tunic is one of a growing awareness this little creature is there to make sure he stays on task...or not.
That’s my first pass at the card. It’s not the more happy-go-lucky Fool of the RWS or the Cosmic Egg of the Thoth it’s a more world weary Fool but one that has his wits and will keep on trucking. Now I’m almost obsessed with this image of the Fool…..
Ohhhhhh who hear has read Namron’s book?…..if you have read it did you have to be ON mushrooms or just worship them…. My gods that’s a strange little tittle.
Day One: I gotta admit at first I was not thrilled. I’ve always been a RWS guy myself with a little Tarot of Dreams tossed in. I know the history of the deck and kinda thought that some of it was people LOOKING for something that is not there. Like looking at a piece of toast and by turning it to the left a little and holding it just right of the light and squinting you can see Jesus. I have a copy of the Jean Noblet I got because I thought I had to have ONE Marseille in the collection and it might as well be that one, so despite not really being drawn to the art I thought it a good deck to have. So with me to work today went the little box as well as a copy of The Secrets of the Marseilles Tarot by Namron and Robert Place’s Tarot history book and on break I dug in…
http://0uterspace.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/le-fov.jpg
I thought the best way to approach the deck would be by color first, see if that brings any insight to the kinda homely looking card. Bam….did it ever. My brain hurts with just the use of color right now. Here is what I came up with based on just the colors:
Le Fov- The Fool can be seen at the beginning or the end of the journey and fits both. His bag is green in color representing the hope he carries with him, but to bring that hope he carries it on a staff that is red meaning that it is the hope that comes from pain, maybe loss (?). He has his battle scars, the blue in his collar lets us know that but he is still hopeful as it is ringed in green. Kinda one of those eternally optimistic persons. He path too is hopeful but a long and not without pain as seen in his red shoes. He carries with him the yellow staff of perseverance with him and the yellow also lets us know he has set his sites firm on the future. Following him along and ‘getting his attention’ is a little creature of awareness and understanding, while the fools tunic is one of a growing awareness this little creature is there to make sure he stays on task...or not.
That’s my first pass at the card. It’s not the more happy-go-lucky Fool of the RWS or the Cosmic Egg of the Thoth it’s a more world weary Fool but one that has his wits and will keep on trucking. Now I’m almost obsessed with this image of the Fool…..
Ohhhhhh who hear has read Namron’s book?…..if you have read it did you have to be ON mushrooms or just worship them…. My gods that’s a strange little tittle.