Rosanne
venicebard said:I still say, would he not simply have meant "blessing" to most people in tarot's day? especially since his hand is raised in same (in the holy Marseilles, though not perhaps south of the Alps).
Yes well I agree with you on this VB! It is card 5 and a natural place for the Blessing Hand- if one was trying to find a natural order for the cards. Like the Natural order for where Death would be is 13 and the Hanged Man at 12 (the 12th man Judas). I think this 'Natural order' could tell us much if anyone could work it out. Perhaps you? You see the Devil is at Natural order at 15 I reckon-Thrice blasphemed !
I went to Milan to do exactly this Only the Sforza Castle archives on printed matter was closed for renovations and I could not see anything. I had written to them- prior to the trip and they had said I was welcome to look at their collection- even with their letter- it did not work out. Poo Bah!(Have fun searching further wells, R.)
~Rosanne