One Deck Wonder
Satori
It looks like his crest...a shield with a crest.
Kissa
oh shit i still haven't got my scanner working so i cannot help you but with a lousy description.
the foot is on a beast head, maybe an oax (sp?) or a wildpig (much probably) but i was never able to even notice it before i got the universal. are the universal waite cards available on tarot.com? where you can see the whole deck, i mean... that would help.
it looks to me like a hunting trophy or something. sorry i cannot help more!
kissa
edited to add a pic from tarot.com (or at least trying to...)
the foot is on a beast head, maybe an oax (sp?) or a wildpig (much probably) but i was never able to even notice it before i got the universal. are the universal waite cards available on tarot.com? where you can see the whole deck, i mean... that would help.
it looks to me like a hunting trophy or something. sorry i cannot help more!
kissa
edited to add a pic from tarot.com (or at least trying to...)
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Grigori
I've attached some scans again of the King of Pentacles.
I've always thought of that thing under his foot as a stone carving of a bull's head. To me it seemed an animals head of some description, the snout and eyes are clear. It could be a few animals I guess, but given the bulls all over this card and its association with Taurus (if you think of the RWS Kings as Fixed signs, which to me they most certainly are), I assumed it was also a bull.
I had rather wondered about the significance of his foot resting on it, or perhaps trodding it into the earth... Thinking of it in that light the gardens surrounding the king look a little overgrown and perhaps neglected.
The II in comparison is rather neat. The garden has only tidy grapes and that little grape like spot in the left hand corner. Even the castles behind seem more clean and maintained. Perhaps the taurus tendency to be slow has allowed the garden to grow up around him and get a bit wild?
I've always thought of that thing under his foot as a stone carving of a bull's head. To me it seemed an animals head of some description, the snout and eyes are clear. It could be a few animals I guess, but given the bulls all over this card and its association with Taurus (if you think of the RWS Kings as Fixed signs, which to me they most certainly are), I assumed it was also a bull.
I had rather wondered about the significance of his foot resting on it, or perhaps trodding it into the earth... Thinking of it in that light the gardens surrounding the king look a little overgrown and perhaps neglected.
The II in comparison is rather neat. The garden has only tidy grapes and that little grape like spot in the left hand corner. Even the castles behind seem more clean and maintained. Perhaps the taurus tendency to be slow has allowed the garden to grow up around him and get a bit wild?
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Kissa
darn!!! similia was faster than me for attachments!!
well done, you, man with a hat...
kissa
ps: similia, where did you got the b&w image? from a book? i'd like to colour my own RWS for private use but cannot find the lines for the minors, just the majors...
well done, you, man with a hat...
kissa
ps: similia, where did you got the b&w image? from a book? i'd like to colour my own RWS for private use but cannot find the lines for the minors, just the majors...
Kissa
hi guys, as Jewel-ry already knows, i'm head over heels with the new fairytale tarot so i need some time-off to think, ponder and eventually reevaluate my commitment. i hope to get the international icon tarot early next week, meanwhile, i'm struggling...
anybody feeling like kicking my a**??
kissa
anybody feeling like kicking my a**??
kissa
Moonbow
I'm not involved with this study group but I happen to have a black and white scan of the Roy De Deniers for you, as you see his foot is raised and crossed as in a number 4.
Grigori
I scanned that one from the Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Waite. There is a website I have seen where you can download a zip file containing the line drawings to all the RWS cards. I don't seem to have kept the link nor the download itself I'm very sorry to say
Maybe someone else can point you in the right direction... It does exist though, do not give up hope
Maybe someone else can point you in the right direction... It does exist though, do not give up hope
bleuivy
Woops! I didn't see your post earlier joining our little group, Sulis. Welcome! I'm glad you've decided to join us!
Jewel-ry
similia said:
Maybe he is using the brick to squash the grape...making wine of course
I always thought he was quite a productive, enterprising guy!
