Lee
Since (alas!) I can't afford the Gilded Tarot special edition, I've been spending time lately perusing the beautiful cards on Ciro's website. Last night I was really struck by the suit of Pentacles. The suit symbol, instead of the standard disk or coin, is a pentagon, i.e. a five-sided object.
I think this is an interesting choice. It brings in the symbolism of the number 5, as does the pentacle on the RWS, but without actually showing a pentagram, which might have occult or magickal connotations that the artist perhaps wished to avoid.
On the other hand, there is much circle symbolism in disks/pentacles which is missing in the Gilded pentagons.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this. Do you like the pentagons, or do you miss the disks/pentacles?
You can see the Pentacles suit of the Gilded Tarot here:
http://www.ciromarchetti.com/gilded_tarot/minor_pentacles.html
-- Lee
I think this is an interesting choice. It brings in the symbolism of the number 5, as does the pentacle on the RWS, but without actually showing a pentagram, which might have occult or magickal connotations that the artist perhaps wished to avoid.
On the other hand, there is much circle symbolism in disks/pentacles which is missing in the Gilded pentagons.
I'd love to hear others' thoughts on this. Do you like the pentagons, or do you miss the disks/pentacles?
You can see the Pentacles suit of the Gilded Tarot here:
http://www.ciromarchetti.com/gilded_tarot/minor_pentacles.html
-- Lee