Rusty Neon
Jodo-Camoin TdM: Those various mysterious little balls
Those little balls have intrigued and bugged me for a long time. Now we have Jodorowsky's take from his _ La voie du tarot _.
I'll start with the various balls in or near hands:
Those little balls have intrigued and bugged me for a long time. Now we have Jodorowsky's take from his _ La voie du tarot _.
I'll start with the various balls in or near hands:
- LE BATELEUR: The yellow ball the Magician is holding is a "receptive denier". It is a "miniature sun" and "symbolizes perfection, truth, but it also indicates that the Magician doesn't forget the everyday necessities". (p. 139)
- LE CHARIOT: The charioteer is hiding a white object in his left hand. "One can make out the curvature of a ball or a a white egg that one already noticed under the armpit of Le Mat." "It is a secret that he guards -- a sphere of secret perfection [or does "sphère de perfection secrète" translate as 'secret sphere of perfection'?]. (p. 177) The mystery of the sphere remains unrevealed. Perhaps in another book! Seriously, though, I don't expect any pundit to have the answers.
(Note that Jodo's commentary on Le Mat doesn't mention the white object.)
Note: I haven't found Jodo's explanation yet for the left hand touching against the one of the four round gold objects in the charioteers belt's, nor any explanation for the four round gold objects themselves. But then this touching detail is not added by Jodo-Camoin; it's already in the 1760 Conver.
- VALET DE DENIERS: The yellow round object held in the valet's left hand "could be a piece of gold like that of the Magician's". (p. 369)
- ROY DE BATON: I haven't found any explanation yet for the blue round objects in the King's belt, nor why his left hand is touching one of them. (In the 1760 Conver, the king is close to but not touching the round object.)