Cornucopia

September 20, 2015September 20, 2015 Ania7 Comments

This post is part of the Tarot Blog Hop and our wrangler, Maureen, asked us “which card in the Tarot most corresponds with your own interpretation of the second harvest of the Autumnal Equinox” and invited us to create this card ourselves. But before we continue to my efforts in this regard, here are the links to enable you to navigate this Hop:

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I must admit that I initially misread the specification for this Hop and was all set to create a new card, but after a long and busy Summer, my muse is off on her holidays somewhere and all I can think about is my planned Devil card. (Coming soon – watch this space!) I think you’ll agree that the Devil doesn’t really fit the bill on any level when it comes to a representation of the Equinox or, indeed, Autumn, and I was left scratching my head. That said, it has inspired me to add some additional cards to my deck to explicitly represent the seasons, so again, watch this space! 😀 Read more “Cornucopia”

Tricksy

August 19, 2015September 30, 2016 Ania4 Comments

I finally arranged my photo shoot for the Magician card last week and have waded through the pictures to shortlist a couple. What can I say about the Magician except that he is a bit of a trickster, a transformer of elements and a puller of rabbits out of hats. “May you live in interesting times” is a Chinese curse and although I see the Magician as largely benign, he can be a right pain sometimes 😉

Decisions, Decisions

August 8, 2015August 1, 2016 Ania11 Comments

This post is part of the Tarot Blog Hop and our wrangler, Joanne, asked us to write about “your take on the influence of the Sun and/or Mercury in the Tarot or your favorite oracle deck”. Before we proceed onto the subject of my favourite deck, here are the links to enable you to navigate this Hop:

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As you may be aware, I’m a Gemini, so I know first hand about those Mercurial shifts, so I’ll just reassure you now that I’m still very much enthused about this deck and my eyes have not yet slid away to gaze upon pastures newer. Besides, it would be rather rude of me not to choose my own deck on this website, so you may take it as read that I’ll be talking about Meniscus today 😀

Tudor Coinage

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 Ania5 Comments

The creation of this deck is something of a mixture of planning, opportunism and pleasant surprises. Some of the cards, such as The Hermit and Fool, are quite deliberately set up (I’d say carefully, but in all honesty it’s usually a bit more haphazard). For others, I seek out situations or events where I hope that the image I have in mind will manifest, e.g., The Hanged Man. The best is when I get a pleasant surprise by stumbling on just the right scenario.

If The Suit Fits

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015 Ania6 Comments

The latest dilemma I seem to be facing in creating this deck, is the naming of the Minor Arcana suits. I’ve made a start on a few of the Minor Arcana cards and then it occurred to me that the “traditional” suit names don’t all *quite* work for me. Of course, traditions vary, depending on the tradition you happen to choose and its origins. Mind you, at least the plethora of fanciful modern alternatives has no appeal, since I can’t be doing with riffling through the LWB to look up which suit Chandeliers or Boulders or Dog Biscuits is supposed to be, so that narrows down the choices a tad.

Swords is a no-brainer for the…umm..Swords suit. I didn’t think twice about that one. I like swords and everyone knows where they stand with a sword. (Tip: I find that if you aren’t holding the blunt end, then out of range of the pointy end works best).

The other suits are a little more tricky.

Holy Juniper Berries!

June 21, 2015June 24, 2015 Ania15 Comments

And now for something competely different! This is the first outing for this blog on the Tarot Blog Hop and for this edition, our wrangler, Alison, has allowed us to just choose a card and write about it, rather than setting a specific topic. Before I launch into my post, here are the links for my neighbours and the master list.

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If you are of a certain age and culture, there are a great many things you can’t think of without the overlay of Monty Python humour. If you fall into this category and someone mentions, for example, parrots, the Messiah, lumberjacks, rabbits, Antioch, The Last Supper, getting stoned (in the Biblical…umm…judicial sense) or, indeed, hermits, your brain immediately converts it via the Python Filter. What you hear in your head (in summary) are phrases like: he’s pining for the fjords…pushing up daisies…, he’s not the Messiah he’s a naughty boy, I’m OK – I sleep all night…suspendies and a bra, that rabbit’s dynamite, holy hand-grenade, I may not know much about art…, Jehovah and juniper berries, respectively. Plus a whole host of other associated quotes. It can make it very difficult to take a great many things seriously 😀

Hanging About

June 16, 2015June 24, 2015 Ania3 Comments

I went in search of my Hanged Man this weekend and after a certain amount of hanging about, on both our parts, I managed to find just the right image of him. It was an excellent performance of aerial theatre and the action was fast and furious on occasion. Thankfully, I have a continuous shot facility (or what used to be known as Motor Drive) so I can take 8 shots per second*.

* This can be quite problematic at times if I forget that the camera is on and that it can also take pictures if you touch the screen. I have had to delete a great many pictures of the ground and people’s feet. Just as well I’m only shooting pictures and not bullets!

Still in Search of Justice

June 9, 2015June 9, 2015 Ania9 Comments

Opinions seem to be divided as to the Justice card, so here’s your chance to vote for which one you prefer:

You can click on the pics for a larger version of the image 🙂

Which Justice?

Nostrils of Justice (20%, 5 Votes)
Halfway There (4%, 1 Votes)
Halfway and Higher (40%, 10 Votes)
Blue Skies of Justice (20%, 5 Votes)
Blue Skies and Plinth (16%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 25

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Don’t forget to leave a comment as to why you prefer the one you’ve chosen 😀

In Search of Justice and a Knight in Shining Armour

May 29, 2015June 24, 2015 Ania1 Comment

It’s been all go on photographing for the deck the last couple of weeks. I posted a couple of possibilities for the Wheel on the Facebook page recently and received some very useful feedback there and via shares, so I will be re-photographing the Ferris Wheel later in the year. It was my original vision for the card anyway 🙂

A couple of weeks ago, when I snapped the Round Table, I also found my Emperor. I think that he’d make an excellent King of Swords too, but I am trying to keep the Minors as real people rather than statues, which are fine for the archetypes in the Majors. And so, statues vs. people…

So We Begin

May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 Ania2 Comments

I’m really pleased that the project is off to such a good start with 5 Majors in the bag already: The Fool, The Priestess, The Hierophant, Death and The Tower. Several of the other cards are already scheduled and, all being well, by the end of the Summer I should have my Magician, Chariot, Strength, Justice, Hermit and Hanged Man from the Majors and a few of the minors and courts as well. I have planned The Sun, Moon and Star cards, though these are very much location and weather dependent, sometimes both, so it’s a bit more ‘fingers crossed and hope for a following wind’ (or not, as the case may be).