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This year my cards are all Thoth-inspired:
Tower
The Tower is a card of transformation, brought about by destroying the old to build the new. The image of the Crowley-Harris –Thoth is transforming into the photo of a real Tower. The “all seeing eye” stepping out of the card into the real world as a manifestation of cosmic energy.
Queen of Wands
I started with Maria Leszczynska Queen Consort of France, Reading the Bible; portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier. As all monarchs of France have been required by law to be male, there has never been a queen or empress regnant of France. A queen consort acted as regent for her husband or children. Maria Leszczynska was a great lover of music and painting and the patron of many artists, she also started a correspondence with Voltaire, for whom she secured a pension. She is the Queen of the Thrones of Flame, so I added a volcanic image, with its red lava flow and the element symbol for fire. Her sign is Aries. She has a wand crowned with a pinecone, which is the weapon of the Maenads, which were followers of Dyonisus. The wand I took from the Crowley-Harris-Thoth, it resembles a phallus and is a symbol for satisfied lust.
Queen of Cups
This card is based on Elisabeth Christine Queen of Prussia; portrait by Antoine Pesne. Elisabeth Christine was interested in literature, she also wrote books herself, about morals, in French, and introduced silk cultivation to Prussia. She is the Queen of the Thrones of Water, so I changed the colors of the original portrait, modified the background to look like an underwater landscape and added an element symbol for water. Her sign is Cancer. The ibis is the symbol of Thoth, and thus a symbol of the intellect. The lotus in her right hand represents not only water but also emotions. Together the two symbolize the emotions overriding the intellect.
Queen of Swords
Marie Antoinette, the later queen of France, as a child; portrait by Martin van Meytens. She is the Queen of the Thrones of Air, so I made the background a bit more airy and added the appropriate element symbol. Her sign is Libra. I added the sword in her left hand which signifies analysis and the severed bearded head (which I took from the Crowley-Harris-Thoth), that represents old ways of thinking.
Queen of Discs
I borrowed Goya’s Maria Luisa of Spain the Queen of Etruria, for my Queen of the Thrones of Earth. Her zodiacal attribution is the Sun in Capricorn. I changed the background colors, added the ivy and a few symbols. In Thoth-geometrics the hexagram is the symbol of the sun, while the cube represents earth, thus the hexagram inside the cube symbolizes the fertility of the Earth as engendered by the Sun.
Last edited on Sun Jun 30th, 2013 09:10 pm by Eno
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