The Tower.
The Tower is almost always considered an ill omen and usually follows The Devil around in the decks that contain it. The card was used in a variety early European printed tarot. Many designs depicted nude or scantily clad people fleeing burning buildings and lightning. The Tower’s imagery is probably a reference the Tower of [...]
The Lovers.
Over wide and rushing rivers In his arms he bore the maiden; Light he thought her as a feather, As the plume upon his head-gear; Cleared the tangled pathway for her, Bent aside the swaying branches, Made at night a lodge of branches, And a bed with boughs of hemlock, And a fire before the [...]
The Hierophant.
John Ireland was born on and baptized in Burnchurch, County Kilkenny, Ireland in 1838. His family came to the United States ten years later and settled in Saint Paul in 1852. a year later, Joseph Crétin, first bishop of Saint Paul, sent Ireland to the preparatory seminary of Meximieux in France. John Ireland was ordained [...]
The High Priestess.
How could I forget the High Priestess. I really am going to try not to skip around anymore. This card seemed a little less inspiring for some reason. I placed the High Priestess on the opposite end of the lake from the Magician. I decided against another silhouette. A magician is much easier to invoke [...]
The Emperor.
In its April 24, 1933, issue, Time magazine quoted Minnesota’s first Farmer-Labor governor, Floyd B. Olson speaking from the steps of the state capitol: “I am making a last appeal to the Legislature. If the Senate does not make provision for the sufferers in the State and the Federal Government refuses to aid, I shall [...]
