While creating this card, I really wanted to play on how similar the imagery COULD BE between the 6 of wands to the 7, but how to make it different. Both cards feature one wand standing apart, but in one it is celebratory, and in the second (the 7) the tables have turned. I love this card because it alludes to the transition. The laurel crown reminds you that for now, the wands are raised in affirmation, however, it is easy to imagine those same arms raised in protest.
A created my Star with an eight-pointed star at their back. You can see that The Star is clearly represented by 17 (the roman numerals at the top of the card), but broken down into numerology-terms where we add the digits together (1+7=8) the star is also represented by the numeral 8. Eight represents the infinite (think 8 on it's side!) which felt pretty significant when thinking about this eternal spring of universal thought that the star is able to tap into here. Also signifying opportunity, strength, change and power, the energy of the star feels BIG in its access to...
I worked hard on this lovers design. I was very excited about creating two figures that feel separate, yet the same. That middle arm is shared and it could belong to either figure. The story in the image feels cyclical to me, looking at the outside world (blue figure, blue to also represent cups- my emotional friend) feels the love and joy from the outside world and brings it inward. For me, the bliss of the card is truly in the corresponding action (red figure, representing wands) of reflecting that inner joy outward again. And so it repeats and repeats,...
Ahh the moonnn my friend. I made this card to visually reference the moon phases that are present on the backs of the cards. Present on top are a full moon- looking full and ripe, foreshadowing the sun in the next card, and the waning moon, reminding us to reflect on our lives- and that now is a time to explore within. On this bottom half, I created a stylized moon-reflection, to 1. reference back to the water element present in the Smith-Rider-Waite deck and 2. to play on the elusiveness of the moon. A reflection is both something and...
While researching the Ten of Swords I was really struck by how DEVASTATING the imagery of Smith-Rider-Waite is. Okay, maybe this is just me, but when I'm feeling sad, I LOVE indulging on stuff that just makes me feel more affirmed for feeling sad. But does it help? Does it make me feel more seen or make me want to fight for a way out? No, not at all. When I created this card, I wanted to focus on the bigger picture of the movement from the ten to the page (seen here, over the shoulder of the ten). The swords...
