I'm not sure how the two halves are playing off each other, what the authors message is, other than showing the contrasts of Peace (Janus as the keeper of Peace, Mercury as perhaps the flourishing of knowledge or health in peace-time, the musicians as enjoyment, the laborers as productivity...) and ...

One Potato said and I am agree with him : " How do we determine what the order WAS at the time, if the cards are not numbered? " - If there was an order known as a fact by the players,so was unnecessary to number the cards. Who first decided it ? The order is pretty obvious people. These ...

robert wrote:
Do we agree that there is a relationship between Neoplatonism and tarot?

I disagree.

Ross summed up my views perfectly.

SteveM wrote:
My immediate thought is of an anti-gambling diatribe...

That's kinda the way I see it too.

I am starting to get the impression that you may be a bit goofy. :D I believe you've mistaken me for a much taller cartoon character! http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x172/melanchollic_photos/donaldgoofy.jpg I'm the one on the left, with the bill and the downy bum. ;) Of course I'm okay with ques...

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x172/melanchollic_photos/donald-trump-bad-hair-day.jpg Wheel of Virtues Spread and Method A pseudo-historical method of fortune telling with the Tarot trumps!? Now what is the bloomin' point of that, you ask. Well, here we have a wonderful allegorical morality pla...

Obviously, the idea of every card having an astrological meaning, like say the decans or something, is a later "reinterpretation" of the trumps. I do see some hint in the Stars/Moon/Sun's placement that is perhaps implying that these bodies have an influence in the realm of human experienc...

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Define advance.

. All the hip montebanks and usurers are being seen with this seasons most fashionable coin purse. "30% INTEREST!? YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE MESSIN' WITH, DO YA!!" http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x172/melanchollic_photos/buechel-26.jpg c.1768, Emanuel Büchel reproduction of the Klein-Ba...

I believe the lines are Mr. Conver's wedding anniversary date. He forgot once, Mrs. Conver gave him hell for weeks, so he made sure he'd never forget again! :D On a serious note, they could have indeed been a code of sorts, related to production perhaps. a reminder to the color stenciler or somethin...