 Symbolism
Astro glyph: Capricorn Hebrew Letter: Ayin (meaning Eye) Color: Blue-violet (Indigo) Keyword: Bondage Golden Dawn Title: The Lord of the Gates of Matter, The Child of the Forces of Time Meaning: a card about materialism, boundaries and limitations; a time to look at our fears, illusions, indulgences, attachments, addictions and obsessions; being a slave to temptation or to something and/or someone; feeling disconnected from your spiritual side; becoming self-destructive; having inner chaos and doubt; the ego and shadow stuff; needing to look at the un-evolved aspects of oneself; embracing the dark side of our nature.
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 Symbolism
Sign: Sagittarius, archer & centaur Hebrew Letter: Samekh (meaning tent peg, support or foundation) Color: Blue Keyword: Verification Golden Dawn Title: The Daughter of the Reconcilers, The Bringer Forth of Life Meaning: moderate; heal; temper; test; integrate; blend; synthesize; balancing and/or adjusting two or more aspects of your life: spiritual and material, intellectual and intuitive, home and work, or your life with someone else’s. It's about alchemy or art; living ones life like art.  Symbolism
Astro Glyph: Scorpio Hebrew Letter: Nun (Fish; To grow, to sprout, to propagate.) Color: Blue-Green Golden Dawn Title: The Child of the Great Transformers, The Lord of the Gate of Death Keyword: Transformation Meaning: Change; an ending, closure, purging; regeneration, metamorphosis. Some part of our life has died (career, relationship, living situation, etc.) to allow for something new to come in.  The 3 Symbols, Left to Right:
1. Water (mirror, reflection) 2. Neptune (astrological planet) 3. Hebrew Letter, Mem (meaning Water: nourishing, purifying, suspending, protecting, dissolving, reflecting, baptizing) Color: Blue Golden Dawn Title: The Spirit of the Mighty Waters Keyword: Reversal Meaning: Surrender and trust. See the world from a different perspective, reverse of the "group mind" from a centered or more spiritual position. Unconventional, alternative, meditate, contemplate, self-reflect. Patience & Sacrifice. Suspension of judgement and of the Manas (Sanskrit meaning personal mental activity, the word man comes from Manas, so the traditional title "the Hanged Man" means to suspend the mind.) A significator card is used to represent the person who is getting their tarot cards read, aka the querent. It is chosen from the deck being used and is generally a court card. For example, a card reader sitting with an older gentleman may choose the King of Swords to represent him before shuffling & laying out the rest of the cards. This card selection can vary depending on the reader's designations.
Some card readers will not use a significator at all as they don't want to remove what could potentially be a crucial card to come up during the reading. Some readers will use a card from another tarot or oracle deck altogether to represent the questioner. Others will ask for a picture to use during the session. Included in the Antiquarian Tarot deck are bonus significator cards, which allows the reader to use one instead of a card from the deck. Significator cards are always optional. You don't have to use one in your reading, but I find it is useful to help focus the reading. The Antiquarian Tarot comes with 80 cards:
22 Major Arcana based on the Rider-Waite-Smith deck 56 Minor Arcana cards titled Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles 2 Bonus Significator cards: one for a male sitter and one for a female sitter The Tarot comes in a padded, zipper case and is available in three sizes! For more information and to purchase the Antiquarian Tarot, visit the DivineMuses Shop.  Antiquarian Tarot has been in the works for the past year and I'm excited to say it is now finished! I have kept it quiet as I wanted to focus on the creative process without outer distractions; tapping that High Priestess wisdom by practicing silence when working with the divine.
My tarot deck, just like my lenormand, is a handmade collage project that has taken an immense amount of my creative input. Each card is lovingly and attentively crafted. I have 8 cards left to complete the 78 card deck and then I will reveal some of the images. I have been quiet about this as I have been staying focused in my sacred Tarot study and wanting to keep the magic contained during my creation process. This deck is first of all a deck for my own practice and self-evolution, but I'm excited to offer it to others who may resonate with the work.
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