Ludy Lescot - Nines

Elendil said:

Images of the cards are here.

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Are there 10 swords on the 9 card?

kaushalyaandfrank said:

Are there 10 swords on the 9 card?

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Hmm, it looks like it from this photo, but I don't have the deck to check--the figure does look pretty much close-to-ten-swords though...

kaushalyaandfrank said:

Are there 10 swords on the 9 card?

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YES there sure is. Great eye! Now the question is, "Why?"
I am clueless on the reasoning, or did the artist make a mistake?

9 of Pentacles
-I don't see mention of the blood coming from the center of the black rose in her hand.
-Also, the blood red eye of the raven keeps catching my eye.
-The shoes: Anyone else notice that one shoe is gold, the other is black, and the Pentacles are the contrasting color?

9 of Cups
-The belt buckle is a triangle, a symbol of fire on a water (cups) card.
As Aerin mentioned, all the cups are emitting a bright white light. I wonder what could that symbolize here in this water card?
-Both the guy, and the body behind him, seem to be reflecting a bright, illuminating light that seems to be shining on them. Is this the light emanating from the cups, or is the bright light from a different source, maybe from the area us, the viewer?
-The end of the belt keeps reminding me of a snake's head, and a shadow on his pants almost looks like the snake's tongue. All this is right there next to the area that is "well endowed"....

I was looking at the crucible clutched in the hand of the 9 of Swords. Isn't that the same crucible held by the lady in the SBC (the 3 of Swords)???

ETA: I added the comparison scan of the 2 cards over here in the correlation thread:

Pam O said:

Just wanted to include this correlation from the 9 and the 3 of Swords here:

ETA: Adding scan of crucibles in the cards (without the atrocities of the 3 of Sw).

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http://tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=4098379&postcount=16