Paul
Please chastise me if I've started a thread dealt with elsewhere. Ok, just redirect me, rather than chastise me.
I have always wanted to learn more about the identities of various Marseille flora. What are the species of flowers and plants on these cards? Are they of a species? Or, are they some type of imaginative hybrid invented by the Tarot de Marseille sculptors?
Now, I suppose that such card-features have been touched upon in threads that focus on a particular card; so, perhaps, I'll just have to go about it that way. But, I wondered if we could identify such flora in a more methodical manner? Of course, with the Hadar, he used the Rose as a leitmotif, so I suppose we might define the TdM versions under consideration for uniformity... or not.
I am supposing that such plants and flowers had certain traditional meanings or connotations. I'm darn curious. Besides, I want to add this as another layer to my Minor Arcana layered system. But, most of all, I want to harvest the brilliant, creative, and resourceful minds of this forum.
Anyone interested in a separate thread? If so, analysis by Flora or by card?
I have always wanted to learn more about the identities of various Marseille flora. What are the species of flowers and plants on these cards? Are they of a species? Or, are they some type of imaginative hybrid invented by the Tarot de Marseille sculptors?
Now, I suppose that such card-features have been touched upon in threads that focus on a particular card; so, perhaps, I'll just have to go about it that way. But, I wondered if we could identify such flora in a more methodical manner? Of course, with the Hadar, he used the Rose as a leitmotif, so I suppose we might define the TdM versions under consideration for uniformity... or not.
I am supposing that such plants and flowers had certain traditional meanings or connotations. I'm darn curious. Besides, I want to add this as another layer to my Minor Arcana layered system. But, most of all, I want to harvest the brilliant, creative, and resourceful minds of this forum.
Anyone interested in a separate thread? If so, analysis by Flora or by card?