Illuminations – The High Priestess
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. -Marcel Proust The High Priestess is really the quintessential card of the Archeon...
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord. – Sallust Temperance is one of my favorite cards from the Archeon Tarot. As a representation of union,...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Emperor
He who blinded by ambition raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss. – Niccolo Machiavelli As someone with a small but not insignificant...
View ArticleIlluminations – The World
Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. – Mark Twain My initial concept for the illustration on this card was based on the Norse world tree,...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Star
Remember that happiness is a way of travel — not a destination. -Roy M. Goodman While the obvious choice might be The Lovers, for me, The Star has always been the most romantic card in the Archeon...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Hermit
Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for. — Dag Hammarskjold The hermit is visually one of the more ambiguous cards in the Archeon Tarot. I...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Hierophant
There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. – Sir Thomas Browne Faith, spirituality and belief are all inherently personal and...
View ArticleIlluminations – Justice
The sword of justice has no scabbard. – Antione De Riveral The concept of Justice, the blindfolded woman with the balancing scales and sword, is so ingrained in my thoughts that I really couldn’t see...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Empress
What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. — Leo Tolstoy The Empress owes a little to the work of Alphonse Mucha. The heavy outlines, the flowers and art deco styling of the...
View ArticleIlluminations – The Sun
Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air… — Ralph Waldo Emerson The Sun illustration never fails to make me smile. It’s bright warm color, the big grinning mask and the joyful,...
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