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IX - the Hermit
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A grey-bearded man, perhaps St Francis of Assisi, stands in a dark forest with a deer at his side. He holds a lantern, but it gives off little light. A grey cat stalks a quail.

My Interpretation: Know thyself. Reflection, contemplation and self-acceptance. Introversion and solitude. Take care not to become too detached from the world around you. (Reversed: Stubborness, loneliness and inability to communicate)

Edit notes to self: This card is similar to the Rider-Waite card in many respects, more than my original version. I've used the common medieval theme of St Francis, as it's appropriate for the meaning of this card. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. cca.1440, Seligenstadt, d. 1494, Bruges); Passion (Greverade) Altarpiece (closed) 1491 Oil on wood, 205 x 75 cm (inside the frame, each) Museum für Kunst- und Kulturgedichte, Lübeck.

Lantern: Unknown German Master, (active 1470-80 in Mainfranken); Adoration of the Shepherds 1470-80 Wood Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg.

Forest: Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1406, Firenze, d. 1469, Spoleto); Madonna in the Forest c. 1460 Oil on panel, 127 x 116 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Grey Beard Head: Unknown Bohemian Master, (active 1390s); St Bartholomew and St Thomas 1395 Tempera on wood, 65.5 x 49.5 cm National Gallery, Prague.

Quail: Antonello da Messina, Italian painter, Southern Italian school (b. cca. 1430, Messina, d 1479, Messina); St Jerome in his Study c. 1460 Wood, 46 x 36.5 cm National Gallery, London.

Grey Cat: Jaume Huguet, Spanish painter (b. cca. 1415, Valls, d. 1492, Barcelona); Epiphany late 1400's Panel Museu d'Historia de la Ciutat, Barcelona.

Parchment Text Panel: Unknown Illuminators, England; The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24), written and illuminated around 1200. Aberdeen University, Scotland.

Gilt Border: Conrad Witz, Swiss painter (b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. cca. 1445, Basel); King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1435 Panel, 84 x 79 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.