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VI - the Lovers
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A man and a woman stand naked in a garden. They seem a little shy of each other, and the woman holds onto a tree as though for security. An Angel touches her head, and an Italian greyhound sits at her feet with his paws neatly crossed. There are birds in the bushes, and the garden is lush and leafy.

My Interpretation: Fulfillment through a relationship. Love of one creates compassion for others. Material happiness and security. If in a new relationship, this card indicates that it will deeper and more significant than previous relationships. If in an established relationship, it indicates that problems will be overcome and the bond is deep and strong despite any surface tensions. (Reversed: Failure, division and frustration. Possible breakdown of a relationship.)

Edit notes to self: Couldn't use v1.0 pic of Courtly Love as condition of original was too dodgy. This card is more similar to the Rider-Waite card, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with a benevolent angel giving a blessing over them. I've added a dog as a symbol of fidelity, and birds for the spiritual nature of this card. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Masolino da Panicale, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1383, Panicale, d. 1447, Firenze); The Temptation 1426-27 Fresco, 208 x 88 cm Cappella Brancacci, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence.

Angel: Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze); Scenes from the Life of Christ: Presentation at the Temple 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua.

Leaves: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); The Annunciation 1430-32 Tempera on wood, 154 x 194 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid.

Finch: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Angels Worshipping 1459-60 Fresco Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence.

Woodpecker: Master Bertram, German painter (b. cca. 1345, Minden, d. 1415, Hamburg); Creation of the Animals, panel from Grabow Altarpiece 1383 Paint on wood Kunsthalle, Hamburg.

Italian Greyhound with Crossed Paws: Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. cca.1440, Seligenstadt, d. 1494, Bruges); St Ursula Shrine: Martyrdom 1489 Oil on panel, 35 x 25.3 cm Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges.

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.