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XVIII - the Moon
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A smoky-eyed face looks down from a full moon. On a sculpted limestone outcrop, various animals gambol in the moonlight between two white columns. There is a stag silhouetted against the moon, and a greyhound chases a hare up the rocks. A crayfish and crab lurk on the pebbled beach.

My Interpretation: That which wanes will grow full again. There may be obstacles to overcome, and cycles of good fortune and bad. Struggle through the darkness and glad times will return. Embrace that which darkness can bring, then daylight will return all the sooner. (Reversed: Hidden threats and enemies. If you have a secret, it may be exposed)

Edit notes to self: This card is similar to the Rider-Waite card in many respects, far more than my original version. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1423, Castagno, d. 1457, Firenze); Madonna and Child with Saints c. 1445 Fresco, 290 x 212 cm Contini Bonacossi Collection, Florence.

Stag, Hare and White Hound: Pisanello, Italian painter (b. 1395, Pisa, d. 1455, Roma); Vision of St Eustace c. 1440 Tempera on wood, 55 x 65 cm National Gallery, London.

Face in Moon: Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. cca. 1290, Siena, d. 1348, Siena); Suckling Madonna c. 1330 Tempera on wood, 90 x 48 cm Palazzo Arcivescovile, Siena.

Cliffs, Trees: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Procession of the Youngest King 1459-60 Fresco Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence.

Columns and Statues: Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1423, Castagno, d. 1457, Firenze); Last Supper 1447 Fresco, 453 x 975 cm Sant'Apollonia, Florence.

Stream: Conrad Witz, Swiss painter (b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. cca. 1445, Basel); The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 1444 Tempera on wood, 130 x 155 cm Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva.

Crayfish/Lobster: 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.

Crab: Limbourg Brothers (Herman, Jean, Paul), Flemish painters (b. 1370-80, Nijmegen, d. 1416, Nijmegen) Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry: Anatomical Man 1412-16 Illumination on vellum, Musée Condé, Chantilly.

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.