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Five of Coins
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A destitute couple stand in a dark church interior. They hold hands, and he looks longingly up at five coins. Pews with open books can be seen under a stained glass window.

My Interpretation: Misguided goals. Poor decisions, or lack of decision, could lead to destitution and misery. Ill health and misfortune may lay ahead. Take care. Make the most of whatever you have, nomatter how little it is. (Reversed: Still a card of misfortune, but help is nearby. The path may be rocky, but the destination is in site)

Edit notes to self: I've changed images from my v1.0 version to suit Rider Waite readers more. This is more similar to the RW deck's card of a destitute couple. I have a stained glass window (as per the RW deck), although my scene is inside instead of outside a church. The coins are out of reach, and of no use to the couple. There are rows of open books (perhaps bibles) but they ignore them. They touch, a reminder that even when we have nothing material, we may still have each other. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); Communion of the Apostles 1451-53 Tempera on wood, 38.5 x 37 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence.

Stained Glass Window: Petrus Christus, Flemish painter (b. 1410/20, Baarle, d. 1475/76, Brugge); Annunciation 1452 Wood, 85.5 x 54.8 cm Groeninge Museum, Bruges.

Man Dressed in Rags: Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1410, Venezia ?, d. 1461, Firenze ?); St John the Baptist and St Francis 1454 Detached fresco, 190 x 115 cm Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence.

Woman in Robe: Masaccio, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1401, San Giovanni Valdarno, d. 1428, Roma); Trinity 1425-28 Fresco, 667 x 317 cm Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Church Interior with Rows of Books: Sassetta, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1394, Siena, d. 1450, Siena); St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost 1423 Tempera on wood, 23.6 x 39 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

Coins: Master Theoderic, Bohemian painter (active 1350-70 in Prague); Painting of a Saint 1360-65 Tempera on Wood National Gallery, Prague.

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.