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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Seven of Coins
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A man with a staff stands beside a tree on which seven coins grow. He wears simple robes, and a small white dog walks beside him. The landscape is lush and fertile.

My Interpretation: Reap what you have sown. Basic material goals achieved - a time of comfort. Hard work is now rewarded, and it's time to enjoy your adequate assets. This card also suggests favours done for a friend. A messenger may bring good news. (Reversed: Laziness, and desire for wealth without effort)

Edit notes to self: I've changed the image from my v1.0 card to suit Rider Waite readers more. A simple man with a staff watches over that which he has sown. I have added a dog to show the loyalty and commitment to service for a friend that is represented by this card. Still to do: pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Hugo van der Goes, Flemish painter (b. cca. 1440, Ghent, d. 1482, Bruxelles); The Fall 1467-68 Oil on oak, 33.8 x 23 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

White Dog and Man's Face: Antonio del Pollaiolo, Italian painter and sculptor, Florentine school (b. 1431/32, Firenze, d. 1498, Roma); Tobias and the Angel 1460 Wood Galleria Sabauda, Turin.

Red Robed Body: Piero della Francesca, Italian painter (b. 1416, Borgo San Sepolcro, d. 1492, Borgo San Sepolcro); Polyptych of the Misericordia 1445-1462 Oil and tempera on panel, 330 x 273 cm Pinacoteca Comunale, Sansepolcro.

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.