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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Nine of Coins
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A finely-robed woman stands in a lush field holding a hooded falcon. She has a basket of grapes, and a fat lamb frolics behind her.

My Interpretation: Financial security brings freedom for artistic accomplishment. With all basic needs met, this is an opportunity to appreciate the finer things - art, nature, literature. Private labours and personal betterment. Lack of materialism and opulence, constructive use of wealth. Feminine strength. Encouragement of skills and talents. (Reversed: Irresponsibility with other people's money may lead to debt. There is also the chance of fraud, so be wary)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've added more symbolism to assist readers and made it more similar to the Rider-Waite card in design. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Master of the St Lucy Legend, Flemish painter (active c. 1480 - 1510 in Bruges); Scene from the St Lucy Legend 1480 Oil on wood Church of St Jacob, Bruges.

Falcon/Hawk: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); St. Martin is Knighted 1312-17 Fresco, 265 x 200 cm Cappella di San Martino, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

Fat Lamb: Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. cca.1440, Seligenstadt, d. 1494, Bruges); St John and Veronica Diptych (left wing) c. 1483 Oil on wood, 31.6 x 24.4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

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

Basket of Grapes and Cane: Martin Schongauer, German painter (b. cca. 1430, Colmar, d. 1491, Breisach); The Holy Family late 1400s Wood, 26 x 17 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

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.