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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Ten of Coins
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Serene-looking people relax in a beautiful walled garden. There are many birds, a squirrel and two white dogs. One woman reaches to pluck coins from a tree. Another reads, and one plays with a baby on a musical instrument. The fourth woman uses a ladle to scoop water from a trough. A shield emblazoned with a castle hangs on the wall.

My Interpretation: A good marriage. Prosperity, stability and happiness. An inheritance, or a financially beneficial marriage or partnership. Potential for great joy within the home. (Reversed: Domestic disharmony. Tradition and resistance to change may lead to friction)

Edit notes to self: I've changed images from my v1.0 version to suit Rider Waite readers more. A walled garden with a family, two white dogs, on the wall there's a shield with a castle. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Unknown German Master, (active in 1410s in the Upper Rhineland); The Garden of Eden c. 1410. Tempera on wood, 26.3 X 33.4 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt.

White Dogs: French miniaturist, probably Jean Fouquet (active c. 1470-90; Rules of the Order of St Michael 1470-90 Illumination on parchment Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Castle Shield: Unknown Spanish Master (beginning of 14th century); Tomb of Don Sancho Saiz de Carillo c. 1300 Tempera on wood Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Squirrel and Two Large Birds: Unknown English Miniaturist (active 14th century); Gray-Fitzpayn Book of Hours 14th century Illumination on parchment Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

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.