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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Ace of Coins
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A beautiful red-haired angel holds a large coin. He stands in a rocky outcrop, but there is a lush garden in the background with a natural arch. The angel is flanked by a small lion, a peacock and a stem of lilies.

My Interpretation: Windfall gain, financial success. Material gain, prosperity and growth. Promotion, a new job or a boost to business. Contentment, happiness and achievement. Both spritual and material satisfaction. (Reversed: Monetary success can be easily lost. Take care not to risk what you have gained).

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've added more symbolism to assist readers (and the old Angel wasn't as pretty). I have used Angels for all of the Aces. This card is different to the Rider-Waite card, although hopefully still easily recognisable as the single Coin is fairly obvious. There are some of the symbols from the RWD - garden, arch, lilies. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Dieric Bouts the Elder, Flemish painter (b. cca. 1415, Haarlem, d. 1475, Leuven); Prophet Elijah in the Desert 1464-68 Oil on panel, 88 x 71 cm Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven.

Cave and Garden: Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter (b. 1431, Isola di Cartura, d. 1506, Mantova); Suite of Cardinal Francesco 1471-74 Fresco Camera degli Sposi, Ducal Palace, Mantua.

Lilies and Red Hair: Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter, Venetian school (b. cca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia); Angel Announcing c. 1500 Oil on canvas, 224 x 105 cm Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.

Rocks, Ground and Lion: Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter, Venetian school (b. cca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia); St Jerome Reading in the Countryside 1480-85 Oil on wood, 47 x 34 cm National Gallery, London.

Peacock: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze); Last Supper 1480 Fresco, 400 x 880 cm Ognissanti, Florence.

Coin: 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.