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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Three of Cups
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In a garden, musicians play as three women dance in a circle. Each of the women holds a wine-filled cup. A small brown dog sits watching them.

My Interpretation: Celebration of good fortune. Friendship, revelry and abundance. The fulfillment of hopes. Creativity and understanding. Recovery from ill health or a period of bad fortune. (Reversed: Problems with a relationship - a partner feeling taken for granted, or jealous of a potential rival. Promiscuity, unfaithfulness, or at least yearning for a more exciting life)

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

Sources:

Base Pic: 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.

Garden: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); Noli Me Tangere 1440-41 Fresco, 180 x 146 cm Convento di San Marco, Florence.

Woman Holding Cup Aloft: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); The Dance of Salome 1461-62 Tempera on panel, 23.8 x 34.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Other Two Women: Andrea Da Firenze, Italian painter, Florentine school (active 1343-1377, Firenze); The Church Militant and Triumphant 1365-68 Fresco Cappella Spagnuolo, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Dog: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); St Augustine Teaching in Rome (scene 6, south wall) 1464-65 Fresco, 220 x 230 cm Apsidal chapel, Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano.

Cup: Master of the Housebook, German engraver/painter (active 1475-90); The Last Supper late 1400s Wood, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Cup Gilt Texture: 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.

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.