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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Eight of Cups
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A traveller with pack and basket sets off on a journey by moonlight. Eight cups sit beside a stream that emerges from a rocky cliff. A bird flies from the cliff and a face looks down gently from the moon.

My Interpretation: Abandonment of materialism. Putting aside financial security in the pursuit of spiritual fulfillment. Cutting off from the old and seeking a new life of order and simplicity. A journey is likely, either of body or mind. By exploring the world around you, you will discover more about yourself. (Reversed: Travel for all the wrong reasons. You can run away from your life, but you cannot run away from yourself. This card could also indicate a detachment from reality - following unattainable dreams at the expense of what was truly good about your life)

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. There is a passive-faced moon and a rocky stream, and a man set off on a journey. I have added a bird in flight, and the walking man carries a pack and basket to supply him on his trip. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Giovanni Bellini, Italian painter, Venetian school (b. cca. 1426, Venezia, d. 1516, Venezia); Pesaro Altarpiece (predella) 1471-74 Oil on wood, 40 x 36 cm Musei Civici, Pesaro.

Walking Man: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Meeting at the Golden Gate 1491 Transferred fresco Biblioteca Comunale, Castelfiorentino.

Moon Gilt Disc: Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze); Last Judgment 1306 Fresco, 1000 x 840 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua.

Moon Baby Face: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); Maestà 1315 Fresco, 763 x 970 cm Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

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

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.