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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Ten of Cups
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A happy young family embrace. A rainbow emblazoned with ten cups leads to a stately country Manor house.

My Interpretation: Total harmony achieved, familial bliss. Celebration, peace and plenty. Contentment and domestic joy. (Reversed: This card still indicates good fortune and contentment. Perhaps there is some disillusionment or taking for granted of the good fortune)

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. It differs somewhat from the RW card in composition, but the rainbow should be familiar and the familial meaning should be clear. Still to do - quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Dieric Bouts the Elder, Flemish painter (b. cca. 1415, Haarlem, d. 1475, Leuven); The Visitation from Triptych of the Virgin c. 1445 Oil on wood, 80 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid .

Red Haired Madonna and Baby: Master of the Aix-en-Chapel Altarpiece, French painter (active between 1480-1520); Madonna and Child 1490-1500 Panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

Gold Robed Man: Gentile Da Fabriano, Italian painter (b. cca. 1370, Fabriano Marche, d. 1427, Roma); Adoration of the Magi 1423 Tempera on wood, 300 x 282 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Man's Hat: 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.

Smiling Boy: Fra Filippo Lippi, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1406, Firenze, d. 1469, Spoleto); Madonna with the Child and two Angels, Late 1400s Oil on canvas, 95 x 62 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Sky: Paulo Uccello, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1397, Firenze, d. 1475, Firenze); St. George and the Dragon c. 1456 Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm National Gallery, London.

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

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.