THE TAROT SERIES
A reimagining of the 21 CARDS OF THE MAJOR ARCANA PLUS 5 NEW CARDS. ORIGINALLY TITLED ‘DEATH AND TAXES’. MADE IN 2018 AS A PERFORMANCE, VISUAL AND MULTI SENSORY WORK FOR AN EXHIBITION ABOUT PLAY.
0. THE FOOL
Adventure with capital A.
Connections and synchronicity.
Bravery and freedom,
O as a clean start, a line without an end.
One step and start your journey.
A winged foot, blue eyed and hopeful,
backed by sunrises, following sunsets,
will fly not fall.
This is your journey. This is your lesson. Start.
I. THE MAGICIAN
The card of creation, of channelling energy and making something.
The patron of artists, musicians, doctors, and anyone who creates.
All the suits of the tarot are present; coin (wealth), cup (emotion), wand (intuition) and sword (intellect), if you look closely.
The snake eating its own tail (an ouroboros) and the figure 8 (Möbius strip or Lemniscate) stands for eternity,
a never ending story of birth, death and rebirth,
energy can neither be created nor destroyed, you are the channel for it channel.
II. THE HIGH PRIESTESS
Marriage of self conscious and subconscious.
Inner harmony with knowledge and acceptance of duality;
The balance and integration of all parts of you, the light and the dark.
Heightened intuition from finding your centre.
Big breaths. Be still.
Feel, rather than think.
III. THE EMPRESS
IV. THE EMPEROR
V. THE HIEROPHANT
VI. THE LOVERS
VII. THE CHARIOT
VIII. STRENGTH
IX. THE HERMIT
X. WHEEL OF FORTUNE
XI. JUSTICE
XII. THE HANGED MAN
XIII. THE HARVEST ROSE/ DEATH
XIV. TEMPERANCE
XV. SCAPEGOAT/DEVIL
XVI. THE TOWER/COLLAPSE
XVII. THE STAR
XVIII. THE MOON
XIX. THE SUN
XX. JUDGEMENT
XXI. THE WORLD
XXII .QUIET
XXIII. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT
MAGPIE BLUE
MAGPIE PINK
