The Minor Arcana or the "Pip cards" are the number cards made up of the four suits; Swords, Wands, Cups and Disks, or as in the regular playing deck of cards; Spades, Clubs, Hearts and Diamonds. Each suit is numbered Ace through Ten, a total of 40 cards in all. The artist Pamela Colman-Smith of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck was the first to interpret the Minor Arcana into illustrative scenes in 1909. Since then, there has been a plethora of modern Tarot decks imitating her Minor Arcana illustrations. Not following suit, I have interpreted the Minor Arcana of Tarot of the Pomegranate in my own unique way while keeping true to the original meaning behind the card. Each original is 20 x 32 inches, painted in oil on canvas. |