The Rational Tarot

  • The Ace of Wands shows a golden staff with a blue snake coiled around it. The top of the staff is decorated with a pair of wings and a golden, glowing orb.
  • The Two of Wands shows one orange and one blue-topped wand crossed at their centers
  • The Three of Wands shows one orange and one blue-topped wands pointing to a third green-topped wand standing vertically between them.
  • The Four of Wands shows two orange and two blue-topped wands crossing each other in an alternating pattern leaving a diamond shape in the middle.
  • The Five of Wands shows two orange, two blue and one green-topped rods crossing each other chaotically.
  • The Six of Wands shows three orange and three blue-topped rods crossing in a lattice pattern
  • The Seven of Wands shows three orange and three blue-topped rods crossed in a lattice pattern with a larger green-topped vertical rod in their center.
  • The Eight of Wands shows wands with orange orbs atop them thrusting diagonally across the card face from bottom left to top right, implying energy.
  • The Nine of Wands shows four orange-topped and four blue-topped wands in an orderly corssing pattern. A larger wand with a green orb on it stands upright between them.
  • The Ten of Wands shows ten wands with green orbs atop them in an orderly pattern of eight wands crossing in a diagonal grid with two additional wands upright between them.
  • The Princess of wands is a young Black ballet dancer practicing at the barre. She wears a red leotard and chiffon skirt. She looks at the viewer with cheerful confidence. She poses with her right arm raised gracefully above her head, while the other hand holds the barre. Her right foot is extended gracefully behind her.
  • The Knight of Wands shows a young woman in jeans and a black leather jacket leaning against a red adventure bike. She projects confidence and fearlessness.
  • The Queen of Wands shows a Black woman with cascading wavy hair sitting on a small wooden throne with a burnished decoration behind her head. She holds a staff in her right hand and a miniature schnauzer rests on her lap.
  • The King of Wands depicts an older man, a fly fisherman, sitting on the bow of a flats skiff staring into the distance
  • The Ace of Coins shows a large golden coin with a star on it. A green snake curves behind it in a burst of galactic light.
  • The Two of Coins has two coins, both with an outer rim of gold metal and an inner disk of silver metal. The top coin depicts the moon; the lower coin the sun. Both are connected with an energy field.
  • The Three of Coins shows three identical copper coins, each with pattern of three flowers. They are arranged at the corners of a glowing triangle, a bright circle of energy uniting them.
  • The Four of Coins shows four silver coins in a diamond arrangement connected by subtle glowing lines. Each coin has a 4-looped Celtic knot on its face.
  • The Five of Coins shows 5 copper coins spread in an array, overlapping and touching
  • The Six of Coins shows six hexagonal coins with bees on them arranged in a symmetrical pattern
  • The Seven of Coins has six heptagon coins in silver with an image of a harvested food item on it (grapes, olives, beet, peach, peas and wheat) arranged in a symmetrical pattern around a larger, 14-sided gold coin with a sun on its face, symbolizing the harvest.
  • The Eight of Coins has two vertical rows of octagonal cold coins. The coins in the row on the left has prey animals on their faces; those on the right show animals that prey on them. The pairs are hawk-mouse, bear-fish, fox-rabbit, and lizard-fly.
  • The Nine of Coins shows 9 gold coins depicting the 9 Greek muses, arranged in an oval pattern with Calliope in the center.
  • The Ten of Coins shows ten gold coins in three vertical overlapping columns. Each coin has a pentagram on its face and a flower with 10 petals inside it.
  • The Prince of Coinss shows a young Latin American boy holding a potted blueberry bush in his right arm and a trowel in his left hand.
  • The Knight of Coins shows a man with a shovel digging a hole. He wears a gray t-shirt, dark jeans, a straw hat and work boots.
  • The Queen of Coins wears a long, Asian-style tunic in yellow, embroidered with the Chinese symbol for longevity. She picks an apple from a low-hanging branch to place in the nearly-full basket beside her feet.
  • The King of Coins shows a professional chef in a white coat, white half apron, black gingham checked pants and black clogs holding a large wooden box of many different colorful vegetables.
  • The Ace of Cups depicts a goblet in antique cobalt glass with a snake wrapped around its stem and its head just over the rim. Multicolored fire bursts from the cup.
  • Two of Cups shows two cobalt blue cups touching at the center in a burst of red-orange light.
  • The Three of Cups shows three cobalt blue goblets connected with an energetic triangle
  • The Four of Cups shows four cobalt glass goblets arranged in a diamond shape with a glow of energy connecting them in the center.
  • The Five of Cups card shows 5 blue goblets tip at angles to each other, overlapping chaotically.
  • The Six of Cups card shows two rows of three blue goblets meeting in the distance in perspective. A faint tracery of energy connects them and a small golden flare appears where the two most distant cups touch at their lips.
  • The Seven of Cups shows seven blue transparent cups attanged in an open triangle narrowing to a single cup in the distance.
  • The Eight of Cups has an identical arrow formation as the Seven of cups, but an eighth cup is placed in the front center.
  • The Nine of Cups is arranged identically to the six of cups, but with two additional cups in the center aisle between the converging outside rows.
  • THe Ten of Cups shows four transparent blue cups. Six of the cups form a converging triangle to the background while three additional cups occupy the center aisle between them.
  • The Prince of Cups shows a handsome young man seated on a jade rock, his right foot dangling in the water that surrounds him, strumming dreamily on an ancient Greek lute. He is dressed in a pale orange striped top and shorts of linen.
  • The Knight of Cups shows a young woman rowing a single scull on calm water. SHe wears a yellow jersey and black shorts. She is smiling warmly.
  • The Queen of Cups shows a blond woman seated on a rock, her feet and lower leg submersed in the pool that surrounds her. Her left hand holds a glass of red wine raised in a toast.
  • The King of Cups shows an older man seated on a rock, his feet and lower leg submersed in the pool that surrounds him. His right hand holds a glass of red wine raised in a toast, his left had loosely holds the bottle by his side.
  • The Ace of Swords is a silver sword pointing upward, with a purple and gold snake coiling up it. The base of the sword's handle is decorated with a dharmachakra bursting with purple light.
  • The Two of Swords shows two crossed swords, one with a sun symbol on the end of its hilt and a golden blade, the other with a moon symbol and a blue blade. The swords cross at a 30-degree angle and a burst of light emits from their crossing point.
  • The Three of Swords shows three swords, gold, blue and green, in a triangular arrangement with their tips touching in a point of light.
  • The Four of Swords shows four crossed swords in a pattern that makes a diamond in the center.
  • The five of Swords shows five swords with blades of yellow, blue, and green crossing in a random tight pattern.
  • The Six of Swords shows three gold and three blue swords crossed in a diagonal pattern.
  • The Seven of Swords has three blue and three gold swords crossing each other in a diagonal pattern. A single, slightly larger green sword is placed over their vertical center, tip pointing upward.
  • The Eight of Swords shows eight gold swords thrusting upward from right to left crossed chaotically.
  • The Nine of Swords shows 4 gold and 4 blue swords crossing in a triangle pattern with a single, larger green sword lying vertically atop them pointing upward.
  • The Ten of Swords shows eight swords crossed in a triangular pattern with two swords of equal size placed on top of them.
  • The Prince of Swords shows a young Galileo in modern clothing perched on a stool about to look through an old-fashioned brass telescope.
  • The Knight of Swords shows a young woman galloping on a horse with a raised sword in her right hand.
  • The Queen of Swords shows an Asian woman in a lab coat and latex gloves inspecting a beaker with yellow fluid she is holding up.
  • The King of Swords is a strong black man dressed in a black t-shirt and black jeans sitting in a barber's chair .holding a pair of scissors.
  • Tarot card The Fool shows a girl walking cheerfully along a rainbow path, her dog jumping at her feet
  • Magician figure in a hooded robe holding a wand aloft. Tarot symbols lie on the table in front of him
  • Juno sits on a peacock throne
  • The Empress wears a blue slip and sits before a vanity table stacked with books on one side and a vase of pink peonies on the other. Her back is to us and we see her through her reflection in a wooden Art Nouveau-style mirror entwined with carved snakes.
  • The Emperor sits on a cared stone throne amidst ruins, contemplating the glass of wine he holds. His clothing is contemporary casual and a carved snake on teh back of his throne can be seen rising just above the position of his head.
  • The Hierophant is depicted as the Druid god Cernunnos, seated in the woods with animals around him.
  • Two androgynous figures, one light-skinned, the other dark-skinned embrace in an idyllic setting, while a blue snake on the ground encircles a broken pomegranate and wraps its tail around the leg of the nearest figure.
  • A mature woman dressed in a pale blue robe rides a golden chariot drawn by a black and a white horse against a backdrop of turbulent clouds.
  • Tarot card for Justice, showing Nelson Mandela sitting on a stone wall in front of ancient ruins, a broken sword leaning against the wall onhis right, a balance scale pending from his lowered left hand.
  • The hermit inspects an ant on a leaf at night using a magnifying glass. His stone hut is in the background.
  • Tarot card for Fortune showing 5 figures in a modified "Wheel of Death" attached to a structure composed of a pentacle with an ouroboros in its hub
  • A woman dressed in a Bharatanatyam costume surrounded by exptic animals with her foot on the head of an alligator
  • The Hanged Man Tarot card shows an aerialist hanging upside down from straps he has wrapped around his arms and hands. A snake crawls up his leg.
  • The Tarot card 'Death' depicting a seraph holding a skull in her folded wing.
  • Tarot card for Temperane shows a young boy balanced on a log spanning two waterfalls that merge in a pool.
  • Tarot card of the Devil, showing a man struggleing with a demonic version of himself
  • The Tower depicts One World Trade Center and the north pool at night against a turbulent sky.
  • Tarot card for the moon shows a full Blood Moon in eclipse illuminating a scene wherein a gray cat steps on the neck of a snake, restraining it, while a dark-haired woman floats int the nearby water on which the moonlight reflects.
  • Tarot card for The Sun shows two young children, a girl and a boy, building a sand castle on the beach on a clear sunny day.
  • The tarot card Judgement features 5 images of the artist at different stages of her life, from toddler to girl to teenager to mother to senior adult, progressing from the background to the foreground. The figures are seated on a serpentine stone wall that terminates in stone in a shape that resemble sthe head of a snake. The seasons change with the progression of age, from spring to late fall, as evidenced by the background.
  • The Tarot card for the world depicts a highly color-saturated earth enclosed in the upper loop of a fiery ouroboros infinity loop against a painterly, abstract field.
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