Exploration Archeon Tarot .....

When I looked at this deck I absolutely loved the imagery, the feel of the images, the senses seemed to awaken, to be stirred by the colours .. Even the backs of the cards create this surreal feel from within... 

I have only just started working with this deck and have yet to truly explore each card and in how they interact with each other to tell what has been, what is and what may be .....

The Suits Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles..

The Court Cards The Herald, the Knight, the Queen and the King..... 

The Richness of colour, the artistry opens to new possibilities .... 

0 THE FOOL

By their own follies they perished, the fools.

– Homer

The Fool marches forth confident and secure in

the knowledge that should she step off the edge of

the world, she would not fall but instead soar

through the clouds. She represents an almost childlike

sense of wonder, combined with a certain

degree of naiveté, that can act as a shield against the

harshness of the world around her. It is not so

much a lack of intelligence, but rather a blissful

ignorance which surrounds the Fool.

The Fool can also be the victim of her own foolishness.

By walking the path with blinders, she risks

the possibility of the occasional misstep. Although

she often overlooks this risk in favor of the rewards

of a blissful existence, she would do well to remember

that it takes only one such misstep at an

untimely moment to bring about the end of all

things.

The Fool represents: beginnings, boldness, blind

faith, feeling carefree, excitement, fresh starts, journeys,

wonderment.

I THE MAGICIAN

Make no little plans; they have no magic

to stir men’s blood...Make big plans,

aim high in hope and work.

– Daniel H. Burnham

The Magician is cunning and a crafty master of

time and space. His sovereignty is born of blood,

fire and spirit. He walks the forgotten pathways

between worlds and uses his specialized skills to

alter reality to his vision. No person, place, or thing

can withstand the power of his manipulati on s

should he deign to focus his attentions.

While the Magician can be a powerful ally, one

must take great care to see the truth behind his conjurings.

The Magician’s plans are often convoluted,

and his goals far from aligned with your own.Many

are the unfortunates who discover too late his

deception and must suffer the consequences of his

betrayal.

The Ma gician rep re s en t s : adapt a ti on, cunning,

craft, mastery, skill, wisdom.

II THE HIGH PRIESTESS

We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover

it for ourselves after a journey that

no one can take for us or spare us.

– Marcel Proust

The High Priestess is a teacher and a guide. She

has closed her eyes and seen the mysteries of the

universe revealed before her. She will tell you that

the key to understanding the world may only be

found along the path that leads toward inner illumination.

Yet she is wise enough to know that you

may not listen to her.

The High Priestess speaks only in truth, and for

many, that truth is much more unbearable than the

ignorance in which they dwell. To heed her advice is

to see things for what they truly are, but often that

clarity of vision exacts a heavy toll.

The High Priestess represents: spiritual enlightenment,

divine knowledge, the subconscious, wisdom.

 

 


Info taken from the LWB ....

Had I lived in the late 19th Century, I’d like to
believe I would have been a Symbolist. I’ll never
actually know, but I think I would have felt at home
among those artists and innovators. Much of what
I do in the way of artistic endeavor has a Symbolist
quality to it and perhaps nothing more so than this,
The Archeon Tarot.
Begun in the late stages of October 2003, this
project was not only my first endeavor with creating
a Tarot deck, but it was also something of a personal
journey. Each of the 78 images in the Archeon
Tarot relies heavily on the collection of symbols
that inhabit my mind. It is a curious mixture of traditional
and non-traditional imagery from varied
sources thrown into the blender of my subconscious.
There will be things that you recognize, cultural
and social conventions, but their interpretations
may not always be what you would expect.
The name “Archeon Tarot” springs from several
sources. “Archons” were regents of ancient Athens,
whose jurisdiction covered civil affairs. The word
“anarchy” dates from a time when strife and chaos
prevented archons from being appointed by the
Athenians. “Archeon” also relates to archeology. An
archeologist sifts through layers of the past to discover
meaning. Those who consult the Archeon
Tarot sift through the layers of imagery in the cards,
thus finding a way to harvest order and meaning
from chaotic or seemingly unrelated events of life.
Finally, “Eons” were considered to be emanations
sent forth by God, or embodiments of divine attributes.
Consider The Archeon Tarot a window into the
mythology of one man’s world, or at least how he
imagines his world to be.
–Timothy Lantz