# mermay tarot art cups rusalka moon tower dragon qilin hermit babayaga slavic unicorn majorarcana hierophant empress dryad simurgh persian thunderbird

Knight of Cups is EXHIBIT B in the category of hot sea dads. I love Icthyocentaurs, they're so weird and great. And I completely chose this as the knight for purely aesthetic reasons.

And he kinda fits in for

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2019-05-07

is a Slavic spirit, she represents the moon here as she presents a false face, beautiful and alluring, but it is an illusion and she's gonna drown you if you go to her.

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2019-03-28

The which I've renamed the Pillar, because of the Chinese legend of Gong Gong, a deity/creature that destroyed the pillar holding up the sky, resulting in the tilted axis of the earth.

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2019-03-25

Qilin, the appearance of whom signals good fortune, represents the wheel of fortune here, with is represented as an 8 spoked Buddhist wheel.

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2019-03-15

Here's Baba Yaga, who lives between this world and the spirit. She's got her lantern raised, illuminating the way as the

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2019-03-14

Strength, The
Physical strength isn't needed to affect the world, but the emotional strength it takes to run off with a unicorn instead of letting it be beheaded in your lap!

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2019-03-12

Today'Monsters Tarot card of the day is the Archangel Gabriel representing the Hierophant. In both the Bible and the Quran Gabriel is a giver of knowledge. I really like androgynous angels and brightly colored wings frequent in stained glass.

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2019-03-07

Here There be Monsters, the tarot. The Empress represented by a dryad at her tree, a card about nature and love.

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2019-03-05

Here There be Monsters, the tarot: The High Priestess is the Simurgh from Persian mythology. She's lived for 1000 years and amassed all the knowledge of the world, a nice counterbalance to the active energies of the Magician.

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2019-03-03

Second major arcana in Here There be Monsters, the tarot: The Thunderbird representing The Magician with its ability to impact the world with a simple beat of its wings.

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2019-03-03