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The Fool
The woman dancing with the Greyhound represents the Wise Fool of the deck. This illustration is a homage to the Pre-Raphaelite painter, Burne-Jones, and the figure is based on his drawing called Folly. The Latin motto on top, "stultitia," means foolishness. It is the root of the word stultify.

The Magician
The Magician holds his seven-pointed wand above his head and forms a lemniscate in the air. He is surrounded by symbols of the four suits and the four elements. This illustration contains elements that connect it to the earliest Tarots yet joins them with elements from modern occult decks.

The High Priestess
This illustration of an ancient sibyl with her hound is the High Priestess for the deck. The image is based on figures of Thessalica or Europea Sibylla, one of twelve ancient sibyls who were often depicted in Renaissance art. Thessalica lived in Greece near the town of Thebe, the walled city seen in the background.

The Empress
The Empress reclines on her throne with her dog, her eagle, and her crown in her lap. She is a symbol of sensuality, fertility, and abundance. Her eagle, like the Emperor's, is ready to fly to the center of the world.

The Emperor
The Emperor is both rugged and refined. He has elements that are derived from the Waite-Smith deck but also from the oldest Renaissance decks. The eagle on the back of his throne is ready to fly to the center of the world.

The Lovers
The young knight in the center of the the Lovers card must choose between two lovers, a woman wearing a crown of laurel, representing virtue, and a woman wearing a crown of flowers, representing sensuality. The whippet that leads the way symbolizes fidelity. The knight is the hero of the story told in the trumps and he always chooses virtue so that the story may continue to the next level.

The Chariot
The Chariot illustrates the myth that Plato presented in the Phaedrus. The dark and the light horses and the charioteer each represent one of the three aspects of the soul: the soul of appetite, the soul of will, and the soul of reason. When we divide the twenty-one numbered Tarot trump cards into three groups of seven cards each we find that the three groups correspond to these three aspects of the soul.

Justice
As in the earliest known Justice cards, created for the Duke of Milan in the mid 1400s, Justice is seen here with her champion the knight. Ideally, as the embodiment of the code of chivalry, knights were sworn to uphold the virtue justice and to defend the honor of women. Justice passes her sword to her defender.

Fortuna
Fortuna or Fortune stands blindfolded in the center of her wheel. As often found in Renaissance art, Fortuna's wheel, of time and fate, is represented by the celestial wheel of the zodiac. This is the oldest meaning of this symbol. Fortuna is a goddess of fate and the astrology chart was designed to map her influence at the moment of one's birth.

Strength
In the Tarot, the virtue Strength is usually depicted as a woman who has tamed a lion. Her strength is not the physical strength of the lion but the greater strength found in love and friendship. Here, her friends include a greyhound and a Siamese cat. To make friends with animals one has to discipline one's self. This is the real taming and this is the virtue Strength.

Death
In the Tarot, Death is usually depicted as the Grim-Reaper, who harvests the heads and limbs of his victims. Here, Death is depicted as the goddess of the poets, who harvests the body so that the soul is free to return to the sevenfold mystery.

Temperance
This illustration is a homage to the Pre-Raphaelite painter, Burne-Jones, and the figure is based on his paintings of the same theme. It was the first card designed for this deck. Temperance is quenching the fire with water but she is connected to the fire and may not succeed in killing it without harming herself. She also may not let the fire consume her but must maintain a balance between the two.

The Star
Seven smaller stars form a heavenly ladder ascending to the sevenfold mystery. The woman ascending thecelestialladder is based on a painting by Burne-Jones titled the Star.

Merhounds of the Moon
This ilustration is the Moon card for the deck. The seadogs are part greyhound and part dolphin. Along with their nauitcal Diana they attempt to connect the depths of the sea with the celestial orb.

The Sun
This ilustration is the Sun card for the deck. The mermaid from the Moon card has ascended from the depths of the sea to the celestial heaven of the sun, uniting what is above with what is below, the conscious mind with the unconscious mind. Note Apollo's seven rays and the seven strings on his lyre. Seven is his number.

Judgement
On this card the Angel of Judgement calls the dead back to life in the sevenfold mystery.

The World
"Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars." Proverbs 9:1
This woman is Sophia, whose name means wisdom,the seven symbols representher seven virtues - her seven pillars. In the corners are the four cardinal virtues, Temperance the vessels, Strength the lion, Justice the scales, and Prudence the mirror and snake. Prudence is the principle virtue and the other three represent its parts. Prudence is another name for Wisdom or Sophia and she is the mother of the three Christian virtues , Faith the cross, Hope the anchor, and Charity the heart. The realization of these seven virtues is the sevenfold mystery.