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Justice is all about balance of the mind, finding the middle ground between two opposing forces. I chose Pocahontas for this KH tarot card because she is the one who manages to see clearly and has also the strength of mind to stand firm by her belies and take action.
in one hand she holds a spear, symbolizing strength in adversity, and in the other hand she holds scales, representing equality and fairness. I left out an animal companion because, gosh darn it, I just couldn't make one look good in there and still make sense. I drew a coyote, but he is an earth symbol, and Justice's element is air. Tried an owl in flight, but the balance is off.
In any case, I is finished! It's small, I know, but that's the size I want to print it at.
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I said I'd get one down before the year was out and gosh darn it, I will! I give you The Star.
The Star!
I chose Kairi as The Star for this KH tarot deck, because she is Sora's hope; she is the one who leads him out of the darkness and into the light once more. As the hero takes his journey, she is the first glittering sign of optimism after a long journey in the underworld.
She represents calmness, free-flowing love, trust, joy, and regeneration. In one hand she pours water from a vase onto the ground as though to relieve it from thirst. The five streams represent the five senses. In the other she pours water back into the lake as though to replenish it
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I'm not as happy with this one...it's too busy for my tastes, but I just sort of lost inspiration about half-way through. I may come back and redo it some time...
Anyways:
The Magician is Merlin for obvious reasons...he is one of the first people The Fool encounters. He is a helpful, kindly character, who presents the hero with the four suits: the sword (air), the wand (fire), the shield/disk (earth), and the chalice/Kingdom Hearts itself (water).
In my opinion, Sora should always choose the sword since he is a warrior and it represents his element.
The Magician bridges the worlds of the mysterious and the practical, showing The Fool the path before him and giving him the tools to achieve what he needs to. The table is decorated with the symbol for infinity, hinting at the cyclical nature of The Fool's journey, which begins and ends forever until the end of time.
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Yeah, much as I wanted to avoid Queen Minnie as the Empress because I don't see her as the ultimate mother earth figure, I really want Mickey as the Emperor, so by default...yeah.
I'm going to work on the The High Priestess next though :Aerith. Hopefully it turns out better than the Magician (which I've decided I'm really going to have to redo if I'm going to be happy with it).
This is Aerith as The High Priestess. This is one of my favorite cards! She represents the spiritual or celestial mother, seated between two pillars with crescent moons. There is supposed to be a curtain with pomegranates, further representing the hidden truths she keeps and that general spiritual quality that ties in with Persephone and the underworld, but I had a hard time making it look just right. I admit to not being a particularly skilled artist. This is just for fun!
I tried to make up for the lack of pomegranates with the border . The pillars are black and white, symbolizing duality: male and female, night and day, positive and negative, etc. The High Priestess represents the nurturing of spiritual ideas, though she does not always give up her secrets easily, the Fool will learn. She is about the unseen potential to be brought to life...in her hands are Narcissus flowers, which are associated with death and rebirth and the first to bloom after winter. Granted, you can't really tell...but just go with it.
After seeing Final Fantasy: Advent Children, I was pretty much convinced on this one. Definite connection to the underworld/afterlife, always seems mysterious, yet nurturing for the unveiling of higher truths to be learned.
Granted...in some ways Namine does the same, but more so for Roxas. For Sora, she pretty much picks apart his brain until he has no memories and then spends a year putting all the pieces back. Jeez. And blah blah blah, they're the same person, yeah whatever.
Post by tsukuyomi13 on May 16, 2009 23:12:59 GMT -4
Oh tarot decks ...man i want to learn to read those so badly...hmm...i think maybe Sora could be the Fool...Fools usually are the ones on the journey and he is on a pretty big one. and personally i think Donald should be the magician. sorry if i am intruding but i really like tarot. just by thinking im getting a whole bunch of idea's...also Goofy would be good as Strength because of his will to protect the ones he cares about.(I'm into Shin Megami Tensai: Persona games and they are sorta based a bit off of tarot and I'm creating a fanfic for that so i have been thinking of those who would fit those catagories.)
Sora is the Fool. However, I did not choose Goofy for strength, because the card is a very feminine and gentle one. It typically depicts a young woman taming a lion with her bare hands; it has more to do with strength of character than that of the physical. Though Goofy has both, I would prefer to portray a character wholly defined by her inner strength.
Besides that, my other two 'lesson' cards, Justice (balance of mind) and Temperance (balance of heart) are female and I'd like to keep this section consistent if I can.
I did a lot of careful considering for The Magician, and in the end, Donald is not the figure in Sora's journey who presents his tools. He is a close companion to be sure, but in many ways, just as clueless as Sora is.
I'm open to suggestions for The Tower, however. I would like Axel to be one of the figures, but I'm not so sure on the second.
Post by tsukuyomi13 on May 17, 2009 12:53:26 GMT -4
Ah the tower, a signature for chaos in life...hmm Axel or maybe Riku would be good for tower i believe. or Cloud (funny how in the persona games the Strength Aracana were both boys figure out who they were.) hm...any others i can think of...i think Hercules May be Chariot, chariots support and win in battle and Hercules kinda fits that bill. Maybe Meg for Lovers...just listing off a few suggestions.
My focus is specifically the traditional tarot symbolism. The Tower does not simply mean chaos, but rather it represents the epiphany or the ultimate change The Fool must discover after his encounter with The Devil. I chose Axel because he goes through a tremendous change which ultimately ends his life. Riku is also a good choice for this, though I would like to keep with the theme of dualities and depict both man and a woman. If not though...Riku works, since his unveiling in the end kinda comes after a huge KABOOM thingy.
The Chariot is about war, but more specifically, the feeling is lack of control, chaos, and pure energy. The figure is out of control, being pulled in opposite directions by wild horses. I was planning on using Seifer for this figure.
As for Meg...I'm actually toying with the idea of using her in The Devil, which depicts two human figures chained at the feet of the devil (possibly Hades). These figures are victims of their own earthly desires and habits. They are loosely chained; they could free themselves if they only had the will. They must make a change (The Tower). For the male I'm using Cloud FOR SURE (omg, perfect fit)...
Feel free to keep making suggestions though. I still need help on The Empress. I wanted to use Queen Minnie, but...it just doesn't feel right to me. I need a more motherly figure. Minnie as the Earth Goddess isn't working in my head just yet...mer, maybe it will though...oy.
Post by kagemaru99 on May 17, 2009 13:40:49 GMT -4
I can totally see Malificent as the Empress(The Empress of the heartless though lol...) There´s also the Queen of Hearts(No, forget it, she´s a tyrant)