This Chariot card took me 11 months to complete. Well no that’s not a fair representation. What I mean is I started the first draft of this card almost a year ago, and then just… stalled. (Funny enough, for a Chariot card…)

It’s still not done done, but it is a complete first draft. For every single card, I think I’m done, and then a few days later, sometimes weeks later, I happen to glance at it and suddenly spot egregious problems I need to fix.

Grimaud’s Etteilla III associates Card 21 with Rehoboam, the legendary 10th century BCE son of King Solomon who divided the previously united Kingdom of Israel into the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah, and who imposed harsh policies and burdens on the people.

Kinda fun to see the two Chariot cards side by side for comparison. On the left is from my Spirit Keeper’s Tarot deck, Revelation Edition. It’s philosophically fascinating how the slightest little change makes the biggest difference.

In the SKT, the line drawing pre-color is in black, thickness 7. For the Etteilla, line drawings are done in brown or midnight blue, thickness 4 or 5. Look at the dramatic difference just that one little change makes.

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