08-24-2018, 09:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2018, 09:16 AM by Plenum.
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any thoughts on the 8 of Wands?
it seems a highly unusual one.
Normally accorded the name of 'Swiftness'.
The Ryder-Waite image has no anthropomorphisation. No human element. Not even a hand! (like in the Ace cards).
![[Image: 6ZO7QKW.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/6ZO7QKW.jpg)
and the Thoth representation of this arcanum.
![[Image: Ks0OK2fl.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Ks0OK2fl.jpg)
all other cards in the Wands suite (1-10) in the Ryder-Waite have a human element to it. This is almost purely symbolic
it seems a highly unusual one.
Normally accorded the name of 'Swiftness'.
The Ryder-Waite image has no anthropomorphisation. No human element. Not even a hand! (like in the Ace cards).
![[Image: 6ZO7QKW.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/6ZO7QKW.jpg)
and the Thoth representation of this arcanum.
![[Image: Ks0OK2fl.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Ks0OK2fl.jpg)
all other cards in the Wands suite (1-10) in the Ryder-Waite have a human element to it. This is almost purely symbolic