The Quarterly Deck
This page of the website is devoted to the process of developing new Cards for the Minor Arcana of the Pirate Tarot of the Mystic Bootye. They are all in various stages of completion.
It consists of works-in-progress, including conceptualizing, capturing and saving potential visual imagery or new visual quotations, along with relevant symbols and interpretations regarding how they contribute to the meaning of each Card.
It consists of works-in-progress, including conceptualizing, capturing and saving potential visual imagery or new visual quotations, along with relevant symbols and interpretations regarding how they contribute to the meaning of each Card.
Winter 2018 - 2019
Visual References:
Nine of COINS:
Fullillment
Nine of BLADES:
Depair
Two of BLADES:
Peace
Eight of COINS:
Ten of BLADES:
Over and Done
Eight of BLADES:
Interference
visual quotations):
Nine of COINS:
Fullillment
Nine of BLADES:
Depair
Two of BLADES:
Peace
Eight of COINS:
Ten of BLADES:
Over and Done
Eight of BLADES:
Interference
visual quotations):
In The Works:
Two of COINS
Gold Coin - conscious, the light, enlightenment - the sun
Silver Coin - unconscious, unknown - the moon
M.C. Escher - mobius strip - a surface with one continuous side which is formed by joining the ends of it after a 180 degree twist.
The flow - in/out around, balance in managing money matters, infinity pattern, mobius strip path
Coin as energy, mana, spirit (encircled) = Symbol of value. Acquiring and Spending COiNS.
opposites, positive/negative, in/out, etc. are dynamic transformative energies of a singe whole continuum that create and define the other.
Jupiter in Capricorn
Four of COINS
Axis Mundi
X-marks the spot
A Sacred place
Four Elements
Circular (sphere)
= Mandala
buried treasure
guarded
greed, hoarding, hanging-on,
Sun in Capricorn
Two of WANDS
A.E. Waite - Two of Wands
M.C. Escher
Keep the creative energy flowing - use this to accomplish your goals
Mars in Aries
Assertive action, will to conquest, to exert rulership
Seven of BLADES
"If they are nice to you be nice back. If they do bad things to you, f*ck'em up."
image source: An Attack on a Galleon
By Howard Pyle | PUBLICATION Harper's Monthly Magazine, illustration for "The Fate of a Treasure Town" by Howard Pyle, December 1905
source: The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is a national research institute dedicated to American illustration art.
Astrology: Moon in Aquarius
Cleverness
The Spirit of Invention
Three of CUPS

Three of CUP
Three grails or containers
Salt, Mercury, Fire
Body, Mind, Spirit
In the 3 of Cups these elements are seen to flow freely and mix with each other.
Abundance, overflowing, invitingly, merging together.
Three grails or containers
Salt, Mercury, Fire
Body, Mind, Spirit
In the 3 of Cups these elements are seen to flow freely and mix with each other.
Abundance, overflowing, invitingly, merging together.