Suit of Pentacles - the Design Process

To me, the suit of pentacles represents the design industry to the fullest. You have....
the ace of pentacles
which is the sprout of a new idea for the design, got the job

two of pentacles
is a critique via the professor (or client) about your ideas on paper, the design is young, a balance of thought is exchanged that will materialize (on paper) into the design

three of pentacles
represents the transition from ideas on paper to the computer.

Four of pentacles
represents a solid foundation of the design - not necessarily finished but a good start, its secure, you've got all the basics covered, go for it.

Five of Pentacles
represents advice given to you but you may not be necessarily open to it, I see creativity a divine force and in the five a pentacles there is usually two figures avoiding a church - so perhaps this may also mean avoidance of creativity? Not using it? Lack of Inspiration?

Six of pentacles
represents moving on, finally getting ideas worked out an materialized on the computer you may have a comp (prototype) done. You have the ideas down, a good foundation, you took the advice finally, saw the "light" got inspiration.

Seven of pentacles
you are stepping back, admiring your work, you may have one final individual critique from the professor

the eight of pentacles
is getting the details, emerging yourself in the work figuring out the details, the presentation, being OCD about the design, praying you won't mess it up... that one more hurdle before you move on to.... THERE IS a design (pentagram) on the pentacles and we see a craftman working dilgently on it.

the nine of pentacles
where you can finally say "AHA! I am done!" this may indicate a project being done early where you may feel "bored" and "Laxed" about it and you can finally sigh with relief. I see a waiting period with this card.

The ten of pentacles
is a transition from the journey of the numeric suit to the court cards. You may be taking the design to the final critique or to the client.

Page of Pentacles
Represents you in the final critique. You are the designer who emerged from the numeric suit. This page is all about concentration of communication, he reminds me of the ace of pentacles, but instead of sprouting a new idea, he may take advice from the client. He is the page which the knight "picks" on. In medieval times, I believe pages are the figures that help knights prepare for battle. You've been through a tough journey already but you emerged a designer with a project ready to be handed to the client ...

Knight of Pentacles
After the final critique you are back at working, head first into the design making the changes the client wanted - they may even have set a date. You are now battling and fighting the changes, it is a slow process. I see this night being slower getting all the details straightened out and fought rushing against the time frame.

Queen of Pentacles
Win! You completed the design. You handed it in. You presented yourself well, you may have gotten your cheque already - or you may have gotten samples of the product. But since queens are usually seen as a secondary in the royal hierarchy the queen may represent you, since in the design industry its all about what the client wants (king of pentacles).

King of Pentacles
The client got what he wanted, He has your design, He may have reproduced it in 3d form (posters, packaging, etc).

Daily Draw: 04

Today: Knight of Swords
Tomorrow: King of Swords

Today, as expected, was mostly about communicating. Whether it was through email, or via the communications presentation, it was a day definitely ruled by the Knight of Swords. Although, I see him more of a knight who thinks outside of the box, whereas the king might be a bit more conventional.

Tomorrow, is the King of Swords. I plan on finishing my photography project as the critique is tomorrow.

Daily Draw: 03

Today: Page of Pentacles.
Tomorrow: Knight of Swords.

Recap: Totally a Page of Pentacles day! Busy, busy. I think pages tend to be a busy be type personality. Which, is surprising as, pentacles are slowwww. But the pentacles manifested as completely physical things. I.e: I received two packages, a business proposal, studiosouth related messages, dropped off 3 posters and my senior show stuffers, etc. Yes! I may have a potential client, though we haven't exchanged a lot of emails yet. I'm still waiting to hear back about what they are interested in. Today was totally a page of pentacles day. I would say pages are about manifesting things of a physical nature that you may or may not be expecting.

Tomorrow? Knight of Swordssssss.
The knight of words. Fast communications. Only thing that it could be referring to is that we're having a speaker come in tomorrow in Interactive. He'll be talking about creativity, and thinking out-side the box (!).

Daily Draw: 02

See? I told you I wouldn't keep up. Anyway. I'll keep doing daily draws whenever I think of it I guess.
Two days already and I haven't done it since Saturday!

I've been busy putting together Senior Art show work, which is due tomorrow and thankfully it is all done! Just gotta figure out how to truck it all over to the art department without destroying it all. :-)

For tomorrow, I drew the Page of Coins. Perfect card for submitting work. Pages are all about messengers of a practical nature. Or givers of materialistic means. I'm supposed to be submitting my work for the senior art show as well as dropping off signs for my internship.

I didn't remember on Sunday cause well I was up way past my bed time getting senior show stuff together, had a drink and promptly fell asleep.

Tonight, I plan on working on those signs and shooting the second roll of my self-portrait project so I have something to work on in Photography.  Gah! Things are starting to overlap each other... not liking it one bit.

Daily Readings: 01

I've stopped doing daily readings since I was a sophomore. But I feel the urge to do them again. I seem to have forgotten some of the personal meanings I've attached to the cards.

To start, my daily reading for tomorrow is the Ten of Swords.

In numerology numbers end at 9. And the new number cycle begins again at 10. Kabblistically, Number 10 deals with the inTENsity of some event or moment. 


All I plan on doing tomorrow is getting my work ready for the show. Ten of Swords is Tarot's way of saying that you've hit rock bottom. It is the Lord of Ruin; an unexpected, shocking and traumatic upheaval. Not the best card when I'm supposed to be getting work together for a deadline. However, perhaps that the Ten of Swords indicates the end of a cycle; as mentioned before. In the present position, this card is a confirmation that you are turning a corner and leaving behind one of the worst chapters in your life. Keep a mental image of that golden sky rising … your world is about to get brighter, as it hardly could ever be any darker than some recent dramas you have encountered. Perhaps putting together my work for the senior show is a sign that after tomorrow things will get brighter than they have been.

I sure hope so.

Death - Ghost Rider

Lately I've been doing tarot studies regarding various events that's happened since the start of the semester. And I just want to say that when the Death card came up in my readings I couldn't get the image of Ghost Rider out of my mind. It just seemed a too perfect archetype for the events.

I saw this movie on a date in High School and completely forgot about it until now. Ghost Rider is "based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259324/). I suppose the image of the skeleton on the Medieval Scapini card triggered the image of Ghost Rider since he is riding a skeleton of some animal whatever it may have been. Looks snake like.. anyway, during the reading there was absolutely NO way for me to have really understood what this card was trying to tell me. Because the divinary meaning of this card is the End of a Cycle, not necessarily death itself. Its been known to predict spiritual transformations. Though, that doesn't mean that the mundane meaning of the card should not be forgotten. Its just very RARE that tarot cards are literal. Tarot is the language of the mind, the archetypal mind and the reason why they work as a divinary system is that we all wonder through life via our consciousness and subconsciousness, so archetypal events and images are bound to make an appearance. Its been said that everything we experience that we consider to be the Manifest world is actually an illusion, something that our minds conjure up. In hypnosis studies its been said that we appear to have a collective agreement to be here in this physical world So everything that happens in life as mere events is part of the subconscious and is a reflection of it.