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canisalbus · 2 months ago

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I love your art! It reminds me of tarot cards a bit. It's very beautiful. I think Machete would be Death, the Hermit, or the Moon. Vasco would be the Empire, the Sun, or the King of Cups or Pentacles. I could also see them being pictured together on the Lovers or the Tower.

Illustrating a tarot deck has been one of my dream projects for, like, at least a decade now. But it would be a massive undertaking, the major arcana alone would be 22 pieces.

Personally, I tend to see Vasco in the Sun, Strength, the Wheel of Fortune and the suit of Cups.

And Machete in the Hierophant, the Chariot, the Moon and the suit of Swords.

I agree, both of them are the Lovers and the Tower.

#answered #little-catholic-jester #Machete is highly swords-coded I've used the cards as inspiration before #did you know that tarot cards originate in northern Italy? and were popular in Vasco's and Machete's time?#at the time they were just regular playing cards their use as a divination tool only emerged in the late 18th century

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