Weekly thingy and wait, you were expecting maybe Tarot?
Drawing just didn’t happen at all this week what with one thing and another but I do have the ten of wands planned and you should be seeing it soon. … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Nine of Wands/The Magic Comb
Another week, another fairly general Russian fairy tale reference. There are multiple stories where this turns up – it’s something of a trope in Russian fairytales – but let’s go … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Eight of Wands/Arrows to Find Brides
This is actually a new story to me and I don’t have a specific source for it, agh. I found it in an article on archery in Russian folklore and … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Seven of Wands/Rapunzel
It’s kind of dumb that I keep calling these weekly thingies when at the moment I’m only managing to post once a week, but it gives me a template to … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Six of Wands/Thumbelina
I’ll get back to more obscure stories sooner or later, there are a bitchload of cards still to go, but this week it’s Thumbelina celebrating her freedom from all the … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Five of Wands/Briar Rose
Still wands. You were expecting something else maybe? Slightly extra delayed this week between family visiting town and Rosh Hashonoh, but I’m still producing about 1 card a week so … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Four of Wands/Allerleirauh
I hope you like wands because we’re going to be looking at them for a while yet. I’ve mentioned the Donkeyskin/Allerleirauh/All-Kinds-of-Fur variants before, and I think I’ve given y’all a … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Three of Wands/Hans My Hedgehog
Wands, wands, wands. I went with Hans My Hedgehog for this card, which some of you may actually know from Jim Henson’s Storyteller for a change! But basically it’s a … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and Two of Wands/Tattercoats
Going to try to keep this one short, since I worked yesterday and today has been largely taken up with chores and a design gig I literally couldn’t turn down. … Continue reading
Weekly thingy and The Ace of Wands/Cinderella
So first some weird news – I finally cleaned out the trunk of my car (in Houston, in August, dear god the humanity) and I found a box of tarot … Continue reading
