The Eklektikos Tarot

The Eklektikos Tarot is a work in progress... representing the diversity of symbology, through different cultures, historical and mythical characters among them. With nature and oneness as its core.

All the images are done in pencil colours, including the border.

Saturday, 30 October 2010

The Queen of Swords

The thoughtful queen sat on the "Harpy Chair"

Thursday, 7 October 2010

The Queen of Pentacles

Represented by Zenobia, the Syrian queen of Palmyra.

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Update

The Queen of Wands is ready and will be posted tomorrow.

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Friday, 27 August 2010

Update

For the time being, we are working on the court cards, starting with the queens... and the first of them is the Queen of Cups, which is ready and will be posted soon. Next in line is the Queen of Wands.

We would like to thank everyone new and old to this blog for the Eklektikos Tarot, for following its progress and all the encouraging and inspiring comments.
Many people have asked us, how long will it take for it to be complete and published? Well in all honesty, we don't know yet, but we are working hard on it, to finish it as soon as possible without compromising its quality.

You can also find the Eklektikos Tarot's updates in http://www.facebook.com/pages/Designerhands/110271142333682

Thank you for all your support and patience.

Friday, 13 August 2010

Mother Earth

Traditionally known as The World.

Judgement

This card might change name...we are still debating.

The Magician

The magician

Wednesday, 11 August 2010

Majors done

After a long pause, I could start redoing the cards, and they are finally done...just have to scan them. Hopefully will be able to post them tomorrow.
On to minors now :)

Monday, 14 June 2010

Update

We are in the process of moving and settling in to another country, so the progress of the deck has been almost none, but as soon as we are ready, we will be posting the final changes to the majors and then continue with the minors.

Thanks once more for your interest and kind words.

Designerhands

Thursday, 6 May 2010

The 3 majors that will change


These are working ideas for the cards, they will be redone as we want to add certain elements and slightly change composition.
Mother Earth will stay pretty much the same, except for some addition of animals and plants.
For the Judgement, will "zoom in" focusing more on the small details but keeping the main compositional ideas.
The Magician's figure will be reduced in size so it doesn't take over the card and allows other elements to be seen better; for example, the eclipse will be moved to a more visible position. There will be also minor compositional changes.

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

The Hanged Man

Yggdrasil and Odin, from the Norse Mithology.

Thursday, 29 April 2010

Update

The Hanged Man is half way to completion... once it's done, I will be doing the final touch-ups for the rest of the majors and hopefully will be all posted at once.

We thank you for all the support and comments the deck has received so far, this has been very encouraging and we hope you follow the progress of the rest of the cards.

Saturday, 24 April 2010

The Wičháša Wakȟáŋ


The Holy Man in Oglala Lakota language.


This card is traditionally known as the High Priest or Hierophant.

Saturday, 3 April 2010

Fortuna


The roman goddess, Fortuna without her wheel but a crystal ball.

Saturday, 20 March 2010

The Moon


Rapa Nui or Easter Island and its magestic Moais... and my two beloved dogs, Luna & Raksha as they are in both in a better place.

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Three of Wands



The experienced instructor...

Six of Swords


Sailing towards hope...

The Pilgrim


The pilgrim starting the journey...

Traditionally known as The Fool.

Justice


From greek mithology, here is Themis (goddess of divine justice) and Dikë (goddess of human justice).

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

An update

The Fool and Justice to come soon.

Four of Swords


A contemplative figure...

Temptation


The name for this card might change, we are still trying to decide between the choices we have.

Traditionally known as The Devil.

The Lovers


Love, for every living thing...

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

The Sun

For the ancient Egyptian civilization.

Change


The only constant is change...

Traditionally known as Death.

The Lighthouse



Traditionally known as the Tower.

Wednesday, 10 February 2010

The Strength


An homage to Maria Khosa, the Lion Queen of Timbavati.

Nine of Cups


A cheerful looking card.

Monday, 8 February 2010

The Star




For the great mathematicians and astronomers from the Middle East.

The Empress



The "green" lady.

Sunday, 7 February 2010

The Hermit






I love this card... the tibetan monk.


Harmony

Traditionally called the Temperance.

The Emperor





China and it's wonderful culture.

The Chariot




Represented here by Boudicca, the queen of the Iceni people of eastern England.

The Machi


The "Machi" is the shaman for the Mapuche culture, from the south of Chile.


This is the High Priestess.

The King of Pentacles




One of the few Minor that is done and one of my favourites.