Today’s Tarot Card Compare looks at 3 versions of the 8 of Swords.
The first card is from The Medieval Scapini Tarot by Luigi Scapini. The second is from The Shining Tribe Tarot by Rachel Pollack . And the third card is from the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot by Arthur Waite and Pamela Colman Smith.
How are themes of constriction, mental interference, and an inability to move forward expressed in each image? How are they similar? How is each unique?
In the Medieval Scapini, the connection to the Major card #8, Justice, is particularly evident, while the RWS version hints at emotional murkiness with the water puddles on the ground.
The Shining Tribe’s woman divining seems a little different than the other two, replacing the overbearing swords with birds circling around a volcano. Could it be saying that communication restricted will one day explode?
Take a look and see what you think.
