shatterstripes

The Lord of Chaos

The 0 of VOID is simultaneously no suit and all suits. It is a reminder that the unformed void lies beneath all four elements; that the world is an infinitely complex and unknowable place. It is the pre-Big Bang monobloc.

It has no elemental associations. It has no astrological associations. The void was there before the constellations were lit, and will be there when the last one burns out.

It is emptiness; how will you fill it?

Divinatory meanings (tentative): The Butterfly Effect, chaos, raw unformed possibility. Potential. Things are about to happen, and might happen fast. If ill-dignified, it is 'analysis paralysis', illusions of conspiracy, insignificance. Clusterfuck.

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This came to me this morning. It is the counterweight to the 99s. A pause in the Tarot to consider a sort of Buddhist thought that these systems tend to leave out. It shares some territory with the Fool and Death, but has its own unique flavor. It is both a joke and a perfectly serious addition.

It is also the middle of the deck: with its creation, there are 85 cards in the full version of my Tarot deck ( (11 pips+4 courts*4 suits)+22 majors+1 VOID ) and this is the 43rd card to have its file marked as complete. I feel it's appropriate for this to be the midpoint of the art phase of whole project.

There may also be some reference to Grand Unified Theory here, I'm not sure. The flavor text needs to be finalized. n.n;

Print available on Artspots.