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Major Arcana - X
Wheel of Fortune
symbolism
- goddess of fortune (Fortuna/ Tyche / Τύχη )
- unpredictability of fate, chance, unexpected
- woman standing, blindfolded on a ball
- VS → blindfolded fortuna, centre of a wheel, inscription 'i rule/i was ruling/i am without rules/i shall rule'
- cycles of life. youth→maturity→decline
- C16 and C17, discard 4th figure surrounding wheel (cf. TM) use hybrids
plant connections
- hemp
- Calendula
- sugar cane
- walnuts (?)
- hickory (?)
other
note: work in progress for PARN. not general reference