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Academic advisor for the College of Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. Recovering academic. PhD in Media Studies. They/she

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Abraham Lincoln riding around in his kickass space throne in the original Star Trek
Last Chance Joe in Sparks NV
Map of Reno-Sparks area with demographic data for lesbian residents
Willow, Tara, and Anya, singing in Once More With Feeling
The Page of Cups from Waite-Smith
The cast of 3rd Rock From The Sun
The Fool card from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tarot deck, showing Xander Harris unaware he’s about to fall into an open grave, resting in a small wooden display, a cross-section of a two inch or so wide branch, with five branches (only three are visible from this perspective), radiating out. A small groove has been cut into the surface of the wooden display so that a card can stand up in it.
It’s anti Italian discrimination
A six card tarot spread using The Wild Unknown Tarot Eight of Swords Eight of Wands Seven of Coins Reveresed The Devil Reversed Daughter of Swords Nine of Coins Reversed
The Universe, Knight of Coins, and Three of Cups from Terra Volatile tarot deck
The Fool from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blonde boy in ornate black and green and orange robes stands atop a precipice, his eyes looking up into the brilliant yellow sky. His white dog bounds up beside him. He holds a white flower in his left hand, a bindle with an eagle head design on it in his right, and a red feather in his hair. In the far distance, spiky blue mountains. WU: Against a background of horizontal lines going from yellow o black, a black and white chick perched precariously on a branch, one leg reaching out, ready to fly. EVL: A blonde young man with a starry-sky parasol, orange pants, and a vest dances at the edge of a cliff, his white dog bounding up and the sun rising behind him. ST: A POV image, looking out from the walk up to the very edge of a cliff. Beautiful blue and pink and orange sky, with far off forests and mountains.
Five of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A pair of destitute individuals, both in rags, one on crutches, trudge through snow, an ornate stained glass window with pentacle motifs behind htem. WU: Under a strand of five pentacles on a chain, above which is white, below which is black, a wilting rose loses a petal. The red of the rose is the only color. EVL: Under an ornate design that resembles an art-nouveau interpretation of stained glass, a woman in rags holds her swaddled baby close. ST: A wounded wolf limps up a dusty brown desolate hill, towards a set of stone markers on the top of the hill, each with a different color of coin-like pentacle.
Two of Coins from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A man and a woman hold up cups before them, the man reaching out to the woman. A floating lion-headed caduceus thing is between and above them. WU: On a mostly black backrgound, two black-and-white cups, with a pair of roses crossed over them, their red petals the only color. EVL: A floating lion-headed caduceus thing between two cups, one light, one dark, on a purple background. ST: In a pond filled with lily pads, two cups sit on adjoining pads, a purple and pink lotus flower between them.
The Hermit from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: An old man with a white beard wearing grey/brown robes leans against a walking stick in his left hand on the very summit of a mountain, holding a loft a lantern illuminated with a six pointed yellow star. WU: A black and white illustration of a large tortoise, its head just poking out from its shell. On its back, a gas lamp illuminating the space around. EVL: A wizard looking guy with a long bear and robes carries a walking stick in his left hand while holding a lantern aloft in his right hand. In the lower left corner, a skull. ST: In a empty dark purple woods, a lamp left on the ground, illuminating a small area around it.
King of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A red-haired man in a crown, red robes, and a yellow and black cape sits on a throne deocrated with lions and salamanders. He holds a wand in his right hand and look out to frame left. Next to him on the stone pedestal the throne is on, a small black salamander follows his gaze. WU: Called "Father of Wands." A hooded cobra rears its head back, tongue flicking out, with a white wand nestled between its coils, a red and orange lightning bolt striking in the background. EVL: A white guy in a crown holds a large stick. A holofoil salamander is next to him in the framing. Behind him, a stone pair of lion heads smile. ST: A salamander encircles a white wand standing straight up. In the sky above, fireworks.
The Magician from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: Surrounded by flowers both above and below, a black hair man wears white robes under a red cloak, a white headband, and a belt made of a snake. Over his head, a black lemniscate floats. In his right hand, he holds aloft a white, double-tipped magic wand; with his left hand, he points to the earth. In front of him, a table with a sword, cup, pentacle, and wand. WU: A black and white illustration of a cheetah, seated and perched up with its paws resting on a black and white pentacle before it. On the cheetah's chest, a lemniscate. Beside the pentacle, a sword, a cup, and a wand. Behind the cheetah, black lines burst out in a radial pattern, taking on yellow, red, and orange coloring around the edges of the image's frame. ST: A Black woman with voluminous natural curls covers the right side of her head with her right hand, has her left eye closed, and holds up a small brazier pillowing seafoam colored smoke in her left hand. She has a holofoil pentacle on the breast of her undershirt, and wears a pink dress around her waist as though shed pulled some of it off. Two pink flowers flank her hips, and behind her, the night sky. ST: A POV image looking up into the sky, where a sword, pentacle, cup, and wand float in the air, and a rainbow colored lemniscate hangs magically in the air. The edges of tree frame the image in the corners.
Page of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A young man with hair chaotically whopping in the wind stands atop a small knoll and holds up a sword in both hands to his left. His right left trails behind him in an almost coquettish way. The background shows wind swept trees in the distance and large billowing grey clouds. WU: Called "Daughter of Swords". A black and white illustration of a barn owl, perched atop a black sword. In the background, a dark night sky with seven stars of different colors. EVL: A woman with a long black braid climbs over a rocky outcropping while holding a small sword aloft in her left hand. In the distance, a body of water, distant mountains, and clouds behind her. ST: Called "Child of Swords." A crow, standing on the snowy ground, looking through its legs at the sword thrust hilt-first into the snow behind them. The air is filled with frosty breezes.
Five of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: Five teenaged boys wearing tunics and tights of varying colors clash in mock combat in a field, each wielding a large wand as a staff. WU: Five black wands seem to be either flying about or held in status on a background of diagonal lines coming at various angles, many of them seeming to come off the wands like speed lines. EVL: Five teenaged boys wearing tunics and tights of varying colors clash in mock combat in a field, each wielding a large wand as a staff. ST: On a background of blues, five wands, two white, three black, cross over each other at various angles. One wand of each color, pointed in roughly opposite directions, are still illuminated with sparks, while the other three wands give off smoke as though they have just been extinguished.
The Hierophant from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A pope like figure in red robes and an ornate golden crown sits in a throne between two pillars. In his left hand, he holds a scepter with a triple cross; with his right hand, he does a benediction-like gesture of holding up two fingers together. Beneath him, two tonsured initiaties bow, a pair of keys on the dais before them. WU: A crow perces atop an ornate antique key, as lightning crashes behind. EVL: An ornately deocarated brazier pillows seafoam colors smoke through a stone archway with spiralling stone pillars and carvings of a man and woman's faces in the corners. Through the arch, the nightsky and a falling star. ST: Under an impossible waning crescent moon, the moon pokes up over the horizon between the stones of a Stonehenge like druidic circle.
The Ten of Pentacle from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A family of three are talking under a richly decorated arch, with their two white dogs focused on the old man in ornately designed robes outside. A kabbalistic arrangement of the ten pentacles overlays the image. WU: At the center of concentric rings of rainbow color going from indigo to red at the center, a 3-by-3 diamond of black and white pentacles, with the pentacle at the very center of the pattern having a smaller star inside its star. EVL: A woman in orange clothes and her dog greet an old man in purple robes at an archway laden with grades. ST: The trunk of a tree, one branch growing off to the upper left. Other branches have been cut off all around the trunk, and at their stumps, pentacles of different design.
The Wheel of Fortune from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: An orange wheel decorated with alchemical symbols, the Hebrew letters for YHWH, and TARO. Sitting atop it, a blue sphinx with a sword, descending down counter-clockwise on the left, a yellow snake, ascending up on the right, an orange Anubis-like figure. The sky behind has grey clouds in each corner, where different yellow figures sit reading books, starting with a winged human and eagle in the top corners and a winged cow and lion in the bottom corners. WU: A medicine wheel made of gnarled white and black branches, with rainbow colored string haphazardly strung up like webbing. From a branch on the top, an owl sits against the night sky. Below the wheel, the sun in the bright sky. EVL: A hooded green figure holds the holofoil wheel in their arms, a holofoil snack descending down their right side. In the backrgound, flanking either side of the hooded figure, are the four figures in profile: human, lion, cow, and eagle. ST: On an backrgound of dark blue with dark d\red in the center, a ring of brnaches, moving through the seasons, holly in the upper left, autumnal orange and yellow leaves in top right, fresh fruit in the lower right, and pink blossoms at thebottom. In the center, a spiral.
Temperance from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot WU: An androgynous angelic figure in long white robes stands before a small body of water, pouring water back and forth impossibly between cups. They have one foot on the ground and one foot in the water. Their wings are beautiful, with shades of reds and blues. In the background, a path leading to far distant mountains, over which a shining illumination in the shape of a crown. WU: On a background of rainbow diagonal lines shaded from red to blue, a black and white illustration of a heron extends one wing out, sheltering a fire in front of it. Five large drops of blue water fall from the heron onto the flame. EVL: A feminine angelic figure in seafoam off-the-shoulder robes has water flowing at impossible angles between two cups in either hands. She has majestic holofoil wing, and behind her, a path leads to a far distant horizon, the sunlight just starting to be visible. ST: On a black background, flames flick up from below while icicles hang down, dripping water. In the middle, steam.
The Knight of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A knight in light blue armor with a red cape flying behind him holds up a sword with his right hand, charging forward recklessly on his scared-looking white horse. In the background, trees lean as though he's charging into the wind. WU: Called Son of Swords. A black and white illustration of an owl swoops, with a black sword in its talons. EVL: An armored knight wearing an orange table with a white design on his chest holds a sword up before his face, while his white horse bows his head sadly. ST: Called Explored of Swords. A crow leans over the side of a cliff, investigating a sword that has been precariously placed by the precipice.
The Eight of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: Eight wands fly into the image, coming from the left at about a 30 degree downward angle. The sky is clear blue, and in the background, a stream, a small hill, and a building on top. WU: This card was photographed upside, I only just noticed! I will describe the card as though it were right side up. Eight black gnarled branches are arranged in a radial pattern, their tips all pointed at a single point, where the background -- otherwise all speckled black -- is pure white. From th top of a card, a rainbow lightning bolt, starting at red at the top, strikes the top middle wand, which is illuminated with the green, blue, and purple parts of the spectrum. EVL: A while woman with long wavy brown hair rides a galloping brown horse. She wears a pink sports coat, a white colored shirt, grey jodhpurs, and black riding boots. Her left hand grasps the reins, while her right hand trails behind her, holding a stick. She wears a satchel with seven more sticks. Seafoam green smoke billows around the horse's hooves. ST: Eight shooting stars, their tails shaped like wooden wands. They fly to the left, with an illuminated spray of speckled energy trailing behind. The background is a purple and teal tinted night sky, with black tree outlines on the bottom.
The Knight of Cups from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man in armor, seated upon a grey horse that seems to be moving slowly, each footstep with careful purpose. He wears a helmet with large wings swooped back out the top of the helmet, and a tabard decorated with red fish over blue wavey watery lines. He holds in front of him a large golden cup, which seems to occupy his attention. In the background, a small creek running through a desert-y environment, with a large hill to the right and far off trees and more mountains in the distance. WU: "Son of Cups". A white swam with a black beak floats by a cup, from which rainbow energy emanates. EVL: In profile, a white man in ornately decorated armor holds a cup to his chest and gazes out at the horizon to the right. His armor is covered in fish motifs, and on his pauldron, a horse head, also in profile. In the background, a small creek and far distant mountains. ST: "Explorer of Cups". A mostly white koi, with speckles of orange and black on its back, swims down into deeper water, towards a cup sunken to the bottom, nestled amidst rocks and seaweed.
The Seven of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man with curly black hair, wearing a black-fur-lined red fez and matching boots and green-brown robes skulks off from a military camp, with five swords flung over his shoulders. He looks back and to the right, towards the camp. Two more swords remain behind, their tips plunged into the ground. In the background, coloroful military tents to the right, more distant men in martial training to the left, and a bright yellow sky. WU: Against a background of black diagonal lines converging in the middle, six black swords of varying design are arrayed horizontally, with all their tips pointed to the right. Beneath, a black and white illustration of a fox, its tail wrapped up around it in a tight ball to keep warm, with one eye open and watchful. Beneath the fox, the seventh black sword, this one pointing to the left. EVL: A white person of indeterminate gender with medium length brown hair wears a voluminous dark blue cloak, a green beret, and brown pants and boots. In their right hand, they hold one sword, in left right arm, amidst the fabric of the cloak, they hold four more swords, and on the ground before them, two more swords. They look forward and to the left., In the background, a single light blue military tent, and a large purple cloud behind them in an otherwise clear blue sky. ST: Seven black swords of varying design are either moving across a snowy landscape, or have been stabbed into an icy surface. Tracks or cracks follow behind each sword. The six on the right have straight lines behind them, while the seventh sword, standing alone to the left, has a jagged line moving back and forth.
The Queen of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white woman with black hair sits on an ornately decorated throne in nature, gazing lovingly down at the yellow pentacle she holds in both hands in her lap. She wears a yellow crown with some sort of decorative red-winged thing on top, red robes over a white shirt, and a dark green cloak that starts from the back of her crown. She is surrounded by the bounty of nature, with a bough of roses growing over her and a rabbit running by in the lower right corner. More grows behind her, and in the far distance you can see a copse of trees, blue mountains, and a bright yellow sky. WU: "Mother of Pentacles." A black and white illustration of an alert mother deer, gazing out at the POV, while her fawn sleeps gently beside her. Above her head, a black and white pentacle. The background is black horizontal lines on white, with watercolor highlights going from dark green to dark purple. EVL: A white woman with wavy light brown hair sits with her gaze directed down towards the holofoil pentacle resting under her right hand and on her right knee. She wears yellow robes with a maroon cloak, her shoulders exposed, and a yellow crown seemling in the shape of a bird with its wings spread. In the top corners of the decorative background, purple grapes. ST: "Guardian of Pentacles". In a fall-colored clearing in the woods, a bear sits with a pentacle under their left arm. They gaze back, into the dark woods out beyond this clearing.
The King of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man wear a golden crown over a red cowl, a dark blue cape over light blue robes holds a sword upright in his right hand, the tip of the sword leaning a bit to the side. He sits on a tall stone throne decorated with butterflies. He is outside, with trees in the far distance, scattered clouds in the sky, and two birds in the air to his left. WU: Called Father of Swords. A black and white illustration of great Horned Owl, clutching in its talons a rainbow sowrd. EVL: A Native American man, strongly resembling Sitting Bull, with two long black braids of hair, sitting on a stone throne. He wears white robes under red robes that cover only his right shoulder, and cradles a sword in his arms, pointing to his left. To his right on the ground, a circular shield, and in front of that, an ornate brazier billowing seafoam green smoke. ST: Called the Elder of Swords. A crow flying high in the sky in front of the sun. In the foreground, an upright sword grows out of the tip of an evergreen tree.
A screenshot of Pokémon Legends Arceus, with the fake mission title "Attack and Dethrone God"
The Nine of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man with black hair, wearing a white bandage around his head, a brown jerkin, and tan pants, looking to the left. He supports his weight with a wand, with eight more wands upright behind him. In the distant background, green mountains. WU: A set of nine steps in the darkness, made of nine gnarled branches, leading up to a yellow waning crescent moon. EVL: A white man with medium-length blond hair, wearing a white bandage around his head and looking to the left. He wears a purple jerkin and tan pants, and clutches a wand to his chest. Behind him, eight wands stand upright, poking up from a short wall. In the background, a large body of water and purple clouds. ST: Eight wands criss-crossed over each other, four white wands on the left leaning right, four black wands on the right leaning left. In the middle, an upright brown wand with a red rose blooming from the tip. The background is lavender.
Strength from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A woman in long white robes with a belt of flowers around her waist leans down and has her hands on the top and bottom of a male lion by her side. The lion has its tongue out, and the floral belt is wrapped around its neck. Above the woman's head, a lemniscate. In the far distance, a blue mountain, and the sky is bright yellow. WU: A black and white illustration of a male lion with a white rose held in its mouth. On its forehead, an orange lemniscate, and above, orange rays of light from a white sun. EVL: A Black woman with a long braid down her right shoulder sits in a throne, her left hand on her cheek in a confident, self-assured pose. On her right, a male lion sits by her side, mouth open. ST: In a barren desert environment, a yellow flower blooms magnificently on a cactus. In the midground, more cactus and sagebrush. In the far distance, dusty clouds.
The Page of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blonde curly-haired youth wears a jaunty cap with a red feather, a yellow tunic decorated with black salamanders, yellow and orange robes over their shoulders, orange tights, and yellow boots. They look up and to the right at a budding wand they hold in both hands. In the background, distant sand dunes or perhaps even pyramids. WU: Called Daughter of Wands. A red and yellow snake curls around a white wand, flowering with red flowers. The snake's bottom curves into a lemniscate shape, a figure eight. The back ground is mostly pure black behind the snake, with more and more speckles of white on the peripheries. EVL: A blonde long-haired youth wears blue robes and brown boots. They look up and to the left at the wand they hold in both hands. They're right foot rests on a rock near them. In the background, distant hills and purple clouds. ST: Called Child of Wands. A small red salamander climbs a black wand, leaning in from the lower left towards the top middle. A single small spark erupts from the tip. The background is a neutral light color with a faint aura of energy / heat around the spark.
A brass lamp with the See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil monkeys, with two postcards leaned up against it, one with Pamela Coleman Smith’s artwork for The Empress tarot card, the other a black and white photo of Katherine Hepburn reclining in a rattan peacock chair. In front of the pictures, a set of objects and talismans: a dried gourd, a keyring with three antique keys, an antique silver knife, a poker chip which was used as a drink token at Northern Nevada Pride, and a crocheted human heart. Beneath all that, resting on a slice of geode, the Terra Volatile tarot deck, showing one variant of the Eight of Wands, which features eight sticks growing from a woman’s head.
The Ace of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white hand radiating out white energy emerges out from a grey curly-q cloud, gently cupping a pentacle. A gray sky, and beneath, a garden scene with an archway grown out of hedge, through which you can see far distant blue mountains. WU: A cross-section of a tree, with branches still sprouting out around the outside of the log. In the middle, the central ring has a five way split that forms a star shape, and has been followed in with an outer ring of orange and an inner ring of yellow. The background is white with black lines radiating out as though the log were luminous. EVL: Hands emerge out of the art-nouveau style holofoil frame to hold, above and below, a purple pentacle against an ornately decorated cloud, over far distant purple mountains. ST: A maple samara -- one of those helicoptering seed pods -- with a pentacle inscribed on the seed. In the background, seafoam green color and the shadows of other samaras.
The Six of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A man uses a pole to move a punt through water. In the boat, there is a figure fully covered in orange robes, with a small child seated next to them. Around these two individuals, six swords are thrust point down in the point. The water to their right is choppy, but the water to the left, the direction they're headed, is smooth. WU: In darkness, six swords sit in a jumbled mess, underneath a rainbow. EVL: A short-haired brunette white man rows a boat, with six smaller swords in the boat next to him. The water to his left is choppy, the water to his left, where he looks, is calmer. ST: Six swords are thrust into the snow at askew angles in a fairly barren icy environment. The sky is filled with dakr blue clouds, but in the distance, a beam of golden light.
The Chariot from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man with shoulder length curly orange hair stands in a stone chariot, his body seeming to merge into the solid stone. He wears a starry crown, armor with pauldrons with faces on it, a pure white swaure in his chest, a golden belt and skirt with arcane symbols on them. In his right hand, he has a long wand. His chariot has four pillars, with blue fabric with white stars draped over it. Before his chariot are two sphinxes, one white, one black, both sitting. Between them, an insignia that shows a golden circle flanked by large blue wings over a shield with a red symbol of a rod stuck through a circle. In the background, bright yellow sky, a flowing river behind the charioteer, and in the distance the walls of a castle town. WU: Underneath a white sun that radiates out black rays, a black and white illustration of a horse, from bust up. The horse's main is swept away to their right by wind, revealing a black waxing crescent moon on their forehead. Around their neck, a chain with a pentacle. EVL: A shirtless blonde white man with a Hermes-like crown holds a wand in his left hand while his right hand seems to direct the black and white sphinxes in repose before him. His chariot is abstractly represented by seafoam colored flowing swoops, and he stands before the night sky. ST: POV of a rapidly rushing river flowing through a narrow rocky canyon, with bright yellow on the horizon.
The three of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: Against a grey sky of raining clouds, a red heart is pierced by three swords, all pointed down. WU: Three swords of different design are crossed over each other, pointed down, and lashed together with red ribbons, each sword dripping blood from its tips. The background is black behind the swords, but very quickly becomes white around it all. EVL: Against a cloudy sky with light at the bottom, an ornately designed heart is pierced by three swords, with the middle sword pointed up. ST: Three swords are thrust into ice, cracks zig zagging toward the POV. The sky is dark blue and cloudy, but on the horizon, bright orange light.
The Two of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blindfolded black hair woman in white robes sits on a stone pedestal near the water's edge, rocky outcroppings scattered throughout. She is holding two swords aloft while she crosses her arms over her breast. Above her, a waxing crescent moon. WU: Two black swords of different designs cross underneath a solar eclipse, a black circle with orange watercolor around it. The background is pure white near the eclipse and streaks out to purer black as it gets further. EVL: A blindholded woman with flowing curly brown hair wearing a light blue nightgown sits cross legged on the ground near the water's edge, rocky outcroppings scattered throughout. She has two swords in her arms, pressed up against her chest. Rather than holding them by the hilt, she has her palms pressed across the cross guards. Behind her, a blue waxing crescent moon. ST: On a snowy hill, two swords point up, their hilts pushed into the snow. They cross over a sun rising or setting over the water in the the far distance.
The Six of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A man in a red chaperon and luxurious looking clothes stands over two beggars. With his right hand, he drops coins into the hands of the beggar next to him. With his left hand, he holds up a balanced hanging scale. WU: Against a background of black, with the edges lighter, a white silhouette of a tree branch, with six pentacles sprouting from it at various points like berries. EVL: A dark-skinned woman in a voluminous white hooded robe stands between two beggars, at least one of whom is also a woman. Her right hand reaches down towards one of the beggars, while she holds a tiny balanced hanging scale in her left hand. Above, in holofoil, six pentacles. ST: Six pentacles of varying coin-like design and color float in the air in a hexagonal arrangement over two bird's nests.
The Ten of Cups from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: In the middle distance and viewed from behind, a man and woman in fancy dress stand next to each other, the man's right arm around the woman's waist while they each raise an arm in the air in appreciation of a rainbow and an arc of ten cups in the sky above them. Beside them, two children dance happily. In the far distance, a modest looking home. WU: Ten cups are arrayed with five each on the top and bottom of an ovular space of white light, outside of which is all black with speckles of white. A pattern of rays of color criss-cross between all the cups. The rays emerging from or convering on the bottom cups are each a different color--in order from left-to-right, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red--while the beams for the five top cups have criss crossed in a pattern so that each cup gets one beam of each color. EVL: A red-headed pregnant woman in purple robes kisses a brown-skinned ambiguously gendered person with short curly brown hair on top and an undercut. They hold a baby, who looks out directly at the viewer while placing a hand on the woman's pregnant belly. Above them, in holofoil, ten cups. ST: On a bright yellow background, ten cups of varying design, all yellow, are arranged in a circular pattern. From each cup, different colors flow out, swirling together in the middle.
The Eight of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blindfolded black haired woman in red robes is loosely tied up alone in a marshy environment, with eight swords thrust into the group around her three on the left, five on the rght. In the distance on the right, a far off castle on a rocky hill. WU: On a background of white with thin black horizontal stripes, seven black swords point up at various askew angles, at least four of which are pointed at the monarch butterfly cocoon attached to a single black horizontal sword. EVL: A blindfolded woman with flowing wavy brunette hair and in a peach colored nightgown with white flower-like details at her breast is loosely tied up and on one knee. Behind her, eight swords are thrust into the ground. The holofoil framing makes a shape akin to the Greek letter Omega. ST: In a desolate, fairly barren snowy environment, a mostly bare tree has seven swords chained to its trunk, with the middle one being white while the three on either side of black. A few feet away, a single white sword stands plunged in the snow.
The Ten of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blond man in a brown jerkin leans forward into his burden, a bundle of ten wands he's carrying that fans out above his head. In the distance, a town. WU: On a black background with increasing white near the center, a tangled collection of ten gnarled branches. EVL: A person wearing a brown hooded shirt carries a bundle of ten wands bundled in cloth on their back. Behind them, a long and winding path. ST: Ten wands, half white and half black, jut up at overlapping angles. The background is abstract, a strip of red flowing across horizontally on a dark blue background.
The Nine of Cups from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A fat white man in a red chaperon and white robes with horizontal black stripes sits proudly with his arms crossed, with a semicircular high table with blue table cloth and nine cups behind him. WU: On a background of horizontal lines going from dark red to dark blue, a waning crescent moon hangs in the top center, with nine black and white cups running down the sides and center of the card. EVL: A dark-skinned man with white red, a red beret, a red cloak, tan robes, and a censor on his belt stands proudly with his arms crossed, with nine golden cups at his feet. ST: On a grey beach, nine cups in an arching pattern sit near the lapping waves. Between the fourth and fifth cups, in the foreground, a dandelion stalk stands proudly, the white seeds still all attached.
Page of Cups from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man with black hair wears a blue tunic with a red flower pattern and voluminous red sleeves over red tights and brown boots. He wears a blue hat with fabric wrapped around the front of his neck and a big tuft of fabric out to his left. He holds up a golden cup with a fish poking its head out, almost as if to speak to his hat. In the background, cartoonish waves. WU: Called Daughter of Cups. A white gosling with a black beak floats on the surface of water, represented by horizontal black lines. Her shadow is rendered in a watercolor rainbow, from red to violet. Above her, a single black cup. EVL: A white woman with long blonde hair wears a purple dress over tan tights and brown boots, with a long stream of dark blue fabric wrapped around her, blowing in the window. With her left hand, she holds a cup with a fish poking its head out, while her right hand is to her breast. She stands on an outcropping of rock with waves beneath her and purple clouds on the horizon to the left. ST: Called Child of Cups. A koi pokes its head out from a cup of water, floating in a pond with lily pads, looking up at cherry blossoms falling from a branch out over the pond.
Two of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man in a large red hat, brown tunic, and red rights stands on one foot, holding a pentacle up in each hand, around which is looped a dark green lemniscate. In the background, cartoonishly high waves, with a smaller ship on the left and a much larger ship on the right. WU: On a background of diagonal black lines meeting at a point in the center, a black and white illustration of a butterfly. On each wing, a black and white pentacle, connected by a rainbow lemniscate. EVL: A white woman in a yellow grecian dress and red hair with four long curls moving through the air as though she's in rapid motion gently grips two holofoil pentacles in her fingers while standing on one foot. Beneath her, a holofoil lemniscate, and in the background, cartoonish waves. ST: On a background of yellow in the top left gradienting to green in the lower right, two pentacles of differing designs tumble through the air, their edges visible, with a mobius strip of flowering vnes surrounding them. Hummingbirds flutter and poke their beaks into the flowers.
The World from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A nude white woman with Princess Leia On Hoth hair floats in the sky, her body encircled by blue cloth; in each hand, she holds a white double-ended wand. Around her, a wreath in a 0 shape, with red fabric in the shape of lemniscates (figure 8/infinity) on the top and bottom. In each corner, the head of one a symbol for one of the fixed Zodiac signs: from top left to bottom right: Aquarius, Scorpio, Taurus, and Leo. WU: A set of nesting circles, floating in the night sky, which recedes to white at the bottom of the card. The exterior ring is segmented, almost like piano keys, and mostly white with splashes of watercolor tones along each perpendicular line that run the full color wheel. The inner ring is white with black-lines forming a diamond pattern like snakeskin. Inside the circles, a ring of six white flowers grow out of the snakeskin and grow towards an interior light. EVL: A Rubenesque nude white woman with long rivulets of red hair floating around her sits with her hands clasped in her palms on a whispy cloud of mint-green vapor, which entwines and covers up her nudity. An intricate art-nouveau style frame around the image is rendered in holofoil. ST: A black portal opens to the night sky under mountains, with a spiral path leading to the center. The background is green on the bottom, moving up through shades of red and purple. Four constellations are in each of the four corners, the four fixed signs of the Zodiac, from top left to bottom right: Aquarius, Scorpio, Taurus, and Leo.
Giant seafood platter claiming to be a bloody mary
Two versions of Key XIX from Terra Volatile tarot deck, The Sun and Poetry The Sun: naked women cavort with a horse and Cupid in a sunflower field under a radiant sun Poetry: a laurel crowned man with long brown hair holds a golden bow and is surrounded by animals in a sunflower field, a radiant sun ablaze behind his head
The Sun from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A naked white blonde baby with a single red feather in their hair rides a white horse towards the viewer, carrying a large red banner. Behind the child, a wall with sunflowers growing over it, and in the sky, a faced moon radiating out alternatingly straight and curvy yellow rays. WU: Radial lines radiate out from a central point, colored dark red in the center, orange-yellow on the peripheries. The imagery is lamentably sphincter-like. In the four corners, birds fly out. EVL: A white woman with long curly red hair and topless in a Grecian-style robe places her arms around the top and bottom of a holofoil sun with a face. She looks down behind her, admiring the sunflowers growing. ST: Under the warm rays of light from the sun high in the sky, a single sunflower grows majestically.
The Seven of Wands from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white man with black hair in a green tunic, orange tights, and brown booties wields a wand from a top of rock outcropping, facing the viewer. From somewhere below and outside the image's frame, six more wands poke up around him. WU: In the darkness, a single black wand is a lit from its tips, illuminating a small area around it. Seemingly fleeing from the light, six wand wands crowded in the lower corners. EVL: A blonde man wear a blue tunic, cream-colored pants and brown boots and wielding a wand stands with his back to the viewer, atop a rock outcropping. Below him, six more wands poke up in the sky. In the background, a large purple cloud. ST: In darkness, six orange wands spark energy and light below, while a single ghostly-white wand floats above them.
The Star from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: Under a night sky featuring one massive yellow eight-pointed star flanked by seven more smaller white eight-pointed stars, a nude White woman with blonde hair leans down on her left knee by a small pond. Her right foot stands on the water, and she pours water from gourds in each hand, her right hand pouring the water into the pond, her left pouring the water on the ground. In the background on the right, a tree with an iblis in it. WU: A five-pointed star of watercolor hues hangs in the night sky, flanked by nine more scattered, less defined stars. The darkness at the top of the card gives way to white by the bottom. EVL: A nude Asian woman with white eyes and long straight black hair that becomes curlier and bluer at the ends holdings a holofoil six-pointed star in her hands, with mint-green smoke encircling her arms and flowing around behind her. An art-nouveau style circular frame behind the woman has an array of holofoil six-pointed stars behind her. ST: Looking up at the night sky, one particular star shines brightest amongst a nightsky peppered with different colored stars. The sky view is ringed by the green outlines of pine trees, as though you were looking at the stars out in the middle of the woods.
The King of Pentacles from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A king sits in a throne with ram's head decorations on the top corners and armrests. He wears an elaborate crown with red flowers over a red cowl and black robes deocrated with purple grapes and green leaves. In his right hand, a small golden scepter. Under his left hand, a golden pentacles. His eyes seem lidded, making it unclear if he's looking down at the pentacle or his eyes are closed. He has a single armored foot perched on a rock near his feet in a confident / dominant way. Around him, grapes and other vegetation, and in the backgroun, a bright yellow sky and the high towers of a distant castle. WU: Father of Pentacles. A black-and-white illustration of stag with rainbow antlers. A black pentacle with white lines radiates out black rays in all directions from between the antlers. EVL: An old white man with short white hair and a large curly beard sits while holding a small scepter in his right hand and a holofoil pentacle under his left hand. He wears yellow robes with a red cape, fastened with a ram's head clasp at jhis right shoulder. In the top corners, grapes. Behind him, an art nouveau style circular design with a halo of holofoil. In the bottom corners, holofoil olive (?) leaves. ST: Elder of Pentacles. A brown bear stands on its hindlegs in a field, holding a dull metallic colored pentacle down by its belly. In the foreground, wildflowers. In the middle distance, a thicket of trees going autumn red. In the far distance, a mountain range, with the central peak positioned perfectly behind the bear.
Justice from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A blonde White woman in a golden crown, red bobes, and a golden cape sits on a stone pedestal. Behind her, two stone pillars, red fabric loosely draped between them, and a bright yellow wall or sky. In her right hand, she holds a sword aloft, perfectly straight-up. In her left hand, an empty set of hanging scales. WU: The background is diagonal lines converging on a half-black, half-white diamond, with the lines colored like the Progress Pride Flag. Two cats, white on the left, black on the right (the opposite of the diamond between them) sit, their tails entwined around the globe, each one looking back at the viewer. Above the diamond, a sword is pointed down. In this deck, Justice is Key VIII. EVL: An long-aired Asian woman in high-necked black robes sits in a throne covered in red fabric. Her eyes are white, as though blind. In her right hand, she holds a sword by the forte, her index finger looped over the guard. In her left hand, a balanced set of hanging scales with nothing on it. ST: A half white/half black stone (or perhaps a black-and-white cookie!!) sits in the middle of the concentric circles of rippling water.
The Empress from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: A white blonde lady with a crown of twelve stars wearing a full-length white mumu with pomegranates on it sits upon a thrown absolutely redolent with cushions. In her right hand, she holds up a small scepter. In the lower left corner, a heart-shaped shield with the symbol for Venus / women leans against the throne. In the foreground, grain. In the background, a stream running through the woods and a bright yellow sky. WU: Against a black sky speckled with white and a waning crescent in the top left corner, the white outcome of a deciduous tree. The ground it grows from and the trunk is pure white, but as you get closer to the edges of the tree's canopy, watercolor from light pink to red to deep purple. EVL: A Black woman with long curly hair cascading down her shoulders, shown from the waste up, with nine white flowers in her hair, five on her right, four on her left. She wear a diaphanous purple robe, and in her right hand, a plant stalk; above the stalk, even more of the white flowers from her hair. Behind her, a design like a mirror, with an inner circle in holofoil and a arch of smaller circles in holofoil above. ST: A field of wildflowers under a beautiful blue sky. In the foreground, close-ups of wildflowers in pink, purple, white, and yellow, with a blackberry in the lower right corner. In the midground, a golden eagle perched on a moss covered rock in the field, looking to the left so that it's head is in profile.
Peggy Hill saying "This city should not exist. It is a monument to man's arrogance."
The Ace of Swords from four different tarot decks: Centennial RWS, Wild Unknown, Ethereal Visions Luna, and Spacious Tarot RWS: An upright sword is grasped by a radiant white hand emerging out of a curly-q grey cloud. The tip of the sword runs through a crown, from which two branches (palm and olive) hang off. Above the hilt, six licks of flame shaped like the Hebrew letter Yod float against the grey sky. Beneath the scene, distant mountains/ WU: An upright sword against a background of black, speckled with white, with pure white in the bottom corners. A rainbow lemniscate (figure-8, infinity symbol) with a snake skin pattern snakes around the hilt and the forte of the sword, while lightning bolts arc down towards the sword from both top corners. EVL: An upright sword is grasped by the forte by a holofoil hand emerging out of the card's border. The tip of the sword is crowned, with laurels coming off to each side. A set of highly stylized clouds sit behind it in overlapping shapes, colored green, white, purple, blue, green, blue, purple, and white. Beneath, distant mountains. ST: An upright sword against a background of a blue sky with wispy clouds catching the pink tones of a sunrise or sunset. A set of perpendicular lines trace off the shape of hilt, and diagonal lines radiant out towards the corners of the card from the tip of the sword.
A wooden door with printed warning about lab procedure and a black plastic plaque with white text reading “Angst Control Lab.”