Thursday, November 13, 2014

A Finnegans Wake tarot deck?

Joyce's archetypes are surely richer and deeper than the traditional tarot, even while serving the same purpose (hasn't anyone explored this yet?)


[wiki]

the four suits have to be Mamalujo aka the four provinces

wands, pentacles, cups, swords
1-10, page, knight, queen, king

can each province have its own versions of HCE, ALP, Shem and Shaun? why not Issy too? or the two Issys?

if they're meant as playingcards, the major arcana archetypes should probably be redistributed among the minor values
2 Issys
3 soldiers
4 Mamalujo
7 rainbow girls


major arcana

The Fool [Joyce?]
The Magician [the Cad?]
The High Priestess [the prankquean?]
The Empress
The Emperor
The Hierophant [Berkeley]
The Lovers [Tristan and Isolde]
The Chariot [the Letter]
Strength
The Hermit [Kevin? or Shem?]
Wheel of Fortune [Viconian cycle?]
Justice
The Hanged Man [fallen Humpty Dumpty]
Death [The Tomb]
Temperance [Shaun]
The Devil [Sackerson? snake]
The Tower [Wellington Monument, the wall]
The Star
The Moon
The Sun
Judgement [The Thunderclap?]
The World


missing?
Rebirth
The River
The Hill
The Encounter
The Riddle
The Rumor
Hosty's Rann
The Temptresses
The Soldiers
Kate
Biddy the hen
Intemperance
The Cave [Freudian opposite of Tower]


photos?

a simpler approach might be photos of real 'characters':

Howth
Phoenix Park
Wellington
the Monument
the Liffey
Chapelizod
Parnell
Alice Liddell
Joyce
Nora
Lucia
Stannie




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