In this series, we are taking the time to smell the roses, which for tarot lovers often means taking the time to really appreciate a single image of tarot art. Today we look at the 8 of Spring from the Victorian Fairy Tarot by Lunaea Weatherstone and Gary Lipponcott. You can see more HERE. The 8 of Wands can be a boring card, usually with just 8 sticks flying across the space of the image. These archers, though, manage to capture the meaning and express it even better, I think, than the traditional image. They carefully line themselves up, taking aim. Once they release the arrow, there is little that can change its course. Besides that, I just love the card, the squirrel watching,

Lunaea Weatherstone is becoming one of the most prolific tarot authors and creators working today. She created her own collage deck, Full Moon Dreams Tarot, which had a limited edition set of 250 decks and sold out very quickly. She is no longer offering it for sale (although decks have been known to sell on ebay for $400), but you can see it on her website: http://www.lunaea.com/tarot/ She has written companion text for the small books that accompany a few oracle decks published by Lo Scarabeo, such as the Wicca Oracle and the Astrological Oracle. She also wrote the text for the forthcoming Fairy Lights Tarot. Her most recent work, the Victorian Fairy Tarot, is an ambitious