Rinascimento Tarocchi (Digital Deck/Kit)

Rinascimento Tarocchi

By Londa R. Marks

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BY LONDA R. MARKS

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merican born digital artist, designer and oil painter Londa specializes in original characters and scenes in the genre of surrealism, montages and mystical-scapes incorporating a visionary perspective of art, music, and cryptography: the art of writing codes or solving codes.

Londa R. Marks art studio has been in the heart of Florence, Italy since 2014 where its ancient knowledge, ancient symbolism and ages old code is the Renaissance village’s way of life and a magnificentsourceforherstudiesandinspiration.During15thcentu Florence, Italy, Cosimo de’ Medici said, “Art and Magick always call to each other.”

Creating magical worlds is what Londa does best. One of her world’s is, World Of Tarot for her tarot projects. But, Way Of The Sword (Via della Spada) named after Londa’s studio location in Florence, Italy, is where her world’s are created. After all, art is by Way Of The Sword.

Visual artist Londa R. Marks’ studio is located in Florence, Italy where one of her other worlds is on Via della Spada (Way Of The Sword).

Florence, Italy’s ancient knowledge, code and ancient symbolism is theRenaissancevillage’swayoflifeandamagnificentsourcefor her studies and inspiration. Londa is a visionary of art, music, technology and cryptography: the art of writing codes or solving codes.

Theprolificartististwicepublishedbytheworld’s largestpub er of tarot decks and kits such as Lord Of The Rings Tarot, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., owns 80 of her original oil paintings she created for a tarot deck and have them stored in a private museum with

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SalvadorDaliand25thcenturyVisconti-Sforzatarot.U.S.Games alsoownsandpublishedthefirstevercreateddigitaltarotd Londa R. Marks.

Stuart Kaplan, CEO U.S. Games Systems said, “You are one of the most talented artist’s I have had the honor of working with.”

Londahasalsoinvented,writtenanddesignedTarot 15 deckstha include 22 to 78 scenes per kit. Numerous paintings and ink illustrations, products, fashion, catalogs and booklets and 30 music magazinesareincludedinherarchives.Born,February26,195inan Irish Catholic community of Marietta, Ohio, mostly self educated, LondastudiedunderNewYorkartistMurrayStern(1927–1985)in the early 1970’s. Murray was an art professor from Athens, Ohio, whose work is in the Kennedy Museum of Art Collection. Murray was an art professor from Athens, Ohio, whose work is in the Kennedy Museum of Art Collection. His work is seen in 30 Broadway playsand50moviesincludingRagtimeandCottonClub.Murray encouraged Londa to focus on her original art and worked closely with her at West Virginia University and his personal studio. ​ rt Professor Murray Stern said,“Your original illustrations are A knocking me on my ear. You’re a natural.”

World Of Tarot houses Londa R. Marks tarot works printed by her son Edward.

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Tarot decks were invented in Italy in the 1430s by adding to the existing four-suitedpackafifthsuitofspecially 12 illustratedcardscalledtr (“triumphs”) and an odd card called il matto (“the fool”) - today’s Major Arcana.

Almostyears 06 laterartistLondaR.Markscreatedthefirsttarotdeck for Florence, Italy’s Medici of Florence, Italy. The Medici family were allies of Visconti-Sforza and began the Renaissance era with artists such as Michelangeleo, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci.

Artist Theprolificartist,LondaMarks,twicepublishedbytheworld’slargest publisher of tarot decks and kits such as “Lord Of The Rings Tarot,” U.S. Games Systems, Inc., owns 80 of her original oil paintings she created for “Londa Tarot” deck and house them in a private museum along withSalvadorDalitarotandth 5 2 centuryVisconti-Sforzatarot.U.S. Gamesalsoownsandpublishedthefirstevercreateddigitaltarotd “Crows Magick Tarot” with 80 cards and book by Londa R. Marks.

Stuart Kaplan, CEO U.S. Games Systems said, “You are one of the most talented artist’s I have had the honor of working with.”

Londahasalsoinvented,writtenanddesignedTarot 5 1 - decksthatin clude 22 to 78 scenes/cards per kit, numerous paintings and ink illustrations, products, fashion, catalogs and booklets and 34 music magazines are included in her archives.

Rinascimento Tarocchi is available as limited edition Giclee printed tarotdecksanddigitaltarot,fineartprintsTIFF’s. & Details ISBN: 8-35- 16539-1 879 Year Published: January 1, 2011 Genre: Fantasy Collectible Tarot Card Game Format:DigitalTarotwithpages 86 thatincludedivinationswithcard images and instructions.

Artist: Londa R. Marks Copyright Notice The illustrations, cover design, and contents are protected by copyright.

No part of this game or booklet may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in a magazine or newspaper.

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World Of Tarot® Digital Tarot Deck & Divinations Cryptography & Digital Tarot Readings Art, Music & Technology is Cryptography: The Art of Writing Codes or Solving Codes; the underlying foundation of the author / artist Londa R. Marks Studio, Firenze, Italy.

Tuning into the frequencies of the universe with digital technology tarot through your ‘sending’ and ‘receiving devices’ (mobile devices), can open unexpected and unknown channels for receiving otherworldly messages, information and connecting with appropriate cosmic guides that resonate with this digital tarot reading while revealing deeper meanings not only for you but also for those you are connected with on earth. After all, isn’t that what we use tarot for, tuning into the universe? It is a clearer path with technology and frequencies than with paper. Tarot divination includes important specific numbers among its code, cryptography and frequencies universally structured and intertwined with our souls; our beings. Digital Tarot Readings bring us one step closer to being in sync with the frequencies of the universe and its specific messages for us independently and collectively.

How To Perform Cutting Edge Digital Tarot Readings We are all at-one with our technology devices because we intuitively know our ‘messages’ are there, all messages, not just with Planet Earth but with the universe too. So, instead of shuffling paper tarot cards, go a step further and ask the universe to tell you what page numbers in The Rinascimento Digital Tarot have your cards’ answers for your tarot reading questions.

• Ask the universe for 6 page numbers from list on the right for your digital tarot reading.

• Either remember the numbers or make note of them.

• Select each page number matching the numbers that came to you. These page numbers are your cards with its divination for your Digital Tarot Reading.

6-Cards Layout Guide All cards sum up your Digital Tarot Reading 1. The card in first position represents the nature of your question and shows you what surrounds it.

2. The second position card represents what is influencing your question.

3. The third card is what has past and influenced your question.

4. The fourth card indicates that which will influence your future in relation to your question.

5. The fifth card has to do with the hopes of the outcome.

6. The sixth card influences all five cards.

CHOOSE TAROT CARDS PAGE NUMBERS There are page numbers on this list corresponding to a tarot card from Rinascimento Tarocchi Major Arcana cards. Select 6 page numbers to do a 6 Card Layout Reading or select any numbers for custom tarot reading.

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World Of Tarot® Digital Tarot Readings CARDS & DIVINATIONS Card on left page. Divinations on right page (as seen below).

DIVINATIONS The Alchemist Tarot Revealed has Major & Minor Arcana cards with divinations. The Major Arcana is more detailed. The Minor Arcana is two word divinations as shown here.

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TAROT TIP The Major Arcana Conveys a higher purpose.

The Minor Arcana Relates to everyday matters.

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0 Divinity ASTROLOGICAL RELATION ARIES m FIRE m URANUS

S k M Sacred Beliefs The circles fit together, and how the humanity of Christ relates to the divinity of the Son but, as Dante puts it, “that was not a flight for my wings.”

In a flash of understanding, which he cannot express, Dante does finally see this, and his soul becomes aligned with God’s love.

Sacred ground worthy of spiritual respect or devotion Inspires awe or reverence among believers devoted to a deity of self or otherwise. A dichotomy between the sacred and the profane to be the central characteristic of belief in a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden.

The sacred represents the interests of the group, especially unity, which are embodied in sacred group symbols, or using team work to help get out of trouble but secretly determining the best path for self.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: That was not a flight for my wings

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I Mystic ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MERCURY m AQUARIUS m AIR

S k M Creative Tools & Thoughts Sometimes Mercury Retrogrades can be links to other periods in time when Mercury Retrogrades were over the same degrees of the zodiac. This is a mystical occurrence; a reminder or Déjà vu.

It is a psychic phenomenon that falls within the forms of alteration of memories (paramnesie): it consists of events, things, animals or people who come into contact with the subject, causing the sensation of an experience previously seen..

God of financial gain, commerce, eloquence, messages, communication, travelers, boundaries, luck, trickery, merchants and thieves. He was the patron of travelers and the god of thievery as well. Mercury was also considered a god of abundance and commercial success. He also serves as the guide of souls to the underworld and was awarded a magic wand by Apollo, which later turned into the caduceus, the staff with intertwined snakes. Mercury’s temple in Rome was situated in the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills, built in 495 BC. r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: This is a mystical occurrence.

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II POPESS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION NEPTUNE m PISCES m WATER

Y l P Guardian Of The Gate Popess is a card of mystery, stillness and passivity suggesting that it is time to retreat and reflect upon the situation and trust your inner instincts to guide you through it.

Things around you are not what they appear to be right now; there are hidden elements. Use Intuition, mystery, spiritual insight, to see what should be revealed.

Intuition is a key element here. There is a knowing of what the answer is. No other heaven measures this sphere’s motion. This digital tarot deck is opening the right channels to receive profound messages, those not even considered. Open the mind and realize you are special - you are enthroned souls of the faithful, ‘guardian of the gate.’

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: Things around you are not what they appear to be right now.

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III EMPRESS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION VENUS m TAURUS m EARTH

T b O Fruit Of The Vine The Empress is traditionally associated with maternal influence, it is the card if you are hoping to start a family. She can represent the creation of life, romance, art, or new business.

New opportunities, abundance, maternal care, nurturing, pregnancy, stability.

There is no child of the Church who has more hope than he has, as is written within the Sun whose rays reach all our ranks. This heaven has no other where than this: the mind of God, in which are kindled both the love that turns it and the force it rains.

As in a circle, light and love enclose it, as it surrounds the rest and that enclosing, only He who encloses understands.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: There is no child of the Church who has more hope than he has.

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IV GONFALONIERE ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MARS m ARIES m FIRE

U a N Defacto Sovereignty The Gonfaloniere (Emperor) is fiercely independent.

Gonfaloniere is a prestigious office of the medieval and Renaissance municipalities of the Italian area which was used to indicate a municipal magistrate with various attributions.

Gonfaloniere is an official vested with the functions of judge. The Gonfalonier was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval and Renaissance Italy, notably in Florence and the Papal States.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: The Gonfaloniere (Emperor) is fiercely independent.

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V SAINTS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION VENUS m TAURUS m EARTH

T b O Simeon & Lazarus Simeon, the “just and devout” man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25–35, met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus’ birth, the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

Lazarus, friend of Christ, related to restoration to life. In the context of the seven signs in the Gospel of John, the raising of Lazarus at Bethany exemplifies the power of Jesus “over the last and most irresistible enemy of humanity: death.” For this reason, it is given a prominent place in the gospel.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1 & 2: The Law of Moses, Related to restoration to life.

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VI LOVER ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MERCURY m GEMINI m AIR

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Paramour - Love’s Scar Attraction and temptation an aspect of one’s life may have to be sacrificed; lifestyle may be sacrificed and a relationship gained (or vice versa).

One potential partner may be chosen while another is turned down. Whatever the choice, it should not be made lightly, as the ramifications will be lasting.

Incanto (enchantment) will be difficult to reconcile, for will, if it resists, is never spent, but acts as nature acts when fire ascends, though force a thousand times tries to compel so that, when will has yielded much or little, it has abetted force as these souls did: they could have fled back to their holy shelter.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 3: If it resists, is never spent, but acts as nature acts when fire ascends.

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VII CHARIOT ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MOON m CANCER m WATER

Q e N Spiritual Travel Angelic canopy above the charioteer’s head is intended to show celestial influences from nine spheres of Heaven - the nine levels of the angelic hierarchy.

The main figure is in control as a diviner channeling messages from the heavens through several divinatory associations for guidance and care, God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny.

Yet an experiment, were you to try it, could free you from your cavil (cave) and the source of your arts’ course springs from experiment.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: The main figure is in control

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VIII SPIRIT ASTROLOGICAL RELATION SUN m LEO m FIRE

Q e N Breath Of God All those souls grace the Empyrean; and each of them has gentle life though some sense the Eternal Spirit - some more, some less.

While the structures of the Inferno and Purgatorio were based around different classifications of sin, the structure of the Paradiso is based on the four cardinal virtues (Prudence, Justice, Temperance, and Fortitude) and the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope, and Charity).

Fortitude symbolism evolving from a merging of the two completes success and honours.

Alignment with strength, forteza, power, birth energy, action, courage and magnanimity shores up the foundation.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: The structures of the Inferno and Purgatorio were based around different classifications of sin.

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IX MONK ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MERCURY m VIRGO m EARTH

V i N Dedicated To Contemplation Books, study are the lamps of truth. Light from the window helps him navigate narrow paths as he seeks enlightenment. His cloak is a form of discretion.

This card is usually thought to connote aspects of healing/recovery, particularly the kind that happens over time. In that regard, The Monk is sometimes considered the mature hermit and wiser version of The Magician. As such, both cards represent the astrological sign of Virgo withdrawn to a solitary place yet giving insight into his thoughts,

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: Books, study are the lamps of truth.

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X CYCLES ASTROLOGICAL RELATION JUPITER m SAGITTARIUS m FIRE

V i N Connected By Time Destiny. The figures shown either climb, are at the summit, or fall, or at the bottom of a revolving wheel presided over by personified Fortuna and Time - depending on the cycle.

An element of change occurs in life, such as in station, position or fortune: such as the rich becoming poor, or the poor becoming rich.

Dante invents a word to capture his transition from earthly to heavenly experience: trasumanar: to pass beyond the human. This passing beyond the human is what we witness, and are invited to share in imagination and action, as we reach for the Paradiso; Paradise of accumulating wealth.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: To pass beyond the human.

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XI DUCHESS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION VENUS m LIBRA m AIR

T g M Letters Of Ipolita The virtue Justice accompanies two of the other cardinal virtues in the Major Arcana: temperance and strength. A figure on the card holds a scale made of gold in their hand, symbolizing a balanced decision.

Equity, rightness, probity, executive; triumph of the deserving side in law. Ippolita Maria Sforza, a cultured young noblewoman who wrote poetry, letters and documents in Latin, letters from this period display the adroit diplomacy she used to strengthen the alliance between Milan and Naples amid crises was born in 1446 in Cremona, Italy. Francesco Sforza sometimes asked his very young daughter to act as an intermediary between him and her mother, so that she would help him to return to Bianca Maria’s good graces, when he and his wife got into a quarrel for some reason. r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: A figure on the card holds a scale made of gold in their hand, symbolizing a balanced decision.

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XII PASSAGE ASTROLOGICAL RELATION NEPTUNE m PISCES m WATER

Y l P The Paradoxical Journey PAGITA: Paid It has been called falsely a card of martyrdom, a card of prudence, a card of the Great Work, a card of duty, when it expresses the relation, in one of its aspects, between the Divine and the Universe.

Dante-pilgrim and his guide transition to the heaven of Mars. d Do tell him if that light with which your soul blossoms will stay with you eternally even as it is now; and if it stays, do tell him how, when you are once again made visible, it will be possible for you to see such light and not be harmed.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: It has been called falsely a card of martyrdom.

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XIII VOLTA ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MARS m SCORPIO m FIRE

U h N Time, The Afterlife, New Life Blessed souls in purgatory work out their salvation with the aid of divine grace, healing through hard labor, patience through waiting, struggling with repentance. Enemies in hell, friends in heaven all seem unfair with few friends he finds in the Inferno and some surprising scoundrels he locates in paradise. Realization reveals no one but God ultimately knows who will be saved or damned.

Purgatory is the reality of redemptive suffering while love that brings the soul to the highest levels in the service to God. Dante trudged the roads of his 20-year exile on the highways and byways of Italy, scribbling his lonely verse as empty year passed into empty year yet surrounded by gifts of art - a realm allowed to only a select few.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: Few friends he finds in the Inferno and some surprising scoundrels he locates in paradise.

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XIV ELIXIR ASTROLOGICAL RELATION JUPITER m SAGITTARIUS m FIRE

V i N The Panacea Goddess of healing implores, “Truly blooming health does not rest content within its due bounds; for disease ever presses close against it, its neighbor with a common wall. So human fortune, when holding onward in straight course strikes upon a hidden reef.”

O much desired, prolific, general queen. Hear me, life-bearing Hygeia, of beauteous mien, mother of all; by thee diseases dire, of bliss destructive, from our life retire; and every house is flourishing and fair, if with rejoicing aspect thou art there.

Each equal art thy vigorous force inspires, and all the world thy helping hand desires.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 1: Truly blooming health does not rest content.

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XV DEMONS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION SATURN m CAPRICORN m EARTH

W j O Visions and Dreams They bent their hooks and shouted to each other: “And shall I give it to him on the rump? And all of them replied, Yes, let him have it!”

But Malacoda, still in conversation with my good guide, turned quickly to his squadron and said: “Be still, Scarmiglione, still!”

The troop hook and torment one of the barrators (corrupt politicians) who names some Italian grafters and then tricks the Malebranche (demons) in order to escape back into the pitch. The demons are dishonest and malicious: the promise of safe conduct the poets have received turns out to have limited value (and there is no “next bridge”).

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 3: And there is no “next bridge”

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XVI NINE CIRCLES ASTROLOGICAL RELATION MARS m SAGITTARIUS m FIRE

U i N Between Incarnations The souls of the dead fling themselves from one to the other, never achieving respite as if this was Hell. The guide flippantly assures them it is not.

Moving on from the valley visitors came to a furnace in which demons mocked the burning souls of the dead and the guide saves them as they go through the afterlife.

Those who repent and confess, even though on their deathbed will all go to the kingdom of heaven on judgment day and some through the very mouth of hell.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 3: And some through the very mouth of hell.

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XVII STARS ASTROLOGICAL RELATION JUPITER m AQUARIUS m AIR

Y c P Music Of The Universe Our human spirit is in tune with the never-ending universe, a vast organization of planets, stars, suns and moons, even meteors and comets, and all the creatures, even bacteria that exist upon them.

We are in tune with the universe, and have been so for eons.

Humans are the music - the secrets of the universe.

“But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars.”

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: In the shell containing the moon are the spirits of those who broke their soul’s religious vows.

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XVIII LUNA ASTROLOGICAL RELATION NEPTUNE m PISCES m WATER

Y c P The Gathering Of Creativity A journey through the eight concentric spheres of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Fixed Stars as they first pass through the layer of fire above the earth’s atmosphere, and then enter the shell in which lies the moon opens portals to creative worlds energies.

As one rises, awareness intensifies, and it is understood how the dark spots on the moon come about. Metaphysical explanation is that the moon’s luminosity varies over its surface in the same way that the brightness of the stars vary.

In the shell containing the moon are the spirits of those who broke their religious vows.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: In the shell containing the moon are the spirits of those who broke their soul’s religious vows.

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XIX SUN ASTROLOGICAL RELATION SUN m LEO m FIRE

Q e N Vita, Life, Miracles of Evolution The sun is a symbol of God’s power and light mounting with those other stars; the Love Divine.

The sun is the way to Heaven.

The ghost of Virgil, the poet, appears to him and offers to lead him back, but warns him that he must first take him through Hell. In contrast to Heaven being illuminated by the sun, Hell is described as the place ‘where the sun is silent.’

The Virgin Mary asked for help and a voice said, “even as the flowerets, by nocturnal chill, bowed down and closed, when the sun whitens them, uplift themselves all open on their stems. Abundant gifts await these ladies who possess the energy of God that is needed to sustain through their travel into the underworld.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: Hell is described as the place ‘where the sun is silent.’

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XX RESURRECTION ASTROLOGICAL RELATION PLUTO m SCORPIO m FIRE

Z h N Resurrection Of All God’s Children Resurrection calls on souls to begin a new life starting right after a release or breakthrough from a certain kind of Hell where metamorphosis — shape-changing occurs.

This transformation turns out not to be proof that the original unity of body and soul has been successfully violated. In fact, the substance of these beings has never changed, despite all attempts to undo it.

The unity of body and soul is indestructible. Selfhood cannot be undone, though mythological or magical transition to try to get at the meaning of the body-soul nexus is a method that one may adopt on other occasions.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: the substance of these beings has never changed, despite all attempts to undo it.

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XXI FIRENZE ASTROLOGICAL RELATION EARTH m AIR m FIRE m WATER

O M NP Center Of Renaissance Florence is often named as the birthplace of the Renaissance. The early writers and artists of the period sprung from this city in the northern hills.

Medieval center of the Renaissance period was where The Florentine citizens saw signs of God’s favor and protection. Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Some of its powerful architecture are The Baptistery with its remarkable Gates of Paradise, the Duomo and Palazzo Vecchio. It is the art center, creativity center of the world.

r The reverse or negative side of this card is revealed in paragraph 2: The Florentine citizens ‘saw’ signs of God’s favor and protection. (But was taken for granted).