The Greenwood Tarot is a tarot deck created by British actor/swordsman Mark Ryan and artist Chesca Potter. It incorporates Pre-Celtic symbolism (symbols and themes of pre-metalworking cultures before the migration of the Celts to Europe). Like a standard tarot deck, the Greenwood Tarot is 78 cards, organized in 4 suits, with 22 Major Arcana. The suits are similar to the standard deck. The minor cards all have overt titles printed on them. The court cards are all symbolic European animals. A few of the Major Arcana have been re-ordered, renamed, or combined, but all of the familiar figures and themes are present.
Development
Ryan explains he first discussed with Potter the idea of a new Tarot deck in 1991, while he was working on the TV show Robin of Sherwood.
Major Arcana
The Major Arcana in the Greenwood Tarot is based on the standard tarot deck. All 22 cards are represented, although the order has been changed to reflect a new narrative journey, several names have been changed, and the attributes of The Hanged Man have been reallocated between two of the cards.
Minor Arcana
Suits
The four suits in the Greenwood Tarot are: Wands, Cups, Arrows and Stones. The first two are the same as the standard tarot, the latter replace Swords and Coins/Pentacles with more pre-Bronze Age symbols. As with the standard deck, the suits represent Fire, Water, Air, and Earth respectively. Following the Wheel of the Year symbolism, they also represent Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter respectively.
Court Cards
As with the standard tarot, each suit has 4 'court' cards: Page, Knight, Queen, and King. In the Greenwood Tarot, these cards are represented by some of the many animals that were symbolically significant to the pre-Celtic cultures of Europe.
Wheel of the Year
Another innovation unique to the Greenwood Tarot was the realization by the co-creators that the cards of the classic Tarot could not only be rearranged to tell a transformative narrative, but that the themes also fit into the cyclic myths of the turning of the seasons, or Wheel of the Year.
Included with the deck was a chart that depicted a wheel of the 8 solar festivals, with the Court cards arrayed around the outside according to the season associated with their suit. The Major Arcana were stationed in pairs at each festival, with The Fool and the final 5 trumps in the center of the wheel. Each festival, starting with Imbolc was associated with a number, in that case Aces. Each festival in turn was associated with the next number, the 9's and 10's being connected with The Seer and The Shaman, respectively, in the center.
Each element (Fire, Air, Water, Earth), and therefore season in this system, is centered on a solstice/equinox solar festival. This is the most Celtic element of this 'pre-Celtic' deck. The seasons of the Greenwood Tarot peak on the equinox/solstice, rather than start at them. They begin instead at the Cross-quarter days, six weeks before the start of the modern/solar season. The difference between these two reckonings of the seasons is still felt today in Groundhog's Day, when divination of the groundhog's behavior determines whether Spring starts February 2 (Imbolc), or we have to wait through 'six weeks more winter' (Vernal Equinox).
Publication status
The Greenwood Tarot is currently out of print.
Development
Ryan explains he first discussed with Potter the idea of a new Tarot deck in 1991, while he was working on the TV show Robin of Sherwood.
Major Arcana
The Major Arcana in the Greenwood Tarot is based on the standard tarot deck. All 22 cards are represented, although the order has been changed to reflect a new narrative journey, several names have been changed, and the attributes of The Hanged Man have been reallocated between two of the cards.
Minor Arcana
Suits
The four suits in the Greenwood Tarot are: Wands, Cups, Arrows and Stones. The first two are the same as the standard tarot, the latter replace Swords and Coins/Pentacles with more pre-Bronze Age symbols. As with the standard deck, the suits represent Fire, Water, Air, and Earth respectively. Following the Wheel of the Year symbolism, they also represent Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter respectively.
Court Cards
As with the standard tarot, each suit has 4 'court' cards: Page, Knight, Queen, and King. In the Greenwood Tarot, these cards are represented by some of the many animals that were symbolically significant to the pre-Celtic cultures of Europe.
Wheel of the Year
Another innovation unique to the Greenwood Tarot was the realization by the co-creators that the cards of the classic Tarot could not only be rearranged to tell a transformative narrative, but that the themes also fit into the cyclic myths of the turning of the seasons, or Wheel of the Year.
Included with the deck was a chart that depicted a wheel of the 8 solar festivals, with the Court cards arrayed around the outside according to the season associated with their suit. The Major Arcana were stationed in pairs at each festival, with The Fool and the final 5 trumps in the center of the wheel. Each festival, starting with Imbolc was associated with a number, in that case Aces. Each festival in turn was associated with the next number, the 9's and 10's being connected with The Seer and The Shaman, respectively, in the center.
Each element (Fire, Air, Water, Earth), and therefore season in this system, is centered on a solstice/equinox solar festival. This is the most Celtic element of this 'pre-Celtic' deck. The seasons of the Greenwood Tarot peak on the equinox/solstice, rather than start at them. They begin instead at the Cross-quarter days, six weeks before the start of the modern/solar season. The difference between these two reckonings of the seasons is still felt today in Groundhog's Day, when divination of the groundhog's behavior determines whether Spring starts February 2 (Imbolc), or we have to wait through 'six weeks more winter' (Vernal Equinox).
Publication status
The Greenwood Tarot is currently out of print.
Circumnavigate play area is a gameplay feature where the game world boundaries let the player instantly loop around them. It allows the player to cross through one boundary and appear exactly on the opposite side instantly. This feature can be possible with square, rectangle, cube or cuboid shaped game worlds where the sides are parallel to each other and form a 90 degree angle at intersections.
This feature should not be confused with teleportation (as seen on games like Portal).
The best example of this feature is seen in Snake II where the boundary walls allow the snake to loop around and appear exactly on the other side.
This feature should not be confused with teleportation (as seen on games like Portal).
The best example of this feature is seen in Snake II where the boundary walls allow the snake to loop around and appear exactly on the other side.
Adrian Colliver Rigby (born 13 March 1962 in Chorley, Lancashire) is a wildlife artist with studios in Lancashire, England and Florida, United States.
Biography
Rigby demonstrated considerable artistic talent from an early age. He was educated at St John's Primary School, Brinscall in Lancashire, St. Michael's CE High School Chorley 1973-78 and Runshaw College Leyland 1978-80 before attending the Blackpool School of Art from 1979 to 1982. He went on to teach art at the school from 1982 through to 1985.
In 1996 he won three wildlife art awards at the Open Exhibition of The Wildlife Art Society for his painting Rushing Waters. Although most famous for his wildlife paintings, Rigby is also known for his transport works (notably Concorde and Titanic) which are popular amongst collectors. His set of four limited edition Titanic prints ('Stretching Her Legs', 'Date With Destiny', 'Ship of Dreams' and 'Last Farewell') sold out shortly after release. He has also has contributed significantly to the America's Cup genre of marine paintings.
Biography
Rigby demonstrated considerable artistic talent from an early age. He was educated at St John's Primary School, Brinscall in Lancashire, St. Michael's CE High School Chorley 1973-78 and Runshaw College Leyland 1978-80 before attending the Blackpool School of Art from 1979 to 1982. He went on to teach art at the school from 1982 through to 1985.
In 1996 he won three wildlife art awards at the Open Exhibition of The Wildlife Art Society for his painting Rushing Waters. Although most famous for his wildlife paintings, Rigby is also known for his transport works (notably Concorde and Titanic) which are popular amongst collectors. His set of four limited edition Titanic prints ('Stretching Her Legs', 'Date With Destiny', 'Ship of Dreams' and 'Last Farewell') sold out shortly after release. He has also has contributed significantly to the America's Cup genre of marine paintings.
The Hospitium Sancti Ioanni Elemosinarii is a charity based in London, England and registered by the Charities Commission, the regulator for charities in England and Wales. The main purpose of the Hospitium is to provide assistance and care for the young and for the elderly. The Hospitium is a confraternity grouping Roman Catholic lay people who promote works of Christian charity and piety following the ethos of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It is governed by a constitution and by-laws to follow which every member promises to live by. These rules are not religious vows but rules set up to govern the confraternity.
The Hospitium is governed by a Council elected by the confreres for a five-year term and headed by the Almoner (the Chairperson). The confreres of the Hospitium organise the annual May pilgrimage to Lourdes for the disabled. The Hospitium co-operates with a number of charities. In Poland it shares fundraising activities with Foundation of Saint John of Jerusalem.
The Hospitium is governed by a Council elected by the confreres for a five-year term and headed by the Almoner (the Chairperson). The confreres of the Hospitium organise the annual May pilgrimage to Lourdes for the disabled. The Hospitium co-operates with a number of charities. In Poland it shares fundraising activities with Foundation of Saint John of Jerusalem.