From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Five of Coins
Meanings
Foolish, stubborn pride. In difficult times there are those who would help – but your ego is in the way. To graciously accept charity in a time of need is as noble as generosity in a time of plenty.
Reversed (?)
Brought together by adversity. A special bond formed between those who have shared suffering. Help is at hand, if you choose to accept it with dignity.
Description
A destitute young couple in ragged clothes walk past a church at night. He carries a thin staff and she carries a green blanket. The church is large and dark, but an illuminated window glows brightly before them, although they do not pay it any attention. She looks downcast, but he has put his hand on her shoulder reassuringly.
Artwork
- Coin: ANGELICO, Fra, Annunciation, 1433-34, Museo Diocesano, Cortona.
- Coin profile: BALDOVINETTI, Alessio, Portrait of a Lady in Yellow, c.1465, National Gallery, London.
- Stained glass: SCARSELLINO, The Virgin Receiving St Stephen of Hungary in the Paradise, 1500s, private collection.
- Castle wall: GOES, Hugo van der, Monforte Altarpiece, c.1470, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Window: BOUTS, Dieric the Elder, The Last Supper, 1464-67, Sint-Pieterskerk, Leuven.
- Boy's face: TIZIANO, Vecellio (Titian), Madonna with Saints and Members of the Pesaro Family, 1519-26, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice.
- Girl's face: CARAVAGGIO, Magdalene, 1596-97, Galleria Doria-Pamphili, Rome.
- Green fabric: BRONZINO, Agnolo, Portrait of Ludovico Capponi, 1551, Frick Collection, New York.
- Beggars: SCHEDONI, Bartolomeo, The Charity, 1611, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples.
