From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Four of Coins
Meanings
Material success. Wealth and affluence – but perhaps at a price. The wealthy miser too afraid of theft may die alone. Materialism offers little real satisfaction. True wealth is wealth shared.
Reversed (?)
Letting go. Generosity. Financial loss perhaps, but with a reassessment of priorities and change to a lifestyle more focused on love, health and happiness.
Description
A woman in a black velvet dress with a high ruff and fine jewelry points to a table on which two coins lie. She holds another coin, and a fourth coin hangs in the air above her head. Her hair is pulled high on her head, ornately braided with pearls and jewels.
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.
- Skyline: BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans, Mucius Scaevola,1531, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.
- Belt lady, table: BRUYN, Barthel, Portrait of a Noblewoman, 1530-35, Museo Correr, Venice.
- Face: CLOUET, François, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, c.1571, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
She doesn't look especially happy--maybe her hairdo isn't very comfortable.