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Wheel of Fortune | Wheel of Fortune | ||
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=== symbolism === | === symbolism === | ||
+ | * goddess of fortune (Fortuna/ Tyche / Τύχη ) | ||
+ | * unpredictability of fate, chance, unexpected turn, good luck, sudden relief | ||
+ | * woman standing, blindfolded on a ball | ||
+ | * [[VS]] -> blindfolded fortuna, centre of a wheel, inscription 'i rule/i was ruling/i am without rules/i shall rule' | ||
+ | * cycles of life. youth-> | ||
+ | * C16 and C17, discard 4th figure surrounding wheel (cf. [[TM]]) use hybrids, e.g. sphinx wearing a crown. | ||
+ | * different directions of turning the wheel. fortuna is no longer presented | ||
+ | * [[RW]] -> 4 elements/ | ||
=== plant connections === | === plant connections === | ||
- | * hemp | + | * Cannabis sativa. |
- | * Calendula | + | |
* sugar cane | * sugar cane | ||
* walnuts (?) | * walnuts (?) | ||
* hickory (?) | * hickory (?) | ||
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+ | === colours === | ||
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+ | * sun yellow | ||
+ | * blue | ||
+ | * purple | ||
+ | * rusty brown | ||
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+ | === patabotany === | ||
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+ | The wheel of fortune is a vine. Every individual wheel of fortune exists in four stages of its life at the same time: sprouting, flowering, fruiting and decaying. It's life extends itself in space rather than time. The survival of the individual plant is important, hence each vine spirals back to its beginning, using it's decaying ends to feed the shoots, forming the shape of a wheel. The vine is segmented, as a stalk of the sugar cane. Older plants have several vines growing around and around, forming an increasingly strong ' | ||
=== other === | === other === |