He lays the same first two cards: two of swords and the ace of cups, this is a full house of Johns. This time these cards are followed by The Fool, The Hanged Man and the ace of wands. We see the younger brother of the earlier artist. We see him standing on a cliff and then plummeting and after we see that he is an ace at drawing, holding the wand as if measuring a subject by eye. This is an artist who is identified with a self-invented myth. But there are also other threads in this narrative, the traveller lost in nature, a Gypsy a true Bohemian eager to experience life at first hand. These cards are followed by the seven of cups, three of cups, which tells of the artist's trip to Paris and his household of wife and mistress. The six of cups followed by The Lovers suggest the death of his wife and his later marriage to his mistress. The page of wands, eight of cups and knight of wands suggest an artistic pilgrimage to the mountains by three friends. The nine of wands his occasionally quarrelsome and belligerent nature. The king of wands tells of his crowning as a great artist, but the way he looks back over his life suggests that his greatest work is in the past.
Rider Waite pack
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