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Sunny's Tarot cards born !

  • yjiang11
  • 31 mars 2015
  • 2 min de lecture

A set of Tarot cards designed by Sunny are printed and distributed in the form of postcards for Sunny and Madame Luna's joint exhibition.

These cards are results of an in-depth research of the original Tarots under the instruction of Madame Luna, and preserve the majority of mystical symbols in the ancient occult culture. However, my version of the serious and playful cards takes an explicit erotic dimension. All of the characters are red-head females, nude, in red pointy boots.

Besides the visual modifications, I also changed the names of certain cards in both English and French to reflect the gender domination. This play of words is especially evident in the French version as it is a language containing a gender difference for each noun.

The Fool is the card without number, the origin of the journey. In the real Tarot card, the fool is a joyful young man dressed in colorful clothes walking on a cliff, his right hand carrying a stick with his baggage on his shoulder, and his left hand holding a blooming rose.

My version of the Fool becomes a woman walking on a naked male body, carrying a candy cane as a symbol of playful sexual desire, and a withered rose as mistrust or betrayal of love.

The High Priestess is the epitome of wisdom and discretion. She lives in the palace of Solomon with two pillars behind her, one black and one white, with the letters B and J respectively.

My High Priestess becomes a half-naked woman with her legs open. And the letters B J behind her seems to be tinted with the contemporary gray meaning.

L'Amoureux in French, the Lovers is retitled "L'Amoureuse" as it in fact portrays two lovely women in love, shot and connected by Cupid's arrow.

The Hermit is a loner, searching for truth in solitude. The elderly male hermit with a walking stick is now a young woman with extremely long red hair, chewing bubble gum, and playing with her giant cucumber.

The Hanged Man (Le Pendu) is the symbol of sacrifice.

My Hanged Woman (La Pendue) bears my personal logo and is hanged on an invisible X-shaped cross.

Well, the Death is the Death, the alluring, beautiful, yet fatal Death.


The Moon is holding a lobster (symbol of temptation), and the dog and the wolf are fighting to win over the decision-making power.

The back design of Tarot cards is also important. It must be a symmetrical image so that whether a card is reversed cannot be told from the back.

Here, I combine the letters S J and L to compose a symmetrical logo for both Sunny J and Madame Luna.

Madame Luna will use these cards to


 
 
 

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