"Tarot Card - King of Jades"
Giclee Print
8.5 x 11 inches
Available - 15.00
This card is the King of Jade, which corresponds to the King of Pentacles in the standard tarot. Pentacles are the sign of Earth, so here, the King of Jade is Xochipilli, the young Prince of Flowers, god of music, song, dance, springtime and blossoms, green, growing things, the Xochinahua (men who dress and impersonate women - the third gender), and the love of men for one another. His skin is golden and his hair is blonde, because he is the personification of the Springtime sun. He is resplendently dressed in jade, for he is a god of riches, and he contemplates a great jade in his hands. His mouth is painted with the white butterfly, which is his symbol, and his hair is adorned with green parrot and blue cotinga plumes, and an adornment of paper banners, flowers, and butterflies. he is seated on the Jaguar Throne, the highest symbol of power, which is painted with the mystical number 52, the number of years in the Aztec century, and length of time it takes for the heavenly bodies to complete one perfect revolution. He is surrounded by flowering plants, by the nourishing prickly pear, and a great maguey, which is the source of tequila, for he is the god of intoxicating ecstasies.
This card symbolizes artistic and intellectual aptitudes; a propensity for math and mathematical gifts. It relates to valor, courage, blossoming and fruition, gay love, and the happy completion of cycles.