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Original fileMinchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 35 - I Gemelli
The image depicts two athletic male figures standing side-by-side against a flat, dark red background above a thin strip of green ground. Both men wear identical golden helmets, each adorned with a single small star at the apex. A long blue mantle or cloth is draped over the shoulders and torso of both figures, linking them visually and physically. They face toward each other with neutral expressions. The style is that of a hand-colored woodcut print with heavy black outlines.
This card represents the Gemini zodiac sign within the Florentine Minchiate deck, a 17th-century expansion of the standard Tarot. It draws upon the classical myth of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, who are associated with the constellation Gemini in Western astrology.
XXXV
Translation
35
Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos
Connects to the astrological traditions of the Gemini sign and the dual nature of the Dioscuri.
Object
woodcut
paper
19th century
Italian
allegory
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