Queen of Pentacles...from Ukiyoe Tarot

Wish happy holidays and prosperous 2011!

Recently I finished "Queen of Pentacles" from Ukiyoe Tarot.
I just loved to paint this dignified queen with eyes of phoenix.
She wouldn't take 'No' for answer but values high honesty and loyalty in character.

In lavish costume, the queen of pentacles holds the sign of her prosperity. Folding fans, a favorite accessory of the aristocracy, decorate her outer kimono and the motif of stream with scattered maple leaves covers the bottom of her inner kimono. Everything around her-her clothes, the elaborate carpet, and the handsome screen with its lacquered frame-denotes a love of luxury and beauty.

The fashionableness of her dress indicates that the queen of pentacles is conscious of the impression that she makes on others. She is graceful and dignified. Though she likes to surround herself with opulence she is not selfish with ehr riches and will give freely to charitable causes.  Her subjects will find in her a devoted and just ruler.