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What's with the bare leg on the TdM Strength card?

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A-M
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What's with the bare leg on the TdM Strength card?

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I just finished my blog on the Strength card. I have tried to solve the riddle of the bare leg on the Jacques Vieville card.
https://www.anne-marie.eu/en/tarot-11-strength/

The woman is fully dressed, and even wears a hat, but she has forgotten her socks and shoes? :-)

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Re: What's with the bare leg on the TdM Strength card?

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A-M wrote: 13 Mar 2020, 14:31 I just finished my blog on the Strength card.
That's a really beautiful blog post. I love all the images you include.

This is really curious about the bare leg.

I've read that in ancient times a bare foot symbolised grief or mourning or just serious feelings. It's like a return to simplicity in solemn times.
But a bare leg is another thing. It gives me a sense, a feeling of vulnerability.
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Re: What's with the bare leg on the TdM Strength card?

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Great blog post A-M.

I've always assumed that this bare leg has something to do with the Bateleur's table with its three legs (said three legs apparent in TdMs in general). In the Vieville, the Bateleur's leg even takes the place of the missing leg.

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