Celtic Cross, Email Readings, Tarot Verbatim
Hermit…………………………… Two of Cups 
Chariot 
Six of Swords 
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Wheel of Fortune……………………………… 
Ace of Wands..
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Page of Pentacles
Tower… x………………. 
Three of Wands……………. 
Ace of Pentacles
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Knight of Cups
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Three of Wands ……………………..……….. 
Four of Swords
1st Self…………………………… OUTCOME: ………… ………..
…………………… Future…………………………………………..…… Turning Point
………………….. Situation (Cover)
Behind… x………………. Ahead……………..…..…… Situation/Others
………………….. Problem (Cross)
………………….. Foundation……………………..……….………. 2nd Self
This is Tarot Verbatim’s modified Celtic Cross spread, originally designed to, in six spreads, use each of 78 cards. When I did this, I noticed ‘3 sentences,’ with the last being the three-card outcome. The second, of course is the three cards below that, which Tarot spreads refer to as ‘the tower’ because this spread originally sprang from Celtic outdoor structures which had meaning for those people. The rest of the cards, the beginning part, is referred to as ‘the cross’ because, again, of outdoor structures.
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Celtic Cross spreads, as you can see, have positions that cards’ meanings apply to. This is the standard way most Tarot readers read Tarot. (They pay less attention to the meanings cards have in common than Tarot Verbatim™ does.)
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These positions suggest reading a clump of the cards together (Self-Cover-Cross, or as I think of it, Self-Situation-Problem is the first clump. Then you do the ‘arms of the cross, which are the horizontal and vertical pairs of ‘the cross.’
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The question here is from the executor of a murdered man’s estate. Things are a mess, and Client has been threatened a lot, and had a lot of theft. Client’s belief is that the deceased may be helping out with the situation, which is really about Deceased’s business and life rather than Client’s. (Yes, I have permission to post this to you.)
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Here is the answer these 13 cards say: I am seeking a way to be helpful to you (I love you), and I know all about the disasters, but good times are ahead because I have the power to make good things happen.
With nothing further being done, success and money are guaranteed.
You are being taken advantage of by friendly enemies, and I am taking charge of this, taking maximum advantage of the disadvantages to succeed so the situation is under control and bad times are over, and good times are ahead: That’s where it’s heading.
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FIRST SENTENCE, THE CROSS:
Self- Cover- Cross or Self-Situation-Problem:
Hermit, Page of Pentacles x Knight of Cups
Hermit – “I am seeking a way
Knight of Cups – to be helpful (I love you)
Page of Pentacles – and I know all about
Behind – Ahead (horizontal pair)
Tower – Three of Wands
the disasters
but good times are ahead –
Foundation – Future (vertical pair)
because I have the power to make good things happen.
King of Pentacles – I have the power
Wheel of Fortune – to make good things happen.”
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SECOND SENTENCE, THE TOWER:
2nd Self Card – Situation or Others – Turning Point or Hopes & Fears
Four of Swords – Ace of Pentacles – Ace of Wands
2nd Self Card, Four of Swords – With nothing further being done,
Situation or Others – Ace of Pentacles – success and money
Turning Point/Hopes & Fears – Ace of Wands – are guaranteed.
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OUTCOME (3 CARDS IN TAROT VERBATIM)
Two of Cups – Chariot – Six of Swords
Two of Cups – You are being taken advantage of by friendly enemies
Chariot – and I am taking charge of this, taking maximum advantage of the disadvantages to succeed so the situation is under control
Six of Swords – and bad times are over, and good times are ahead: That’s where it’s all heading.
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Here Are the Theme Cards
Hermit and Page of Pentacles, the first and second cards, both mean: I know and I am watching. Hermit and Knight of Cups both mean being helpful, being devoted, and having affection. Client is reassured from the beginning of these messages, you can see.
In the first Sentence (the cross part), both Future cards mean good things happening and both refer to money. Three of Wands is the future and money coming in and good things ahead. Wheel of Fortune is ‘happening’ and is a wonderful thing happening (even a miracle). It’s also destiny and fate.
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Two of Cups, the ‘just past’ card in the third sentences
Tower is the Behind or just past card, and it means disaster in the first sentence. Two of Cups is friendly enemies taking advantage in the third sentence. Both refer to the same set of circumstances, of course.
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Quite a few cards speak of a good future, money, success, and victory: Three of Wands, Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Pentacles, Chariot, Six of Swords.
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This reading is clear and emphatic. Good for Client!
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And now with the pictures:
Hermit and Page of Pentacles, the first and second cards, both mean: I know and I am watching. Hermit and Knight of Cups both mean being helpful, being devoted, and having affection. Client is reassured from the beginning of these messages, you can see.
In the first Sentence (the cross part), both Future cards ( Three of Wands and Wheel of Fortune) mean good things happening and both refer to money. Three of Wands is the future and money coming in and good things ahead. Wheel of Fortune is ‘ happening’ and is a wonderful thing happening (even a miracle). It’s also destiny and fate.
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Tower is the Behind or just past card, and it means disaster in the first sentence. Two of Cups is friendly enemies taking advantage in the third sentence. Both refer to the same set of circumstances, of course.
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Quite a few cards speak of a good future, money, success, and victory: Three of Wands, Wheel of Fortune, Ace of Pentacles, Chariot, Six of Swords.
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This reading is clear and emphatic. Good for Client!
Tarot Verbatim
Guidance Focus is on the powerful successful moneyed studly fellow – on being him, being his child, having a romance with him. Old families always luck out, we say. The influential man makes it happen for his kids. Machinations of politicians is something to live with; make the best of it. Live the simple honest life long enough and you are lucky enough to be in control of your life.
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‘Group Tarot Cards Reading’ (just below this) is the actual word-for-word messages to everyone. These readings are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. So, go ahead and pick the sentences you feel are yours and decide whether to encourage or reject them for yourself.
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Wheel of Fortune
King of Pentacles – Ten of Wands – Six of Cups
GROUP TAROT CARDS READING
Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them.
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Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Romantic Destiny (Six of Cups and Wheel of Fortune)
Tarot Readings: He Has Money for the Kids (King of Pentacles and Six of Cups)
Tarot Readings: Make the Best of Politicians (King of Pentacles and Wheel of Fortune)
Tarot Readings: Making the Best of Everything (Ten of Wands and Wheel of Fortune)
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Tarot Readings: Romantic Destiny (Six of Cups and Wheel of Fortune)
He is very romantic, he makes the magic moments happen.
Big chance for romance with a very sexy successful man.
Eventually it will happen: a successful man adoring the girl.
He breaks his back to make the money. His reward is home sweet home.
He gives you everything if he can be The Man in Control he is destined to be.
At last, his big chance to be the hero of the little girl.
A studly fellow who is extremely romantic: What an opportunity for her.
He was destined for the romantic role, everything about him is so studly.
The successful man is going all out to make the good life happen for his kids.
A man whose strategy it is to always have a chance for romance in his life.
Eventually the big romance will happen with Prince Charming.
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Tarot Readings: He Has Money for His Kids (King of Pentacles and Six of Cups)
He takes on the responsibility to be a moneyed man to give the children a wonderful life.
He has always been very lucky and had money to do things with since he was a kid.
Influential politician’s kids will always have a wonderful life.
Being a wonderful father to children is difficult.
His wonderful life was handed to him because his father was always well off.
These old influential families always luck out.
You are a kid forever until you have money of your own to make your life happen.
He waited a long, long time to be able to make this opportunity for his son.
If you are lucky, your kid will eventually have power and influence of his own.
Tarot Readings: Make the Best of Politicians (King of Pentacles and Wheel of Fortune)
Being friendly with whoever is in power, you eventually get lucky and cash in.
We will always live with the manipulations of politicians; make the best of it.
Money men have all the power; you are lucky if you get something from them.
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Tarot Readings: Making the Best of Everything (Ten of Wands and Wheel of Fortune)
It eventually happens: You get your home from the banker.
Live the honest simple life long enough and you are lucky enough to be in control of it.
Having a peaceful life is a matter of strategically making the best of everything.
Lucky enough to be given control of your destiny.
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Now, Part Two,
Do you want to know a little, or a lot, about how this Tarot Verbatim™ thing works? If so,
*Go to Learn Tarot by Observing section below. This tells about the combined four pictures in the Tarot Readings – the pictures above here. It explains how these four cards get together in your mind to make the messages.
*Go to Learn Tarot by Pictures. It is what each of the four cards, by itself, has to say. It shows you how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in today’s Spread. All the words of each Tarot card reading you see here are a phrase-by-phrase translation of the scene pictured on those cards: no filler, no psychic impressions, no spirit guide. Word-for-word Tarot Verbatim™.
You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim™ works.
This is a group reading, with no Questioner and no Question to limit what the cards say, so there’s more variety – even contradictions – and also the pronouns are more flexible. If it feels like it’s yours, and it says ‘he,’ and you’re a ‘she,’ feel free to adopt it anyway.
Wheel of Fortune
King of Pentacles – Ten of Wands – Six of Cups
LEARN TAROT BY OBSERVING
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It’s easy to see the picture here of The Benefactor, the charismatic influential man who’s head of the clan, who’s the strategist and the manipulator, who makes things happen, who gives the good life to his children, to his friends, and who enjoys power. I think of him as Winston Churchill, the Italian stallion, and Al Capone, myself. Often, but not always, he has money and title. He is often the banker or bankster or financier or marketeer, the dealmaker and the politician. But he can be the fella who hustles pool down at the bar and deals grass on the side or the police chief with a racket. Often, he is flashy. King of Pentacles has no shred of humility in his soul.
Wheel of Fortune and King of Pentacles go together. King of Pentacles makes things happen, and Wheel of Fortune is all about things happening, good things unless otherwise specifically stated. Together, these two Rider Waite cards, in Tarot Verbatim, say “lucky enough to be in control of your life.” He is also a man who is lucky. Maybe he won the lottery, because he’s rich and Wheel of Fortune can be gambling or a lottery.
Wheel of Fortune is miracle, jackpot, destiny, karma, good luck or ‘lucking out,’ the role of randomness and coincidence in our physical lives and the role of nonphysical entities, both divine and infernal, in our spiritual, mental and physical lives. (Wheel of Fortune and Nine of Cups are the ‘good’ cards you like to see in your reading: luck, and getting what you want.)
And speaking of getting what you want and lucking out, here are the lucky children of Big Daddy, the benefactor. King of Pentacles and Six of Cups: He is the little girl’s or little boy’s hero.
Six of Cups shows the established family scene from old-fashioned times. A little boy gives a little girl, maybe a sibling, flowers. They are very well-dressed and an estate, an old-fashioned building, is behind them. The good children have the good life. Getting a gift or present, or giving one, is one of Six of Cups’ meanings.
It has a few more too. Romance. A man is in love and gives his girl a birthday present or love gift. They have the sweet life together. There is trust between them. Sentimentality – all things warm and fuzzy. Trust and good people are Six of Cups territory.
Six of Cups is about the past, usually in a good way (not always, if other cards are dominant). Old nostalgic memories. Loves of the past. Old times. Old places you have been, including where you grew up (whether those are good memories or not), childhood.
Six of Cups is a real estate card too. A good neighborhood, a safe neighborhood. A cozy house, a cottage, a quaint house (Victorian, Gingerbread). Home is where the heart is.
‘Bequeath’ is one of Six of Cups’ words. Give to the children; the siblings get the house. Inheritance meanings pretty much have to be in the question to bring out this phase of Six of Cups’ repertoire.
Right in the middle of the story is Ten of Wands. The meanings it contributes to our today story are these: (1) difficulty or taking on the burden; (2) long term or long time – ‘eventually’; (3) extremely or ‘plenty of,’ which sometimes translates ‘big.’
(1) King of Pentacles and Ten of Wands, the difficulty of becoming that wealthy established leader of men. He took on that responsibility, that burden.
(2) ‘Eventually, it happens’ says Ten of Wands and Wheel of Fortune. Ten of Wands and Six of Cups suggest the deep past, long ago and far away, and would also express eventually having children, or being a child way too long.
(3) Ten of Wands can simply mean ‘big’ as in King of Pentacles and Ten of Wands being the big man or Big Daddy – which is part of the ‘extremely’ theme of meanings for Ten of Wands. The ‘extremely’ meaning arises from the extreme amount of boards on the fellow’s back. Another example of Ten of Wands meaning ‘big’ is Ten of Wands and Wheel of Fortune saying ‘big chance.’
It’s easy to see a well-off fella making the good life happen for the kids , isn’t it? And how that’s a big thing that might be difficult and take a long time.
LEARN TAROT BY PICTURES
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King of Pentacles is the manipulator and the strategist, maybe the politician or bankster, the well off successful charismatic studly dude ‘all the girls want.’ Think Al Capone. Think Prince Charming. And yes, this is an Italianesque Rider Waite Tarot card.
Ten of Wands speaks of the extreme, of taking it all on all at once of the difficult and the burdensome process that is slow but does get there in one trip. The depiction of a fellow who is carrying all the logs on his back in one trip says it well.
Six of Cups blesses us with its presence again. This is the sweet old-fashioned honest life, the sweet old-fashioned romance, the sweet old-fashioned person. It about a gift, receiving or giving same. It is about little boy gives little girl flowers.
Wheel of Fortune is the stroke of luck, the unexpected winning or boost. Destiny. ‘It’ happens (usually what you want and have hoped for). What reminds you of a roulette wheel is surrounded by all sorts of occult symbols that represent the idea that unseen influences affect our doings, both good ones and not-so-good ones. Personally I like that goose in the upper right with its foot on the book. Some of my best friends are geese.
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Four Card Spreads, Our Daily Spread
Advice embraces money, romance, politics and children as themes … What else is there? The influential man does it all to make it happen for the kids. Big chance for romance with a very charismatic sexy successful man. We will always live with the manipulations of politicians; make the best of it. Live the honest simple life long enough and you are lucky enough to be in control of it. Old families always luck out. (At the time of production, there’s no way to correct the lack of spaces after punctuation. I am writing around it now!) ========================================================================= Is this the first time you come here? Well … what to do:
*Go to Advice above which is a summary of the Messages. (Advice is everyone’s favorite part.)
*Go to Daily Message Tarot Analysis below. One or more of those sentences has something to say to you. Intuitively pick those out. They are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. (It is a group message like a horoscope, except Tarot isn’t based on someone else’s birth data, so it can be specific, accurate, detailed and direct. Our experiment here is “How much more accurate is it?”)
Did you come here for your predictions? – You are done now – See you tomorrow.
Without a question to focus the answer, four cards can mean contradictory things especially when the Spread has a card that negates other cards. Without a question also the pronouns in a group reading are more flexible, especially in some of these Rider Waite Tarot spreads. When a pronoun is in parentheses, feel very free to substitute. The question in a ‘real’ individual reading supplies at least half the information!
============================================================= Wheel of Fortune King of Pentacles – Ten of Wands – Six of Cups DAILY MESSAGE TAROT ANALYSIS Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them. Romantic Perspective He is very romantic, he makes the magic moments happen. Big chance for romance with a very sexy successful man. Eventually it will happen: a successful man adoring the girl. He breaks his back to make the money. His reward is the sweet home life. He gives you everything if he can be The Man in Control – that’s his destiny. At last, his big chance to be the hero of the little girl. This studly man is such a romantic soul: What an opportunity for her! He was destined for the romantic role, everything about his is so studly. The successful man is going all out to make the good life happen for his kids. A man whose strategy it is to always have a chance for romance in his life. Eventually the big romance will happen with Prince Charming. Children, Childhood Perspective It is his burden to be a moneyed man to give the children a wonderful life. He has always been very lucky and had money to do things with since he was a kid. Influential politician’s kids will always have a wonderful life. Being a wonderful father to children is a long difficult effort. His wonderful life was handed to him because his father was always well off. These old influential families always luck out. You are a kid forever until you have money of your own to make your life happen. He waited a long, long time to be able to make this opportunity for his son. If you are lucky, your kid will eventually have power and influence of his own. Politics, Power and Money Perspective Being friendly with whoever is in power, you eventually get lucky and cash in. We will always live with the manipulations of politicians; make the best of it. Money men have all the power; you are lucky if you get something from them. A Sweet Life Perspective It eventually happens: The banker gives you your home. Live the honest simple life long enough and you are lucky enough to be in control of it. Having a peaceful life is a matter of strategically making the best of everything. Lucky enough to be given control of your destiny. ============================================================= Now, Part Two, Do you want to know a little, or a lot, about how this Tarot Verbatim ™ thing works? If so,
*Go to Meanings and Illustrations: Observation of the Spread section below. This tells about the combined four pictures in the Daily Spread – the pictures above here. It explains how these four cards get together to mean things.
*Go to Meanings and Illustrations: Individual Rider Waite Tarot Cards. It is what each of the four cards, by itself, has to say. It describes how that illustration makes that card’s meanings in this Spread.
You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim ™ works.
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========================================================================= MEANINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: OBSERVATION OF THE SPREAD King of Pentacles is a man with money and influence, a strategist, maybe a financier or even a politician. His main concept is manipulation; he makes things happen. I think of him as Al Capone, myself. Along with him we have Wheel of Fortune: Things happen, hitting the jackpot, destiny. Then we have the Six of Cups established family scene with the children receiving the sweet life, who just happens to be also the main romance Tarot citizen. Old times, old friends. Lastly, the long time part is echoed by Ten of Wands, and so is the ‘plenty of” theme. So we interlock here mostly in sub-meanings, not in leading ones. It’s easy to see a well off fella making the good life happen for the kids, isn’t it? MEANINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS: INDIVIDUAL RIDER WAITE TAROT CARDS King of Pentacles is the manipulator and the strategist, maybe the politician or bankster, the well off successful charismatic studly dude ‘all the girls want.’ Think Al Capone. Think Prince Charming. And yes, this is an Italianesque Rider Waite Tarot card. Ten of Wands speaks of the extreme, of taking it all on all at once, of the difficult and the burdensome process that is slow but does get there in one trip. The depiction of a fellow who is carrying all the logs in one trip says it all well. Six of Cups blesses us with its presence again. This is the sweet old-fashioned honest life, the sweet old-fashioned romance, the sweet old-fashioned person. It about a gift, receiving or giving same. It is about little boy gives little girl flowers. Wheel of Fortune is the stroke of luck, the unexpected winning or boost. Destiny. ‘It’ happens (usually what you want and have hoped for). What reminds you of a roulette wheel is surrounded by all sorts of occult symbols that echo this meaning. Personally I like that goose in the upper right with its foot on the book. All the material on this blog is copyrighted. No use or copying of any part of this material is permitted without written permission of Emily, its author. ©
Our Daily Spread, Tarot Verbatim
A chance to meet the sexiest/most influential man
Three of Pentacles
Ace of Wands, Wheel of Fortune, King of Pentacles
Romance Perspective:
He is the sexiest man alive and you have a wonderful relationship with him.
A chance to have a sexual relationship with a wealthy man.
A chance to meet the sexiest man.
Have to make a relationship happen with the Italian Stallion.
Wonderful sexual relationship with a studly dude.
Studly dude’s opportunity for sex is a relationship in which he does his part.
Business/Other Perspective:
He has the clout to make this project/contract happen.
Must make a meeting happen with the gangster.
A chance to meet the most influential man.
Monumental opportunity to meet with the influential kingpin.
He is the master manipulator, he negotiates the best possible deal.
He is influential because he makes deals that are wonderful for each of the parties.
Make it happen by dealing with the man who has the money/power/influence.
They put their heads together with the money man and accomplish a miracle.
This is the very best settlement to be made with the banker.
The banker has to make this settlement happen.
Forcing the bank to settle in a court of law is the best way to make it happen.
The biggest opportunities are for the biggest investors.
He is well off because of one big lucky deal he is in on.
One lucky break makes you the big man in this business.
Magnate’s clout makes deals happen.
An opportunity to get in on a big deal with a big dealer.
Again, we have Tarot cards whose meanings intersect one another. The Ace of Wands means both sex and ‘of primary importance.’ The King of Pentacles is the sexy studly Italian Stallion type, and also the important money man – usually in a flamboyant way, or manipulative way, so he could be the stereotypical gangster. The King is also the money man, even a banker, possibly a wheeler-dealer, and it is paired both with the Wheel of Fortune, a grand opportunity, and the Three of Pentacles, a money settlement or deal. So, the Ace of Wands and the Three of Pentacles can mean ‘big deal,’ and the King adds ‘with the big dealer.’ Go ahead, get cross-eyed weaving these together.
Meanings and Illustrations:
Ace of Wands: The most (hence any word ending in ‘iest’). The most important, biggest, monumental, the one, or having clout. It also means sex, sexual, and words referring to the use of force such as ‘make’ and ‘do it the hard way,’ etc.
The illustration is very direct. It looks like a penis, and it is a hand with a board in it. It is one of the ‘anchor’ cards, is one of the cards you look to first to figure what meaning the others are using, because it has so few meanings compared to the other cards. (LOL! A board sprouting little baby boards – Stef)
Wheel of Fortune: Opportunity, a chance, a fortunate happening, payoff or hitting the jackpot, to happen, lucky or lucky chance or lucky break, and so on. That is what we are using today. It has other meanings such as destiny, etc.
The illustration suggests a roulette wheel.
King of Pentacles: Oh, this is Mr. Trump, you know. The rich man, the powerful man, the money man or the banker/bankster, the flamboyant fella, the manipulative bastard, the politician, even the gangster. He is also the studly dude, the Italian Stallion type. The illustration is so true to that type of man.
Three of Pentacles: This is the deal or relationship, the settlement, the negotiation of a contract, three people getting together or putting their heads together. This is a real estate closing or a love triangle or a relationship in which each party (or all parties) does his part.
The illustration shows an architect negotiating his final payoff with the owners of the building, a cathedral. They are comparing the building to the blueprint.
