A Punch and Judy Death. Image from The Lewis Walpole Library.

A Punch and Judy Devil. Image from The Lewis Walpole Library.

A Punch and Judy Hierophant. Image from The Lewis Walpole Library.

A Punch and Judy Hanged Man. Image from The Lewis Walpole Library.

A Punch and Judy Ace of Wands. Image from The Lewis Walpole Library.

A Manuscript that's ready to be read has language like a thousand sticks arcing through the air and seen in a mirror.
—Gary Barwin, "The Questionless Book Interview"

"The Crystal," an illustration from The English Illustrated Magazine, 1907.

The Star, from English Illustrated magazine, 1892.

A house of Tarot cards, from Luigi Serafini's Codex Seraphinianus. See also our discussion of how the Welsh village of Portmeirion is composed of Tarot archetypes, over at the Association for Tarot Studies.

A Hanged Man, courtesy of Johanna Kovitz's Yiddish Wit (and via a tip from Gary Barwin). The saying reads, "May you grow like an onion, with your head in the ground."