Make a Wish
The following cards hold wonderful wishes. Choose one card and click on it, your wish for the year.
Passion for life, for creation, or for any crave you have. An intense wish of desire.
Drawing title: Vénus and Amor
Artist: Daniel Hopfer (1470-1536)
(image source: retouch of a Wikimedia
commons public domain image).
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Fortuna is the roman goddess of luck, fate, and fortune. A very powerful wish.
Drawing title: Fortuna
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
An allegorical figure representing Fortune
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Expect with confidence. A wish of faith.
Drawing title: Spess (Hope)
Artist: Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550)
From Cognition and the Seven Virtues
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The most inspiring wish
Drawing title: Le Printemps (Spring)
Artist: Pierre Auguste Cot (1837–1883)
Located in the Appleton Museum of Art
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Raise above all challenges. A wish of triumph.
Drawing title: Victory O Lord
Artist: John Everett Millais (1829 – 1896)
The Amalekites defeated
(image source: Wikimedia commons public domain).
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Resolve all conflicts and reach serenity. A wish of harmony.
Title: Dove of Peace
Presented by His Holiness Pope John Paul II, on the
occasion of his visit to the United Nations, 2 October 1979.
The mosaic is a copy of the one in Constantinian Basilica.
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Understanding, realization, perception, and judgment. A wish of clarity.
Title: Wisdom Emblem
Artist: George Wither (1588 – 1667)
From George Wither, "A Collection of Emblemes
Anciente and Moderne", London (1635)
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Healing of mind, body and spirit. A wish for physical, mental, and social well-being.
Title: Caduceus symbol
A representation of the caduceus of Hermes,
the symbol of medicine.
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