The Tarot Garden

After we dropped gran of at the airport last week we went to the Tarot Garden in Tuscany.

Niki Di Saint Phalle was the architect of the garden. In 1955 she went to Barcelona and saw the park of Guell of Gaudi and decided that she should build her own park. 24 Years later Niki asked lots of other builders and her friend Jean Tinguely if they would like to help. So they all started to build  the Tarot Garden based on the Tarot cards.



Some of the Tarot sculptures where the high priestess, the wheel of fortune, strength, the sun, death, the devil, the world, the fool, the hierophant, the hanged man, the hermit and many more.

The Falling Tower

The World

              

My favourite card was the was the wheel of fortune, a big wheel that spun around and sprayed water everywhere. It was card number number X. It is the saying what goes up must come down.

The worst card was injustice. It was a prison for stuff like hanging and murdering. You would probably ask, "why is it the worst?"   Because of the sound all the metal bits made scraping along the ground.  The sound literally kills my ears.

The Emperoress

Niki lived in one of the cards. She lived in the Empress which is in the form of a sphinx. She had her bed set up,  her bathroom and there where mirrors everywhere. Eliza snuck past the bars and jumped on the bed.

I am still overwhelmed that Nikki could build such a big garden like that.  It proves that if you dream you can succeed.

The Fool

Wheel of Fortune (foreground) and The High Priestess (background)