Mystic Suite

Plates and credits

Every picture here is a scan of a public-domain print or a NASA image, downloaded from the institution that holds it and served from this site. Nothing is AI-generated, and no modern illustration or stock photograph is used.

Plates

  1. Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 'Pam-A' printing

    Tarot cards: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith deck, 1909 (public domain). Scans via Wikimedia Commons.

    Made by
    Pamela Colman Smith (artist, 1878-1951), under the direction of Arthur Edward Waite (1857-1942); published by William Rider & Son, London, 1909 (this printing c.1910)
    Held by
    Scans published by the muzendo.jp collector blog and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, category 'Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck (TaionWC)'
    Licence
    Public domain. US: published 1909-1910, before 1931, so the copyright term has expired (Commons tag PD-old-auto-expired, deathyear=1942). UK/EU: Smith died 1951, so life+70 expired on 1 January 2022. A faithful scan of a 2D public-domain work attracts no new copyright (Bridgeman v. Corel; EU DSM Directive Art. 14). Not the 1971 U.S. Games Systems recoloured edition, which has its own claim.
    Shown
    Tarot card faces. On this site the deck is called the 1909 deck by Pamela Colman Smith; it is not the later recoloured edition sold under a trademarked name.
    Changes
    Resized to one 0.58 card ratio (centre crop of up to ~3% on one axis), sRGB, AVIF q52 and WebP q68. No retouching or recolouring. scripts/art/process-tarot.mjs.
    Source
    78 source files, retrieved 2026-10-02

  2. Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum (Ingolstadt, May 1540), hand-coloured woodcut volvelles; woodcuts attributed to Michael Ostendorfer

    Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).

    Made by
    Petrus Apianus (1495-1552); Michael Ostendorfer (woodcuts)
    Held by
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 25.17 (Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925), object 337061
    Licence
    CC0 1.0: Met Open Access (the collection API reports isPublicDomain: true for object 337061). The 1540 work itself is public domain everywhere.
    Shown
    The turning volvelle on the start page.
    Changes
    colour: crop to the plate, 1280/720 px, AVIF q44, WebP q50. scripts/art/process-plates.mjs.

  3. Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum (Ingolstadt, May 1540), hand-coloured woodcut volvelles; woodcuts attributed to Michael Ostendorfer

    Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).

    Made by
    Petrus Apianus (1495-1552); Michael Ostendorfer (woodcuts)
    Held by
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 25.17 (Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925), object 337061
    Licence
    CC0 1.0: Met Open Access (the collection API reports isPublicDomain: true for object 337061). The 1540 work itself is public domain everywhere.
    Shown
    Beside the library.
    Changes
    colour: crop, 1000/560 px, AVIF q46. scripts/art/process-plates.mjs.

  4. Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum (Ingolstadt, May 1540), hand-coloured woodcut volvelles; woodcuts attributed to Michael Ostendorfer

    Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).

    Made by
    Petrus Apianus (1495-1552); Michael Ostendorfer (woodcuts)
    Held by
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 25.17 (Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925), object 337061
    Licence
    CC0 1.0: Met Open Access (the collection API reports isPublicDomain: true for object 337061). The 1540 work itself is public domain everywhere.
    Shown
    Beside the account page and on pages that are not found.
    Changes
    colour: crop, 1000/560 px, AVIF q46. scripts/art/process-plates.mjs.

  5. Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum (Ingolstadt, May 1540), hand-coloured woodcut volvelles; woodcuts attributed to Michael Ostendorfer

    Petrus Apianus, Astronomicum Caesareum, 1540. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).

    Made by
    Petrus Apianus (1495-1552); Michael Ostendorfer (woodcuts)
    Held by
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 25.17 (Gift of Herbert N. Straus, 1925), object 337061
    Licence
    CC0 1.0: Met Open Access (the collection API reports isPublicDomain: true for object 337061). The 1540 work itself is public domain everywhere.
    Shown
    Astrology pages.
    Changes
    ink layer (paper removed, lines to alpha), 1000/560 px. scripts/art/process-plates.mjs.

  6. Hevelius, Firmamentum Sobiescianum: northern hemisphere planisphere

    Johannes Hevelius, Uranographia, 1690. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, e-rara (Public Domain Mark).

    Made by
    Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687); engraved for the posthumous 'Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia', Gdańsk 1690
    Held by
    ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 9629:1, digitised on e-rara (DOI https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-456)
    Licence
    Public Domain Mark 1.0, as stated in the e-rara METS record (mods:accessCondition 'use and reproduction' = https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Engravings published 1690.
    Shown
    The astrology band on the start page and the astrology pages.
    Changes
    Circular cut of the star field (cherubs and corner titles removed), paper flattened and converted to an ink alpha layer, 1200/720 px. scripts/art/process-plates.mjs.
    Source
    e-rara.ch

  7. Hevelius, Firmamentum Sobiescianum: the twelve zodiac constellation plates (Figs. BB-NN)

    Johannes Hevelius, Uranographia, 1690. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, e-rara (Public Domain Mark).

    Made by
    Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687); engraved for the posthumous 'Firmamentum Sobiescianum, sive Uranographia', Gdańsk 1690
    Held by
    ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 9629:1, digitised on e-rara (DOI https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-456)
    Licence
    Public Domain Mark 1.0, as stated in the e-rara METS record (mods:accessCondition 'use and reproduction' = https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Engravings published 1690.
    Shown
    Astrology reports, one plate per sign. Hevelius drew the figures as seen from outside the celestial globe, so they are mirror-reversed; they are kept as he printed them.
    Changes
    Crop to the engraved frame, paper flattened and converted to an ink alpha layer, 1000/560 px. Hevelius drew the figures as seen from outside the celestial globe (mirror-reversed); kept as printed.

  8. Moon Phase and Libration, 2023: full Moon still (phase_full.1571)

    Moon: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.

    Made by
    NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (visualizer Ernie Wright, USRA); data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter LOLA/LROC
    Held by
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, SVS item 5048
    Licence
    NASA imagery is generally not subject to copyright in the US (NASA images and media usage guidelines, https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/). NASA should be acknowledged as the source; no NASA insignia or implied endorsement is used.
    Shown
    Astrology reports, shaded to the Moon's phase.
    Changes
    Luminance converted to alpha on card-stock RGB so the Moon prints in the theme colour, 800/400 px.

  9. Plate XXII, palmistry chart of the right hand, from William Salmon, Polygraphice (London, 1685)

    William Salmon, Polygraphice, 1685. Science History Institute (public domain).

    Made by
    William Salmon (1644-1713); engraved by Frederick Hendrick van Hove (c.1628-1698)
    Held by
    Science History Institute, Philadelphia (digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x633f2206), via DPLA and Wikimedia Commons
    Licence
    Public domain: published 1685 (Commons tag PD-US; the author and engravers died before 1720).
    Shown
    The palm band on the start page and the palm pages.
    Changes
    A later brown ink doodle in the right margin (not part of the engraving) painted out; crop to the hand; paper flattened and converted to an ink alpha layer, 1200/640 px.

  10. Plate XXIII, palmistry chart of the left hand, from William Salmon, Polygraphice (London, 1685)

    William Salmon, Polygraphice, 1685. Science History Institute (public domain).

    Made by
    William Salmon (1644-1713); engraved by Thomas Cross
    Held by
    Science History Institute, Philadelphia (digital.sciencehistory.org/works/x633f2206), via DPLA and Wikimedia Commons
    Licence
    Public domain: published 1685 (Commons tag PD-US; the author and engravers died before 1720).
    Shown
    Palm reports.
    Changes
    Crop to the hand; ink alpha layer, 1000/560 px.

  11. Plate XIII, 'The Map of the Hand', Cheiro's Language of the Hand (New York: F. T. Neely, 1897)

    Cheiro, Language of the Hand, 1897. Wellcome Collection (public domain).

    Made by
    Cheiro (William John Warner, 1866-1936)
    Held by
    Wellcome Library copy, digitised by the Internet Archive, item b28096563
    Licence
    Public Domain Mark 1.0, as stated in the Internet Archive item's rights field; published 1897 and the author died 1936.
    Shown
    Palm pages.
    Changes
    Crop to the hand (caption removed), ink alpha layer, 1000/560 px.

  12. Plate XVI, 'Modifications of the principal lines', Cheiro's Language of the Hand (1897)

    Cheiro, Language of the Hand, 1897. Wellcome Collection (public domain).

    Made by
    Cheiro (William John Warner, 1866-1936)
    Held by
    Wellcome Library copy, digitised by the Internet Archive, item b28096563
    Licence
    Public Domain Mark 1.0, as stated in the Internet Archive item's rights field; published 1897 and the author died 1936.
    Shown
    The framing guide when you add a palm photo.
    Changes
    Crop to the hand (caption removed), ink alpha layer, 1000/560 px.

Typefaces

IM FELL French Canon and Commissioner, both under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. IM FELL French Canon is Igino Marini’s digitisation of the types Bishop John Fell gave to Oxford in the 1670s; Commissioner is by Kostas Bartsokas. The licence files are shipped with the font files.

Drawn for this site

The plain typographic tarot faces and card back, and the astrology chart wheel, are drawn by this site’s own code (the wheel from the computed positions), with no third-party art.