365 Tarot Spreads: Revealing the Magic in Each Day - Sasha Graham 2014

Stealing Beauty Spread

On This Day

Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee, hid the Mona Lisa in a broom closet and walked out with it under his coat. The painting was stored in a trunk for two years before Peruggia was caught trying to sell the Mona Lisa to the directors of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

On this date in 1911 the Mona Lisa was reported missing from the Louvre. The Louvre closed for a week while the investigation was underway. Even Pablo Picasso was brought in for questioning.

Summation of Spread

The Empress manifests beauty. Every concept of beauty bursts forth in the manner of sheer creativity. The universe expresses itself through the Empress, who is as present in the act of a blooming flower as she is at the canvas of an artist. Self-expression is the epitome of beauty in the Empress’s eyes.

How does the idea of beauty inform your life? This spread uses the idea of stealing beauty to ponder long-held concepts and attitudes toward the perceptual experience of pleasure and satisfaction.

Cast Your Cards

Cast the Stealing Beauty Spread’s cards in the shape of a brightly shining diamond.

1. What does the concept of beauty mean to me?

2. What do I consider beautiful?

3. Who is the most beautiful person I know?

4. Where is the most beautiful place I visit?

5. Do I consider myself beautiful?

6. When has beauty deceived me?

7. When has beauty inspired me?

8. Is beauty in the eye of the beholder?