Today I am minting the third in my trinity of nft artworks over this December solstice season. This one is called "Radha queen of heaven" and is a portrait of the goddess as seen in different cultures throughout history.
This is a portrait in my current style of the old classic look, combined with text. All three of these NFTs have been minted from photograph taken on my mobile phone, where I then add text and upload onto the blockchain at the NFT showroom.
In today's collage you can see my familiar scene of an icon richly decorated with all sorts of jewels and gold, suggesting opulence and wealth fit for the gods.
Also the popular color of gold against blue is seen here, adding to a spiritual or esoteric theme. The image appears like an old-fashioned religious icon, which is actually what it is.
It portrays the goddess, known in the west has Mary, the mother of Christ. Which is ironic because, as I mint this, we are but 3 days from Christmas Day.
Here the goddess dressed in blue, not only resembles Mary but also resembles the goddess Radha, who is the consort of Krishna from the Vedic Sanskrit tradition.
Both of these depictions of the goddess our shown traditionally dressed in blue. Thus they Echo a similar theme across time and Culture. Also sometimes called the queen of heaven.
In today's NFT edition I have followed suit from the previous two in this series over the solstice, where I have minted more copies than usual - namely 13 - and reduced the price to 3 Hive tokens so that more collectors can have a chance to add them to their fine gallories.
In today's scene the goddess is his adored and decorate with opulent jewels, creating a very rich scene in my familiar religious esoteric theme.
See it here in my digital gallery at the NFT Showroom:
https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/julianhorack_collages-julescape-q4-2023_radha-queen-of-heaven
Mercury conjunct sun today
An interesting coincidence is that not only are we within 24 hours of the December solstice for the year but it is also the very moment of Mercury retrograde in exact conjunction with the Sun. This is a condition known as Cazimi by Arabic astrologers of old.
It's suggests a moment of potential genius filled with opportunity which lasts for only a few hours during the course of a day, when the planet Mercury is crossing the face of the sun in transit, as seen buy telescope from Earth.
I therefore take this special moment and opportunity to mint the third in my series of handmade collage artworks which have been waiting until now for nft minting. Everything happens in its own time.
This mercury retrograde moment marks the beginning of the new Mercury cycle which lasts for the next few Hundred days in its relationship to the sun and our Earth, during our journey through the service system.