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Jupiter, the Maiden of Secrets

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Jupiter, Maiden of Secrets. Ruler of the Forbidden Manse of Ivy, whose symbols are the Guardians, the Key, the Mask, the Sorcerer, and the Treasure Trove. Her color is green, and her Chosen are known as Heaven's Eyes and Oracles.

Another Incarna revisit.  Original of this one was fav.me/d7bv20y in pencil. I more or less kept a lot of similar objects like her big cloak, the little bells in her hair, and the ruler thingy.  I decided that her winking was more expressive than having the blindfold that I had in older pics and I wanted to have at least one of her symbols around, so there's the mask in her left hand with some nice cracks in it. The wink is nice since I think despite being named for Jupiter, to me there's acutally a bit of Odin with her being a god of secrets and mystery. The halo behind her is a bit hard to see, but in this one it is an Eye of Providence, symbol of many conspiracy theories through time.  The teeth of the keys on her skirt are also meant to correspond a bit with astrological symbols I found for the Galilean moons, though couldn't find how to get the constellation glow on them.

I do think my biggest issue is she doesn't have the same presence the other two had and green is a bit harder to make "pop" than blue or purple. I also kind of let it linger for a bit so there is probably some bits that had I would have gotten to this sooner would have looke dbetter, but I had like a month where I couldn't touch it.  Still ends up I think to maybe being fifteen, sixteen hours worth of work?  But spreakd out over such time I think that if I ever revist things it'll look much better.  Still fun picture and I think the simpler, less stated composition fits her as a goddess.

EDIT: With the Maidens in the set done, I decided to go back and tweak them a bit, namely making the stars a bit more consistent as I liked hwo they looked in Mercury and Mars. 

Quote for this one is a tweak of the 18 Charms of Odin as told by Mr. Wednesday in American Gods.  It's one of my quotes form the book and such, so not a ba done ot use for a goddess of secrets eh?

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"I know another charm to free myself from all bonds and locks.
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"A sixth: spells sent to hurt me will hurt only the sender.
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"For a tenth charm, I learned to dispel witches, to spin them around in the skies so that they will never find their way back to their own doors again.
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"A twelfth charm I know: if I see a hanged man I can bring him down from the gallows to whisper to us all he remembers.
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"A fourteenth: I know the names of all the gods. Every damned one of them.
"A fifteenth: I had a dream of power, of glory, and of wisdom, and I can make people believe in my dreams.
"A sixteenth charm I know: if I need love I can turn the mind and heart of any mortal.
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"And I know an eighteenth charm, and that charm is the greatest of all, and that charm I can tell to no man, for a secret that no one know but you is the most powerful secret there can ever be."
- The Charms of Jupiter
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ColinatorGX's avatar
Know-it-all smile and all those props make for a nice design for the maiden secrets.