Two of Arrows

The calf’s head crowned with arrows presents a stark meditation on sacrifice. In Renaissance symbolism, the calf represented innocence offered up — the unblemished victim whose death purchases something beyond itself.

Paradin drew from classical sources where mors et vita (death and life) were understood as inseparable. The arrows do not merely kill; they consecrate. What appears as violence becomes transformation.

The two of any suit marks the first step beyond unity. Here, that step crosses the threshold between breathing and meaning.