On the 8th of May 2026 - Sir David Attenborough turns 100!

A live event takes place that day at The Royal Albert Hall in his honour, 8.30pm GMT - broadcasting on BBC1 & BBCIplayer:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/sir-david-attenborough-100-years-planet-earth

 

I was thinking (just because)... what Tarot Archetype most embodies Sir David for you? - and Why?

 

I have:

 

1) The Fool.  Left - Tarot Apokalypsis ~ Dunne & Huggens       Right - The Gendron Tarot ~ Melanie Gendron.

These two renditions of The Fool, express (for me) Sir David's approach to our planet as he has presented it to us through his lifetime - with respect and awe.

 

 

"I know of no pleasure deeper, than that which comes from contemplating the natural world, and trying to understand it"

~ Sir David Attenborough

 

 

2) Temperance   Tarot Apokalypsis ~ Dunne & Huggens.

The sound of Sir David's voice, peaceful, thoughtfully paced, and engaging.

 

 

 

 

 

3)  The Hierophant   Tanga's Tarot - unpublished.  (The Egyptian Deity Nun/Naunet, regales 2 listeners.)

Sir David is a star, illuminating the wonder of our world to us.

 

 

 

"We are a part of the natural world, 

We are not separate from nature.

We all depend on the natural world

We are not separate from nature"

 

~ the bridge from the song  'Natural World' - composed for Sir David's 100th birthday bash, & inspired by his book "A Life on Earth".

 

I only saw your thread today @Tanga and loved your ideas ❤️ 

 

David Attenborough was born on the 8th of May and I looked up the cards which have astrology correspondences to him.

 

V. The Hierophant this represents Taurus season (also my birth major as his birthday is very close to mine). I see this as him a bit, it fits. He is a teacher of nature and science and an institution and tradition in himself. Taurus is ruled by the planet Venus, so there is also III. The Empress

 

The card for his Decan of birthday is the Six of Pentacles (Second decan of Taurus ruled by the Moon). I can see that as well in him. He gives and receives information that he presents to us. I thought it was interesting how Earthy the cards around his birth are.