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…ups; Queen of Cups; Prince of Cups; Princess of Cups; Knight of Swords; Queen of Swords; Prince of Swords; Princess of Swords; Knight of Disks; Queen of Disks; Prince of Disks; Princess of Disks. PART IV. THE SMALL CARDS The Four Aces; The Four Twos; The Four Threes; The Four Fours; The Four Fives; The Four Sixes; The Four Sevens; The Four Eights; The Four Nines; The Four Tens. The Root of the Pow‐ ers of Fire Ace of Wands; Dominion—Two of Wands; Virtue—Three of Wands; Completion— Four of Wands; Strife—Five of Wands; Victory—Six of Wands; Valou…
1944 · PDF PAGE 175
…rds; ScienceSix of Swords; FutilitySeven of Swords; In terferenceEight of Swords; CrueltyNine of Swords; RuinTen of Swords. Ace of Disks; Change Two of Disks; WorkThree of Disks; PowerFour of Disks; Worry Five of Disks; SuccessSix of Disks; FailureSeven of Disks; PrudenceEight of Disks; GainNine of Disks; WealthTen of Disks. INVOCATION AND MNEMONICS
1944 · PDF PAGE 139
…ups; Queen of Cups; Prince of Cups; Princess of Cups; Knight of Swords; Queen of Swords; Prince of Swords; Princess of Swords; Knight of Disks; Queen of Disks; Prince of Disks; Princess of Disks.
1944 · PDF PAGE 234
FAILURE SEVEN OF DISKS The number Seven, Netzach, has its customary enfeebling effect, and this is made worse by the influence of Saturn in Taurus. The disks are arranged in the shape of the geo‐ mantic figure Rubeus, the most ugly and menacing of the Sixteen. (See Five of Cups.) The at‐ mosphere of the card is that of Blight. On the background, which represents vegetation and cultivation, everything is spoiled. The four colours of Netzach appear, but they are blotched with angry indigo and reddish orange. The disks themselves are the leaden di…
1944 · PDF PAGE 237
GAIN NINE OF DISKS The number Nine, Yesod, inevitably brings back the balance of Force in fulfilment. The card is ruled by Venus in Virgo. It shows good luck attending material affairs, favour and popularity. The disks are arranged as an equilateral triangle of three, apex upwards, close to‐ gether; and, surrounded at some distance by a ring, six larger disks in the form of a hexagon. This signifies the multiplication of the original established Word‐by the mingling of “good luck and good management”. The three central disks are of the magical …
1944 · PDF PAGE 275
… ‘The Princess of Cups. Rules another Quadrant. The Court Cards of the Tarot with the Spheres oftheir Celestial Dominion = The Knight of Disks. Rnles 20° 2. to 20° My ‘The Queen of Disks, 20° f to 20°v5 ‘The Prince of Disks. 20° ¢p to 20° Tho Princess of Disks, Rules a fourth Quadrant of the Heavens about Kether.
1944 · PDF PAGE 235
PRUDENCE EIGHT OF DISKS The number Eight, Hod, is very helpful in this card, because it represents Mercury in his most spiritual aspect, and he both rules and is exalted in the sign of Virgo, which belongs to the Decan, and is governed by the Sun. It signifies intelligence lovingly applied to material matters, especially those of the agriculturalist, the artificer and the engineer. One might suggest that this card marks the turn of the tide. The seven of Disks is in one sense the fullest possible establishment of Matter—compare Atu XV—the lowes…
1944 · PDF PAGE 233
SUCCESS SIX OF DISKS The Number Six, Tiphareth, as before, represents the full harmonious establishment of the Energy of the Element. The Moon in Taurus rules the card; and this, while increasing the approach to perfection (for the Moon is exalted in Taurus and therefore in her highest form) marks that the condition is transient. The disks are arranged in the form of the Hexagram, which is shown in skeleton. In the centre blushes and glows the light rose‐ madder of dawn, and without are three concentric circles, golden yellow, salmon‐pink, and …
1944 · PDF PAGE 238
WEALTH TEN OF DISKS The number Ten, Malkuth, as always, represents the final issue of the Energy. Here is great and final solidification. The force is completely expended and results in death. Mercury rules this card in Virgo; and this may imply that the acquired wealth, being inert, will be dissi‐ pated unless put to further use by devoting its power to objects other than mere accumula‐ tion. The disks, or (as they have now become) coins, are arranged on the Tree of Life, but the Tenth coin is much larger than the rest; the image indicates the…
1944 · PDF PAGE 230
POWER FOUR OF DISKS The Four, Chesed, shows the establishment of the Universe in three dimensions, that is, below the Abyss. The generating idea is exhibited in its full material sense. The card is ruled by the Sun in Capricornus, the Sign in which he is reborn. The disks are very large and solid; the suggestion of the card is that of a fortress. This represents Law and Order, maintained by constant authority and vigilance. The disks themselves are square; revolution is very opposite to the card; and they contain the signs of the Four Elements.…
1944 · PDF PAGE 232
WORRY FIVE OF DISKS The Number Five, Geburah, in the suit of Earth, shows the disruption of the Elements, just as in the other suits. This is emphasized by the rule of Mercury in Taurus, types of energy which are opposed. It needs a very powerful Mercury to upset Taurus; so the natural meaning is Intelligence applied to Labour. The symbol represents five disks in the form of the inverted Pentagram, instability in the very foundations of Matter. The effect is that of an earthquake. They are, however, repre‐ sentative of the five Tatvas; these ho…
1944 · PDF PAGE 168
QUEEN OF DISKS The Queen of Disks represents the watery part of Earth, the function of that element as Mother. She rules from the 21st degree of Sagittarius to the 20th degree of Capricornus. She represents passivity, usually in its highest aspect. The Queen of Disks is throned upon the life of vegetation. She contemplates the back‐ ground, where a calm river winds through a sandy desert to bring to it fertility. Oases are be‐ ginning to shew themselves amid the wastes. Before her stands a goat upon a sphere. There is here a reference to the do…
1944 · PDF PAGE 170
PRINCE OF DISKS The Prince of Disks represents the airy part of Earth, indicating the florescence and fructification of that element. He rules from the 21st degree of Aries to the 20th degree of Taurus. The figure of this Prince is meditative. He is the element of Earth become intelligible. Clothed in light armour, his helmet is crowned with the head of a bull; and his chariot is drawn by an ox, this animal being peculiarly sacred to the Element of Earth. In his left hand he holds his disk, which is an orb resembling a globe, marked with mathem…
1944 · PDF PAGE 225
THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF EARTH ACE OF DISKS The Ace of Disks pictures the entry of that type of Energy which is called Earth. It is here proper to insist a little strongly upon one of the essential theoretical theses which have inflamed the constitution of this present pack of Tarot cards; for this feature is significant, and distinguishes it from the numerous crude efforts of uninitiates to put themselves forward as adepts. The grotesque barber Alliette, the obscurely perverse Wirth, the poseur‐fumiste Pé‐ ladan, down to the verbose ignorance…
1944 · PDF PAGE 226
…owever, not the original vegetable green of Isis, but the new green of spring following the resurrection of Osiris as Horus. Nor are the Disks any more to be considered as Coins; the Disk is a whirling emblem. Naturally so; since it is now know that every Star, every true Planet, is a whirling sphere. The Atom, again, is no more the hard, intractable, dead Particle of Dalton, but a system of whirling forces, comparable to the Solar hierarchy itself. This thesis dovetails perfectly with the new Doctrine of Tetragrammaton, where the Earthy compon…
1944 · PDF PAGE 172
PRINCESS OF DISKS The Princess of Disks, the last of the Court cards, represents the earthy part of Earth. She is consequently on the brink of transfiguration. She is strong and beautiful, with an ex‐ pression of intense brooding, as if about to become aware of secret wonder. Her crest is the head of the ram, and her sceptre descends into the earth. There its head becomes a diamond, the precious stone of Kether, thus symbolizing the birth of the high‐ est and purest light in the deepest and darkest of the Elements. She stands within a grove of …
1944 · PDF PAGE 166
KNIGHT OF DISKS The Knight of Disks represents the fiery part of Earth, and refers in particular to the phenomena of mountains, earthquakes, and gravitation; but it also represents the activity of Earth regarded as the producer of Life. He rules from the 21st degree of Leo to the 20th de‐ gree of Virgo, and is thus concerned greatly with agriculture. This warrior is short and sturdy in type. He is clothed in great solidity of plate armour; but his helmet, which is crested with the head of a stag, is thrown back, for at the moment his function i…
1944 · PDF PAGE 28
Queen of Disks, Water of Earth Prince of Disks, Air of Earth Princess of Disks, Earth of Earth The Tarot trumps are twenty‐two in number; they represent the elements between the Sephiroth or Things‐in‐Themselves, so that their position on the Tree of Life is significant. Here are one or two examples. The card called “The Lovers”, whose secret title is “The Chil‐ dren of the Voice, the Oracle of the Mighty Gods”, leads from the number 3 to the number 6. The number 6 is the human personality of a man; the number 3 is his spiritual intuition. Ther…
1944 · PDF PAGE 178
…sculine nature of air makes it dominant. The card is almost a picture of the formation of the military clan system of society. As to the Disks, the heaviness of the symbol rather outweighs any considerations of its weakness. The card is called Power. It is the power which dominates and stabilizes every‐ thing, but manages its affairs more by negotiation, by pacific methods, than by any assertion of itself. It is Law, the Constitution, with no aggressive element. THE FOUR FIVES In the “Naples arrangement”, the introduction of the number Five sho…
1944 · PDF PAGE 229
WORK THREE OF DISKS The influence of Binah in the sphere of Earth shows the material establishment of the idea of the Universe, the determination of its basic form. It is ruled by Mars in Capricornus; he is exalted in that Sign, and therefore at his best. His energy is constructive, like that of the builder or engineer. The card represents a pyramid viewed from above the apex. The base is formed by three wheels‐Mercury, Sulphur, and Salt; Sattvas, Rajas, and Tamas in the Hindu system; Aleph, Shin, and Mem‐Air, Fire, and Water‐the three Mother l…