Gate cards in the minors

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Dec 2001, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Butterfly	11 Dec 2001
Rachel Pollack (in 78 deg. of wisdom)talks about certain cards within each of the suits that serve as gates into deeper wisdom. I can't think of which ones, at the moment (can look it up if anyone wants) but she says that meditating on them acts as a gateway to much more significant meanings than the surface ones that are commonly used. Does anyone work with the gate cards, and if so, how?

Jewel	13 Dec 2001
I was just reading that last night! *LOL*. I was bummed that she did not come right out and say which ones they were right there and then, and hope that as I read through the Minor's portion of her book she will identify them. If anyone has any info on this I would also like it so I can work with those cards. Love & Light,

DeLani	13 Dec 2001
I can't remember exactly who it was who I read that talked about the gate cards -- you might try A.E. Waite's "Understanding the Tarot" (formerly published as "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot.") I do remember that the 10 of pentacles was one, because the pentacles were arranged into the Kabbalistic Tree of Life diagram. I think the two of cups was another one. Blessed Be, DeLani

Butterfly	14 Dec 2001
LOL, unfortunately Jewel, they are scattered throughout the descriptions. Aah, the suspense....

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