Coding the tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Feb 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

HOLMES	11 Feb 2004
The kings of wands, Fire in fire/atziluth seven of cups , eight of wands, nine of wands Queen of wands, Water in fire/briah ten of swords, two of cups , three of cups Princes of wands Air of fire/yetzirah four of cups, five of wands, six of wands, Pages of wands, Earth of fire/assiah Ace of wands Kether/aztiluth/roots of fire Aries the emperor card march 21 to April 20 ruled by mars the tower March21 to march 30/Two of wands is the two of Aries or emperor /mars /chockmah/atziluth ruled queen of wands, March31 to April 10/Three of wands is the three of Aries or emperor /sun/binah/atziluth ruled by queen of wands, April 11 to April 20/Four of wands is the four of Aries the emperor/Venus /chesed/aztziluth ruled by prince of pentacles, Strength the Leo card July 22 to august 22. ruled by the sun card July 22 to august 1/Five of wands/ saturn in leo/geburah ruled by prince of wands August 2to august 11Six of wands/ jupiter in leo/tipareth ruled by prince of wands, August 12 to august 22Seven of wands/ mars in leo /netzach ruled by king of pentacles, Sagittarius temperance card November 23 to December 22, ruled by jupiter the wheel of fortune November 23 to December 2/eight of wands/ mercuary in Sagittarius/hod ruled by king of wands, December 3 to December 12/nine of wands/ moon in sagittarius/yesod/ruled by king of wands, December 13 to December 21/ten of wands/ saturn in sagittarius/malkuth ruled by queen of pentacles, King of cups Fire in water/atziluth seven of swords, eight of cups , nine of cups Queen of cups Water in water/briah ten of swords, two of cups , three of cups Prince of cups Air of water/yetzirah four of swords, five of cups, six of cups Pages of cups Earth of water/assiah Ace of cups Kether/briah/roots of water cancer the chariot card June 21 to July 21 ruled by moon the high priestress card June21to July 1Two of cups/ venus in cancer/chockmah /briah ruled by queen of cups July2to july11Three of cups is/ mercuary in cancer/binah/briah ruled by queen of cups July 12 to july21Four of cups /moon in cancer/chesed/briah ruled by knight of wands Scorpio the death card October 23 to November 22 ruled by pluto the judgment card, and mars the tower October 23 to Nov 1five of cups/ mars in scoropio/geburah /briah ruled by knight of cups Nov 2 to November 12six of cups/ sun in scorpio/tipereth/briah ruled by knight of cups November 13 to 22seven of cups/ venus in scorpio /netzach/briah ruled by knight of wands Pisces the moon card February 19 to march 20 ruled by neptune the hanged man, and jupiter the wheel of fortune card, February 19 to February 28eight of cups/ saturn in pisces/hod/braih ruled by king of cups March 1 to march 10nine of cups/ jupiter in pisces/yesod/briah ruled by king of cups March 11 to march 20ten of cups/ mars in pisces/malkuth/briah ruled by queen of cups King of swords Fire in air seven of pentacles, eight of swords, nine of swords Queen of swords Water in air ten of pentacles, two of swords, three of swords Princes of swords Air in air four of pentacles, five of swords, six of swords Princess of swords Earth in air Ace of swords Kether/yetzirah Roots of the powers of air Libra the justice card September 23 to October 22 ruled by venus the emperess card September 23 to october2two of swords/ moon in libra/chockmah/yetzirah ruled by queen of swords October 3 to October 12three of swords/ saturn in libra/binah/yetzirah ruled by queen of swords October 13 to October 22four of swords/ jupiter in libra/chesed/yetzirah ruled by prince of cups Aquarius the star card January 20 to February 18 ruled by uranus the fool card, and saturn the world card Jan 20 to Jan 29five of swords/venus in aquarius/geburah/yetzirah ruled by knight of swords Jan 30 to February 8six of swords/mercuary in aquarius/tiperath /yetzirah by knight of swords Feb. 9 to Feb. 18/seven of swords, /moon in aquarius/netzah/yetzirah ruled by king of cups Gemini the lovers card may 21 to June 20 ruled by mercuary the magican card May 21 to 31 Eight of swords/ jupiter in gemini/hod/yetzirah ruled by king of swords June 1 to June 10Nine of swords/ mars in gemini/yesod/yetzirah ruled by king of swords June 11 to June 20Ten of swords/ sun in gemini/malkuth/yetzirah ruled by queen of cups King of pentacles, Fire in earth seven of wands, eight of pentacles, nine of pentacles Queen of pentacles Water in earth ten of wands, two of pentacles, three of pentacles Princes of pentacles Air in earth four of wands, five of pentacles, six of pentacles Princess of pentacles Earth in earth Ace of pentacles, Kether/assiah/roots of the power of earth Capricorn the devil card December 22 to January 19 ruled by saturn the world card December 22 to December 30 /two of pentacles/ jupiter in capricorn/chockmah/assiah ruled by queen of pentacles December 31 to January 9/three of pentacles, /mars in capricorn/binah/assiah ruled by queen of pentacles January 10 to January 19/ four of pentacles /sun in capricorn/chesed/assiah ruled by knight of swords Taurus the hierophant card April 21 to may20 is ruled by venus the emperess card April 21 to April 30/Five of pentacles/ mercuary in taurus/geburah/assiah ruled by knight of pentacles May 1 to May 10/Six of pentacles/ moon in taurus/tiperath/assiah ruled by knight of pentacles May 11 to May 20Seven of pentacles/ saturn in taurus/netzah/assiah ruled by king of swords virgo the hermit August 23 to September 22. ruled by mercuary the magican. August 23 to September 1/8 of pentacles/ sun in virgo/hod/assiah ruled by king of pentacles September 9 to 11/9 of pentacles/ venus in virgo /yesod/assiah ruled by king of pentacles September 12 to September 22/ten of pentacles/ mercuary in virgo/malkuth/assiah ruled by queen of swords

HOLMES	11 Feb 2004
Major Arcana Fool number0/11 path/letter aleph mean ox /attribution air, =uranus magican number1/12 path/letterbeth mean house/attribution mercuary high priestress number 2/13 path/letter gimel means camel/attribution luna emperess number 3/14path/letter daleth means door/attribution venus emperor number 4/15path/letter heh means window/attribution aries high hierophant number 5/16 path/letter vav means hook/attribution Taurus lovers number 6/17path/letter zayin means sword/attribution Gemini chariot number7/18 path/letter cheth means fence/attributioncancer strenghth number8/19 path/letter teth means serpent/attribution leo hermit number 9/20 path/letter yod means hand/attribution virgo wheel of fortune number 10/21 path/letter kaph means palm/attribution jupiter justice number11/22 path/letter lamed means ox goad which means to teach/attribution libra hangedman number12/23 path/letter mem means water/attibution water = neptune death number 13/24 path/letter nun means fish/attribution scorpio temperance number 14/25 path/letters samekh means tent peg / attribution saggitaruius devil numbe 15/26 path/letter ayin means eye (associiated with the eye of the penus as well)/attribution Capricorn tower number 16/27 path/peh means mouth/attribution mars star number 17/28 path/tzaddi means fish hook(hunt)/aqurius moon number 18/29 path/qoph means back of the head/eye of the needle/pisces sun number 19/30 path/resh means face or head of the organization/ attribution sol(sun) Judgement number 20/31 path/shin means tooth the breath of god/fire or spirit attribution =pluto world card number 21/32 path/tau means cross, to sign /attribution saturn

HOLMES	11 Feb 2004
mostly my magical golden dawn torot, the qabalistic tarot, the tarot of cermonial magick, as well as the chicken qabbalah. i do belief it fits mostly with the rider waite meanings for while most of it can be applied to the toth, tzaddi is not the star and some of the relationships between the majors on an astrological level is changed. one can see that the the tarot is more then just the number five in the sign of fire , for the beginner. for there is the astrology (planet in sign ) qabbalah ( chockmah in a world,) english numerology which extends the minors as well with the majors influences. this doens't include psychology, alchemy, or elemental dignities yet for i havne't studied them. for those who have more advanced knowledge be kind for in the feedback for i can only study so much at a time. it is clear from the correlations that a whole book can be written on any two systemics combos, such as the qabbalah and tarot which there has been a book dealing with the spheres and the minors . astrology and tarot, for example yes there has been one written, astrology and tarot , the pursuit of destiny . i am of the mind that if you add your day to your year sept 8 to 1975 you get your life change year, which for me was 1992, i was the nine of pentacles card so in that year was the move from winnipeg made. and i embrace the hermit energies. if one looks at the court cards you can see what elemental force is need to overcome an minor event or energy going on in your life. while all the looking at the larger picture of what sign is influencing you . when you do your readings. i thought of nameing this thread , the tarot as is, for one day i want to upgrade the tarot minors with the changes to the decanates including the outer planets, i am now in the study phrase and will begin trying to understand these things as i been in the gathering of sources phrase since i came here. of course there is new tarot books coming out and every book i read only enchance my knowledge. what do you think ?

HOLMES	11 Feb 2004
i wanted to add that these system do not change the archtype but add to them. although as some update their own versions of the astrological meanings like adding the outer planets in the minor decanates which change the meanings for some of the minors but not by much for we still got the sphere, the court card ruling it with its energy and the major sign and planet ruling it. so one would be just changing the planet influencing it . as i was in the showe again thinking about what i could add, 1. what is added should not change or reduce the meanings of the archtype but adds to it. how does that sound ? a famous tarot author said to me in email that it is colouring the tarot . i do not think of it as colouring the tarot but expanding it. of course to get the full meaning behind these correlations someone will have to write an all comprhensive book. the tarot of the cermonial magick is almost one such book. there is some things i did that he didnt' do in the book, relate the court cards to minors cards and let some major arcana influence the other major arcana cards.

Alissa	11 Feb 2004
Holmes, I've read this and read this, and I'm still boggled. It amazes me the connections you're able to find in your study. I feel woefully ignorant... I've never studied Qaballah, astrology or numerology. I wish I had something meaningful to say, but I'm afraid I'm stuck at, "Wow~!" :eek:

lark	11 Feb 2004
~WOW~ is right. I hope you're saving all your writings because I think you're are destine to write a book...

Phoenyx*	11 Feb 2004
Wow Holmes, this is SO much information, yes, you are truly destined to write a book.

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