Kether__
What do you think about the most orthodox ordering of the four suites?
Kether__ said:What do you think about the most orthodox ordering of the four suites?
Rusty Neon said:Hi kether ...
(1) I'm interested in knowing the link, if any, between this new thread of yours and your earlier thread about suited/suitless Egyptian tarot decks.
(2) I don't see Coins, Wands, Swords and Cups as being the conventional suit order.
- The historically conventional order is possibly that in the Etteilla decks: Batons, Cups, Swords, Coins. Anybody have other ideas?
- Similarily, the Order of the Golden Dawn's order in its manuscript _Tarot Divination_ is Wands, Cups, Swords, Pentacles.
- However, I recall observing that the order that U.S. Games packages its decks in is different, i.e., Wands, Swords, Cups, Coins (if I recall correctly, but luckily it's been a long time since I've bought my flurry of decks) -- or is it Swords before Wands?
(3) In terms of people's views on what the correct logical cosmological order of suits is, that's an individuall thing; no right answers for that; I'm sure that for any given permutation of suit orders, there would be some people in support.
Kether__ said:Rusty:
I think Golden Dawn pentacles are similar to older coins, since they resemble, for me the same element.
Ross G Caldwell said:A clever suggestion has been the alphabet, ABCDE -
Atutti - Atouts (trumps)
Bastoni - Batons (Wands)
Coppe - Coupes (Cups)
Denari - Deniers (Coins)
Espade/Spade - Epées (Swords)
Ross