Zephyros
The fish to me is the metaphysical system of Tarot itself, GD Tarot to be more specific, intertwined with Thelemic symbolism, to be sure, but so much more than just an illustrated commentary on the Book of the Law.
But the Book of Law itself attempts to reinvent those old symbols to better fit the new Aeon, hence it serves as a key for its deck. The harlot is now the saint while the virgin is the sinner and so classical study of its symbols, or the Jungian-common sense approach of some authors, would give the opposite results of an analysis simply because the values in the equation are different. When Aiwass talks about the Star, Emperor, "House of God" and other Tarot references he doesn't deny their existence and significance. He doesn't invent an alternative to Hebrew, or suggest calling the Star "fried pickles" but he does say that they are now to be looked at differently.
It's still the same symbolic language but a very different variant. German and English have their roots in the same proto-Germanic language yet one sounds nothing like the other because they have split. Even if they have the same building blocks they're still different languages.
A good example (going back to the thread topic ) might be the differences between Waite's Hanged Man and Crowley's. They're both the Dying God, to be sure, and they're both about immersion in the womb, "bosom of the Beloved," etc. But the Beloved is a different one, and so is the bosom. One could try to analyze Crowley's Hanged Man according to the PKT, Jung or anything else but those sources would only take you so far, because although it walks like a Dying God and quacks like one, it's an example of one instance where it's something completely different.
The Liber 418 study group on the Vision and the Voice was running here for a while. I must admit, I wondered why there wasn't more interest with the extra insights in to the Thoth cards from Crowley and the opportunity to have someone as knowledgeable as Aeon 418 at the helm.
If I recall correctly they finished it, didn't they? I remember wanting to, in theory, create an index of it but I never got to it (volunteers welcome!). But anyone can continue it or add to it, if you want to, feel free. You can post in the existing threads or start new ones.
The Vision and the Voice is a lot more specialized in terms of what usually goes on here, maybe that's why it wasn't popular. I read all the threads with interest but didn't have anything to contribute, waaayyy over my head. But very interesting nonetheless.