Also for the record, there is no correlation between the letters as numbers and the numbering of the trumps - it works from aleph to yod, 1-10, but after that, Kaph is 20, not eleven, lamed is 30 not 12 --
Also, according to kabbalistic doctrine, Beth (2) is the first (1st) letter of Creation -- Kether the first sephirot is called Ain, nothing, blah blah blah
Also, if letters as numbers is the sole symbolic consideration, why is the unnumbered more sensible as 300 (shin) or 400 (tau) than as 1 (aleph) ?
Also, the n=n+1 formula is a typical formulation of hebrew and Ugaritic number symbolism, with several examples in the Bible --
Also, according to Cordovero, the letters are split into Aleph as the source of all the other letters, which are then grouped into three septenaries (as by many, is the fool and the 21 (3x7) trumps) --
Also, search the forum, this question has been posed and argued innumerable times, try a bit of homework -- at least to the extent one doesn't make stupid statements re: Case changing the GD system (a laughable mistake which makes you sound like you might be a troll)
Also, if you don't like it, stick to the continental system and a variation of a continental system based deck, simples ! Who cares you can't follow the GD system -- you found a system that works for you, that's what matters - doesn't have to be the same as tom, dick and/or harry's! (Or mine, or Crowley's or Case's or Levi's) --
Also, Papus followed the continental school of Levi, and, to quote from his Tarot of the Bohemiens:
Papus. Shin is one of the three mother letters. TWENTY FIRST (UNNUMBERED) CARD OF THE TAROT. The Foolish Man.
That is, according to Papus, the fool is 21st/shin and the 21st Trump is 22nd, and attributed to Tau --
(Are you saying that Papus "fits like a key", except in this aspect, the fool should be 22 and not 21?)