Abrac
As I was looking through my RWS deck it occurred to me that maybe an arrangement of 18, 17, 19 would make more sense.
In a typical model of the planetary spheres, the Moon comes first, then Mercury & Venus, then the Sun. I've heard a lot of people say The Star corresponds with Venus, but it seems to me it could equally correspond with Mercury. In either case, the proper order for the Tarot cards (in my way of thinking anyway) should be Moon, Star (Mercury or Venus), and Sun.
This may be an old theory but the idea just came to me so I thought I would toss it out for discussion.
In a typical model of the planetary spheres, the Moon comes first, then Mercury & Venus, then the Sun. I've heard a lot of people say The Star corresponds with Venus, but it seems to me it could equally correspond with Mercury. In either case, the proper order for the Tarot cards (in my way of thinking anyway) should be Moon, Star (Mercury or Venus), and Sun.
This may be an old theory but the idea just came to me so I thought I would toss it out for discussion.