Rosanne
Thanks VeniceBard- you made me think again. I think I am not looking for a tree at all! Maybe it is a cube like my GGF's one. I was looking at the majors (as I am always doing like an obsessive) If you look at the majors there are 6 on thrones, with one standing on his (Le diable) So I made those throned into the six faces of the cube. On opposite sides 3 + 4 5 + 15 -top is Justice 8 and bottom is La Papessa 2; in the centre of this cube(if the cube was see through) is 10 the Wheel at the Sun point.venicebard said:It is not the Emperor, I can tell you that: Emperor and Empress are happier where I put them, on equal levels (at leo and sagittary, respectively, of the wheel alef), with Justice at its proper station above (aries).
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Now if you mean "Aries= heh" in the 1st sentence above, then I would tell you that it is probably based on (what I call) the exoteric arrangement using alef-bet (and SY) order, in which case I would presume that the natural alignment of alef-bet and trumps be used, with heh-the-4th-letter at IIII L'Emperor and so on
Imagine the cube has a pole with the Zodiac winding down it, starting with Aries- With the pole's top under the face of Justice at Saturn and it's base on top of La Papessa the Moon.
The cube is divided into 1/3 's each third is governed by the Elements, bottom third is governed by no number 13 Death, and the middle third by No number Le Mat 0- the Fool Aleph- Air (As I crawl away and hide from Kwaw, and eating my hat) The top third is Fire (Maybe Le Bateleur is a dentist lol), but not knowing any better I had better give fire to The Sun.
So the Zodiac goes
Card order
1. Le Bateleur= Aries(Other than He's NO.1 and Aries so is Aries)
6. Le Amore= Taurus (well love's the beast that drives it all)
7. Chariot= Gemini (The Horses twins of Personality and drive)
9. Hermit= Cancer (maybe thats why he has a shell on his back?)
11. La Force= Leo(Thats the most obvious)
12. Le Pendu=Virgo (Hanging around waiting to weigh your grain???)
14. La Temperance=Libra ( getting fluid in Balance?)
16. La Maison Dieu/Tower=Scorpio (Antares the dragons heart/tongue??)
17. La Stella/Star= Sagittarius (She can't decide which teapot??)
18. La Lune/Moon= Capricorn(Winter Solstice or those dogs are goats)
20. Judgement= Aquaruis ( here is a tough one!- judged on the water/World?)
21. Le Monde/World= Pisces (Do not have a problem looking at the wreath)
See, everything looks forced when I apply it all to Kabalah- but I might try Emblemata- er-ing it with Torah quotes. Oh well onward as ever. ~Rosanne