Pip Patterns (aka fractions)
This step is still not solidified for me, so I'm just going to state a few basic thoughts. See what you come up with as you think about the shapes and relationships between 2
number components. Pull out your regular playing card deck and look at the arrangements of the pip symbols. Because they are set up with reversals, they can be seen as describing a
field with players or sides to them.
Ace ~ has a single point
Two ~ 1 over 1 (? a line)
Three ~ 2 over 1 (? a triangle- I'd prefer to see it arranged this way)
Four ~ 2 over 2 (? a square)
Five ~ 3 over 2 (? a bloom or explosion)
Six ~ 4 over 2
Seven ~ 5 over 2
Eight ~ 5 over 3
Nine ~ 5 over 4
Ten ~ 5 over 5
These aren't shown on the cards, but are implied:
J/Eleven ~ 6 over 5
Q/Twelve ~ 6 over 6
K/Thirteen ~ 7 over 6
**see attachments of graphics done by Deborah Lowrey
Does the presence of 6 and 7 appearing only in the Courts make you feel differently about the "usual" numerology assignments?
And with the 9, in some older decks it was only the 9
that received the
H pattern. The other three suits were done similar to the Seven with the extra pip in the center top.
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When you work out the mixed number like mathematical fractions, which ones get associated together by value?
Ace, 2, 4, 10, Queen all become 1
3 and 6 become 2
5 becomes 1 ½
7 becomes 2 ½
etc.