Mateo06
This is my favorite card out of the deck so far. So I'll start with a proverb I wrote for it.
"The Wheel of Fortune only turns on the the river of time. If you wish to regain the luck that was lost you must wait for another turn of the Wheel. Only the forceful waters of time can move the wheel. To try and move it yourself would be a fools end."
The Wheel is suspended in the clouds with the letters T A R O written on it. Hebrew letters are written everyother english letter. I am not sure of the hebrew letters or what they mean. The four alchemical sigils of mercury, sulphur,water and salt mark four of the spokes. Four biblical creatures at each corner of the card are reading a book. The sphynx keeps the balance of the wheel and the Snake is falling down into misfortune while the Egyptian Jackyl rides up. (I always thought the wheel should go clockwise) The same four creatures appear on XXI The World card in the same corners. The four creatures also represent the four elements. The eagle is water, the bull earth, lion fire, and angel air.
I believe the books represent the knowledge gained as you work through the cycle of the wheel. I was also told this card can represent your karma debt, be it credit or debit. The sphinx looks like it is daring you to touch the wheel. I don't think it would be a good idea to do so. I noticed the passive elements are kitty corner to eachother same with the others. The card seems to be more about truth than fortune. Is the cycle of fortune a way to truth?
The Sphinx was a keeper of a riddle in Greek mythology. In egyptian was a protector of pharoahs. The riddle the sphyinx asked was the four stages of man. "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at mid-day, and three in the evening?" The jackyl is a symbol of Anubis, or the god that judged the dead in Egyptian mythology.
Any thoughts?
"The Wheel of Fortune only turns on the the river of time. If you wish to regain the luck that was lost you must wait for another turn of the Wheel. Only the forceful waters of time can move the wheel. To try and move it yourself would be a fools end."
The Wheel is suspended in the clouds with the letters T A R O written on it. Hebrew letters are written everyother english letter. I am not sure of the hebrew letters or what they mean. The four alchemical sigils of mercury, sulphur,water and salt mark four of the spokes. Four biblical creatures at each corner of the card are reading a book. The sphynx keeps the balance of the wheel and the Snake is falling down into misfortune while the Egyptian Jackyl rides up. (I always thought the wheel should go clockwise) The same four creatures appear on XXI The World card in the same corners. The four creatures also represent the four elements. The eagle is water, the bull earth, lion fire, and angel air.
I believe the books represent the knowledge gained as you work through the cycle of the wheel. I was also told this card can represent your karma debt, be it credit or debit. The sphinx looks like it is daring you to touch the wheel. I don't think it would be a good idea to do so. I noticed the passive elements are kitty corner to eachother same with the others. The card seems to be more about truth than fortune. Is the cycle of fortune a way to truth?
The Sphinx was a keeper of a riddle in Greek mythology. In egyptian was a protector of pharoahs. The riddle the sphyinx asked was the four stages of man. "What walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at mid-day, and three in the evening?" The jackyl is a symbol of Anubis, or the god that judged the dead in Egyptian mythology.
Any thoughts?