Dwaas
Teheuti said:These issues come up because few people bother to study "Book T" and how Mathers actually used Elemental Dignities. It is the most misunderstood topic in Tarot.
The misunderstanding may be true but I am not sure if this is because "few people bother to study Book T".
Perhaps many more would bother if they knew where to begin! I remember I read about dignities for the first time long time ago and it wasn't in Book T. Because many tarot books dip their toe in the dignity matters but do not always refer to the origin. That is a shame in itself but that is how it is. So if these tarot books do not explain the dignities well enough, I can totally imagine that this question comes up again and again, like about many other subjects (reversals, tarot myths, etc.).
I love your explanation which is a great and easy to understand introduction. Thank you for that, also on behalf of everybody who did not know that Book T is the next stop on learning about dignities.