The great Talmudic sage Hillel was born in Babylonia in the first century BCE. As young man he came to the Holy Land to study Torah at the feet of the sages of Jerusalem. He was initially a very poor, but brilliant student, and became a famous Torah scholar and eventually the Nasi (president) of the Sanhedrin. He is often mentioned together with his colleague, Shammai, with who he often disagreed on the interpretations of Torah law: Shammai often follows the stricter interpretation, whereas Hillel tended toward a more lenient understanding of the law. In the great majority of cases, his opinion prevailed. Hillel encouraged his disciple follow the example of Aaron the High Priest to "love peace and pursue peace, love all G‑d's creations and bring them close to the Torah." Hillel was a very humble and patient man, and there are many stories that illustrate this.
One of famous account in the Talmud (Shabbat 31a) tells about a gentile who wanted to convert to Judaism. This happened not infrequently, and this individual stated that he would accept Judaism only if a rabbi would teach him the entire Torah while he, the prospective convert, stood on one foot. First he went to Shammai, who, insulted by this ridiculous request, threw him out of the house. The man did not give up and went to Hillel. This gentle sage accepted the challenge, and said:
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation of this--go and study it!"
there are more to the tarot associations then just the paths,, there is the ten spheres which they connect to,, that some tarotists connect to the 1 to 10 minor arcana..
and then there is the four elemets which tarotists have started to change their assocations , well one in particular . the one who wrote "Tarot and the Tree of Life: Finding Everyday Wisdom in the Minor Arcana, " didn't agree with the knights and queen placement in the worlds and reversed it.
you could even look at the witches qabalah as well that is a good book.
so at this point the only real advice I can give you is,, to pick one style or way of looking at the tarot, then after you can constrast and compare..
one book I have does the major arcana one card a week for 22 weeks living the qabalistic tarot.
hmm but a thought just occurred to me, perhaps you may even want to move away from the tarot and just study the qabalah/kabbalah for now ?
