This thread has been extremely inspiring to read. And somewhat complex, I had to add, for a start Ill try to keep my own approach to the numbers as simple as possible.
I have only really been into the Marseilles for a week, and I have tried to work out a method to liberate my self from the RWS images, yet still be able to read different sort of decks with my "own" method. But for now the focus is the Marseilles Pips.
I've been working on a system for about a week, so this is just a temporarily draft, and I am not nearly close yet.
I started out trying to connect three or four concepts with each number. Some has fewer, some has more. Then suddenly it accured to me, that one concept per number would be enough (and the others should just be facets thereof).
And that this concept could be based on a understanding of the numbers as describing a proces of creativity or creation. I admit that this is not necessarily a new thought and that I am inspired of the tetractys stuff that both Mel and Umbrae are talking about. But still I feel this basic understanding is my key to the numbers (and I think that the idea of creativity goes well with my interest in alchemy, seen as the Great Work (something I'll try to investigate later) as briefly discussed with Bee in
another thread)
So here we go:
1. Point (unity, source/essence, emanation, potential)
2. Distinction (duality/polarity, complementarity, balance)
3. Unfoldment (creativity, flow, developement)
4. Consolidation (structure, stability, fixation)
5. Disturbance (challenge, change, transformation, disintegration)
6. Harmony (beauty, sharing, love)
7. Inspiration (ideas, possibilities, visions)
8. Execution (work, discipline, focus)
9. Maturity (ripeness, conclusion, experience, withdrawel)
10. Completion (wholeness, transcendence, manifestation, cycle)
to be continued ...
ETA: potential
