The Minor Arcana: The King/Knight of Swords Titles: Fire of Air; The Lord of the Winds and the Breezes; the King of the Spirits of Air Astrological Correspondence: 21° of Taurus to 20° of Gemini Commentary: Golden Dawn “Liber T” (S.L. Mathers): “Active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skillful, but inclined to domineer. Also to … Continue reading Court Card Thumbnails – The King/Knight of Swords
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Court Card Thumbnails: The Page/Princess of Cups
The Minor Arcana: The Page/Princess of Cups Titles: Earth of Water; The Princess of the Waters; the Lotus of the Palace of the Floods Astrological Correspondence: The southwest quadrant of the zodiac, comprising the signs of Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius. Commentary: Golden Dawn “Liber T” (S.L. Mathers): "Sweetness, poetry, gentleness and kindness. Imaginative, dreamy at … Continue reading Court Card Thumbnails: The Page/Princess of Cups
A Bit of Housekeeping
Let's try this again. It turns out that the WordPress search function only targets the header and body text, and doesn't find category or tag entries, so text search is useless for what I want to do. I will have to create new categories to be able to find posts that are related only to … Continue reading A Bit of Housekeeping
Cheap Shots #21: Thoth vs RWS, Head-to-Head
Let it be said right up front: I'm not a huge fan of the Waite-Smith (aka Rider-Waite-Smith or "RWS") deck. I think that, in many cases, the narrative vignettes embedded in Pamela Colman Smith's scenic "pip" cards - the minors with their ready-made stories - hijack the deeper esoteric meaning that lies at its core, … Continue reading Cheap Shots #21: Thoth vs RWS, Head-to-Head
Aces as Significators
Since I'm luke-warm about the usefulness of court-card Significators, I came up with an approach that uses the elemental nature of the different Aces instead. I created the attached information sheet, which I show to my sitters before a reading and have them pick which of the descriptions most accurately fits their circumstances. Since I … Continue reading Aces as Significators
Lenormand Notes from French-Language Sources
The attached document is not my own work. One of the delightful people from Montreal who was an Aeclectic Tarot forum mate of mine translated it and offered it freely to the community. So I'm offering it freely here. With the forum population dispersed, I can no longer ask her if it's OK. Maybe she … Continue reading Lenormand Notes from French-Language Sources
