The Equinox (Volume I, Number VIII)

DESCRIPTION OF THE CARDS Ol? THE TAROT V THE LORD OF THE FLAME AND THE LIGHT- NING; THE KING OF THE SPIRITS OF FIRE ng/ztl of Wands A WINGED Warrior riding upon a black horse with flaming mane and tail: the horse itself is not winged. The rider wears a winged helmet (like the old Scandinavian and Gaulish helmet) with a Rayed Crown, a corslet of scale- mail and buskins of the same, and a flowing scarlet mantle. Above his helmet, upon his cuirass, and on the shoulder- pieces and buskins, he wears as a crest a winged black horse's head. He grasps a club with flaming ends, some- what similar to that in the symbol of the Ace of Wands, but not so heavy, and also the sigil of his scale is shown; beneath the rushing feet of his steed are waving flames and fire. He is active—generous—fierce—sudden—impetuous. If ill dignified, he is evi1—111inded—cruel—bigoted—brutal. He rules the celestial heavens from above the Twentieth Degree of?"עto the First Two Decans of φ : and this includes a part of the Constellation Hercules. (Hercules is always represented with a Club.) Δ of Δ King of the Salamanders. ᾽Note that the Kings are now called Knights, and the Princes are now called Kings. This is unfortunate, and leads to confusion; the Princes may be called Emperors without harm. Remember only that the horsed figures refer to the Ved of Tetragrammaton, the charioted figures to the Vau, Ι59