THE EQUINOX
Pentaclesi
Above and below are the Decan symbols,?'ןand
8 respectively.
Promises of success unfulfilled. (Shewn, as it were, by the
fact that the rosebuds do not come to anything.)
Loss of
apparently promising fortune.
Hopes deceived and crushed.
Disappointment, misery, slavery, necessity and baseness.
A
cultivator of land, and yet a loser thereby.
Sometimes it
denotes slight and isolated gains with no fruits resulting
therefrom, and of no further account, though
seeming to
promise well.
Netzach of( ?הUnprofitable speculations and employments ;
little gain for much labour).
Therein?לאחרהand?לארצמare ruling Angels.
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THE LORD OF SHORTENED FORCE
Eight ofSwords
FOUR White Radiant Angelic Hands issuing from clouds,
each holding two swords, points upwards; all the points
touch near the top of the card.
Hands issue, two at each
bottom angle of the card.
The pose of the other sword
symbols is re-established in the centre.
Above and below
are the Decan symbols 4 and Π.
Τοο much force applied to small things: too much at-
tention to detail at the expense of the principal and more
important points,
When ill dignified, these qualities produce
malice, pettiness, and domineering characteristics.
Patience
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