1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 170
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PRINCE OF DISKS
The Prince of Disks represents the airy part of Earth, indicating the florescence and
fructification of that element. He rules from the 21st degree of Aries to the 20th degree of
Taurus.
The figure of this Prince is meditative. He is the element of Earth become intelligible.
Clothed in light armour, his helmet is crowned with the head of a bull; and his chariot is
drawn by an ox, this animal being peculiarly sacred to the Element of Earth. In his left hand he
holds his disk, which is an orb resembling a globe, marked with mathematical symbols as if to
imply the planning involved in agriculture. In his right hand he bears an orbed sceptre sur‐
mounted by a cross, a symbol of the Great Work accomplished; for it is his function to bring
forth from the material of the element that vegetation which is the sustenance of the Spirit
itself.
The character denoted by this card is that of great energy brought to bear upon the
most solid of practical matters. He is energetic and enduring, a capable manager, a steadfast
and per severing worker. He is competent, ingenious, thoughtful, cautious, ‘trustworthy, im‐
perturbable; he constantly seeks new uses for common things, and adapts his circumstances
to his purposes in a slow, steady, well‐thought out plan.
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