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…0f Wands; Queen of Wands; Prince of Wands; Princess of Wands; Knight of Cups; Queen of Cups; Prince of Cups; Princess of Cups; Knight of Swords; Queen of Swords; Prince of Swords; Princess of Swords; Knight of Disks; Queen of Disks; Prince of Disks; Princess of Disks. PART IV. THE SMALL CARDS The Four Aces; The Four Twos; The Four Threes; The Four Fours; The Four Fives; The Four Sixes; The Four Sevens; The Four Eights; The Four Nines; The Four Tens. The Root of the Pow‐ ers of Fire Ace of Wands; Dominion—Two of Wands; Virtue—Three of Wands; Com…
1944 · PDF PAGE 175
…Five of Cups; PleasureSix of Cups; DebauchSeven of Cups; IndolenceEight of Cups; Happiness Nine of Cups; SatietyTen of Cups. Ace of Swords; PeaceTwo of Swords; SorrowThree of Swords; TruceFour of Swords; Defeat Five of Swords; ScienceSix of Swords; FutilitySeven of Swords; In terferenceEight of Swords; CrueltyNine of Swords; RuinTen of Swords. Ace of Disks; Change Two of Disks; WorkThree of Disks; PowerFour of Disks; Worry Five of Disks; SuccessSix of Disks; FailureSeven of Disks; PrudenceEight of Disks; GainNine of Disks…
1944 · PDF PAGE 139
…of Wands; Queen of Wands; Prince of Wands; Princess of Wands; Knight of Cups; Queen of Cups; Prince of Cups; Princess of Cups; Knight of Swords; Queen of Swords; Prince of Swords; Princess of Swords; Knight of Disks; Queen of Disks; Prince of Disks; Princess of Disks.
1944 · PDF PAGE 221
INTERFERENCE EIGHT OF SWORDS The number Eight, Hod, here signifies lack of persistence in matters of the intellect and of contest. Good fortune, however, attends even these weakened efforts, thanks to the influ‐ ence of Jupiter in Gemini, ruling the Decan. Yet the Will is constantly thwarted by accidental interference. The centre of the card is occupied by two long Swords pointed downward. These are crossed by six small swords, three on each side. They remind one of weapons peculiar to their countries or their cults; we see here the Kriss, the …
1944 · PDF PAGE 275
…es one Quadrant of Heavens around North Pole. (See p. 177.) The Court Cards of the Tarot with the Spheres of their Celestial Dominion m= Swords. The Knight of Swords. Rules 20° ¥ to 20° IT ‘The Queen of Swards, 20° my to zo The Prince of Swords. 20° 5 to ‘The Princess of Swords. Rules a third Quadrant. The Cowrt Cards of the Tarot with the Spheres of their Celestial Dominte COPS ‘The Knight of Cups. Rules 20° = tozo” x including most of Pegasus, The Queen of Cups, 20” 11 to 20° = The Prince of Cups. 20° = to 20° ‘The Princess of Cups. Rules ano…
1944 · PDF PAGE 222
CRUELTY NINE OF SWORDS The number Nine, Yesod, brings back the Energy to the central pillar of the Tree of Life. The previous disorder is now rectified. But the general idea of the suit has been constantly degenerating. The Swords no longer represent pure intellect so much as the automatic stirring of heartless passions. Con‐ sciousness has fallen into a realm unenlightened by reason. This is the world of the uncon‐ scious primitive instincts, of the psychopath, of the fanatic. The celestial ruler is Mars in Gemini, crude rage of hunger operati…
1944 · PDF PAGE 220
FUTILITY SEVEN OF SWORDS Netzach, in the suit of Swords, does not represent such catastrophe as in the other suits, for Netzach, the Sephira of Venus, means victory. There is, therefore, a modifying influ‐ ence; and this is accentuated by the celestial rule of the Moon in Aquarius. The intellectual wreckage of the card is thus not so vehement as in the Five. There is vacillation, a wish to compromise, a certain toleration. But, in certain circumstances, the re‐ sults may be more disastrous than ever. This naturally depends upon the success of t…
1944 · PDF PAGE 213
PEACE TWO OF SWORDS This card is ruled by Chokmah in the Element of Air. This suit, governing all intellectual manifestations, is always complicated 1How strikingly this fact confirms the counterchange of IV and XVII, above fully expounded: as a link between Chokmah and Tiphareth, the Emperor would have no great significance, and this exquisite doctrine of the Three Mothers would be lost. and disordered. It is subject to change as is no other suit. It represents a general shak‐ ing‐up, resulting from the conflict of Fire and Water in their marr…
1944 · PDF PAGE 223
RUIN TEN OF SWORDS The number Ten, Malkuth, as always, represents the culmination of the unmitigated energy of the idea. It shows reason run mad, ramshackle riot of soulless mechanism; it repre‐ sents the logic of lunatics and (for the most part) of philosophers. It is reason divorced from reality. The card is also ruled by the Sun in Gemini, but the mercurial airy quality of the Sign serves to disperse his rays; this card shows the disruption and disorder of harmonious and stable energy. The hilts of the Swords occupy the positions of the Seph…
1944 · PDF PAGE 211
THE ROOT OF THE POWERS OF AIR ACE OF SWORDS The Ace of Swords is the primordial Energy of Air, the Essence of the Vau of Tetra‐ grammaton, the integration of the Ruach. Air is the result of the conjunction of Fire and Water; thus it lacks the purity of its superiors in the male hierarchy, Fire, Sol and the Phallus. But for this same reason it is the first card directly to be apprehended by the normal consciousness of Mankind. The errors of such cards as the 7 and 10 of Cups are yet of an Order altogether higher than the apparently much milder 4…
1944 · PDF PAGE 217
DEFEAT FIVE OF SWORDS Geburah, as always, produces disruption; but as Venus here rules Aquarius, weakness rather than excess of strength seems the cause of disaster. The intellect has been enfeebled by sentiment. The defeat is due to pacifism. Treachery also may be implied. The hilts of the swords form the inverted pentagram, always a symbol of somewhat sinister tendency. Here matters are even worse; none of the hilts resembles any of the others, and their blades are crooked or broken. They give the impression of drooping; only the lowest of th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 219
SCIENCE SIX OF SWORDS Tiphareth shows the full establishment and balance of the idea of the suit. This is par‐ ticularly the case with this card, as the intellect itself is also referred to the number Six. Mer‐ cury, in Aquarius, represents the celestial Energy influencing the Kerub of the Man, thus showing intelligence and humanity. But there is much more than this in the symbol. The perfect balance of all mental and moral faculties, hardly won, and almost impossible to hold in an ever‐changing world, de‐ clares the idea of Science in its full…
1944 · PDF PAGE 215
SORROW THREE OF SWORDS Binah, the Great Mother, here rules the realm of Air. This fact involves an extremely dif‐ ficult doctrine which must be studied at length in The Vision and the Voice: Aethyr 14. Binah is here not the beneficent Mother completing the Trinity with Kether and Chok‐ mah. She represents the darkness of the Great Sea. This is accentuated by the Celestial Lordship of Saturn in Libra. This card is dark and heavy; it is, so to speak, the womb of Chaos. There is an intense lurking passion to create, but its children are monsters. …
1944 · PDF PAGE 216
TRUCE FOUR OF SWORDS The number Four, Chesed, is here manifested in the realm of the Intellect. Chesed re‐ fers to Jupiter who rules in Libra in this decanate. The sum of these symbols is therefore with‐ out opposition; hence the card proclaims the idea of authority in the intellectual world. It is the establishment of dogma, and law concerning it. It represents a refuge from mental chaos, chosen in an arbitrary manner. It argues for convention. The hilts of the four Swords are at the corner of a St. Andrew’s cross. Their shape sug‐ gests fixat…
1944 · PDF PAGE 27
…Fire Knight of Cups, Fire of Water Queen of Cups, Water of Water Prince of Cups, Air of Water Princess of Cups, Earth of Water Knight of Swords, Fire of Air Queen of Swords, Water of Air Prince of Swords, Air of Air Princess of Swords, Earth of Air Knight of Disks, Fire of Earth
1944 · PDF PAGE 160
QUEEN OF SWORDS The Queen of Swords represents the watery part of Air, the elasticity of that element, and its power of transmission. She rules from the 21St degree of Virgo to the 20th degree of Libra. She is enthroned upon the clouds. The upper part of her body is naked, but she wears a gleaming belt and a sarong. Her helmet is crested by the head of a child, and from it stream sharp rays of light, illuminating her empire of celestial dew. In her right hand, she bears a sword; in her left hand, the newly severed head of a bearded man. She is …
1944 · PDF PAGE 164
PRINCESS OF SWORDS The Princess of Swords represents the earthy part of Air, the fixation of the volatile. She brings about the materialization of Idea. She represents the influence of Heaven upon Earth. She partakes of the characteristics of Minerva and Artemis, and there is some sugges‐ tion of the Valkyrie. She represents to some extent the anger of the Gods, and she appears helmed, with serpent‐haired Medusa for her crest. She stands in front of a barren altar as if to avenge its profanation, and she stabs downward with her sword. The heave…
1944 · PDF PAGE 158
KNIGHT OF SWORDS The Knight of Swords represents the fiery part of Air; he is the wind, the storm. He represents the violent power of motion applied to an apparently manageable element. He rules from the 21st degree of Taurus to the 20th degree of Gemini. He is a warrior helmed, and for his crest he bears a revolving wing. Mounted upon a maddened steed, he drives down the Heavens, the Spirit of the Tempest. In one hand is a sword, in the other a poniard. He represents the idea of attack. The moral qualities of a person thus indicated are activi…
1944 · PDF PAGE 182
…s nothing permanent in this; there is no rest from the Universe. Change guaran‐ tees stability. Stability guarantees change. The Nine of Swords is called Cruelty. Here the original disruption inherent in Swords is raised to its highest power. The card is ruled by Mars in Gemini; it is agony of mind. The Ruach consumes itself in this card; thought has gone through every possible stage, and the conclu‐ sion is despair. This card has been very adequately drawn by Thomson in “The City of Dread‐ ful Night”. It is always a cathedral—a cathedral of th…
1944 · PDF PAGE 71
…It means The Twins. The Hebrew letter corresponding is Zain, which means a Sword, and the framework of the card is therefore the Arch of Swords, beneath which the Royal Marriage takes place. The Sword is primarily an engine of division. In the intellectual world‐which is the world of the Sword suit‐it represents analysis. This card and Atu XIV together compose the comprehensive alchemical maxim: Solve et coagula. This card is consequently one of the most fundamental cards in the Tarot. It is the first card in which more than one figure appears.…