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T HE V E I L O F D I V I NAT I O N
I ll u s tra t i n g Th e G r ea t e i A n d L e s s e r A r ca n a
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E MB R A C I N G
TH E V E I L AND I T S S Y M B O L S S E C R E T TRAD I .
T I O N U N D E R TH E V E I L O F D I V INA TI O N AR T .
O F TAR O T D I V IN ATI O N O U TE R M E TH O D .
O F TH E O R A C L E S TH E TAR O T IN .
H I S T O RY INN E R S Y M B O L I S M
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T H E G RE A T E R K E Y S .
By
L . W d e L a u r en ce
AU T H O R O F TH E M A S T E R KE Y
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TH E I M M A NEN C E O F G O D,
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K N OW T H Y S EL F G OD T H E B I B L E T R U T H AN D C H R I S TIA N
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TH E O LO G Y M ED I C AL H Y P NO S I S AND M A G NE TI C H Y P N O TI S M
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M A N U AL O F D I S E A S E AN D M ODE R N M E D I C I N E VAL M O N DI .
T H E O L D B OO K O F A N C I EN T M Y S T E R I E S TH E D E A D M A N S
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HOM E . S E L F C ON S C I O U S NE SS
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IN P U B LI C TH E G R EAT .
O CC U LTI S M , A S E L F G U I DE F O R AL L ME N , E T C , E T C . .
T h e d e L a u r en ce C o m pa n y
Ch i ca go Ill , .
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C opyr ig h t ,
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S CO TT CO .
SP E C I AL NO TI C E
Th e i llus t r a t i on s, c ov er de s i n
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re ro d e d o r o i e d W i th o t w r i tt en p e r i ss i on f r
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wi t h G ov e r n m e n t r eg ul a t i on s fo r sa v m g pa pe r .
P r i n t ed i n U . SA
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agree with our own but in order t o sanctify this doct rine we
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must take care that our Opinions and the subj ec t s out o f which ,
this which may seem doubtful in the present instance not only , ,
ner it happens more o ften than might seem li kely that those who
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have seen the O ccul t P ower s o f Nature through the most clearest
veils o f the sacraments are th ose who assu m e thereafter the hum
blest O ffi c es O f all about the H oris e o f Wisdom B y such simple .
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( Nature ) is foolish n es s w
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that the foo l ishness o f this wor l d makes in any sense for Di vine
Wisdom ; so neither the scholars in the o rdinary classes nor the
P R E FA C E .
all that I may have done with the side I ssues which distract from
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sa y on t his subj ec t .
the firs t of which I have dea lt with the antiquities O f the subj ect
and a few t hings that arise from and connect therewith It should .
the symbo l ism according to some of its higher aspects and this ,
o f whi c h are added to the present text in black and W hite They
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the meanings which have been attached to the various cards and ,
P AR T I
TH E V E IL AN D IT S S Y M B O L S
§ 2 —C lass
. I The .Trumps M aj or O therwise Greater ,
Arcana .
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— C.l ass II The F.our S uits O ther wise L esser
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Ar c ana .
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§ 4 The Taro t In History
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P AR T II
TH E D O C T R I NE B E H I ND TH E VEI L
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— The
Tarot And S e c ret Tradition .
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— Conclus
. i on As T O The Greater Keys .
C O N TENT S .
P AR T III
T H E O U T ER M E T H OD O F T H E O R A C L E s
§ I — D istinction
. B etween The Greater And L esser
Arcana .
§ 2 —
. The L esser Arcana O therwise
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The F our S uits O f,
Tarot Cards .
The S ui t O f Cups .
§3 — The
. Greater Ar c ana And Their D ivinatory M ean
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—S ome Additiona l M eanings O f The L esser Ar c a n a
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—The
. R e c urren c e O f Cards In D ea l ing .
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§ 6 The Art O f Tarot D ivination
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—An An c ient Ce l tic Method O f D ivination
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§ 8 An Alternative Method O f R eading The Tarot
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C ards
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§9 The
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C ards .
B I BL I O G R AP HY
A C O N C I S E B I B LI O G RA P H Y O F TH E C H I EF W ORK S D E ALI N G
W IT H TH E T A RO T A ND IT s C ONNE C TI ON S
T H E V EI L A ND I T S S Y M B O L S
a n» Ellluz i r a t vh iKr y
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THE V E I L A ND I T S S Y M B O L S
S E C TI ON I
I NT R O D U C T O R Y AN D G EN E RAL
The pathology o f the poet says that th e un d evout a s tr on om er
is m a d the pathology O f the very plain man says that th e g en i us “
ing with d oub t ful d oct r i n e or wit h di fficult resea rch i t i s a l ways
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10 I LL U S T R ATE D KEY T O THE T AR O T .
and has not been read in B ut the wrong symboli c al stories have
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been told c on c erning it and the wrong h i sto ry has been g iven in
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every published work whi c h s o far has dealt with the subj ect - .
event and to warn those who are curious in such matters that any
revelation wil l c ontain only a third part O f the ea rth and sea a n d
a third part o f the stars o f heaven in respe c t O f the symbolism .
long period I have said what was then possible or seemed most
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have intimated to introduce a re c tified set O f the cards them
se l ves and to te ll the unadorned t ruth concerning them so far a s ,
greater symbo l s their ultimate and highest meaning lies dee per
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the gi ft O f insight on the righ t track and t o take c are within the , ,
that the time has come to say what it is possible t o say so that the ,
into the mouths o f the first expositors and the l ater occult writers ,
have done little more than reproduce the first false testimony in
t he go od faith O f an intelligence unawakened t o the issues O f t e
search As it so happens all expositions have worked within a
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Think only for a moment abou t the card O f the High P riestes s a s
repre senting the Albigensian church itse l f ; and think of t h e
Tower struc k by L ightning as typi fying the desired destruction o f
P apal R ome the city on t h e sev en hills with the ponti ff and h i s
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even than this though I scarcely dare to cite it When the time
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came for the Tarot cards to be the subj ect O f their first forma l
e x planation t he arch aeologist Court de Gebeli m reproduced some
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O f their most important emb l ems and f I may so t erm it the
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the card s O f E t t eilla the Marsei ll es Tarot and others sti ll curren t
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at the period in the S outh o f F rance I think that his enchan t ing ,
p icture. s
I d o no t l oo k th rough such gl a sse s and I can on l y commend the
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are also other reasons I wil l tabu l ate them briefly as follows
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C LA S S I
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S E C TI O N 2
T R U M PS MA O R
O T H E RW I S E , G R E ATE R A R C AN A
I . Th e M a g us ,
M a g ici a n ,
or J ugg ler the caster O f the dice
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with the real symbolical meaning tha t the use o f the Tarot in
fortune t e l ling h a s with i t s mystic constru c tion according to the
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they are n ot the t rue l ights For example E liph a s L é vi says that .
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. Th e E m pr es s wh o I s sometimes represented with ful l face
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4. T h e E m pe r or by imputation the,
spouse O f the former H e .
I mention this t o show tha t the cards are a med l ey O f Old and
new emb l ems Th ose who insis t upon t he evidence O f the on e
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have been named the Abbot and then its correspondence the , ,
and in such case the High P ries t ess is and can be only the Church ,
them ; and the pagan Cupid above in the act of flying h is shaft , ,
ning rathe r than of love in it s ful n ess guarding the f ruit thereo f ,
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figures are also he l d t o hav e sig nified Truth Hon or and L ove , ,
aspects .
horses have also been used to draw the cur r us tr i um ph a lis as for , ,
8 F or ti t ud e
. This is on e of the cardina l virt ues o f which I
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. T h e H er m i t a s h e i s t,
ermed in common parlan c e s t and s ,
next o n the list ; he i s a l so the C apu c hin and in more phi l osoph ,
tha t his l an tern contains the L ight O f Occ ult S cien ce a n d tha t
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both i s that they are true after their own manner but that they ,
fi rst sense which exists for the use and consolation O f him who
in these days of hal fpenny j ourna l ism i s called the man in t h e
street In their proper understanding they are the correlatives o f
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the counter equilibrium of the sca l es when they have been over
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p e r a n ce the s
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i g n of whi c h is I believe the extinction
, O f lights i n ,
S pinoza ( )
c The state O f R oyal F o rtitude which I s the state O f
a Tower O f Ivory and a House o f Gold b i it i t is God ( Na t ure
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and n ot the man who has become Tur r is for ti tud i n is a fa ci e i n i
m i ci and out o f that House the enemy h a s been cast
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The corres .
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t he terro r and the mani fes t impertinences of this life The corre .
the law o f exchange :You cannot help getting wha t you seek in
respe c t O f the things that are D ivine : it is the law O f supply and
demand I have mentioned these few matters a t this point for t wo
simple reason s :
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a because in pr oportion t o the impartiali t y O f
the mind it seems sometimes more di fficu l t to determine whethe r it
i s vice or v ulgarity which l a ys wa ist e the present world more pi t e
O usly ; ( b ) because I n order t o remedy the imperfections o f the ol d
Trumps M a j
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The arms are bound behind him and on e leg is crossed Over the
other Accord i ng to another and indeed the prevailing i n t e pr e
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value on the symbolical side The for t une tel l ers O f the eigh
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been said t o signify the ascent of the spirit iii the divine spheres ,
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with Temperan c e and the fact that this designat i on has alway s
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bat like wings and the hands and feet are represented by the
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who have said that the claws are those of a harpy have spoken
at ra ndom There 1 8 no better ground for the a l ternative sugg es
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tion that they are eagle s c l aws Atta ched by a cord depending ’
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from t heir col l ars to the pedestal on which the figure is mounted
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and his doc t rine of occu l tism has changed the face of this card ,
demons are repl aced by naked human beings male and female , ,
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B abe l In the l ast case the figures falling therefrom are held to
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the House O f God ( Nature ) has been abandoned and the vei l O f
the temple rent It i s a little surprising that the device h a s n ot
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when the l ightning would symboli z e the fire and swor d with
which tha t edifi c e was visited by the King o f the C haldees .
naries and beneath it i s a naked female figu r e with her l eft knee
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upon the earth and her right foot upon t h e water S h e is in the '
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tree near her ; for this a butter fl y on a rose has been substituted in
some l ater c ards S O a l s o the S tar has been c alled that of Hope
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wholly Egyptian that is to say in h i s own rever i e , .
only by light and heat but— l ike the moon— by drops O f dew
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dog star there is a wa ll suggesting an enc l osure as it migh t b e ,
20 . Th e L a s t J ud g m en . I have
po k en of t hi s symbo l a l
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ready the form o f which is essentially invariable even in the E t
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and the dead arise It matters little that E t t eilla omits t he ange l
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mother child who m we have me t with already in the eighth
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c reation .
because in later times the cards have been attributed to the let
ters o f the Hebrew al phabet and there has been apparent l y some,
the di fficulty or the unreaso n remains The truth i s that the rea l .
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t ion o f this card as genera l ly understood in the form o f a cour t
TH E V EI L AND IT S SY M B O L S . 21
j e ster with cap bells and mot l ey garb The other des c riptions
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say that the wallet conta i ns the bearer s fol l ies and vices which ’
22 . Th e W or l d t h e U n i v er s e or Ti m e
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The four living ,
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whom the wind has girt about the loins with a light scarf and ,
T et r a g a m m a t on m m ,
those four ine ffable letters which are
sometimes attributed to the mysti c al beasts E liph a s L evi c alls .
t he gar l and a c rown and reports that the figure represents Truth
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D r P a pus c onne c ts it with the Absolute and the reali z ation o f the
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noted t hat in the four quarters o f the garland there are four
fl owers distinctively marked A cc ording t o P Christian the
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S E C T I ON 3
T HE F O U R S U IT S
O T H E R W I S E L E S S E R AR C A N A
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t he antecedents O f D iamonds in modern cards Cups cor ,
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or the Alsatian bludge on ; and finally P enta c les c alled also, ,
the Old as in the new suits there are ten numbered cards but in
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the Tarot there are four Court Cards allo c ated to ea c h suit or
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the sex es in the tetrad o f the court cards There are naturally .
I mean tha t the King of Wands i s n ot exa c tly the same per
s on a g e a s the King O f Cups even after allowan c e h a s been
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made for the di ff eren t emblems that they bear ; but t h e symbo l
ism resides i n their rank and in the suit to whi c h they belong .
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S O als o the smaller c ards whi c h until now have never been
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Arc ana till I come to speak in the second part o f the re c tified
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S E C TI ON 4
T HE TA R O T I N HI S T O RY
n ect i on
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and except fo r the omission o f dates and other evidences
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this view i s now generally rej e c ted Their date i s suppo sed to .
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I The ,
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I Terpsichore ( 4)
1 Erato ,( 5)
1 P o l yhymnia ( )
I 6 T ha lia
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third combines part O f the L ibera l Arts and S ciences with o ther
departments O f human l earning a s follows :( 2 1 ) Grammar , ,
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22 L ogic ( 3)
2 ,
R he t oric (24 ) Geometry (25) Arithm et ic
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24 I LL U S T R A TE D KEY TO THE TA R O T .
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( ) Music P oetry ( 2,
8 ) P hilosophy ( 9
2 ) As t ro l ogy , , ,
(3 )1 Astronomy (3 )
2 C hronology , ,
(4 ) 1 Moon ( )
4 2 Mercury ( )
,4 3 V enus ( )
4 4 S un (4 5) Mars , , , ,
(4 ) 6 Jupiter (4 7 ) S aturn ( )
4 8 ,
Eighth S phere (4 9) P r i m um , , .
this view and positivel y assigned the B aldini cards t o the end o f
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t he f ourteenth century .
p l ace and t ime for t he symbo l s with which we are concerned but ,
'T h e b e g g a r i s p r a ct i ca l l n ake d an d th e a n a l og y i s c on s t i t ut d e
y
b y t h e p r e s e n c e o f t w o d o g s , o n e o f wh i c h s e em s t o b e fly i n g a t h i s
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leg s . T h e M a r s c a r d d e pi c t s a s w o r d b ea ri n g w a r r i o r i n a ca n o pi e d
c h a r i o t t o wh i ch h o w ev e r , n o h o r s e s a r e a t t a c h e d O f c our se , i f t h e .
B a l d i n i ca r d‘ s b e l b n g t o t h e c l o se o f t h e fift ee n t h c e n t u r y t h e r e i s n o
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r w r ore t ha t
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q u e s t i o n a t i s s ue , a s t h e T a o t w a s k n o n i n E u o pe l o n g b e f
pe r io d .
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3 4 and 5 o f the small c ards are om i tted with the result that
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it is said to have been invented or a s a Tarot more correctly , , ,
whi c h they were used is made tolerably evident by the fact that ,
o f c ards into England was forb i dden the time being that o f King ,
Edward I V This is the first c ertain record O f the subj ect in our
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country .
des c riptions I should add provided always that the writer is not
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O l d art O f fortune tell i ng and its tamperings with so c alled destiny
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his t orica l aspects o f Tarot cards and I wil l now t ake up the ,
spe c ulative s i de O f the subj ect and produce its test o f value In .
and not on the beloved hypothesis that the Tarot contains pure
Egyptian doctrine However he set the Opinion which i s pr eva
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l ent to this day throughout the oc c ult schoo l s tha t in the mystery
and wonder the strange night o f the gods the unknown tongue
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within the charm ed circle of the o c cult sciences sti l l passes from ,
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mouth t o mouth there is no excuse for this L et us see there .
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Isis (5) the card which i s c alled the Emperor has a scepter ter
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which swelled the waters o f the Nile and fertili z ed the fields o f
Egypt ; (7 ) the seventeenth c ar d o S
r tar is the dog
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—star S irius
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whi c h was c onse c rated t o Isis and symboli z ed the Opening o f the
year ; (8 ) the game played with the Tarot is founded on the
sa c red number seven which wa s o f great importance i n Egypt ;
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Tar way o road and O king or royal it signi fies there
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edifice O f the thesis and the same are pillars o f sand The Taro t
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they are not more Egyptian than M exican ; they are o f Europe
and C a thay o f Tibet beyon d the Himalayas and o f the L on d on
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o f Jerusalem for example a rid it is the form o f signing used to
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this day by the priests and laity of the O rthodo x R ite I pass
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over the idle allusion to the tears o f Isis because other occult ,
s even t eenth card it is the star S irius or ano t her a s p redispo si t ion
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a s tellers o f fortune when destiny itself was shu ffling and cutting
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E t t eilla had begun pouring from the press testi fying that already ,
tian magic and that he had found the fina l keys They were in
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the B ook O f Th oth but at the same time it was a c tually written
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not kno w even his own language ; when in the course of time he
produced a reformed Tarot even those who think o f him tenderly ,
can be said to have come into existen c e reposed after all in the ,
tian chara c ter It is said that people are taken c ommonly at their
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own valuation and following as it does the line o f l east resist
ance—the unsolicitous general mind assuredly accepts a r ch aeo
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who put them forward The first who appeared to reconsider the .
subj ect with some presumptive titl es to a hearing was the F rench
writer D u c hesne but I a m compelled t o pass him over with a
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ter believed that the Old V enetian game c alled Trappola was the
earliest European fo r m o f c ard playing that it was o f Arabian -
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o rigin and that the fift y two c ards used for the p u rpose derived
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spe c ulations which had a l ready arisen on the subj ect This was .
G eb elin i f the latter had any firm ground beneath his hypothesis .
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in a right c ause H e came unto his own and his own re c eived
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which he never was and a s a revealer O f al l mysteries withou t
having been re c e i ved into any I do not think that there was ever
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kind who put them to such indi fferent uses A fter all he wa s
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hypothesis he took into his heart o f hearts and all occult F rance ,
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s c hool s O f s oi d is a n t theosophy there here and everywhere ,
ancien t M agi the miraculous volume whi c h inspired all the sacred
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Taro t by R omany tribes was not suggested till after the year
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the fact that some Gipsies before this period were found
using cards i s quite explicable on the h ypothesis not that they
brought them into Europe but found them there already and
added them to their stock I n trade .
I f every tongue and people and clime and period possessed their
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cards i f with these also they phi l osophi z ed divined and ,
gamb l ed— the fact wou l d be interest i ng enough but unless they b ,
fo r cen t uries but this period would be ear l y enough i f they were
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deep in t imat i ons o f S ecret D o c trine then the four t eenth century ,
m uch a s we can .
ih a rt em u
T H E D O C T R I NE B E H I ND THE VEIL
S E CT I O N I .
T HE TAR O T AN D S E CR E T
T RAD ITI O N
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is to say has been excogi t ated in the cons c iousness o f an ele c t
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memorial for those who can interpret its real me aning B ehi n d
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had two b ran c hes as I have exp l ained ful l y e l sewhere , and the
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ings which exhibit the di fferent stages O f the matter in the vari
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v i rtues which according t o Hermetic teaching preside over the
development and perfe c tion o f the metallic kingdom were inter
v en i n g actively to assist the t wo Operators who are toiling below
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The operators curiously enough are male and female The .
never met with more c urious intimations than in this one little
work I t may be mentioned a s a point of fact that both tra c ts
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with cards Two writers hav e adopted the first view without
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two T r umps
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S ee th e O ccu l t R evi ew ,
v ol . v iii ,
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measurab l e distance o f the right track and his views are to this
exten t informing but his method— ii i so m e res pects—con fuses
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dental divination has really O ffered the result o f cert ain illust ra
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though t that the deeper meanings are imputed rather than real ,
na t ura l mora l ities cann ot exp l ain the sequence S uch cards testify .
they be l ong t o t he subj ect on a l ower p l ane apart f rom the origi ,
scarce ly have been possible even in those fantastic days for the
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The Tarot cards which are issued with the smal l edition o f the
presen t work t ha t is to say with the K ey T o Th e Ta r ot have
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been drawn and colored by M iss P amela Co l man S mith and will , ,
That for once in modern t imes I presen t a pac k which i s the work
o f an artis t d oes not
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I pr esum e ca ll for apo l ogy even t o the
peop l e —i f any remain amon g u' s— who use d t o be described and
, , ,
practical purposes which are c onnected with cards and for whi c h ,
.
tion has two parts and as one o f them has passed into wri t ing it
,
o r s o f spurious copy and the tra ffickers I n stolen goods may take
note o f this po i nt i f t hey please I ask moreover to be dis
,
.
, ,
on e who now or hereafter may say that she or he will tell all b e
, , ,
c ause they have only the accidents and n ot the essentia l s necessary
for such disclosure I f I have followed on my part the counsel o f
.
modes o f use for those who require them and in the sense o f the
,
Tarot Trumps in the first p art There it will be seen tha t the
.
better when it is made to rep lace the twenty second point o f the
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S E C T I ON 2
T H E T R U M P S M A O R AND T H E I R
I NNE R S Y M B O L I S M
O NE . T H E MAG I C IAN
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.
,
the four Tarot suits signi fying the e l emen t s of na tura l li fe which
, ,
This card signifies the divine mo t ive in man re fl ec t ing God the , ,
TW O . T H E HI G H PR I ES T E SS
Sh e has the lunar crescent at her feet a horned diadem on her ,
her breast The scroll in her hands is inscribed with the word
.
J
.
,
and gauzy and the mant l e sugg ests l ight— a shimmering radi
,
the S anctuary o f Isis but she i s rea lly t h e S ecre t Church the
, ,
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T H R EE . TH E EM PR E SS
sands .There are also certain aspects in which she h a s b een cor
r ect ly described a s desire and the wings t hereo f a s t he woman ,
and the outer sense o f the Word This is Obvious because there
.
,
i s no direct message which has been given t o man like that which
is born e by woman ; bu t she does no t hersel f carry it s in t erpr e
t a t ion .
in to the Garden o f V enus ; and then the way which leads out
therefrom into t ha t which is beyond i s t he secret known t o the
, ,
FO UR . T HE EM PER O R
stand for mundane royalty upli fted on the seats o f the mighty ;
,
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signi fy a l so and the male figure especially the higher ki n g
,
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thought rat her than o f the ani m al world B oth persona l ities .
,
bu t this is fantasy .
T H E D O C T R I NE B EH I N D T HE V E I L . 47
48 I L L U S T R AT E D KEY T O THE T AR O T .
F IV E . TH E HI E R O P H AN T
wit h drawn power The proper meanings o f this card have suf
.
orthodo x do c trine and the outer side o f the life which leads to
,
another and grea t er hiera rchic order ; but i t may so happen that
the ponti ff forgets the significance of this his symbo l ic s t ate a n d
acts a s i f he contained within h i s proper measures a ll that his sign
sign i fi e s or h is symbo l seeks t o S how forth He is n ot as it h a s
b ee n t hough t phi l osophy—excep t on the theologica l side ; he is
.
,
it s e x pression .
50 I LL U S T R ATE D KEY T O THE T A R O T .
S I' T HE L O VE R S
.
paradise of the earthly body B ehind the man is the Tree o f L ife
.
,
S abbath .
attra c tion towards the sensitive life whi c h carries within it the
idea O f the Fa ll o f M a n but she is rather the working o f a S ecret
,
S EVEN . T HE C H AR I O T
E I G HT . S T R EN GTH O R F O RT IT U D E ,
, , ,
t em pla t i on .
flowers which signifies among many other things the Sweet yoke
, , ,
and the light burden o f D ivine L a w when it has b een taken into ,
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but it con c erns th e confidence o f those whose strength is God
( N ature ) who ,
have found their refuge in Him Ther e is one .
walked upon the asp and the basilisk and has trodden down the
l ion and the dragon .
T H E D O C T R I NE B EH I N D T H E V EI L . 55
56 I LLU S T R A T E D KE Y T O TH E TA R O T .
N IN E . T HE H ERM IT
b earer ,
wh oblends the idea o f the Ancient o f D ays with the L ig h t
of t he World . I t is a star whi c h shines in the la n fer n . I have
s aid that this is a card o f attainment and to extend this con cep ,
secure their own pro t ection f rom those who are unprepare d .
58 I L LU S T R ATE D K E Y T O T HE TA R O T .
T EN . WH EE L O F F O RT U N E
— —
mate as I have intimated to u se Egyptian symbolism when this
serv es ou purpose provided that no theory o f origin is implie d
r ,
ins c ribed on the wheel c ounter c hanged with the l etters o f the
,
—
D ivine Name to show that P roviden c e is i m pli ed t h r ough all
'
It may be added that from the days o f L evi onward the occult
, ,
— —
explanations o f this card are even for o c cult i sm itsel f o i a
in g u la r ly fatuous kind It h a s been said t o mean principle
. ,
common fortune telling are better than this on their own plane
- .
TH E D O C T R I N E B EH I N D T H E V EI L . 59
60 I LL U S T R ATE D KE Y T O T HE T AR O T .
E L EVEN . J
U STI C E
analogy with higher thing y —di ffers in its essence from t he spiri t
ua l j ustice wh ch is involved in the idea of election . The l at t er
belongs to a mysterious order of P rovidence in virtue , of which
it is possible fo r c ertain men to c onceive the idea o f dedication
to the highest things . The operation of this is l ike the breathing
of the S pirit where it wills and we have no canon
, of criticism
or ground o f explanation c on c erning it . It is analogous to the
possession of the fairy gifts and the high gifts and the gracious
gifts of the poet :
we h ave them or have not and their presence ,
TW E LVE . TH E H AN G ED MAN
T h e g a l lows
'
from wh i c h he is suspended forms a Ta u cross ,
suggests that E liph a s L evi did not know the meaning which ,
is
—
unquest i onable nor did the editor himself . It has been called
falsely a c ard o f martyrdom a c ard o f prudence a card o f the
, ,
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He who c an understand that the story o f his higher nature is
R es ur r e cti on .
HE D O C T R I NE B EH I N D T HE V EI L . 63
64 I LLU S T R A TE D KE Y T O T H E T A R O T .
his end .
death whi c h I have made in c onne c tion with the previous c ard
is ,
of course to be understood mysti c ally but this is
, ,
n ot the c ase
i n the present instance . The natural transit o f man to the nex t
s t age of his being either is or may be on e form of his progress ,
but the exotic and almost unknown entran c e while still in this ,
tions o f the l gt h card are o the whole better than usua l rebirth
,
n , , ,
F O U RT EEN . T EM P E RAN C E
the psy c hic and material natures . U nder that rule we know in
our rationa l part something o f whence we came and whithe r
we are going .
TH E D O C T R I N E B EH I N D T H E V EI L . 67
68 I LLU S T R ATE D KE Y T O THE T A R O T .
FI FT EEN . T HE DEV I L
, ,
ana l ogous with those o f the fifth card as i f Adam and Eve a fter
,
o f s ervice With more than his usual derision fo r the a rts which
.
wor l d with the t hings which below are o f the bru t e Wha t i t .
S I 'T EEN . TH E T O W E R
,
n
m ateria l than the pillars which we have met with in three pre
—
a l terna t ive that it signifie s the materiali z ation o f the spiritual
word The bibliographer Christian 1 magines that it is the down
.
, ,
.
l ectua l side The Tower has been spoken o f a s the chas t isemen t
.
irrigating sea and land . B ehind her is rising ground and on the
right a shrub or tree whereon a bird alights
, . The figure
ex presses eternal youth and beauty . The star is l e t oi l e fl am
fused therein . That whi c h the figure communi c ates to the l iving
scene is the substan c e o f the heavens and the elements . It ha s
been said truly that the mottoes o f this c ard are Waters o f L i fe
freel y and Gifts of the S pirit .
E I G H TEEN . T H E M OO N
issue into the unk nown . The dog and the wol f are the fears o f
the natura l mind in the presence of that place o f exi t when there ,
be t hat t h ere shal l come a cal m upon the animal nature whi l e t he ,
76 ~
.
N I N ET EEN . TH E S U N
Eas t and the great and holy light whi c h goes before the end l es s
procession o f humanity c oming out fr om the walled garden o f the
,
T WE N T Y . TH E LAS T J U D GM EN T
man on the l eft hand and between them their child whose bac k
, ,
which does sound a trumpet and all that is lower in our na t ure
—
rises in response a l mos t in a moment almos t in the twink l ing of
,
ura l bo dy ; but l e t those who have inward eyes l ook and discover
t herewith They wi ll unders t and that i t h a s been called t ruly in
.
'ER O
0 . T HE F OO L
With l ight step as i f earth and its tramme l s had l itt l e power t o
,
gence and e xpec tant dream He has a rose in one hand and in .
the other a costly wand from which depends over his right shou l
,
dent tha t the T rumps Maj o r had no place o riginal l y in the arts o f
,
psychic gamb l ing when cards are used a s the counter s and pre
,
TWEN TY O N E . T H E W O RL D
when the morning stars sang together and a ll the S ons o f God
( Nature ) shouted fo r j oy . O ne o f the worst e xp l anations con
c erning i t is t hat the figure symbolizes the M agus when he has
S E C TI ON 3
C O N C LU S I O N A S T O TH E G R E ATE R K EY S
does not di ffer fro m divination on its more serious side ; the
World o f Con formity being the li fe of religious devotion ; and
,
—
c ards o f the Hebrew alphabet fi st ly because it would serve no
r ,
THE O U T E R M ET H O D O F T H E O RA C L E S
S E CT I O N I
,
—
High P ries t ess the Hierophant or almost withou t exception
,
with any in the prev i ous sequence and he wil l dis c ern my mean
,
in g
. There I S no especia l idea c onnected on the surface wi t h the
o rdinary court cards ; they are a bridge o f conventions which ,
87
88 I L L U S T RA T E D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
l i k e t ho se of in Th e Ta r ot O f Th e B oh em ia n s are st r en u
P a pus
ous a n d deserving a fter their own kind ; he in particular recog , ,
wor l d o f ski ll and i t will set apar t fo r their proper busines s those
,
be t wee n the fifty six L esser Arcana and the ordinary p l aying
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T HE SU IT O F WANDS . KI NG .
t ole ran t .
O UT E R M E T H O D O F THE O RA C L E S . 91
WANDS .
Q U EE N .
, as a
suit o f li fe and animation Emotionally and otherwi se t h e
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,
.
,
WAN D S . K N I G HT .
.
,
discord .
O UTE R M E T H O D O F THE O RAC L E S . 93
WAN D S
PAG E . .
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,
ments evi l news Also ind eci sion and the instabi l ity which
, .
accompanies it .
94 I LL U S T RAT E D KE Y T O T HE TA R O T .
WA N D S . T EN .
which connects i t with honor and good fai th The chief mean
.
WAN D S . NIN E .
a waiting an enemy
D i vi n a t or y M ea n i n g s :
.
,
mee t an ons l aught bold ly ; and his bui l d shows tha t h e may prove
a fo rmidab l e antagonis t With this main significance there a r e
a ll it s possib l e adj uncts— de l ay suspension adj ournmen t
.
R ever s ed :
.
, ,
O b st ac l e s ad versity calamity
, , .
96 I LLU S TR AT E D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
WA N D S . E I G HT .
—
The card represents motion through t he immovable a fl ight o f
wands through a n open count ry ; but they draw to the ter m o f
thei r co urse That whi c h they sig n i fiy is at hand ; it may be even
:
.
WAN D S . SI' .
The card has been so designed that it can cover severa l sig
n ifica t i on s ; on the surface it is a v i ctor t riumphing but i t i s a l so
, ,
o f hope ,
.
, ,
WAN D S . FIV E .
, ,
WAN D S . FO U R .
F ro m t he f our great staves p l an t ed in the foregroun d th er e i s a
g rea t garland suspended ; two female figures uplift nose a
g y s ; a t
thei r side i s a bridge over a moat l eading t o an old manoria l
h ous e D ivi n a t or y M ea n i n gs :
,
R ev er s ed :
, , , , , ,
m en t .
1 02 I LLU S T R A TE D KEY T O THE TA R O T
.
WAND S . T WO .
WAN D S . AC E .
origin and in a sense the virility which i s behind them ; the s t art
,
oy
.
1 04 I LL U S T R ATE D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
TH E S U IT O F C U PS . K I NG .
.
,
also equi ty art and scien c e including those who pro fess science
, , ,
dealing man ; roguery e x act ion inj ustice vice scanda l pill age
, , , , , ,
C U PS . K N I G HT .
C U PS
PAG E . .
.
, , ,
C U PS . T EN .
not observed the prodigy but are happy after their own manner
There is a home s c ene beyond D ivi n a t or y M ea n i n gs :Content
.
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.
perf ect ion o f human love and friendshi p ; i f with severa l picture
cards a person wh o is taki n g c h a rge of t he Q uer en t s interest s ;
,
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C UPS . E I G HT .
The card speaks for itself on the surfa c e but other readings
,
—
are entirely antithetical giving j oy mildness timidity honor
, , , ,
Great j
R ev er s ed :
.
oy happiness feasting
, , .
O UTE R M E TH O D O F T H E O R AC L E S . 1 11
C UPS S EVEN
. .
St range cha l ice s o f vision but the images are more especia lly
t hose of the fantastic spirit D i vi a t or y M ea n i n g s :
,
. n F ai r y favors ,
C U PS . SI'
.
, , ,
CU P S . F O UR .
.
,
C U PS . TH R EE .
on e another . a
, ,
.
, ,
C UPS . TW O .
cups r i ses the Cadu c eus o f Hermes between the great wings of
,
.
, ,
—
, , , , ,
—
,
i s sanctified .
118 I LL U S T R ATE D KE Y T O THE TA R O T .
T HE S U IT O F SW O RD S . KI NG .
, .
, .
,
SWO R D S Q U EEN
. .
Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and t he hilt r est s
on an arm o f her royal c hair ; the left hand is extended the a r m ,
D i vi n a t or y M ea n i n g s :
,
SWO R D S . K N I G HT .
h e i s c l ean o f heart .
, ,
s it ion
, resistance ruin There is t herefore a sense in which the
, .
p a ci t y,ex travagance .
1 22 I L LU S T R AT E D KE Y T O T H E TA R O T .
S WO RDS . TEN .
.
, ,
au thori t y .
O UTE R M ETH O D O F TH E O R AC L E S . 1 23
SWO R D SNIN E
. .
. .
.
, , ,
fear shame
, .
1 24 I LLU S T R ATE D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
SW O R D S . E I G HT .
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A woman bound and hoodwinked with t he swords of t h e car d
, ,
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,
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, , ,
SWO R D S . S I' .
SW O R D S . FIV E .
SW O R D S . FOUR .
. , ,
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. ,
SW O R D S . TW O .
SW O R D S . AC E .
. ,
, , .
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TH E S U IT O F P EN TACL E S . K I NG .
. .
, , ,
1 34 I LLU S T RATE D KE Y T O THE TA R O T .
P EN TACL E S KN I G H T . .
.
, , ,
P EN TACLE S PA G E . .
i s abou t him.
, ,
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,
P EN TACL E S T EN . .
, .
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P EN TACL E S E I G H T
. .
/
An art ist in st on e at his work whi c h he exhibi t s in the form o f
trophies D i vi n a t or y M ea n n g s :Work employment commis
,
. i , ,
.
, , ,
P EN TACL E S S EVEN
. .
P EN TACL E S SI' . .
, , , ,
t ,
il l usion
.
1 42 I LLU S T R AT E D KE Y TO THE TA RO T .
P EN TACL E S F O UR . .
another with hands and arms ; two pentacles are under his feet
He holds to tha t which he has D ivin a t ory M ea n i n gs :The
.
P EN TACL E S TH RE E. .
, ,
pettiness weakness
, .
1 44 I LLU S T R ATE D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
P ENTACL ES TWO . .
hand and they are j oined by that endless cord which i s l ike t h e
number 8 reversed D ivi n a t or y M ea n in gs :
,
. O n the on e hand i t is
represented as a card o f gaiety recreation and it s connec t ions
, ,
S E C TI ON 3
T HE GR EAT E R ARCAN A AN D
TH E I R D IVI N AT O RY M EAN I N G S
ITh e
.
— S kil l diplomacy address subt l ety ; sick
M a g i ci a n , , ,
,
.
, ,
.
, , ,
surface knowledge
—
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4 Th e E m per or
. S tability power protection realization ; a
.
, , ,
great person ; aid reason convi c tion ; also authority and will , ,
.
p , ,
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,
R ev er s ed :
. .
, , ,
l itigation defeat
8 F or ti t ud e —
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,
cia lly , , , .
—
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L a w i n al l i t s d epar t men t s
.
,
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, , , ,
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, , , ,
, .
,
.
,
priest who will marry the Querent ; also disun ion unfo rt una t e ,
.
, , ,
blindness
Th e Tower —Misery dis t ress indigence adversity cal am
.
1 6.
, , , ,
Arrogance .
,
haughtiness impotence
Th e M oon —Hid d en enemies danger ca l umny darkness
.
,
1 8
, , , .
,
1 9.
, ,
20 .
, ,
decision sentence
'er o Th e F O O L— Fol l y mania ex t ravagance into x ication
, .
, , .
, ,
.
, , , ,
stagnation permanence , .
S E CT IO N 4
Good will t owa r ds the Que rent but without the oppor ~
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t un i t y to exercise it
K n ig h t —A bad card ; according to some readings alienation
.
R ev er s ed :
.
,
Re
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v er s ed :
. .
B ad news .
—
.
i
E gh t D omestic disputes for a married person
. .
S ven
e — A dar k chi l d .
o f deferred hope
F i v e — S uccess in finan c ia l speculation R ev er s ed :Quarrels
.
—
F our i U nexpe c ted good fortune .
A ce — A sign o f birth . .
L o ss . .
—
,
R ev er s ed :
.
Kn gh t
i — A visit f rom a friend who will b ring unexpected
money t o the Querent R ever s ed :
,
Irregu l arity
. .
l ove R ev er s ed :
.
a nun
—
.
A ce . . r
An illness e
R ev er s ed :A
. .
v er s ed :
. .
otherwise .
—
Ni n e P rompt fulfilment o f what i s presaged by neighboring
cards R ev er s ed :
. V ain hopes .
v er s ed :
. .
Impat i en c e apprehension s u sp c i on i
—
, ,
Si r . .
on the Q u e e t s ambition
’
r n
. e
in love
F our — R ev er s ed :
.
O bservat i on h i ndran c es
R ev er s ed :
.
,
Th e e
r — I f for a man celebrity for his eldest son ,
.
A share in .
are o f little pra c ti c a l value unless they come down from the
region o f universals to that o f particulars ; but in proport i on as
this gift is present in a parti c ular c ase the S pe c ifi c meanings
,
TH E R E C U RR EN C E O F C AR D S I N DEAL I N G
I N T HE N AT U RAL P O S IT I O N
:
.
bili fy .
.
4 F ours : journey near at hand ; 3 F ours : a subj e c t o f
reflection ; 2 F ours insomnia .
4 , ; 3 2
.
1 54 I LLU S T R ATE D KE Y TO T HE TA R O T .
S E CT I O N 7
AN A N CI EN T C ELT I C M ET HO D
O F D I V I N AT I O N
, .
C ourt Cards in Cups signify people with light brown or dul l fair
hair and grey or blue eyes Those in S words stand for people
.
following reserve which will preven t them being taken too con
,
t han a P enta c le O n the other hand a very fai r subj ect who is
.
,
. S hall I be success fu l in my
l awsuit ? on e o f the Court Cards must be chos en as the S ign ifi
to ascertain the c ourse o f the process itself and its result t o each
o f the parties con c erned .
upwards Then shu ffle and cut the rest o f the pa c k three t imes
. ,
idea l in the matter ; ( 1 ) the best that can be a c hieved under the
7
cir c umstances but that whi c h has not yet been made actual
,
.
the matter that whi c h has already passed into actuality and which
,
N B
.
— I f the S ig n i fica t or i s a Trump o r any small c ard that
.
n ifica t or i s fa c ing , .
— g
and shows its position or attitude in the c ircumstances
,
soever you may have divined from the other c ards on the table ,
,
or .
be drawn or whi c h does not appear to indi c ate the ultimate con
,
in this case the Tenth Card as the S ig n i fica t or instead o f the one ,
times and the first ten c ards laid out as before B y this a more .
shows t hat the subj ect o f the divination falls ul timately into the
hands of a person repre sented by that c ard and its end depends ,
cover what is the nature o f his influence in the matter and to what
issue he will bring it .
cat i ons
.
1 58 I LL U S T R ATE D KE Y T O T H E TA R O T .
S E CT I O N 8
A N A L T E RN AT IV E M ETH O D O F R EA D I NG
T H E TA R O T C A R D S
D eal out the first forty — two c ards in six packets o f seven cards
each face upwards so that the first seven cards fo rm the fi rst
, ,
,
—
packet the fo l lowing seven the second so on a s in the fo ll owing
,
diagram
Take up the first packet ; lay out the cards on the table in a r ow ,
from right to left ; pla c e the c ards o f the second packet Upon them
a n d then the pa c kets whi c h remain Y ou will thus have seven
.
Then take up the t wo next cards f rom each pac k et shu ffle and ,
'
fle and la y t h em out in three l ines be l ow the others .
OU TE R M ETH O D O F TH E O R A C L E S . 1 59
I st l ine .
2n d l ine .
3 d
r l ine .
4 t h line .
st h l ine .
6 th l ine .
,
—
In this method t he Querent i f o f the male —is r epr e
s ex
the card in either case is not taken fro m the pack unti l the
, ,
forty two cards have been laid out a s above directed I f the
, .
not been dealt and should be placed a little distance to the righ t
,
haphazard f rom the thirty six c ards undealt to fill the vacant -
position s o that there are still forty two cards laid out o the
,
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n
table .
The cards are then read in suc c ession from right to l eft ,
what may befall within a certain time this time shou l d be clearl y ,
that the cards must be interpreted rel atively to the subj e c t whi c h ,
means that all o ffi c ial and conventional meanings o f the c ards may
and sho ul d be adapted to harmonize with the conditions o f this
particu l ar case in question the position time o f life and sex o f
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,
Thus the F0 0 1 may indi c ate the whole range o f menta l phases
,
an important part .
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again reading them on e by o e and interpreting in detail n .
S E C TI O N 9
O F T H I RTY FI V E C A R D S
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Take up the undealt cards whi c h remain over not having been ,
used in the first operation with 4 2 c ards The latter are set aside .
thirty fiv e c ards being shu ffled and cut as before are divided by
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, ,
P a ck et P a ck et P a ck et P a ck e t P a ck et P a ck et
III .
length .
forth .
persons etc , .
or .
separately and in combination the Magi c ian the Foo] the High , ,
Man and the T ower Let him then consider the card called the
.
L ast Jud g ment They contain the legend o f the soul The other
—
. .
—
T rumps aj or are the detai l s and as on e might say the acci
M
dents P erhaps such a person will begin to understand what lies
.
myself with the subj ect even a t t he risk of writing abou t di vina
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ti on by card s .
B I B L I O G RAP H Y
A C on ci se B ib l i ogr a ph y O f T h e C h i e f W or k s D ea l in g
W it h T h e T a r ot An d It s C on n e ct ion s
As in S pite o f its modest pretensions this monograph is so , ,
standpoint to enumerate those t ext books o f the subj ect and the
,
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,
under my notice The b ili og a ph ica l parti c ulars that fol low lay
. r
h a s been said upon the Tarot in this pla c e to stand for all that
has preceded it The bibliography itsel f is representative after a
.
but I have not had o c casion t o consul t it to any extent for the
purposes o f the present l ist .
M on d e P r im i t if
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a n a lys e et l e M on d e M od er n e
a r e a v ec
J
com p
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, .
Pa r M Cour t de G eb elin
. . V ol 8 4 to , P aris 1 78 1
.
, , .
1 64
1 66 I L L U S T R ATE D KEY T O THE TA R O T .
l itt l e o f the text and the period is too early for a tangib le cr it i
ci sm o f it s c l aims There are ex c ellent reproductions o f early
.
ex t en s o .
8 vo, L ondon , 1 8 4 8 .
The author suggested that the Trumps Maj or and the numera l
cards were on c e separate but were afterwards combined The , .
oldest speci m ens o f Tarot cards are n ot later than 1 440 B ut the .
L es C a r t es a l on er et la C a r t om a n ci e . Pa r D . R . P . B oiteau
d Am b ly 4 to , P aris , 1 8 54
’
. .
which are said to be o f O rienta l origin ; but they are not referred
to Egyp t The ear l y gipsy connection is affirmed but there 1 5
.
,
D og m R i tu el d e la H a u t e M a g i e
e et P a r E liph a s L evi 2 vo l s ,.
, .
demy 8 v o, P aris 1 8 54 ,
.
C ups . Within the externa l c ircle are the l etters TAR O and ,
about this figure as a whole are grouped the symbols o f the Four
L iving Creatures the Ace o f Wands Ace of S words the letter
, , ,
, , ,
L evi with the lights used in the Goeti c Circle o f B lack Evocations
,
P enta c les The only Tarot card given in the volumes is the
.
has been followed in later days Those who in t erpret the work .
L es R om J
es A .V aillant D
Pa r emy 8 v o P
. aris 1 8 57
. .
, , .
The author tells us how he met with the cards but the account ,
.
,
, ,
pressed V ail l ant very much and although in this which was the , ,
a l0 5 5 .
H is t or i e d e la M a g i e . P a r E liph a s L evi . 8 y o, P a r I S , 1 8 60 .
D ivi a t oi r e
n The author exp l ains that the extant Tarot has come
.
hands o f the gipsies who b rough t it with them when t hey fi rst
,
a u t hority here i s V ai ll a n t .
1 68 I LL U S T R ATE D KEY T O TH E TA R O T .
.
,
L H om
’
m e R oug e d es Tui ler i es . Pa r P . Chris t ian . Fcap . 8 vo ,
P aris , 1 8 63 :
The wo rk is exceedingl y rare is much sough t and wa s once ,
Th e H is t or y of P la yi n g C a r d s . By E . S . Tay l or . Cr . 8 v o L on
.
don , 1 8 6 5 .
cluding fo recast that some few will ere l ong hav e so far devel
,
Th e Ta r ot :
O ccul t S ig n ifica n ce U
1 ts ,
se in F or un e Telli n g ,
t -
a nd
M e t h od of P la y B y S L M a c G . . . r eg or M athers . Sq . 1 6m o,
L ondon ,
1 888 .
t he only pers ona l Opinion expressed by the writer or cal ling for
n oti c e here states that the Trumps M a j or are h ie r og yl h i c sym
p
b ols corresponding to the o c cult meanings o f the H ebrew alpha
bet He r e the authority is L evi from whom is als o derived the
.
,
‘
X V II
Tr a i t e M é t h od i q ue d e S ci en ce O ccul t e P a r B apus 8 vo, P aris ,
’
. .
1 89 1 .
X V II I
E liph a s L evi :
L e L i vr e d es S pl en d eur s D emy 8 v o P ari s 8 94
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.
, ,
1 .
sion s I ha v e dealt in t he te xt .
S q 1 2 mo P aris 1 8 9 5
.
, , .
—
t o the T rumps Maj or with meanings mo s t of which are t o be
,
found in other Works by the same writer There are also com .
b in a t ion s o f the l et t ers which enter into the D ivine Name ; these
combinations are a t tributed to the cour t cards o f the L esser Ar
cana Ce rtain ta l ismans o f s pirits are i n fine furnished w i th
.
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symbolica l or otherwise .
xx n . .
The word Tarot comes from the S anskrit and mea ns fixed
star which in it s turn signifies immutable tradition , theosophical
'
,
plate s the designs were used by H ermes Tris m egistus and thei r
,
said of the designs o f O swald Wi rth which are quite unlike and ,
there t o .
Th e M a g i ca l R i tua l o f t h e S a n ct um i n t er pr e t edR eg n um
b y t h e ,
1 896 .
'X I V
L e S er p en t d e la G en ese—L i vr A
e H ; L a Clef d e l a M a g i e NO i r e
Pa r S tanislas de Guaita . 8 v o, P aris , 1 90 2 .
sp eaks volumes for the clouded and inverted insigh t o f thi s fan
t a si a st in occultism ; D eath 1 5 o f course that which it s name sig
, ,
, ,
stood that the connection is shadowy and tha t actua l referen ces
could be reduced to a very few pages .
XX V
L e Ta r ot :Ap er gu h is t or i q u e . Pa r .
J J B ourgeat
. . Sq . 1 2m o,
P aris 1 90 6 ,
.
XX V I
L Ar t d e t ir er les C or t es
’
. Pa r Ant onio Magus . Cr . 8 vo P aris ,
,
1 1 (1 ( about
. .
s et o f ordinary cards :
,
thesis and it does not follow that h e took the claim serious ly
,
.
XX V II
L e Ta r ot D i vi n a t oi r e : Cl e f
d a t ir a g e d es ca r t es et d es s or t s .
P a r l e D r P a pu s . . D emy 8 v o P aris , 1 90 9
.
, ,
.
have yet another Taro t The T rumps Maj or follow the tradi
,
are indi fferently done and the reproductions see m worse than
,
predict the hour and the day when the dark young ’
m
g n wi ll meet
with the fair widow and so forth ,
.
XX V III
] Ta r ot d es B oh em i en s P a r P a pus 8 vo, P aris , 8 89 Eng
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. e . . 1 .
the prim itive reve l ation does not detract from the c l aim o f
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,
XXIX
M a n uel S yn t h eti que
’
et P r a ti q ue d a Ta r ot . Pa r Eude s P icard .
8 V0 , P aris 1 9 09
, .
Trumps Maj or are those o f Court de G eb elin and for the L esser
Arcana the writer has had recourse to his imagin a tion ; it can
be said tha t some o f them a r e curious a very few t hinly sug ,
t a t ion is an ar t .