![]() The currently extant historical evidence paints the historical origins of the Tarot as coming from sometime between 14 in Northern Italy, in some court or another. “The History of the Tarot has been obscured by writers who have not distinguished between the Tarot in its higher aspect, as the record in symbols of what man has discovered about his relation to the Universe, and the Tarot in its lowest aspect, as a pack of cards used for divination and card-play.” – Lady Frieda Harris, Essay in Thoth Tarot book “The Tarot could be described as God’s Picture Book, or it could be likened to a celestial game of chess, the Trumps being the pieces to be moved according to the law of their own order over a checkered board of the four elements.” ~ Lady Frida Harris Origins of Tarot “The Tarot is in fact a complete and elaborate system for describing the hidden forces which underlie the universe.” ~ Chic Cicero & Sandra Tabatha Cicero, book included in Golden Dawn Magical Tarot deck “he Tarot, viewed philosophically, is a teaching device intended to assist in the subjective journey of consciousness from one objective center of energy to another.” ~ Robert Wang, Qabalistic Tarot “ is, in truth, a monumental and extraordinary work, strong and simple as the architecture of the pyramids, and consequently enduring like those – a book which is a summary of all sciences, which can resolve all problems by its infinite combinations, which speaks by evoking thought, it is an inspirer and moderator of all possible conceptions, and the masterpiece perhaps of the human mind.” ~ Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic, London, 1958 “The Tarot is a pictorial representation of the Forces of Nature as conceived by the Ancients according to a conventional symbolism.” ~ Aleister Crowley, on the Ordo Templi Orientis card that comes with the Thoth Tarot deck This will be explained in due course.” ~ Crowley, Book of Thoth It is necessitated, as will appear later, by the structure of the universe, and in particular of the Solar System, as symbolized by the Holy Qabalah. At first sight one would suppose this arrangement to be arbitrary, but it is not. ![]() In addition, there are twenty‐two cards called “Trumps”, each of which is a symbolic picture with a title itself. But the Court cards number four instead of three. There are four suits, as in modern playing cards, which are derived from it. “THE TAROT is a pack of seventy‐eight cards. Tables of correspondence for finding your astrological birth cards with decans.A guide to understanding masculinity and femininity in the Tarot.A cheat sheet for the Minor Arcana, including keywords and astrological correspondences.Rider-Waite-Smith and Thoth explanations included ![]() ![]()
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