As we take up the Tarot Trumps again with Death, we see that Crowley has yet another divergent view of its meaning, although playing with traditional symbolism enough to make the card intelligible for divination. For the traditional meanings, we can turn to Wikipedia although it is heavily invested in the Waite interpretation. “According to […]
Greetings, my cosmic traveler friend! As we embark on a journey to explore the dualities of mind and travel in higher dimensions, let us dive into the mystical and mind-bending realms of Tao and I Ching. While Western psychology has been struggling with the apparent dualities inherent in conscious existence since Queen Victoria’s time, other […]
As the wheel of Tarot turns from Strength at Trump 11 to the Hanged Man at Trump 12, The Fool, previously the Hero Hercules, appears to be brought low as a thief condemned to hang for his crimes. In traditional symbolism, he hangs holding the bags of gold he has stolen, although in some interpretations […]
Every day I find some kind of occult related creator content dropped into my YouTube suggestions, so it wasn’t exactly a surprise to see a tarot history video in there. What was a surprise was the fact that it was on the famed French fashion house Christian Dior’s channel … um, excuse me, what? Yes, […]
WHEEL AND–WOA! The Great Wheel of Samsara. The Wheel of the Law [Dhamma]. The Wheel of the Taro. The Wheel of the Heavens. The Wheel of Life. All these Wheels be one; yet of all these the Wheel of the TARO alone avails thee consciously. Meditate long and broad and deep, O man, upon […]
We’ve taken somewhat of a pause is our exploration of the Trumps, in hesitation about having enough to say about the Hermit. This card is too simple in its initiated meaning and does not warrant a full essay. In one magical formula of The Hermit Crowley states it as: Yod Phallus Spermatozoon Hand Logos Virgin. […]
Another great tarot resource I’ve come across today, via the moderator of the Thoth tarot FB group I’m a member of is this clickable Kabbalah diagram at https://nofaithinthehumanrace.com/777/index.php?deck=crowley&show777=1&key=1 An interactive diagram of the Tree of Life, it will show the placement of the cards upon the tree, and give an in-depth overview of the cards […]
In looking for more background on alchemy and tarot I stumbled upon this podcast with Robert M. Place the originator of the Alchemical Tarot deck. An accomplished historian of the tarot, he goes into a lot of detail about how the tarot can be an alchemical manual, despite not being the ancient work of wisdom […]
While most decks consider this card to be called Justice with its associated blind goddess weighing guilt and innocence and implying legal action and the courts, the Crowley deck takes a more Karmic view and associates the card with a different type of balance. In the scales of this goddess are Alpha and Omega, creation […]
The traditional image of The Chariot depicts the return of the conqueror to the great fanfare of the village. It is a card of victory and looked at on the path to enlightenment starting at the world, precedes the alchemical wedding of the lovers. In Rider-Waite and some other decks, the chariot is pulled by […]
