{The Tarot Pack [continued (4)]}[21st December 1987]

[Redbook4:252][19871221:1955b]{The Tarot Pack [continued (4)]}[21st December 1987]

1955c[.]

[continued]

The pattern* would be complicated by the reverse-rotating Knights Circle. Perhaps this would serve to protect the Inner Circle(s) – Queens and Kings, whatever Kings is – from the forces associated with Knaves and Numbers – rather as Knights in mythological and military might surround and protect their King and Queen from Knaves and general infantrymen. But this is pure speculation.**

In fact Knaves may not move that much, or at all.

[A diagram inserted in the text to the full height and width of both A4 pages here is, with its added notes and diagrams, barely decipherable and too large and complicated to represent here in full detail. The basic diagram is a development of the diagram on the journal entry before last, [Redbook4:251][19871221:0000g]{The Tarot Pack [continued]}[21st December 1987], but including the full pack. For reasons of space Roman numerals (Tarot Greater Trumps card numbers 0 & I to XXI) are here represented by bold Arabic numerals 0 & 1 to 21, and bracketed numerals (1) to (4) by italic numerals 1 to 4. Arrows and added notes in the ms. diagram are not shown here.

See [Redbook4:301-302][19880106:0100]{Hats}[6^th January 1988].]

																			+	C	†	I	~
																				(	s	w	o	r	d	)
																					1
																					s	p	a	d	e	s
																					1	A	C	E
																					2
																					3
																					4
																					5
																					6
																					7
																					8
																					9
																					10
														2							0							5
																					ke
																13					6					7
																					Kt
																					Q
																			14		21		20
~	(																				0k																				(	~
G	c	2	h	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	jR	ke	12	Kt	Q	15	K	☼	K	19	Q	Kt	8	ke	jA	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	d	4	p	M
	u		e	A																	K																	A	i		l
	p		a	C															16		17		18															C	a		a
	)		r	E																	Q																	E	m		t
			t																		Kt																		o		e
			s													11					10					9													n		/
																					ke																		d		b
														3							1							4											s		o
																					10																				w
																					9																				l
																					8																				)
																					7
																					6
																					5
																					4
																					3
																					2
																					1	A	C	E
																					cl	u	b	s
																					3
																				(	r	o	d	)
																					A	~

*[See last three previous entries.]

**[!]

{Note: King of Swords has face on each shoulder, like Chariot – but happy or contented faces, unlike Chariot. Knight of Swords has one [extra] face, on one shoulder, neither happy nor unhappy?}

{Headgear: [oo] (1) [Horizontal ‘Eight’ (Infinity)

[w] (2) Crown

[h] (3) Helmet etc.

[o] (4) Bare headed (some have haloes)

[Against each line (1) to (4) are set the apparent signifiers for Greater Trumps and Court Cards, but apparent interchanging between different sets of signifiers make these difficult to understand.]

I cannot make much sense of this.

(1) [oo] is associated with c.A~ + Kings (et al).

(2) [w] appears all over the Outer Circle – not just top; & for Queens.

(3) [h] varies.

(4) [o] predominates near completion on Inner Circle (& all Angels)

Headgear T0-XXI: Haloes seem to denote completion – spiritual perfection? – power over self? [–] & bare heads immediately precede them. Material headgear seems to denote power in Outer World: e.g.? Crown is nearly always 9in whole Pack) as if a Circle from end-on.

See [[Redbook4:301][19880109:1445]{Hats}[9th January 1988],] p301.}

Of the Court Cards, which look happy? (Subjective test!)

	Swords	Cups	Money	Clubs
Kings	Y		Y
Queens		Y		?
Knights			Y
Knaves				Y?

This is rather uncertain but generally fits the diagram [on this page.

{Note: Ace of Swords and Ace of Clubs are strikingly similar with vertical orientation, (spirit?) hand holding (one from left (both right-handed), one from right), and fire. Ace of Swords alone has crown.}

Note that the 6-spoked wheel of of TX (+ 2 horizontal beasts) is repeated by the 8-pointed Star (surrounded by 7 stars) of TVII immediately above. Auriga, the celestial Chariot driver, is just after TX between A~ & J~; Bootes, the plough driver, is nearer to M~. <880108>

{Note that TX Wheel of Fortune has male-dressed beast going round towards top creature and female-dressed beast going round away from it. This is correct both for A~ I/c Outer Circle & +C†I~ I/c Inner Circle.}

[continues]

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