Wednesday, 27 September 2017

{[The Tarot [continued (7)] – ]Aces [continued (5)] – Tarot Symbolism}[9th January 1988]

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One of the necessities which becomes apparent in my treatment of the Tarots is that of analysing Tarot symbols not just according to what they are but by what they are doing – not least to each other. (The written label is about the least important aspect: it seems to vary even in translation).

For example, the Lion on T.XI is there because he is being overcome, which is why the card is where it is at J~ instead of at U~ (where *Z.Leo is. Similarly, the Scorpion on T.XVIII at U~ is rising out of the water towards T.XX at S~, where *Z.Scorpio is.

Of course, it is all too easy to stretch a point.


*(Zodiac)



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