Tarot & ROTA Key Attributions

Tarot & ROTA Key Attributions

 

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Tarot Card Attributions

Proper Tarot Card Titles

Correct Design of Tarot Trumps.

A

The Star

The Sun

The Lord of the Fire of the World.

The Sun

B

The Book

The Juggler3

The Magus of Power.

A fair youth with winged helmet and heels, equipped as a Magician, displays his art; or Ra-Hoor-Khuit, in blue and golden headdress, right-hand uplifting, left-handing casting down; the desert and ocean behind him.

C

The Sky

The Star

The Daughter of the Firmament. The Dweller between the Waters.

The figure of a water-nymph disporting herself

D

The Bow

The Empress

The Daughter of the Mighty Ones.

Crowned with stars, a winged goddess stands upon the moon; or Nuit.

E

The Triple Flame

The Fool

The Spirit of Aiqhr

A child on a lotus or Hoor-Paar-Kraat.

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Force

The House of God

The Lord of the Hosts of the Mighty.

A tower struck by forked lightning

F

The Father

♆, Sphere of the Zodiac

4 Kings, Wands

   

G

Union

The Lovers

The Children of the Voice: the Oracle of the Mighty Gods.

A prophet, young, and in the Sign of Osiris Risen; or the Sun (Beast or Lion) and Moon (Babalon or Crowned Woman) conjoined.

H

The Throne

The Chariot

The Child of the Powers of the Waters: the Lord of the Triumph of Light.

A young and holy king under the starry canopy.

I

The Lingam

Temperance

The Daughter of the Reconcilers, the Bringer-Forth of Life.

The figure of Diana huntress

J

The Horn of Plenty

♅, Sphere of Primum Mobile

     

K

The Virgin

Hermit

The Prophet of the Eternal, the Magus of the Voice of Power.

Wrapped in a cloak and cowl, a man walks, bearing a lamp and staff; or Aiwass.

L

The Foot

Justice

The Daughter of the Lords of Truth. The Ruler of the Balance.

A conventional figure of Justice with scales and balances

M

A Wave

The Hanged Man

The Spirit of the Mighty Waters.

The figure of a hanged or crucified man; or Jesus.

N

A Gate

Death

The Child of the Great Transformers. The Lord of the Gate of Death.

A skeleton with a scythe mowing men. The scythe handle is a Tau; or a Pyramid under a night sky.

O

The Moon

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The High Priestess2

The Priestess of the Silver Star.

A crowned priestess sits before the veil of Isis between the Pillars of Set;, or Babalon.

P

The Mother

4 princesses, Disks

   

Q

The Lion

Lust

The Daughter of the Flaming Sword.

A smiling woman holds the open jaws of a fierce and powerful lion

R

Birth

The Emperor1

The Son of the Morning, chief among the Mighty.

A flame-clad god bearing equivalent symbols, sitting with legs crossed in Tf.

S

The Son

The Moon

The Ruler of Flux and Reflux. The Child of the Sons of the Mighty.

The waning moon

T

A Table

The Devil

The Lord of the Gates of Matter. The Child of the Forces of Time.

The figure of Pan or Priapus; or Baphomet.

U

The Cup

Sphere of Saturn

4 Queens, Cups

   

V

The Horns

The Hierophant

The Magus of the Eternal.

A man throned between two pillars; or Hadit, the winged globe.

W

The Eyes

The Angel or Last Judgement

The Spirit of the Primal Fire.

Israfel blowing the Last Trumpet. The dead arising from their tombs; or The Arrow of the 5th Aethyr.

X

The Wheel

The Universe

The Great One of the Night of Time.

The symbols of the Squaring of the Circle

Y

The Tree

⊗ Sphere of the Elements

4 Princes, Swords

   

Z

The Lightning Flash

Wheel of Fortune

The Lord of the Forces of Life.

A wheel of six shafts, whereon revolve the Triad of Hermanubis, Sphinx, and Typhon

Notes

1 Tzaddi is not the Star (but the Emperor is still).

2 Note: that the Queen and the Daughter share the same value of 3 when C is soft (and hence has the Queen the Power to defile her bed with her own Virginity.

3 Once Mercurial descending from the 6th sphere, he is now Martian descending from the 3rd sphere.