This Seal is an astrological chart in abstract; for the sum of the angles of the two triangles equals 360 degrees, measuring exactly, but in a more concrete form, the number of degrees in a circle.

Turn the cards over one at a time, and read as turned. This process is gone through a second time, and then a third time, all the while the minds of both being occupied with the desire to receive a truthful answer. Concrete thoughts are those that concern doing something, or which revolve about some definite object or action. For talismanic purposes the young growing shoots or the parts bearing the flowers and seeds should be used. 18. Astrologically, the zodiacal sign Sagittarius. The latter edition of his own work of the Tarot (see footnote 1:5), but later discovered that the correct reading of the text places Scorpio on SW and Libra on NW and not vice versa as in Westscott (see figure 1) It will be seen that a planet is assigned to each face and one (Mars) to the center. Astrologically, the planet Uranus. That which is gross and degrading tends to tune the mind in on lower states. 5) "The Tarot", by P F Case(New York, 1947), Macoy Publishing Co. 6) It is well to remember that although the only accurate projection of the world around us must really be circular or spherical (for this reason modern horoscopes are always drawn as circles), still the prime directions are all at right angles to one another and appear to be perceived by us as straight lines. This is the time of the commencement of the Aquarian Age, and because the mental and spiritual force received by humanity is different when the Sun's place among the stars at the beginning of the year corresponds to the place of different zodiacal signs, the student can get some idea of the type of civilization that, past or future, exists while the equinox is in any sign by multiplying 2,156 years by the number of signs removed from Aquarius, and adding to or subtracting from, the year 1881. The Key of the influence is Aquarius, or Major Arcanum IX, signifying Prudence and Circumspection. The facts are there, but to us is given the task of giving them an adequate detailed interpretation. 13: 14; "She may not eat anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing." The "Order of the Disposition", before which Mercury is placed in the text, must, therefore, be understood as the Primal Cause, the disposing source of all forms and orders. I not only earnestly recommend to all students that they commit the above summary of the Major Arcana to memory and meditate upon it frequently, but that they use it as a mantram. Human Function --The first step toward truth is perception. And those who attempt to use sex in magic to attain selfish power merely fasten upon themselves evil elementaries that often force them to follow the example of Judas Iscariot and commit suicide in their attempt to get free from them. Please try your request again later. But Joseph overcame all obstacles and rose to great power, as indicated by the sword. iii The next step was taken by the English occult group known as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn This group pointed out that the Tarot cards, in the order now accepted as traditional, are not numbered from 1 to 22, but from 0 to 21. But if it engenders feelings of tenderness, the desire for helpful service, and aspirations to a noble life, it is beneficial. But gradually changing climatic conditions, in which life became increasingly severe, coarsened the bodies and the minds of the people of the earth. Minor Arcana and Court Arcana: As a transition function, it is shown why the exoteric divinatory significance of the Minor Arcana are derived from their numerical relation to the Major Arcana, and how their esoteric and more spiritual significance derives from a corresponding decanate-division of the zodiac; also how the Court Arcana acquire their significance from the zodiacal signs. In the intellectual world, the precept of duty. "Everything that has been, is, or will be, has its foundation and is built up, in four trines." This can be determined in a general way by inspecting the house positions and aspects of the planets. To bring together, form relationships, and unite is the special characteristic of the sign Libra. Such are names, and such are numbers. . Initiation --In the soul's initiation Arcanum XI represents the spiritual and psychic powers that are the outcome of the neophyte's occult training. The 4 are reactions, or forms. The two sources of knowledge are thus symbolized by the two wavy lines, anciently also depicted as two serpents. The system was revised by Zain with the discovery of Pluto in the early 1930s. This of course, brings together Water and Fire, as is required in Hermetic symbolism, but clearly it is wrong to attribute a design obviously correlated with Water to Fire. This surely reflects much more appositely the intuitive sense that the body is the limiting shroud of the spirit. Reading A Name Alone Does Not Give a Reading for the Individual Wearing It --By using such a chart we can give a reading of any name. The sacred serpent at his brow indicates enlightenment; and the hawk, sacred to the sun, indicates his ambition to attain spiritual supremacy. "II. Then, again, the thought images projected by other powerful minds are sensed by the psychic faculties, and those not fully initiated are apt to respond to these as if they were soul-responses to truth, when they, in fact, are merely being dominated by thought-forms. The Book of Concealed Mystery is the Book of the equilibrium of balance." He rules the dewy eve' and the evening's dew. This shuffling and cutting should be repeated three times; and then the cards dealt, face downward. In particular, when a planet by progression also forms an aspect to a dynamic thought structure in the astral body mapped by a planet in the birth-chart, the additional energy thus gained by the thought-cells enables them to attract some pronounced event into the life. This five-pointed star which they followed, has the same import as Arcanum V, signifying the Divine Law and Religion. But the magnetism and thought-emanations of others tend to impair this responsiveness through mixing the influences. Truth is correct knowledge, and this correct knowledge, if comprehensive, embraces the proper relation of souls and things to all other entities and forces. The horn on his nose signifies stubborn rebellion. The Rabbinical title is "The Corporeal Intelligence" -- "because it forms everybody which is formed in all the worlds, and The reproduction of them." But it certainly indicates the union of souls harmonious on all planes, not merely for the purpose of spiritual advancement, but also for the production and rearing of children and to experience the joy of a home. The Rabbinical title is "The administrative Intelligence," the reason assigned being "because it directs and associates the motions of the 7 planets, directing all of them in their proper courses." So when Athenasis came from Egypt to the Holy Council of Nice to assist in settling of what the orthodox Trinity consisted, he introduced the Holy Ghost. The scarab is symbol of the immortality of the soul. Now Venus rules the seed and union, and kabalists are well aware that the Shekinah, or Tree of Life, is some kind of union. writes, "he has received it fully and has also investigated the written traditions of the JewsAnd this seems the proper place to point out that the unwritten Kabala, like the written Kabala, is set forth in symbolic language, with purposed blinds and subterfuges to confuse The uninitiated. But to have great power, as amply demonstrated by the outstanding people of the world's history, the individual must be strongly sexed. Then while the pole passed through 3 x 9 equal 27 degrees, giving the Sun a maximum declination of from 36 to 63 degrees, there were hot long days in summer and cold long nights in winter. The King of Scepters signifies a person ruled by the sign Aries: fiery, headstrong, ambitious, courageous and energetic. One is the key to the small ebony box containing the plans for building the temple, that is, the key to understanding the Divine Plan. With his psychic vision he notes that every living form is a collection of these indwelling spirit atoms controlled by a central soul monad. The Hindus, in their studies, also made use of the cyclic number 10. To abdicate the rulership of the body in favor of whatever unseen entity happens to be present, and that may claim to be anything that suits its purpose, is to court the domination of the soul by entities which may use their advantage to deceive, demoralize, obsess; and which always weaken the will. The coupling (which at first sight may not unCard XXI: The World or The Adept Attribution: Sun xxi fairly be described as fantastic) is justified on the ground that the achievement of complete liberation and illumination while still in the physical body implies the fullest acquaintance with every aspect of limitation. The cards should be turned over as read, starting at the bottom row and reading from right to left. Yet when used judiciously, and in conjunction with his physical senses and common sense, they are found to be extraordinarily valuable aids to spiritual knowledge. Scorpio is the zodiacal sign of sex, the magnetic forces of which conserved as indicated in Arcanum IV become a most potent power to dominate the elemental realms of life. To the cell-life, at least, the serving as food for a higher form of life than that previously occupied is not without its advantages. Thus, Math. Or, the mercy seat he covers with his crown, 21. The universe sprang into differentiated existence in conformity to the law of numbers. To read, first turn over, from top to bottom, key I, which shows the present. These faces were the composite symbols embraced in the sphinx; the Lion, the Eagle, the Man and the Bull. Justice is crowned with lances to indicate inflexibility, adorned with the sacred serpent to signify she acts with enlightenment, and her throne is placed on a platform of three steps to represent her action in all three worlds. The deep appropriateness of the Benjamine attributions now appears, for Mercury, assigned to Card, Aleph, is both the astrological symbol of Mind, which is always associated with the element Air, and also, in alchemical symbolism, one of xxiii the names of the Universal Solvent. Therefore, while the pure intuitions of the soul, when sufficiently freed from various other influences, are reliable guides to truth; for those who have not attained a very high degree of spiritual initiation, they can not be relied upon too implicitly. And if we go back 4 such rounds, geology indicates there were no mammals, that it was a time when reptiles dominated the earth, and the first primitive birds, and the marsupials, forerunners of the mammals, were just developing. Fire and Water are combined here, then, and the blending of these two is the innermost secret of the alchemistical process of Transmutation. They deceive themselves, and drinking the false elixir thus prepared, are drugged into a semiconscious state in which they are unable to perceive even the approach of their own ruin. Thus it is that when we have before us that complete map of the astral body of any individual, which is a birth-chart, we can determine in a positive, scientific and detailed manner how any invisible vibratory rate of which we know the key will affect him. The figure of Justice carries a sickle shaped sword as well as the scales, and she sits on a raised dais with a lion at her side and a solar canopy over her head, reminding one that Capricorn is the natural sign of the meridian where the Sun reaches its point of culmination. At the death of Jacob the twelve signs were thus represented, and Jacob himself, after delivering his blessings, was straitway gathered to his fathers, a Transformation such as is represented by Arcanum XIII. Initiation --The evolving soul, passing through the lower kingdoms, where strife and self-preservation are dominant factors, develops the animal propensities and instincts to a high degree. Other than sex, the only possible difference between souls which thus have been differentiated at the same time is due to the diversity of experiences which they have had since differentiation. Occult Science --Masonry is that one of the seven branches of magic which treats in particular of the use of the emotions engendered by sex; and of the evolution of the human soul and its manifestations on the three planes of being, as set forth by means of signs, symbols and rituals. He determines that the good of cosmic society shall be his constant aim. Astrology --Astrologically, the house governing pleasure, joy, happiness, children and love affairs, is ruled by the zodiacal sign Leo.

But in no case should they be considered as a Science of Vibration; for such a science is based upon the observed effect of thought vibratory-rates, and is something entirely apart from any kind of divination. The reverberatory furnace imparts some energy to them, but not enough to complete the transmutation process. , ISBN-10 However large the orbit of the student's investigations, or however recondite the plane of its action, he will find that it must start with, and finally end in, this kabalistical trinity of Life, Light and Love. Sephir Yetzirah signifies The Book of Formation, and is supposed to have been dictated by Abraham. He is then told to cut them at random into three separate piles, and to collect them again into one pack in a manner giving them a different position than they had before cutting. The true Hermetic Arcanum is a spirituo-intellectual perception, achieved after all classifications have been completed, worked with and meditated upon, and of true place and function of each specific thing in a total spiritual-material creation. D--4 expresses in the spiritual world, the realization, perpetual and hierarchic, of the virtualities, the efficacies, contained in Absolute Being. 4 is the environment more or less concealed, ruling the home, real estate, and the end of life. Human function, the sense of smell. Arcanum II, Isis, where polarity first manifests, is negative, or feminine. But acts of faith require a single chief, 8. Now, the interesting thing here is that the very first "Intelligence" is designated Fiery, but is paired with a letter (Aleph) which signifies a breath (see footnote 3:2), and which is thus the symbol of air. This desire stimulates its unconscious mind. The work, translated into English was possessed by members of The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor (long since closed), and is fully as lucid in explaining mystical atonement as are the teachings on this subject of any western order. Magic --In Magic, Arcanum V expresses the importance of using the proper symbols in all invocations and in ceremonial magic. The tarot itself expounds a complete religious doctrine based upon a spiritual science. Masonry --The Masonic degree known as the Heroine of Jericho is founded upon Arcanum XI. In fact, when properly established, there is a continuously consciousness of each other on the part of both, and the fusion is more or less continuous. Fortune or misfortune does not come equally through all departments of life. For instance, should Arcanum XVI be turned up it might read as an accident, which is the common meaning. The upper story of the diagram is Atziluth, or Emanation; the next lower is Briah, or Creation; below this is Yetzirah, or Formation; and the lowest of all is Assiah, the realm of Action. The Broader Significance of Each Card --On each Major Arcanum is given its corresponding number, at the upper right-hand corner is the symbol of its astrological planet or sign, below is the English letter, at the lower left-hand corner its Hebrew and Chaldean letter, at the lower right-hand its Egyptian letter, and if it corresponds to a zodiacal sign, the stars of the constellation picturing the sign are traced on the card as they appear in the sky. The divinatory significance of the Five of Coins is abundant wealth; its inner interpretation is INSPIRATION. This is the principle upon which rests that great law of physics called the conservation of energy. And the method of using it and giving such a divinatory reading by means of numbers is set forth in chapter 8. This division of the Jewish secret doctrine has four chief headings, each embracing more or less numerous commentaries which were written at different times by different writers: 1. Benjamine points out that the Sun is the source of all physical, mental and emotional power expressed here, and claims that the card represents perfection, union, and attainment in all three, and also in all the 4 worlds of the Qabalists, symbolized by the 4 beasts. In other words, the remedy is applied in such quantity as will give the diseased part the vigor to overcome the disease. All mental processes are governed by the LAW OF ASSOCIATION. Therefore, no matter upon what plane the hermetic art is carried out, there must be a thorough purification of the metals used. The full justification of the substitution will appear when the corresponding Tarot cards are discussed in the course of the exposition of all the cards, in the sequence corresponding to the Grand Pentagram schema, which I propose to embark on now. The divinatory significance of the Eight of Cups is extravagance; its inner interpretation is SELF-SACRIFICE. 3 is the society of partners, and rules the husband or wife, open enemies, and law suits. No directions are assigned to the Mother letters. The vi transition to saying the ritual as if it described a flattened cross in the horizontal plane possibly occurred when Qabalists moved from low to high latitudes and the Sun appeared to culminate in the South rather than above, but no hint of whether in the cross or flat plane form, is given when the planets are placed on the cube in the "amended" Golden Dawn order. And herein lies the secret of rejuvenation; for, in the exchange of these finer energies, controlled and directed by love, there is a power to restore and maintain youth and vigor. 20:5; "But the rest of the dead lived again until a thousand years were finished." Each of the Minor Arcana below 10 thus corresponds strictly to one of the 10 degree section of the zodiac. Alchemy --Arcanum XIV represents the fluxing of polar opposites, or mental antidotes. But whether one passes through the doorway to astral existence quickly or slowly, ultimately the time arrives when he awakens into full consciousness of his surroundings. But the soul world closest to earth is the lower astral, in which dwell earth-bound souls, vicious elementals, depraved elementaries, and a host of other entities, some of which are harmlessly mischievous, some of which are inimical to man, and some of whom desire to use him for their own ends. It is measured by the voltage, so to speak, of the thought; that is, by the energy supplied the thought by the thinker; and by the key to which it vibrates. Because the scale of digits is complete with 9; and 10, by adding the circle of spirit, commences a new gamut on a higher plane, we have no difficulty in conceiving 11 as a force operating from the spiritual plane. And below all is the region of Adonai--Shekinah. Houses in which there has been great mental anguish, or terrifying emotions associated with tragedy, sometimes become so permeated with these thought forms as decidedly to be uncomfortable, and even unlucky, for subsequent occupants. Number, 7. This same law must apply to the after-life of man. A sphinx, as composed of the four emblems of the zodiacal quadrants, indicates the passage of time. Intuition is used to check reason, and the psychic senses are developed to a keenness that they can be depended on for far-reaching information not accessible in the outer world. It is the external vehicle through which the soul gains experience and manifests its developing attributes. This choice should be made only after careful analysis has revealed the quality of each, the effort at all times being made to retain that which already is far advanced and truly useful. It is the number of the vernal cross, of spring-time, of the sign Aries in which the sun commences a new cycle of life. That is, the Pole of the earth is moving in an orbit at right angles to the earth's diurnal rotation at the rate of about 1 second every 2 years, or 1 degree in 7,200 years. It is also the practical as applied to everyday affairs. Tone, high C. Occult science, mundane astrology. Shed thy passions and thy errors in order to study the mysteries of true science and the key will be given thee; then a ray of divine light will break from the occult sanctuary in order to dissipate the shadows of thy future and show thee the way of happiness.