
Absorb
thyself in this great sea of the waters of life. Dive deep in it until thou hast
lost thyself.
And having lost thyself, then thou shalt find thyself again. Even as it is
written,
“She had her dwelling in the great sea and was a fish therein.”
Aleph
am I: From my unfathomable will the universe hath it beginning.
In my boundless wisdom are the types and patterns of all things.
Changeless,
this great deep of elemental water remaineth forever pure.
Because of this, it possesseth the quality of stability. From water do all forms
have their beginning.
(Callisto/The
Fool - The Bitter Suite)
(Originally from The Book of Tokens by Paul Foster Case)
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0 The
Fool - Folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy,
bewrayment. Reversed: Negligence, absence, distribution, carelessness,
apathy, nullity, vanity. |
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The Magician - Skill, diplomacy, address; sickness, pain, loss, disaster; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male. Reversed: Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet. |
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II
The
High Priestess - Secrets, mystery, the future as yet unrevealed; the woman
who interests the Querent, if Querent is male; the Querent is female;
silence, tenacity; wisdom, science. Reversed: Passion, moral or physical
ardour, conceit, surface knowledge. |
III
The
Empress - Fruitfulness, action, initiative, length of days; the unknown,
clandestine; also difficulty, doubt, ignorance. Reversed: Light, truth,
the unraveling of involved matters, public rejoicings; according to
another reading, vacillation. |
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IV
The
Emperor - Stability, power, protection; a great person; aid, reason,
conviction. Reversed: Benevolence, compassion, credit; also confusion to
enemies, obstruction, immaturity. |
V
The Hierophant - Marriage alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse. Reversed: Society, good understanding, concord, over-kindness, weakness. |
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VI
The Lovers - Attraction, love, beauty, trials overcome. Reversed: Failure, foolish designs. |
VII
The
Chariot - Succour, providence; also war, triumph, presumption, vengeance,
trouble. Reversed: Riot, quarrel, dispute, litigation, defeat. |
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VIII
Strength
- Power, energy, action, courage, magnamity. Reversed: Despotism, abuse of
power, weakness, discord. |
IX
The
Hermit - Prudence; also and especially treason, dissimulation, roguery,
corruption. Reversed: Concealment, disguise, policy, fear, unreasoned
caution. |
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X
Wheel
Of Fortune - Destiny, fortune, success, luck, felicity. Reversed:
Increase, abundance, superfluity. |
XI
Justice
- Equity, rightness, probity, executive. Reversed: Law in all departments,
bigotry, bias, excessive severity. |
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XII
The
Hanged Man - Wisdom, circumspection, discernment, trials, sacrifice,
intuition, divination, prophecy. Reversed: Selfishness, the crowd, body
politic. |
XIII
Death - End, mortality, destruction, corruption. Reversed: Inertia, sleep, lethargy, petrifaction, somnambulism. |
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XIV
Temperance - Economy, moderation, frugality, management, accommodation. Reversed: Things connected with churches, religions, sects, the priesthood; also disunion, unfortunate combinations, competing interests. |
XV
The Devil - Ravage, violence, vehemence, extraordinary efforts, force, fatality; that which is predestined but not for this reason evil. Reversed: Evil fatality, weakness, pettiness, blindness. |
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XVI
The
Tower - Misery, distress, indigence, adversity, calamity, disgrace,
deception, ruin. Reversed: According to one account, the same in lesser
degree; also oppression, imprisonment, tyranny. |
XVII
The
Star - Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says - hope
and bright prospects. Reversed: Arrogance, haughtiness, impotence. |
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XVIII
The
Moon - Hidden enemies, danger, calumny, darkness, terror, deception,
error. Reversed: Instability, inconstancy, silence, lesser degrees of
deception and error. |
XIX
The
Sun - Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment. Reversed: The
same in a lesser sense. |
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XX
Judgement
- Change of position, renewal, outcome. Reversed: Weakness, pusillanimity,
simplicity, also deliberation, decision, sentence. |
XXI
The
World - Assured success, voyage, route, emigration, flight, change of
place. Reversed: Inertia, fixity, stagnation, permanence. |
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Based
of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck
Designed by Pamela Colman Smith
under the direction of ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE
Descriptions written by ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE