![]() ![]() Upon the dark sea of Binah, the Great Mother, are Lotuses, two in one, which fill the cup with the Life-fluid, symbolically represented either as Water, as Blood, or as Wine, according to the selected purpose of the symbolism. The great Letter of the Supernal Mother is traced in the spray of the Fountain. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.Īce of Cups - Table 13 Symbols on the Card Book "T" 10Ī WHITE Radiant Angelic Hand, issuing from clouds, and supporting on the palm thereof a cup, resembling that of the Stolistes.įrom it rises a fountain of clear and glistening water: and sprays falling on all sides into clear calm water below, in which grow Lotuses and Water-lilies. Reversed: House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.Īdditional Meanings: Inflexible will, unalterable law. This accordingly represents the essential form of the Holy Grail.ĭivinatory Meanings: House of the true heart, joy, content, abode, nourishment, abundance, fertility Holy Table, felicity hereof. It is the feminine complement of the Ace of Wands, and is derived from the Yoni and the Moon exactly as that is from the Lingam and the Sun. This card represents the element of Water in its most secret and original form. The point to remember is that, both in their appearance and in their meaning, the Aces are not the elements themselves, but the seeds of those elements. Perhaps it was never in the mind of the Exempt Adept or Adepts who invented the Tarot to go so far into this matter. On the other hand, Spirit represents Kether. It is very remarkable that the Tablet of Spirit in the Enochian system is the key to all mischief as, in the Hindu system, Akasha is the Egg of Darkness. Generally speaking, the attributions of Spirit are not clear and simple like those of the other elements. The letter Shin, which is the letter of Fire, has to do double duty by representing Spirit as well. The idea of the element of Spirit is very difficult to grasp. It represents Spirit ruling the four elements, and is thus a symbol of the Triumph of Man. To make this relationship clear, one may go a little into the symbol of the pentagram, or Shield of David. Thus, roughly, Aces-Princesses Wands cover Asia, Cups the Pacific Ocean, Swords the Americas, Disks Europe and Africa. The Meridian is the Great Pyramid, and the Elements rule, going Eastward, in the order of Tetragrammaton, Fire, Water, Air, Earth. They form a link between the small cards and the Princesses, who rule the Heavens around the North Pole. ![]() In these cards is no real manifestation of the element in its material form. They are quite above, and distinct from, the other small cards in the same way as Kether is said to be symbolized only by the topmost point of the Yod of Tetragrammaton. The Aces represent the roots of the four elements. It symbolizes Fertility - productiveness, beauty, pleasure, happiness, etc. The Four Aces are said to be placed on the North Pole of the Universe wherein they revolve, governing its revolution and ruling as the connecting link between Yetzirah and the Material Plane or Universe. The quadrant containing the area of the pacificįIRST in order and importance are the Four Aces, representing the Force of the Spirit, acting in, and binding together, the Four Scales of each Element: and answering to the Dominion of the Letters of the Name in the Kether of each. Part of Soul: Yechidah (the spiritual spark that is one with God, or, more non-denominationally, the universe itself) Kabbalistic World and Color Scale of the Suit ![]() And it is the Primal Glory, because no created being can attain to its essence. The First Path is called the Admirable or Hidden Intelligence because it is the Light giving the power of comprehension of the First Principle, which hath no beginning. Queen Scale: Sea Green, King Scale: Deep Blue Book "T" - The Titles of the Tarot Symbols 1 ![]()
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