Thought u wud find it interesting:
Fool- Uranus/Air
Magician- Mercury
High Priestess-Moon
Emperor- Aries
Empress- Venus
The Hierophant- Taurus
The Lovers- Gemini
Chariot- Cancer
Strength- Leo
The Hermit- Virgo
Wheel of Fortune- Jupiter
Justice- Libra
The Hanged Man- Neptune/Water
Death- Scorpio
Temperance- Sagittarius
The Devil- Capricorn
The Tower- Mars
The Star- Aquarius
The Moon- Pisces
The Sun- Sun
Judgement- Pluto/Fire
The World- Saturn
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I think those who are intimately familiar with the Tarot may dispute some (or maybe all) of those astrological correspondences.
These were attributed by the Order of the Golden Dawn, of which AE Waite and Aleister Crowley were both members of. They originally only had the 7 Planets, but in recent times, others have slotted in the 3 Outer Planets into the cards which the GD had elemental associations (the Fool, Hanged Man, and Judgement).
Brian Clark (who wrote the book for Kay Steventon's Celestial Tarot) has stuck with these associations for conventional reasons, and he is quite a renowned Astrology teacher here in Australia.
However, I dispute these traditional GD correspondences, as I do the correspondences of the Hebrew Letters. It needs to be remembered that these correspondences were only put in place for the GD's own purposes.
I encourage anyone who uses Tarot to develop their own correspondences, to really think about the meaning of the card, explore the imagery and then compare/contrast with Astrological symbolism. Who is to say that one card can't relate to more than one planet or sign. And what about the asteroids, planetoids, fixed stars, etc?
Here's something to think about as an example:
Which of the main 10 planets fits better with the idea of the Tower? Mars (the conventional GD correspondence) or Uranus?
Just some food for contemplation..... I guarantee a richer interaction with the Tarot if you open your mind and ignore convention....
P
These were attributed by the Order of the Golden Dawn, of which AE Waite and Aleister Crowley were both members of. They originally only had the 7 Planets, but in recent times, others have slotted in the 3 Outer Planets into the cards which the GD had elemental associations (the Fool, Hanged Man, and Judgement).
Brian Clark (who wrote the book for Kay Steventon's Celestial Tarot) has stuck with these associations for conventional reasons, and he is quite a renowned Astrology teacher here in Australia.
However, I dispute these traditional GD correspondences, as I do the correspondences of the Hebrew Letters. It needs to be remembered that these correspondences were only put in place for the GD's own purposes.
I encourage anyone who uses Tarot to develop their own correspondences, to really think about the meaning of the card, explore the imagery and then compare/contrast with Astrological symbolism. Who is to say that one card can't relate to more than one planet or sign. And what about the asteroids, planetoids, fixed stars, etc?
Here's something to think about as an example:
Which of the main 10 planets fits better with the idea of the Tower? Mars (the conventional GD correspondence) or Uranus?
Just some food for contemplation..... I guarantee a richer interaction with the Tarot if you open your mind and ignore convention....
P
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