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| Correspondences of the Major Arcana |
| The Fool The Fool has no number, this is because Chaos cannot be placed in any orderly system. Hebrew letter: Aleph Rune: Jera Air Colour: Pale yellow Tree: Aspen The Fool symbolises many things such as heedlessness and a path to discovery. Everyone plays the fool at different times in our lives. This is a card of further investigation which may lead to misfortune or enlightenment. The Magician (also called The Juggler) "As above so below" Number: 1 Hebrew letter: Beth Rune: Man Planet: Mercury Trees: Plam and Vervain Colour: Yellow God: Thoth This card symbolises balance. Can be used in ritual work and meditations when one feels off-balance. The High Preistess (also called the Female Pope) Number: 2 Hwebrew letter: Gimel Rune: Ur Planet: Moon Tree: Almond and Hazel Colour: Blue God(dess): Juno The High Priestess is a card of female energy, religion, and strength. This canrd may be helpful in ritual and meditation work when there is a need for spiritual strenght. The Empress Number: 3 Hebrew letter: Daleth Rune: Beorc Planet: Venus Plants: Myrtle and Rose Colour: Emerald Green The Empress symbolises feritliy, full bounty, domestic happiness, woman's abilities and creativity. Also, sometimes this card can be interprated as a pregnancy. This is a good card for use in spellwork for happiness at home. Another use for it is to be meditated upon before embarking on a new endeavor. The Emperor Number: 4 Hebrew letter: He. Rune: Thorn Planet: Mars Plant: Geranium Astrological: Aries Colour: Scarlet He is the ruler of the material world. The Emperor symbolises strength, courage, and will-power. He is also a consort. This card can help one overcome fears and is useful during rituals involving courage. Hierophant (also called The Pope) Number: 5 Hebrew letter: Vau Rune: Rad Astrological: Taurus Planet: Venus Herb: Mallow Colour: Red-Orange God: Jupiter The Hierophant is the one who reveals sacred things. He symbolises wisdom, asceticism, and strength. This card may be used to bring about spiritual awareness. The Lovers Number: 6 Hebrew letter: Zain Rune: Gyfu Planet: Mercury Astrological: Gemini Plant: Orchid Colour: Orange God/dess(es): Aphrodites, Cupid, and Bacchus. The Lovers sybmolise youth and love. If placed under the pillow while sleeping it will bring prophetic dreams of love. One can use this card during love spell work and for rituals and meditations involving love. The Chariot Number: 7 Hebrew letter: Cheth Rune: Cen Astrological: Cancer Planet: Moon Plant: Lotus (flower) Colour: Amber The Chariot symbolises unity and victory. This card is good for meditations, visualisations, spellwork, and rituals where there is a need to overcome an obstacle. Justice Number: 8 Hebrew letter: Lamed Rune: Tyr Planet: Venus Astrological: Libra Plant: Aloe vera Colour: Emerald green Justice symgolises balance, right, and justice and is useful in help with judicial cases. Also, this is a card often used in decision making rituals. The Hermit Number: 9 Hebrew letter: Yod Rune: Is Planet: Mercury Astrological: Virgo Plant: Narcissus and Lily Colour: Yellowish-green The Hermit symbolises secrecy and wisdom. This is a card that is helpu while meditating and when searching for ancient teachings. It has the ability to help you find the information you seek and can be used for studies in self reliance and self pleasure. Wheel of Fortune Number: 10 Hebrew letter: Kaph Rune: Peorth Planet: Jupiter Tree: Poplar and Oak Colour: Violet The Wheel of Fortune sybolises destiny and fate. This is a good card to use during divinations and can be helpful in rituals of planning out your fate by placing a card before it symbolising what you are currently. Next, place a card after the Wheel of Fortune to represent that which you wish to become. Strength Number: 11 Hebrew letter: Teth Rune: Wyn Planet: Sun Astrological: Leo Plant: Sunflower Colour: Greenish-yellow Strenghth symbolises courage and strenght and is used for attaning victory. The Hanged Man Number: 12 Hebrew letter: Mem Rune: Eoh Water Plant: All water plants Colour: Deep blue God: Odin The Hanged Man symbolises the sacrifice that is required for further growth. This is a good choice to use in spellwork, meditations, and rituals when giving up a habit. Death Number: 13 Hebrew letter: Nun Rune: As Planet: Mars Astrological: Scorpio Plant: Cactus Colour: Greenish-blue Autumn Death symbolises the end of a cycle. This card is used in meditation, rituals, spellwork for endings. For example, an ending of a bad habit or lifestyle, a negative cycle, or a bad memory. Temperance Number: 14 Hebrew letter: Samekh Rune: Dag Planet: Jupiter Astrological: Sagittarius Plant: Rush Colour: Blue God(s): Centaurs Temperance symbolises fruitfulness, life, economy, transformation, and postive action. This is an ideal card to use in rituals for starting a positive lifestyle and/or meditations for finding a positive path in life. The Devil Number: 15 Hebrew letter: Ayin Rune: Nyd Planet: Saturn Astrological: Saturn Plant: Thistle Colour: Indigo Goddess: Ishtar (also because the nuber 15 is closely associated with sex) The Devil symbolises that which you do not like in yourself like arrogance, deception, and greed. It is also a card of power, lust, and mastery. In ritual and spell work this card may be used to avoid temptations by first placing the Devil card down, face up, and the card representing yourself face up above it. You are showing you are above tempting by doing this. The Tower (also known as Falling Tower or The Mad House) Number: 16 Hebrew letter: Pe Rune: Feoh Planet: Mars Plants: Rue and Absinthe Colour: Scarlet The Tower symbolises calamity or an unhappy suprise. A Quabbalistic interpretation of this card is that it's a card of discipline as it tests ones perceptaions. Use in a ritual to place misfortune or bad luck behind you or beneath you. To do this: lay down the tower card face up, and place a card signifying yourself above it. As with the devil exercise similar to this one you are showing yourself supriror to bad luck and misfortune. The Star Number: 17 Hebrew letter: Tzaddi Rune: Lagu Planet: Saturn Astrological: Aquarius Plant: Coconut Colour: Violet Goddess(es): Isis or Nature Associted with the Summer Solstice The Star is the guiding star in the night. The Star symboilses new life, beginnings, and hope. As well as that it is a card of intuition. The Star is used in spellwork to bering about a wish, hope, or desire condition. The Moon "The traveller's friend." Number: 18 Hebrew letter: Qoph Rune: Odal Planet: Jupiter Astrological: Pisces Plant: Mugwort and Opium Colour: Crimsom Day: Monday Goddess: Hecate The Moon symbolises secrecy, ancient wisdom, hidden mysteries, and possible deception and trickery. This is also a card of initiation. This card should only be used in meditations when you are without fear. The Sun Number: 19 Hebrew letter: Resh Rune: Sigel Planet: Sun Plants: Heliotrope and Sunflower Colour: Orange The Sun symbolises peace, brilliance, contentment, and openness. The Sun is a card for overcoming problems. This card may also be ued to help bring out your inner self into the open. Another use for The Sun is to lead to high merntal abilities. The Judgment Number: 20 Hebrew letter: Shin Rune: Ing Fire Plants: Nettle and Red poppy Colour: Orange-Scarlet The Judgement symbolises rising up to better things and change. It is a card of release. This card is a good card ot use to bring a positive change into your life. The World Number: 21 Hebrew letter: Tau Rune: Hagal Planet: Saturn Trees: Yew, Cypress, and Ash Colour: Indigo Goddess: Gaia Associated with the Winter Solstice. The World symbolises success, full bounty, and good health. In Quabbala this card is related to the twenty-second path which lead from earth to the astral plane. This is a good card to use for astral projection. |