by Gwen | Apr 28, 2022 | Alchemy, Mystical Symbols
You might think that a card from the suit of Wands would rule the decan of May that included Beltane. It’s such a fiery energy, after all. And I expected to find that it was ruled by a 2 or 3, since Beltane is often described as being the start of summer. So, 2 or 3...
by Gwen | Mar 15, 2022 | Alchemy, Mystical Symbols
Everyone likes bees these days and it’s a good thing because they are so central to our survival on the planet. But even before we knew about their role in pollination around the world, people still thought of them as useful little creatures, working hard and in...
by Gwen | Feb 24, 2022 | Marseilles Tarot, Mystical Symbols
It is one of two or three Tarot cards that pulls everyone up short. You draw The Tower, and everything comes to a screeching halt. If you’re like me, you kind of blank out for a moment, or hear that dead-air, offline buzz. This is big. The way I learned The Tower was...
by Gwen | Feb 7, 2022 | Mystical Symbols, Thoth Tarot, Tree of Life
In the vast majority of Tarot decks, The Fool is the first of the Trumps and is numbered zero. From there decks move into number I for The Magician and II for the High Priestess, and so on. It’s all in order and makes perfect sense. Once upon a time, The Fool lived in...
by Gwen | Nov 19, 2021 | Deck Reviews, Mystical Symbols, Tree of Life
In 1855, Eliphas Levi published Dogma et Rituel de la haute magie, in which he assigns the letters of the Hebrew alphabet to the Tarot Major Arcana. The correspondence was first mentioned in 1781 by Antoine Court de Gébelin, but Levi arranged the associations more...
by Gwen | Oct 12, 2021 | Coffee With Crowley, Mystical Symbols, Thoth Tarot, Tree of Life
I thought I would have a look at some of Aleister Crowley’s birth cards, to celebrate his 146th birthday today. For his Major Arcana card we have The Chariot. On the Tree of Life, the Chariot connects the 3rd Sephira with the 5th (there’s a Tree of Life image...
