Western Tarot symbolism
Ace of Cups
A cloud-borne cup, water and a descending sacramental emblem give this Ace several symbolic layers.
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Western Tarot symbolism
A cloud-borne cup, water and a descending sacramental emblem give this Ace several symbolic layers.
Western Tarot symbolism
A cloud-borne pentacle raises a distinction between material prosperity and its benefit.
Western Tarot symbolism
A crowned sword represents force whose outcome is not uniformly favourable.
Western Tarot symbolism
A hand from a cloud presents the suit's single stout wand.
Baughan’s historical astrology
Baughan associates Aquarius with the legs and ankles and the colour sky blue.
Baughan’s historical astrology
Baughan associates Aries with the head and face and the colour white.
Baughan’s historical astrology
Baughan associates Cancer with the breast and stomach and the colour green and russet brown.
Baughan’s historical astrology
Baughan associates Capricorn with the knees and hams and the colour black or dark brown.
Western Tarot symbolism
Ten dealt positions form a cross and a four-card staff around a separately chosen representative card.
Japanese legends, Davis retelling
Trigrams, counting rods and sacred preparation in Davis’s historical survey.
Baughan’s historical astrology
An angular relationship in the book’s fivefold scheme of aspects.
Western Tarot symbolism
A rider whose passage joins mortality with transformation.
Western Tarot symbolism
A departing figure gives the Eight an image of leaving an earlier concern behind.
Western Tarot symbolism
Stone work supplies an image of craft that can be preparatory rather than complete.
Western Tarot symbolism
A bound figure surrounded by swords is expressly described as temporarily confined.
Western Tarot symbolism
Flying wands carry the numbered suit into an image of swift motion.
Western Tarot symbolism
Three fallen cups and two remaining upright make loss and remainder part of one composition.
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Two figures passing a lit window receive explicitly incompatible interpretations.
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A figure controlling the field watches two others retreat while their swords remain on the ground.
Western Tarot symbolism
Five youths brandish staves in a scene described as mock combat.
Western Tarot symbolism
The alternative method repeatedly regroups cards before forming six rows of seven.
Western Tarot symbolism
An offered fourth cup meets a seated figure's dissatisfaction with the three already present.
Western Tarot symbolism
A figure holding several pentacles gives possession a concrete visual arrangement.
Western Tarot symbolism
A knight's tomb effigy is described in prayer, linking repose with memorial imagery.