12/3/2023 0 Comments Pythagorean numerology 8![]() ![]() Again, it feels like an external system of numerology that we’re imposing on Tarot, rather than something organic to the structure of the deck itself. But in some way I can’t quite express, this misses the mark for me. There’s precedent enough for it in the long history of Western numerology. Each author has a slight twist on it, but broadly speaking, a Pythagorean numerology will look something like this:Īnd there’s nothing wrong with this, exactly. Most of the books I’ve read, including ones specifically on the TdM, use a roughly Pythagorean system of numerology for the suits. I don’t want to reapply Qabalistic numerology I want to discover a numerology latent in the Tarot de Marseille itself. My goal with TdM is to avoid importing any later assumptions or structures that got added onto the Tarot. Honestly, though, that feels like cheating. It might look something like the following: (Aces are Kether, Twos are Chokmah, and so on down the Tree of Life.) Now, I could very easily choose to just import that Qabalistic numerology, and I would have a workable system to apply to the suits. The nature of TdM reading is looser and less standardized than RWS or Thoth-style Tarot, where the significance of the Minor Arcana is strongly influenced by Qabalistic numerology. This turned out to be a more complicated process than I had hoped. ![]() The next step in my journey with the TdM, then, is figuring out what the numbers mean. Reading the minors in TdM is broadly accepted to be a process of synthesizing a card’s suit with its number: There’s a particular meaning associated with the suit, and another meaning associated with the number, and you put those things together to get the meaning of the individual card. In my previous post, I sat down with the four minor suits of the Tarot de Marseille in order to get a sense of what those suits signify. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.įollow Tags Astrology British Traditional Wicca Carl Jung Cartomancy Cyclicality in Tarot Death Devotional Polytheism Divination Duality in Tarot Eight of Cups Eight of Swords Ethics Gardnerian Gardnerian Wicca How I Use Tarot How Tarot Works Judgment Jung Justice Kabbalah King of Cups Magic Magick Major Arcana Minor Arcana Nine of Swords Nine of Wands Numerology OOTK Opening of the Key Paganism Pathworking Philosophy Polytheism Qabalah Qabalah for Wiccans Religion Rodnovery Sample Reading Shadow Work Shakespeare Six of Swords Slavic Slavic Native Faith Slavic Polytheism Strength Tarot Tarot Cards Tarot Decks Tarot de Marseille Tarot Reading Tarot Spreads TdM Temperance The Chariot The Devil The Emperor The Empress The Fool The Hanged Man The Hermit The Hierophant The High Priestess The Lovers The Magician The Moon The Star The Tower Thoth Tarot Tree of Life Two of Cups Video Wheel of the Year Wicca Witchcraft ![]()
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