I am now on my fourth attempt at rationalising the tables on Liber 777, and this time I think I have cracked it. Mind you, I thought I had cracked it previously, but as the months go by, and I look at the pages, I realise there are still serious problems. This time the penny dropped – I had included the Goetic powers in the Major Arcana when they should be in the relevant Minor Arcana pages. Blindingly obvious when you think about it. Continue reading
Take a close look at the Golden Dawn’s Hanged Man. Do you see any evidence of water in the man suspended upside down? Do you see any connection between the profound life-giving precious substance that may one day be more expensive than oil, and the notion of sacrifice and suspension? I don’t, and yet when I see this card in a reading, it invariably suggests some idea of renunciation, of giving up. Continue reading
In Kate Mosse’s latest book Sepulchre, tarot is central to the plot, so I decided to investigate. At the front of the book eight major arcana are illustrated (in English rather than the French titles for clarity):