Air

Air

The Air element relates to Swords Minor Arcana, Gemini, Libra and Aquarius. Air corresponds to Yesod on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. The Princes court cards also relate to Air.

In YHVH, the V is Air.

LETTER ALEPH – A

The Holy Ghost – Fool – Knight-Errant. Folly’s doom is ruin

Aleph = The Holy Ghost – Fool – Knight-Errant

Peh = Ruin

Letter Aleph

11. Aleph means an Ox, principally because the shape of the letter suggests the shape of a yoke. There is also a reference to the mildness and patience of Harpocrates: indeed, to his sexual innocence. The function of ploughing is clearly the chief idea involved: herein lies a paradox – to be studied in the last act of Parsifal.

Aleph relates to the element air. It is related to The Fool, and has the value of 1

RVCH, RUACH

Ruach means air, also breath and mind, thought being the expression in expansion of the union of Chokmah and Binah in the subconscious. Ruach is also translated Spirit – Latin Spiritus. There must be no confusion between this “Spirit” and that symbolized by the letter Shin. The distinctions are of the utmost importance, and so manifold and subtle that the subject demands a complete essay in itself.

Lord of Earned Success – 6 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Lord of Earned Success – 6 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title - Lord of Earned Success Divinatory meanings of Six of Swords A task that may be accomplished through words. The door opens; obstacles are removed. MacGregor Mathers Envoy, Messenger, Voyage, Travel Reversed Declaration, Love proposed, Revelation,...

Lord of Futility – 7 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Lord of Futility – 7 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title - Lord of Futility Divinatory meanings of Seven of Swords Imaginings beyond possibility, the jolt of shattered dreams. MacGregor Mathers Hope, Confidence, Desire, Attempt, Wish. Reversed Wise Advice, Good Counsel, Wisdom, Prudence, Circumspection....

Lord of Shortened Force – 8 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Lord of Shortened Force – 8 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title - Lord of Shortened Force Divinatory meanings of Eight of Swords Magick used. Possible over-application of force for, in contrast, a petty end. Complex means used when more simple would suffice. Unstable result (effects gained through magick tend to...

0 The Fool – Rider-Waite

0 The Fool – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmNcRHWF9A_/ With light step, as if earth and its trammels had little power to restrain him, a young man in gorgeous vestments pauses at the brink of a precipice among the great heights of the world; he surveys the blue distance...

Lord of Despair and Cruelty – 9 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Lord of Despair and Cruelty – 9 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title - Lord of Despair and Cruelty Divinatory meanings of Nine of Swords A move, such as a change of residence, or the intercession of a courier. An expected gift arrives, for good. MacGregor Mathers An Ecclesiastic, A Priest, Conscience, Probity, Good...

Lord of Ruin – 10 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Lord of Ruin – 10 of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title - Lord of Ruin Divinatory meanings of Ten of Swords Succumbing before the onslaught of inevitable forces, perseverance against great odds. Success at great price. MacGregor Mathers Tears, Affliction, Grief, Sorrow. Reversed Passing Success, Momentary...

11 Justice – Golden Dawn

11 Justice – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title: The Daughter of the Lords of Truth Divinatory meanings of Justice Balance, harmony, justice. Legal Matters Correct design of Justice Justice with scales and balances Hebrew letter Lamed, L The Woman justified. By Equilibrium and Self-sacrifice is...

King of Swords – Golden Dawn

King of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title Lord of the Winds and Breezes, King of the Spirit of Air Divinatory meanings He is active, clever, subtle, fierce, delicate, courageous, skilful, bit inclined to domineer. Also to overvalue small things, unless well-dignified. Ill-dignified...

King of Swords – Rider-Waite

King of Swords – Rider-Waite

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnDX4F9AHrl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link He sits in judgment, holding the unsheathed sign of his suit. He recalls, of course, the conventional Symbol of justice in the Trumps Major, and he may represent this virtue, but he is rather the...

Queen of Swords – Golden Dawn

Queen of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title Queen of the Thrones of Air Divinatory meanings Intensely perceptive, keen observation, subtle, quick, confident, often perseveringly accurate in superficial things, graceful, fond of dancing and balancing. Ill-dignified, cruel, sly, deceitful,...

Queen of Swords – Rider-Waite

Queen of Swords – Rider-Waite

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bm5VuijlJnS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=1qfdo0731qv4t Her right hand raises the weapon vertically and the hilt rests on an arm of her royal chair the left hand is extended, the arm raised her countenance is severe but chastened;...

Prince of Swords – Golden Dawn

Prince of Swords – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title Prince of the Chariots of the Winds Divinatory meanings Full of ideas and thoughts and designs, distrustful, suspicious, firm in friendship and enmity, careful, slow, over-cautious. Symbolises Alpha and Omega, the Giver of Death who slays as fast as...