Mother Letter

Mother Letter

The Mother Letter is a term found in the Sepher Yetsirah. It refers to three letters of the Hebrew alphabet, Aleph, Mem and Shin, which are Air, Water and Fire respectively.

In the Tarot the Mother letter applies to the Major Arcana, The Fool, The Hanged Man, and Judgement or Aeon

0 The Fool – Book of Thoth

The Fool represents the beginning of something. It is almost impossible to predict exactly what will happen, since it is invariably something new, and not based on what has gone before. He defies rationality or logic. This creates an excitable sensation, a frisson or...

12 The Hanged Man – Book of Thoth

The Hanged Man Tarot divinatory meanings Suspension and loss. Generally the client is either doing too little to achieve anything or she is waiting forlornly for someone to do something for her. Alternatively, actions are altruistic - for the benefit of others - a...

20 Aeon – Book of Thoth

Aeon Tarot divinatory meanings Aeon shows it is time to move on. Coming to a resolution about a situation. When you understand where you are, and what you have done, you are able to see the bigger picture. http://youtu.be/Pt5Z7Ov1fgo Book of Thoth - Aeon Be every Act...

0 The Fool – Golden Dawn

0 The Fool – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn Title of The Fool: The Spirit of Ether Divinatory Meanings of The Fool Idea, thought, spirituality, that which endeavours to rise above the material. MacGregor Mathers Folly, Expiation, Wavering. Reversed meanings Hesitation, Instability, Trouble arising...

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...

12 The Hanged Man – Golden Dawn

12 The Hanged Man – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn Title of The Hanged Man: The Spirit of the Mighty Waters Divinatory Meanings of The Hanged Man Enforced sacrifice. Punishment. Loss. Fatal and not voluntary. Suffering generally. MacGregor Mathers Self-sacrifice, Sacrifice, Devotion, Bound. Reversed...

20 Judgment – Golden Dawn

20 Judgment – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title of Judgement: The Spirit of the Primal Fire Divinatory Meanings Final decision. Judgement. Sentence. Determination of a matter without appeal on its plane. MacGregor Mathers Renewal, Result, Determination of a Matter. Reversed meanings Postponement...

12 The Hanged Man – Rider-Waite

12 The Hanged Man – Rider-Waite

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnat7IFA7fP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Rider-Waite The gallows from which he is suspended forms a Tau cross, while the figure - from the position of the legs - forms a fylfot cross. There is a nimbus about the head of the seeming martyr....

20 Judgement – Rider-Waite

20 Judgement – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiuaSygbiD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I have said that this symbol is essentially invariable in all Tarot sets, or at least the variations do not alter its character. The great angel is here encompassed by clouds, but he...