Single Letter

Single Letter

Single Letter is a term from the Sepher Yetsirah and refers to the 12 Hebrew Letters associated with the signs of the zodiac.

In the Tarot the Major Arcana has 12 cards associated with the Single Letters

The Single Letters and the corresponding zodiac signs are:

  • Heh – Aries
  • Vau – Taurus
  • Zain – Gemini
  • Cheth – Cancer
  • Teth – Leo
  • Yod – Virgo
  • Lamed – Libra
  • Nun – Scorpio
  • Samekh – Sagittarius
  • Ain – Capricorn
  • Tzaddi – Aquarius
  • Pisces – Qoph
15 The Devil – Golden Dawn

15 The Devil – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn Title of The Devil: Lord of the Gates of Matter, Child of the Forces of Time Divinatory Meanings of The Devil Golden Dawn Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession MacGregor Mathers Fatality for Good. Reversed Fatality for Evil....

7 The Chariot – Rider-Waite

7 The Chariot – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmioULFA6da/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link An erect and princely figure carrying a drawn sword and corresponding, broadly speaking, to the traditional description which I have given in the first part. On the shoulders of the...

8 Strength – Rider-Waite

8 Strength – Rider-Waite

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmiyPATAayg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Rider-Waite A woman, over whose head there broods the same symbol of life which we have seen in the card of the Magician, is closing the jaws of a lion. The only point in which this design differs...

9 The Hermit – Rider-Waite

9 The Hermit – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkbK2TAIte/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The variation from the conventional models in this card is only that the lamp is not enveloped partially in the mantle of its bearer, who blends the idea of the Ancient of Days with the...

17 The Star – Golden Dawn

17 The Star – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title: Daughter of the Firmament, Dweller between the Waters Divinatory meanings Hope, faith, unexpected help. Sometimes dreaminess, deceived hope. MacGregor Mathers Hope, expectation, Bright promises. Reversed meanings Hopes not fulfilled, Expectations...

18 The Moon – Golden Dawn

18 The Moon – Golden Dawn

Golden Dawn title of The Moon: Ruler of Flux and Reflux, Child of the Sons of the Mighty Divinatory Meanings Dissatisfaction, voluntary change. Error, lying, falsity, deception. MacGregor Mathers Twilight, Deception, Error. Reversed meanings Fluctuation, Slight...

11 Justice – Rider-Waite

11 Justice – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmivqyrAuVX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link As this card follows the traditional symbolism and carries above all its obvious meanings, there is little to say regarding it outside the few considerations collected in the first part,...

13 Death – Rider-Waite

13 Death – Rider-Waite

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Du3sntWL3IY Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmipY3gghPn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The veil or mask of life is perpetuated in change, transformation and passage from lower to higher, and this is more fitly represented in the...

14 Temperance – Rider-Waite

14 Temperance – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkZEHxAKIh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link A winged angel, with the sign of the sun upon his forehead and on his breast the square and triangle of the septenary. I speak of him in the masculine sense, but the figure is neither...

15 The Devil – Rider-Waite

15 The Devil – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/BmkaD3AAgoT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The design is an accommodation, mean or harmony, between several motives mentioned in the first part. The Horned Goat of Mendes, with wings like those of a bat, is standing on an altar....

17 The Star – Rider-Waite

17 The Star – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmke8LLAUNd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link A great, radiant star of eight rays, surrounded by seven lesser stars - also of eight rays. The female figure in the foreground is entirely naked. Her left knee is on the land and her...

18 The Moon – Rider-Waite

18 The Moon – Rider-Waite

Rider-Waite The Moon divinatory meanings The Moon tarot  arcana indicates deception, chaos and confusion. In relationships, expect a foggy picture - does the client have a boyfriend? She isn't sure. Does she want the man? She isn't sure. Does she desire to keep...