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The Four Suits as Aspects of Technological Development
The Four Suits as Aspects of Technological Development Suit Element Technological level Complexity Function Wands Fire Natural Made by nature through seasonal time Function of masculine rule Cups Water Man made Medium complexity Function of Communion with Divine Swords Air Man made Generally low complexity Function of separation, elimination Coins Earth Manmade Mass production Function […]
The Four Suits as Aspects of Social Class
The Four Suits as Aspects of Social Class Suit Element Social Class Social Function Traditional Objects Wands Fire Rulership Governance Scepter Cups Water Clergy Spiritual guidance Chalice Swords Air Military Class Protection, Law and order Sword Coins Earth Merchant Class Commerce and trade Coins Wands – Nobility The nobility, represented by theĀ suit of […]
The Four Suits in a Historical Context
The Four Suits in a Historical context of Power Struggle In medieval times the four suits of the Tarot (Wands, Swords, Cups and Pentacles) represented the four main classes of people who lived in medieval europe at that time. After the thirty years war, the nobility had won control of the power structure and the […]
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot – Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT BEING FRAGMENTS OF A SECRET TRADITION UNDER THE VEIL OF DIVINATION. By Arthur Edward Waite [b. 1857 d. 1942] WITH 78 PLATES, ILLUSTRATING THE GREATER AND LESSER ARCANA, FROM DESIGNS By Pamela Colman Smith. [b. 1878 d. 1951] London, W. Rider [1911] This text and the accompanying illustrations are […]