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The Queen of Cups

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FANTASIZING

   Fantasizing is often frowned upon because it is believed to have little or no utilitarian value and distracts from the "real" business of living. All of us do it anyway, thank goodness, because the ability to imagine is essential to our survival--and is especially important if you wish to form a "living image." So, for the purposes of invocation, the more you succeed at daydreaming, the better. 
   Imagine, for a moment, your favorite chocolate dessert. Recall the smell, the texture, and how it looks. Now, imagine scooping a bite into your mouth. How does it feel on your tongue? How does it taste? Are you salivating yet?
   Now imagine peeling an orange. Feel the smooth surface of the skin and sniff the fragrance released into the air as you peel the rind. Feel the juices on your fingers as you break the orange into segments. Taste the tangy pulp and the juices in your mouth and feel them slide down your throat.
   Devouring the dessert and the orange in your imagination was probably pretty easy because both experiences are intensely sensory and pleasantly infused with the element of desire. You probably have fantasized in a similar way about a person you love (or lust after), some toy like a hot car, or even a house. I'm guessing also that because of your desire, you were probably able to visualize the person or object quite well for a relatively extended period of time. In other words, you have already succeeded many times at clearly visualizing people, objects, and experiences in your imagination.
   Simple invocation is similar to daydreaming, except that you sustain the fantasy until the feelings associated with it inflame your being. This of course demands a level of concentration not usually present in daydreaming and requires some effort: The only effective substitute for spontaneous fantasy is prolonged attention.
   The goal of creating a living image is to work with divinity by establishing a "magical" link with a powerful, subtle force, so this bears repeating: Magic begins in the astral light, which is like a genie in a bottle. The genie only leaves the bottle to respond to a wish if you can clearly envision what you want and strongly desire it. Most thoughts have little effect because they lack the focus of desire, which means that our hard-to-impress genie remains unaffected. Also, the genie gets confused or simply remains uninterested if you can't clearly picture your desire. However, if you combine powerful desire and clear visualization, the genie responds. You command the genie by focusing the astral light with thought-forms that the genie can understand.
   When consciously attempting to connect with a subtle force associated with the Tree of Life, you must first place the mind in a receptive mode, sensitive to subtle impressions. The mind attracts the subtle force through clear visualization of a picture of a God or a Tarot archetype. Then the mind calls forth an appropriate corresponding emotion; in other words, you attract a healing force by rousing a feeling of compassion.
   Then you create a powerful living image that vibrates its energy within you and around you. Your imagination and the Tarot archetypes are your links to the genie. The mind concentrates the will, chooses the correspondences, and manipulates the subtle astral substance behind physical existence. The imagination creates the sympathetic connections that attract the desired energies into manifestation. The trick is using the imagination to stimulate the astral light with strong feeling, clear visualization, and focused willpower.

   Adding action to fantasy helps to build imaginative skills. In a given sitting, try one or more of the following, or come up with something of your own. In the process, try to engage two or more of the five senses in your imagination.

Imagine eating a meal with at least three items and a beverage.
Imagine shopping for several items in a grocery store or mall.
Imagine riding a bicycle around your neighborhood.
Imagine playing fetch with a dog.
Imagine playing frisbee or catch with a friend.
Imagine walking or running on a path in your favorite park.
Imagine hiking on a favorite trail.
Imagine diving into the ocean or a pool and swimming underwater.
Imagine rolling a bowling ball down a lane several times.
Imagine having a snowball fight.
Imagine being a quarterback and performing a successful play.
Imagine wandering through an abandoned house or castle.
Imagine exploring a cave.
Imagine climbing a tree.

   The more you succeed at imagining physical activities, the more you will be able to go on symbolic journeys through the landscape of the Tarot. Imagining something you desire is often easy; however, the act of intentionally slipping into fantasy requires practice and discipline. The goal is to elevate consciousness, which sometimes occurs spontaneously--but to induce exultation at will requires prolonged concentration. People who do it in their spiritual practices often rely on sensory aids, such as incense, poetry, music, symbolic images, tools, and unusual attire, and perform rituals containing a dramatic structure and strange-sounding words from different languages. All of this helps to shift the mind away from "normal" reality and to tune it to a specific living image representing a powerful subtle force, the most powerful, of course, being a God or Goddess or Archangel. In a religious ritual the focus is often on a particular figure in a drama that represents spiritual principle, the understanding of which inspires great emotion and elevates consciousness. Your desire, in other words, can be for more than a piece of chocolate cake or a new girlfriend--it can be for profound spiritual exultation and revelation.
   There are many obstacles, however. The conscious mind, for instance, contains a desultory flow of information that can interfere with concentrating on the force behind a symbol. The goal is to still the flow of thought and focus intensely on a thing that can be deeply felt and visualized in the imagination--a living image that resonates spiritually within you.

Two of Pentacles

   Sometimes like a child your subconscious wants to see if you really want to play. Remember to give your subconscious time to work! Just relax and allow yourself to daydream. When you feel "in the zone," concentrate on a Tarot card that you find attractive or interesting. Scan it several times, starting at the top and moving down to the bottom, then try to recreate it in your imagination. Open and close your eyes several times with the card in front of you. Don't force anything. Relaxation is the key. Check to see if the image in your mind is like the one in the card, but don't become critical of yourself if it isn't exactly the same. After you have largely succeeded in recreating the image in your mind, ask the living image in the Tarot card what it wants to tell you. Again, don't force it. Listen for something in your mind that seems related to the card, perhaps something out of the ordinary, even if only a little. If you need to, read about the card, remembering that my interpretation is only one perspective, then figure out what the card means to you. Try to put it into words. You don't have to write them down or anything, just see if you can verbalize the meaning.
   The main thing is to identify with the card. Have you ever been like the figure in the card in any way? Allow the memory to surface, and don't dismiss a memory even if at first it seems insignicant. Once when I was in the process of invoking the Two of Pentacles, I remembered my first camping trip with the Boy Scouts when I was thirteen, a memory which I nearly dismissed as irrelevant. With a chuckle I recalled the rumor circulating that day among the new Scouts in the troop. The older boys were going to drag the new scouts across the river, strip us down to our underwear, pour molasses and corn flakes all over us, urinate on us and then throw us into the freezing cold water--at midnight. That whole day I was sweating because I was keenly aware that teenage boys are more than capable of such sadism.
   After dark that evening I was wandering around in the woods with some older scouts, one of whom was carrying a flashlight. Suddenly the light went out and the others scouts ditched me. I was alone in the woods on a moonless night, with no idea where I was. I called out but no one answered, and no one came back. So I listened for the river. When I heard the water rushing way off in the distance, I inched towards it, trying to avoid rocks and fallen branches. After what seemed like an eternity I came to an ancient out-house at the edge of the campground. I suddenly knew which direction to go and soon found the road that snaked between the campsites. After about twenty more minutes of searching in the darkness, I stumbled into camp. No one else was there. With a sigh of relief, I crawled deep into my sleeping bag and fell immediately into a deep sleep. The next morning I believed that I had somehow managed to avoid the humiliating initiation at midnight. I crawled out of my sleeping bag without the least bit of resentment or anger, eager to begin the new day, totally renewed by a good night's sleep, not even aware that the experience was actually my "initiation."
   After the memory played out, suddenly I knew: That, for me, was the emotion evoked by the card. I concentrated on letting go of anger and fear and resentment and then focused on the feeling of renewal, imagining that I could summon that feeling of resilience and innocence no matter how harsh an experience might be. I sat down and wrote a poem about the experience. You might also consider drawing a picture or writing a poem or a paragraph or two in order to summon the most powerful aspects of the experience back into memory.

Four of Cups

   Allow yourself to relax and daydream. Imagine walking into the card, and identify an emotion associated with the figure. As I mentioned, it often helps to recall a time when you experienced the emotion yourself. For instance, if you have chosen the Two of Pentacles, Lord of Harmonious Change, can you remember a time when you were still so resilient as a child that you bounced back easily from a harmful situation? Recall the event or events clearly and the emotion that you felt. Let that emotion build in your stomach and heart until it seems to be overflowing.
   Activate the figure as a way to practice creating a living image. In other words, imagine that the character has come alive and is your ally. Imagine that the living image is filled with the corresponding emotion and let it vibrate between you and the living image until you establish one powerful connecting stream of energy. Imagine the emotion filling your aura and finally the whole room. When you feel that you have finished, allow the energy to subside, then thank the figure in the card and give it permission to return to its home in peace. If later you need to recapture the feeling, simply imagine the figure again and remember how you felt as the color and emotion filled your energy field.
   There is another very important reason for invoking the living images in the Tarot: Through love you can understand and forgive. Through forgiveness, you release negativity and cleanse the heart and mind. Since the Tarot represents all kinds of energy that can dominate human beings, after awhile you can love and understand and forgive just about anyone, even the thorniest people affecting your personal life and the world as a whole--as you deal with archetypal energies by working with living images.

Ten of Wands

   For instance, the Ten of Wands has always disturbed me. The figure in the card seems imprisoned by his task. One day, I realized that my father was very much like the figure in the card. He worked so hard that I rarely got to be with him, and I began to resent him for adhering to a value system that ended up undermining the family. One of the reasons that the figure in the Ten of Wands disturbs me is because in my mind at least he resembles Sisyphus, the fellow condemned to roll a large rock up a mountain, only to watch it tumble back down the hill when he reached the top. My father's devotion to work seemed to me almost as absurd.

   But it really wasn't absurd. When I invoked the living image in the card, I understood my father--and myself--much better. The main energies in the card are Saturn in Sagittarius and the four Elements in Malkuth (The Kingdom). Saturn is the great cosmic disciplinarian, and Sagittarius, in the Fire triplicity, inspires individuals to greater heights. The figure in the card is heroically performing a Herculean task while balancing not only the ten wands but also the four Elements, Fire, Air, Water, and Earth to create harmony in the world for himself and his family. I realized that I have, like my father, also developed the tendency to work on many projects at once, which has forced me to develop greater discipline in order to maintain my sense of inner balance. I experienced greater understanding for my father, and I was able to forgive him for what I once considered his inability to engage meaningfully with the family.
   Positive affirmations add power to the invocation. I have suggested qualities to invoke for each Minor Arcana card, and it is better that you come up with your own affirmations based on the suggested qualities, or qualities that you wish to emphasize. For instance, for the Two of Pentacles, you might repeat, "I love the dance of life," or, "I revel in the contrasts. I dance with all the changes." You can probably come up with something better. Your goal is to make these cards your own in a meaningful way, and personal meaning grows when you put some creative thought into it. The more creative you are, the more meaningful the card, and the more effective the ritual. Looked at another way, the more meaningful the experience, the more effect you have on the genie--and the more effectively you manifest the energy in daily life. The ultimate goal is to link the force with the physical plane by manifesting the energy in your world in some way. In the case of the Two of Pentacles, even something as simple as dancing away the trauma or negative energy associated with a significant event in your life is one possibility, but any conscious attempt to manifest the energy shows the subconscious mind that you are actively attempting to make beneficial changes.
   The astral light connects us through subtle currents. This is one reason that spells sometimes work. If you send out spiritual, mental or emotional energy on an "astral current" to another person, you can affect that person subconsciously or even consciously. That is one reason that you might think of a person just before he or she calls or writes to you. It is possible, in other words, to fill a living image from the Tarot with energy and then to send it to another person on an astral current by imaginining that the living image and the corresponding feeling goes to them (with their permission, of course). This is one way to affect another person positively with a Tarot archetype, remembering that the energy will come back to you....
   You can follow the steps above when working with another person or a group, except that everyone participating needs to brainstorm about the archetypal and personal meanings of the card. Everyone should have the chance to share a personal experience related to the theme of the card, if possible, and you should all come to a general agreement about what the card means before activating the figure in the card together, following the same steps listed above.
   You can also become the living image the way a shaman might take on the form of a power animal or a ceremonial magician might take on a God-form: first by fashioning it in your imagination with all of its desired characteristics, then by mentally projecting it out into the room, then by stepping into it in your imagination, and then by believing that you are the figure so much that you internalize its characteristics. Of course, at some point, you will need to step out of the costume, so to speak, and resume your identity after thanking the Tarot character for its cooperation!

Moving from the Personal to the Universal

   The Tree of Life suggests an important aspect of basic spiritual experience: the microcosm corresponds to the macrocosm, or, in other words, the energy of the individual corresponds with the energy of the cosmos. The composite symbol of the Tree elegantly shows how the personal energy field corresponds to the Universal energy field, or looked at another way, it shows how the mind of the individual corresponds with the great cosmic forces that we as humans can know. It shows how you as an individual have access to powerful spiritual forces. However, you are unlikely to make these contacts if you don’t do the following.

RELAX

   First, you need to relax! Lie down. Breathe deeply for as long as you can. If you find it helpful, tense and relax all the muscle groups in your body, starting with your toes and moving all the way up to your scalp. Imagine all the stress of the day and the week and the decade draining out of you into the Earth’s lower mantle, where it totally burns away. When you feel cleansed, fill yourself with brilliant light. Repeat the process every day. I can guarantee that significant spiritual experience requires a fundamental shift of consciousness to a vibration different than what you normally experience. Living in a competitive consumer society you inevitably spend most of your time in the "surface" mind, comparing yourself to others in one way or another, never quite "good enough," never quite satisfied. You must get to a deeper level of the mind until the constant chatter of disatisfaction and anxiety vanishes. Sometimes music, sometimes nature, sometimes great art, and sometimes relaxation can do that for you. You often can't control nature or your response to music or art. However, you can, at least ideally, control your state of mind, so usually you have the ability to relax at will.

PURIFY

   Purify yourself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Cleanse your chakras, the energy centers of your aura, during meditation, eliminating negative energies. In other words, imagine that each energy center is a turning margarita glass and mentally wipe it out with a damp, white cloth until it is clean. This might require you to open old wounds and face your shadow and dump trash out of your head for hours, but at some point during the purification process, you might begin having visions of spiritual symbols and hearing a wise voice. This is the higher self communicating with your conscious mind. Purification leads to revelation.
   Purify yourself physically. We all react differently to foods and drugs. Cut down on the booze and stop taking drugs, if possible. Be vigilant about what you eat--allergies or chemical sensitivities might be fatiguing you, lowering your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual energy levels. Remember, everything is energy vibrating at different frequencies, and you are attempting to increase the vibration of your personal energy field by eliminating negative energy. Other people might resist your efforts, and a change in diet will clearly reveal who is willing to work with you.

CLEAR YOUR MIND

   The chatter of the surface mind is a major obstacle to spiritual development. Meditate for at least twenty minutes every day, dropping your mind into the void so that it is totally still for minutes at a time. Only then will the higher self be able, from the subconscious mind, to communicate with your conscious mind. Clearing your mind also makes you more open and sensitive to other people and beings, which makes you more sympathetic, especially towards those who are being harmed for one reason or another.

OPEN YOUR PSYCHIC SENSES

   This is easier than you might believe. Most psychism is essentially a form of openness to spiritual, mental, astral and magnetic influences. If you have truly purified yourself and have learned how to clear your mind, you eventually sense what other people and beings are feeling and thinking. This comes through as intuition, images, ideas and emotions, voices, and physical sensations. In the case of a magnetic influence, for instance, you might even feel something touching your body or affecting your chakras. Only after you purify yourself can you understand the extent to which one being can know and affect another through the subtle senses. Also remember that you also need to remain grounded in the physical world in order to survive, so it is best to find convenient times of the day or night to open the subtle senses.

FOCUS

   After succeeding at clearing your mind, strive to focus the mind during meditation on one thing for a long time. Meditate on a single symbol or archetype for as long as you can so that you become single-pointed at will. Visualize the symbol or archetype and fill it with personal energy until the corresponding energy comes through. This requires that you exercise willpower and discipline. Study music, art, literature, science, mathematics, other languages, or do yoga. Take long walks in nature, learning about the flora and fauna. The more you choose to focus, the more you will be prepared for higher states of consciousness through the creation of astral forms.

IMAGINE

   Symbols and archetypes in the imagination form a bridge to higher states of mind. Through the imagination, you can become the Christ, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, or any other archetype for that matter. If you effectively tune your mind to the energy that the archetype or symbol represents and allow yourself to become that energy, you connect with the corresponding energy in the cosmos. This is where the magic comes in: because everything is connected, the energy of the cosmos channels itself into the archetype or symbol in the imagination and then pours itself into your heart and mind during what sometimes ends up being a transcendent experience.
   For example, during the Eucharist, you concentrate on the figure of Jesus and all that he represents and tune your mind to divine compassion and love. In the process, you connect with that energy in the cosmos, which then flows into your mind. Another way to look at it: if you effectively create Jesus and everything he stands for in your imagination, the archetype becomes a channel for Christ consciousness. The same sympathetic connection can occur with any other God or Goddess.

MAINTAIN SPIRITUAL PRACTICES:

Meditation and Ritual

 

   The Tarot helps you to create spiritual connections without a minister or a guru looking over your shoulder. The more often you meditate on the Tarot cards, the more easily you tune your mind to the energy of the archetype. Just thinking of the archetype summons its meaning and energy into your mind.
   Sounds easy. However, you might not take that first step anytime soon because first you have to become famous or make a million dollars or save the world or become CEO of a multi-national corporation. Maybe you really need to find a decent job. Or maybe you feel like you’re just not good enough. You’ve done too many bad things to other people. Or you have too many responsibilities. There are a thousand and one excuses….
   Most obstacles can be eliminated if you relax, purify yourself, clear your mind, and focus, exercising the discipline it takes to prioritize so that you can devote a few minutes a day to meditation or performing rituals. The only true way of changing your world is by changing your mind, not someone else's.
   But it is always important to remember that you are a conduit of forces, not a creator of forces: You are opening your aura to bring energy from the highest level of divinity into the physical plane through your sphere of sensation. In other words, you are aiding divinity, not bringing energy into the world for your own selfish ends. As a co-creator with the Source, you allow the energy to manifest for the highest possible good. So, whenever you invoke a force on any path of the Tree of Life, you need to first invoke the highest level of divinity through the God-name Ehyeh, and then the God-name associated with the path, which is included for each path in the list of correspondences. As you perform the ritual, vibrate the words out loud (if you feel comfortable doing so), or in your head using what is called “The Great Voice," so that your whole aura seems to vibrate with the sound, the premise being that all matter is the vibration of energy: By vibrating the divine names you are tuning your mind to the highest vibration.
   Like the Magician in the card of the same name, you are continuing the primal act of creation by bringing the highest divine forces down the planes to manifest first in your sphere of sensation and then in the world. You are a channel for divinity, not a sorcerer who acts solely for his own benefit. It is an axiom that nature fights the magician tooth and nail--if he or she tries to use forces for selfish purposes instead of bringing energy down the planes from the highest level of divinity to create harmony and balance. You protect yourself by opening your heart and mind to divine knowledge and by working for the highest good. 

The Path of Lightning

SYMBOLIC CORRESPONDENCES OF

THE FOUR WORLDS

   Lists of symbolic correspondences help us to understand the Tarot, several of which I will present in upcoming posts. This list focuses primarily on the four worlds of the Qabalah.

   Each Emanation on the Tree of Life has a fourfold nature, known in the Qabalah as the four worlds:

Atziluth: the Archetypal World, the World of Emanations; the Divine World.

Briah: the World of Creation, the World of Thrones.

Yetzirah: the World of Formation and of Angels.

Assiah: the World of Action, the World of Matter.

   Each of the ten Holy Emanations, in other words, contains four levels of being (1). The colors help us identify and connect with these various levels.

THE MINOR ARCANA 

(The Emanations--the first ten paths)

KETHER, Crown (First Emanation)

Ace of Wands: Root of the element of FireLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: BrillianceName of God: AHIH, Ehyeh (I am)

Ace of Cups: Root of the element of WaterLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: Brilliant whiteArchangel: METATRON, The Prince of Countenances

Ace of Swords: Root of the element of AirLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Brilliant whiteAngelic Host: CHAIOTH HA-QODESH, Holy Living Creatures

Ace of Pentacles: Root of the element of EarthLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: White, flecked with goldAstrological Correspondence: Primum Mobile, First Swirlings

CHOKMAH, Wisdom (Second Emanation)

Two of Wands: Lord of DominionLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: Pure soft blueName of God: YH, Yah (God)

Two of Cups: Lord of LoveLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: GrayArchangel: RAZIEL, Secret of God

Two of Swords: Lord of Peace RestoredLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Iridescent pearl grayAngelic Host: AUPHANIM, Wheels

Two of Pentacles: Lord of Harmonious ChangeLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: White flecked with red, blue, and yellowAstrological Correspondence: The Zodiac

BINAH, Understanding (Third Emanation)

Three of Wands: Lord of Established StrengthLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: CrimsonName of God: YHVH ALHIM, Tetragrammaton Elohim

Three of Cups: Lord of AbundanceLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: BlackArchangel: TZAPHQIEL, Contemplation of God

Three of Swords: Lord of SorrowLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Dark brownAngelic Host: ARALIM, Valiant Ones

Three of Pentacles: Lord of Material WorksLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Gray flecked with pinkAstrological Correspondence: Saturn

CHESED, Mercy (Fourth Emanation)

Four of Wands: Lord of Perfected WorkLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: Deep violetName of God: AL, El (God)

Four of Cups: Lord of Blended PleasureLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: BlueArchangel: TZADKIEL, Justice of God

Four of Swords: Lord of Rest from StrifeLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Deep PurpleAngelic Host: CHASMALIM, Shining Ones

Four of Pentacles: Lord of Earthly PowerLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Deep azure, flecked with yellowAstrological Correspondence: Jupiter

GEBURAH, Severity (Fifth Emanation)

Five of Wands: Lord of StrifeLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: OrangeName of God: ALHIM GBVR, Elohim Gibbor (Gods of Power)

Five of Cups: Lord of Loss in PleasureLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: RedArchangel: KAMIEL, He who sees God

Five of Swords: Lord of DefeatLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Bright scarletAngelic Host: SERAPHIM, Fiery Serpents

Five of Pentacles: Lord of Material TroubleLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Red flecked with blackAstrological Correspondence: Mars

TIPHARETH, Beauty (Sixth Emanation)

Six of Wands: Lord of VictoryLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: Clear rose pinkName of God: YHVH ALVH VDAATH, Tetragrammaton Eloah va-Daath (Lord God of Knowledge)

Six of Cups: Lord of PleasureLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: Golden YellowArchangel: RAPHAEL, Healer of God

Six of Swords: Lord of Earned SuccessLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Rich salmon-pinkAngelic Host: MELACHIM, Kings

Six of Pentacles: Lord of Material SuccessLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Golden amberAstrological Correspondence: The Sun

NETZACH, Victory (Seventh Emanation)

Seven of Wands: Lord of ValorLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: AmberName of God: YHVH TZABVTH, Tetragrammaton Tzeva'oth (Lord of Hosts)

Seven of Cups: Lord of Illusionary SuccessLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: EmeraldArchangel: HANIEL, Grace of God

Seven of Swords: Lord of Unstable EffortLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Bright yellowish greenAngelic Host: ELOHIM, Gods

Seven of Pentacles: Lord of Success UnfulfilledLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Olive, flecked with goldAstrological Correspondence: Venus

HOD, Splendor (Eighth Emanation)

Eight of Wands: Lord of SwiftnessLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: Violet purpleName of God: ALHIM TZBVTH, Bene Elohim Tzeva'oth (Sons of the Gods)

Eight of Cups: Lord of Abandoned SuccessLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: OrangeArchangel: MICHAEL, Like unto God

Eight of Swords: Lord of Shortened ForceLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Russet-redAngelic Host: ELOHIM (Gods)

Eight of Pentacles: Lord of PrudenceLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Yellowish brown, flecked with whiteAstrological Correspondence: Mercury

YESOD, Foundation (Ninth Emanation)

Nine of Wands: Lord of Great StrengthLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: IndigoName of God: SHDI AL CHI, Shaddai El Chai (Almight Living God)

Nine of Cups: Lord of Material HappinessLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: VioletArchangel: GABRIEL, Strength of God

Nine of Swords: Lord of Despair and CrueltyLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Very dark purpleAngelic Host: KERUBIM, Powers of the Elements

Nine of Pentacles: Lord of Material GainLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Citrine, flecked with azureAstrological Correspondence: The Moon

MALKUTH, Kingdom (Tenth Emanation)

Ten of Wands: Lord of OppressionLevel: Atziluth (World of Emanations)Color: Clear yellowName of God: ADNI, Adonai (Lord)

Ten of Cups: Lord of Perfected SuccessLevel: Briah (World of Creation)Color: Citrine, russet, olive, and blackArchangel: SANDALPHON, Twin of METATRON

Ten of Swords: Lord of RuinLevel: Yetzirah (World of Foundation)Color: Citrine, russet, olive, and black, flecked with goldAngelic Host: ISHIM, Souls of Fire

Ten of Pentacles: Lord of WealthLevel: Assiah (World of Action)Color: Black, rayed with yellowAstrological Correspondence: the Four Elements

Tree of Life (with Tarot Cards)

THE MAJOR ARCANA (The Connecting Paths)

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XXI, The WorldLocation of Path: Between the Tenth Emanation (Malkuth) and the Ninth Emanation (Yesod)Astrological correspondence: SaturnMythological Principle: Descent into the UnderworldName of God: YHVH ALHIM, Tetragrammaton ElohimLetter of the Path: Tau (Cross)Colors:In Atziluth: Indigo.
In Briah: Black.
In Yetzirah: Blue-black.
In Assiah: Black, rayed with blue.

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XX, JudgementLocation of Path: Between the Tenth Emanation (Malkuth) and the Eighth Emanation (Hod)Astrological correspondence: FireMythological Principle: Rebirth through FireName of God: ALHIM, ElohimLetter of the Path: Shin, ToothColors:In Atziluth: Glowing scarlet orange
In Briah: Vermilion
In Yetzirah: Scarlet, flecked with gold
In Assiah: Vermilion, flecked with crimson and emerald

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XIX, The SunLocation of Path: Between the Ninth Emanation (Yesod) and the Eighth Emanation (Hod)Astrological correspondence: The SunMythological Principle: Awakening of the mindName of God: YHVH ALVH VDAaTh, Tetragrammaton Eloah va-DaathLetter of the Path: Resh, HeadColors:In Atziluth: Orange
In Briah: Yellow gold
In Yetzirah: Rich amber
In Assiah: Amber, rayed with red

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XVIII, The MoonLocation of Path: Between the Tenth Emanation (Malkuth) and the Seventh Emanation (Netzach)Astrological correspondence: PiscesMythological Principle: Emergence from waterName of God: AL, ElLetter of the Path: Qoph, Back of the HeadColors:In Atziluth: Magenta
In Briah: Buff, flecked with silver-white.
In Yetzirah: Pale translucent pinkish-brown
In Assiah: Brownish gray stone

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XVII, The StarLocation of Path: Between the Ninth Emanation (Yesod) and the Seventh Emanation (Netzach)Astrological correspondence: AquariusMythological Principle: Awakening of the heartName of God: YHVH, TetragrammatonLetter of the Path: Tzaddi, Fish-hookColors:In Atziluth: Violet
In Briah: Sky blue
In Yetzirah: Bluish mauve
In Assiah: White, tinged with purple

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XVI, The TowerLocation of Path: Between the Eighth Emanation (Hod) and the Seventh Emanation (Netzach)Astrological correspondence: MarsMythological Principle: The War at the World's EndName of God: ALHIM GBUR, Elohim GiborLetter of the Path: Peh, MouthColors:In Atziluth: Scarlet
In Briah: Red
In Yetzirah: Venetian red
In Assiah: Bright red, rayed with azure and emerald

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XV, The DevilLocation of Path: Between the Eighth Emanation (Hod) and the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth)Astrological correspondence: CapricornMythological Principle: Meeting with the Powers of LifeName of God: ADNI, AdonaiLetter of the Path: Ayin, EyeColors:In Atziluth: Indigo.
In Briah: Black.
In Yetzirah: Blue-black.
In Assiah: Cold dark-gray, nearing black

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XIV, TemperanceLocation of Path: Between the Ninth Emanation (Yesod) and the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth)Astrological correspondence: SagittariusMythological Principle: Ascent to HeavenName of God: ALHIM, ElohimLetter of the Path: Samech, PropColors:In Atziluth: Blue
In Briah: Yellow
In Yetzirah: Green
In Assiah: Deep vivid blue

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XIII, DeathLocation of Path: Between the Seventh Emanation (Netzach) and the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth)Astrological correspondence: ScorpioMythological Principle: Meeting with the Powers of DeathName of God: AL, ElLetter of the Path: Nun, FishColors:In Atziluth: Greenish-blueIn Briah: Dull brownIn Yetzirah: Very dark brownIn Assiah: Livid indigo-brown (like a beetle's shell)

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XII, The Hanged ManLocation of Path: Between the Eighth Emanation (Hod) and the Fifth Emanation (Geburah)Astrological correspondence: WaterMythological Principle: Self-sacrificeName of God: AL, ElLetter of the Path: Mem, WaterColors:In Atziluth: Deep blueIn Briah: Sea greenIn Yetzirah: Deep olive-greenIn Assiah: White, flecked with purple

Tarot Correspondence: Trump XI, JusticeLocation of Path: Between the the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth) and the Fifth Emanation (Geburah)Astrological correspondence: LibraMythological Principle: The Justice of HeavenName of God: YHVH, TetragrammatonLetter of the Path: Lamed, Ox-goadColors:In Atziluth: Emerald greenIn Briah: BlueIn Yetzirah: Deep blue-greenIn Assiah: Pale green

Tarot Correspondence: Trump X, the Wheel of FortuneLocation of Path: Between the Seventh Emanation (Netzach) and the Fourth Emanation (Chesed)Astrological correspondence: JupiterMythological Principle: AspirationName of God: AL, ElLetter of the Path: Kaph, HandColors:In Atziluth: VioletIn Briah: BlueIn Yetzirah: Rich purpleIn Assiah: Bright blue, rayed with yellow

Tarot Correspondence: Trump IX, The HermitLocation of Path: Between the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth) and the Fourth Emanation (Chesed)Astrological correspondence: VirgoMythological Principle: The Wilderness JourneyName of God: ADNI, AdonaiLetter of the Path: Yod, FistColors:In Atziluth: Yellowish-greenIn Briah: Slate grayIn Yetzirah: Greenish grayIn Assiah: Plum

Tarot Correspondence: Trump VIII, StrengthLocation of Path: Between the Fifth Emanation (Geburah) and the Fourth Emanation (Chesed)Astrological correspondence: LeoMythological Principle: Meeting with the Other SelfName of God: ALHIM, ElohimLetter of the Path: Teth, SerpentColors:In Atziluth: Lemon yellowIn Briah: Deep purpleIn Yetzirah: GrayIn Assiah: Reddish-yellow

Tarot Correspondence: Trump VII, The ChariotLocation of Path: Between the Fifth Emanation (Geburah) and the Third Emanation (Binah)Astrological correspondence: CancerMythological Principle: The Once and Future MonarchName of God: AL, ElLetter of the Path: Cheth, FenceColors:In Atziluth: AmberIn Briah: MaroonIn Yetzirah: Rich bright russetIn Assiah: Dark greenish brown

Tarot Correspondence: Trump VI, The LoversLocation of Path: Between the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth) and the Third Emanation (Binah)Astrological correspondence: GeminiMythological Principle: Love between the Divine and the HumanName of God: YHVH, TetragrammatonLetter of the Path: Zayin, SwordColors:In Atziluth: OrangeIn Briah: Pale mauveIn Yetzirah: Light yellowIn Assiah: Reddish gray, tinged with mauve

Tarot Correspondence: Trump V, The HierophantLocation of Path: Between the Fourth Emanation (Chesed) and the Second Emanation (Chokmah)Astrological correspondence: TaurusMythological Principle: The Keeper of WisdomName of God: ADNI, AdonaiLetter of the Path: Vau, NailColors:In Atziluth: Red-orangeIn Briah: Deep IndigoIn Yetzirah: Deep warm oliveIn Assiah: Rich brown

Tarot Correspondence: Trump IV, The EmperorLocation of Path: Between the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth) and the Second Emanation (Chokmah)Astrological correspondence: AriesMythological Principle: The Spring at the Beginning of the World; The Monarch of the Golden AgesName of God: ALHIM, ElohimLetter of the Path: Heh, WindowColors:In Atziluth: ScarletIn Briah: RedIn Yetzirah: Brilliant flame redIn Assiah: Glowing red

Tarot Correspondence: Trump III, The EmpressLocation of Path: Between the Third Emanation (Binah) and the Second Emanation (Chokmah)Astrological correspondence: VenusMythological Principle: The Marriage of Heaven and EarthName of God: YHVH TzBAVTH, Tetragrammaton TzaboathLetter of the Path: Daleth, DoorColors:In Atziluth: Emerald greenIn Briah: Sky blueIn Yetzirah: Pale spring greenIn Assiah: Bright rose, rayed with pale green

Tarot Correspondence: Trump II, The High PriestessLocation of Path: Between the Sixth Emanation (Tiphareth) and the First Emanation (Kether)Astrological correspondence: The MoonMythological Principle: Descent of the DivineName of God: SHDI AL ChI, Shaddai El ChaiLetter of the Path: Gimel, CamelColors:In Atziluth: BlueIn Briah: SilverIn Yetzirah: Cold pale blueIn Assiah: Silver, rayed with sky blue

Tarot Correspondence: Trump I, The MagicianLocation of Path: Between the Third Emanation (Binah) and the First Emanation (Kether)Astrological correspondence: MercuryMythological Principle: The Creation of the WorldName of God: ALHIM TzBAVTH, Elohim TzaboathLetter of the Path: Beth, HouseColors:In Atziluth: YellowIn Briah: PurpleIn Yetzirah: GrayIn Assiah: Indigo, flecked with violet

Tarot Correspondence: Trump 0, The FoolLocation of Path: Between the Second Emanation (Chokmah) and the First Emanation (Kether)Astrological correspondence: AirMythological Principle: The Child of the Primal VoidName of God: YHVH, TetragrammatonLetter of the Path: Aleph, OxColors:In Atziluth: Bright pale yellowIn Briah: Sky blueIn Yetzirah: Bluish emerald greenIn Assiah: Emerald green, flecked with gold

(1) Fortune, Dion. The Mystical Qabalah. Weiser Books, Boston, MA. 1998. 22.