Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.tarot,alt.divination,alt.pagan.magick Subject: Tarot Numerical Cycles/Groups From: nagasiva Reply-To: spam@luckymojo.com User-Agent: nn/6.6.0 Lines: 71 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 20:26:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.201.242.18 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1058646415 208.201.242.18 (Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:26:55 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 13:26:55 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick.tyagi:40477 alt.magick:352118 alt.tarot:117857 alt.divination:21817 alt.pagan.magick:37950 50030719 viii first from Base-22, then Base-26 ===================================== 22-base Trumps =================== 11s 2 x 11 [cf. Oswald Wirth] ------------------------ 10s 2 x 10 + 2 (Fool/World) ------------------------ 7s 3 x 7 + 1 (Fool) [cf. Rachel Pollack/others] ------------------------------- 4s 4 x 5 + 2 (Fool/World) [cf. Oswald Wirth] ============================================================== 26-base Trumps =============== in the Plebeian Tarot there are of course 26 Trumps, one of which is BLANK and one a Fool (all Trumps unnumbered). this makes for a wider array of possibilities than might be encountered in traditional 22-base Trump sets: 13s 13 x 2 / 2 x 13 --------------- 12s 12 x 2 / 2 x 12 + 2 (Fool/Blank) -------------------------------- 11s 11 x 2 / 2 x 11 + 4 (Fool/Mage/Witch/Blank) [extended on account of Primary Triad] ------------------------------------------- 8s 8 x 3 / 3 x 8 + 2 (Fool/Blank) ------------------------------ 6s 6 x 4 / 4 x 6 + 2 (Fool/Blank) ------------------------------ and of course the all-important and PRIMARY 5s 5 x 5 + 1 (Blank) ALL HAIL THE LAW OF FIVES! ERIS LIVES ON! ----------------- analysis of all of these sets to be completed during the construction of the card symbolism. nagasiva