To: alt.magick.tyagi,alt.magick,alt.tarot,alt.divination Subject: Re: Tarosymbolismatrix Tetraktypiscesefiroticus Summary: This is a symbolism matrix for a tarot deck under construction. Keywords: tarot symbolism planets zodiac signs letters elements From: nagasiva Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 04:14:34 GMT begun 50021221 solstice vii # tarot news!! jam with universal masters! elaboration on Rosicrucian tarotic table/matrix construction. akin to construction of the Golden Dawn in the trithemian-coded manuscript probably by Mackenzie, examined by Poke (CRRunyon Jr) in his great book on the subject ("Secrets of the Golden Dawn Cypher Manuscript", CHS Inc., 1997 ISBN 0-9654881-2-8), also discussed at length in my recent source on tarot history, "A History of the Occult Tarot: 1870-1970" Dummett and Decker, Duckworth, 2002 ISBN 0-7156312-2-5), among a number of previous extensive analyses such as by R.A. Gilbert and others) # the Eye of the AA Reveals All! stay tuned # for cryptogrammatic transmissions!! BB! blessings in fraternal lingo # ================================================== begin crypt begin decrypt # 50021212 VII tarosymbolismatrix tetraktypiscesefiroticus note the date 2002 1212 today's date 2002 1221 is more interesting yet in its symmetry # 1. TITLE AUTHOR DATE ORIGIN # # TAROSYMBOLISMATRIX -- Liber vel Tahuti N I G R I S 3 3 3 -- Author (^- author?) # 12/12/2002 20:02 -- Vulgar Timespace # V I I -- Adversarial Aeon begun at approximately 12:21 # ============================================================== # # 2. CONTENT # # THE TAROSYMBOLISMATRIX INFUSES THE FOLLOWING # SOCIOCULTURAL SYMBOL-SETS ON A SEFIROTIC TETRAKTYS tree sefirot, number tree, qabalistic, geometric. tetraktys is the Pythagorean 10-point Kali Triangle # OF LETTERED PATHS IN A PISCEAN SEQUENCE: Piscean, in a vulva shape. exceedingly pleasing # ---------------------------------------------------------- # A. ASTROLOGICAL AGES (PRESENT PRECESSIONAL AGE BACKWARD) # ---------------------------------------------------------- # PISCES-C ARIES-E CANCER-H LEO-I VIRGO-J LIBRA-L # SCORPIO-N SAGITTARIUS-O CAPRICORN-P AQUARIUS-U # # THE MATRIX RESTORES PROPER ASTRONOMICAL ORIENTATION # FOR THE NEXT 160 YEARS (TIL THE AQUARIAN AGE'S DAWN). ASCII progression in tarotic attribution to follow. decided the issue of whether to place WITCH behind QUEEN/KING, or allow Luna's traditional position to sacrifice the otherwise perfect astronomical sequence, Sol-outward # ------------------------------------------------- # B. ASTRONOMICAL BODIES ('PLANETS', SUN-OUTWARD) # ------------------------------------------------- # SUN-A MERCURY-B VENUS-D EARTH-K MOON-M MARS-Q # JUPITER-R SATURN-S URANUS-X NEPTUNE-Y PLUTO-Z the first real option in intended placement: MOON might have been to either side of EARTH, owing to Her astronomical movement through space, altering Her attribution to some basically inconvenient LETTER between D and K besides at WITCH (Popess/High Priestess), MOON might more artfully appear in a system without the same astronomical sequence (attributed to The Moon (V), for instance, reserving SUN for The Sun (W)) # THE MATRIX SATISFIES MATERIALISTS AND TRADITIONAL VIEWS. Mary's Violet Eyes Make Manly John Stay Up Nights Proposing (SUN) MERC VEN EARTH MOON MARS JUP SAT URAN NEPT PLU traditionalists who want the Sequence of the Ancients will not find it easily in the Large Cards from what I can tell the Small Cards will probably contain this sequence somewhere, but they are as yet undetermined this is realistically considered a weakness with respect to tradition in comparison with some other decks. astronomy is only of so much value, though it is my contention that it ought become the focal study of immense symbolic wealth for the purposes of effectively unifying conventional and esoteric knowledge (compare the Seven Liberal Arts) # ---------------------------------------------------- # C. ELEMENTS (ARISTOTLEAN, TRANSCENDENTAL, CHINESE) # ---------------------------------------------------- # EARTH-K METAL/AIR-T WATER-V FIRE-W WOOD/SPIRIT-Z identifying EARTH as Planet and Element, K, Center, the 11th LETTER, the effective here and now in rite. this has pleasant resonances with authors who give to the 11th LETTER an aura or principle of magic, such as Aleister Crowley, who added it to magic to establish a recognizable product METAL/AIR Correlation in Swords, and the shape of T. WATER's Moon Trump pairs wonderfully with FIRE's Sun. these are arguably AQUARIAN LETTERs, because LETTERs V and W may VW -> approximately the SIGN of VW -> AQUARIUS in combination 'SPIRIT' here refers to the interior dimension, not centerpoint or foundation (EARTH is the center) # THE MATRIX MAKES TOTAL CULTURAL INTERFUSION POSSIBLE, grandiose, but a rational supposition and plan # AND CREATES THE BASIS FOR A NEW ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY, by Piscean and Terra-centric themes, this objective seems quite logical. its relation to sociocultural programming is revolutionary and a revision of the implications of previous attributions # RESTABILIZING HUMAN CENTRAL PROGRAMMING, through meme-replication and evident elegance # AND BRINGING # DANGEROUS AND CRUEL ACTIVITIES UNIVERSALLY TO A HALT. if achieving their pinnacle of success, this would become the core of the Mystery Tradition of mass societies of English-speakers, magically conditioning themselves as eco-warriors while learning ABCs, NUMBERs, zodiacal SIGNS and PLANETS in a materially-sound *and* esoteric array # ============================================================== # 3. TAROSYMBOLISMATRIX tarotic algebra whose superior graphic composition may found at: http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/graphics/tarotreektys.gif the numbers begin at the bottom of the point-down triangle, in a four-level array: 7 8 9 10 4 5 6 2 3 \ / \ / A \ / B 1 # (PISCIS TETRAKTYS WORLD) # LETTERCARDS ASSOCIATION (ELEMENT/PLANET/ZODIAC) PATH # ----------- ----------------------------------- ---- # # (FIRST WORLD) consisting of NUMBER 1 and these two PATHs: initiating an equilateral triangle of the NUMBERs, the base and root-pattern for the whole tetraktys, being comparable to the combination of FIRST + SECOND WORLDs, as *well* as the trio of the FIRST+SECOND+THIRD WORLDs (indeed the triangulation repeats throughout, completed in each subsequent WORLD -- see more extensive elaboration below) # A FOOL SUN PLANET(1) 1->2 not unprecedented. the omission of # "0" is no accident. more than one FOOL in historical decks have no number, but in this deck there are *no roman numerals* attributed, the sequence sufficiently defined by the LETTERs, which is consonant with their function and resolves the problems of NUMBER-LETTER contradictions. this may be found in systems such as proposed by Mackenzie/Westcott/Mathers after Levi # B MAGE MERCURY PLANET(2) 1->3 traditional Planetary association in modern PATH placement (those previous systems usually substituting A or its linguistic equivalent, initiating the PATH sequence with MAGE-MERCURY in a descending triangle) # (SECOND WORLD) consisting of NUMBERs 2 and 3 and seven PATHs divided into subsets of 1-3-3. a PISCEAN-VENUS-derived lattice (moving from the first even NUMBER to the second even NUMBER after a closing of the FIRST WORLD) terminating in WILL/LEO after the societal and motivational Mysteries. Pisces also happens to be my Mother's sunsign :> # C WITCH PISCES ZODIAC(1) 2->3 the first zodiacal attribution closes the FIRST WORLD and initiates the SECOND WORLD # D QUEEN VENUS PLANET(3) 2->4 # E KING ARIES ZODIAC(2) 2->5 # F GUIDE TAURUS ZODIAC(3) 2->6 Societal Mysteries # G LOVE GEMINI ZODIAC(4) 3->4 # H CART CANCER ZODIAC(5) 3->5 # I WILL LEO ZODIAC(6) 3->6 Motivational Mysteries the closing PATH for the previous world (2->3; attributed to PISCES as the present zodiacal principle) may be fruitfully compared with the THIRD WORLD PATH closure in the SECOND WORLD (PATHs 4->5/5->6, attributed to a Zodiacal and a Planetary/Elemental fusion in Earth, foreshadowing the culminative resolution in the final PATHs of the whole figure) in Planetary, then Planetary *and* Elemental manifestation (the tetraktys' resolution found in the final LETTERS X:Uranus/Y:Neptune/Z:Pluto/Spirit/Wood, where Pluto's character runs parallel to that of Earth in the previous WORLD) likewise, the structural manifestations of each of the WORLDs may be compared as prefigured formulae from which the subsequent WORLDs extend. the 2 extensions of the FIRST world (A; B) are the prototype after which the SECOND WORLD's 2 sets of 3-PATH extensions (D-E-F/G-H-I) are parallelled in the three sets of four to be found in the THIRD WORLD (J-K-L-M/N-O-P-Q/R-S-T-U) there is therefore a PATH progression from 0-1-1 (0/A/B) in the FIRST WORLD, to 1-3-3 (C/D-E-F/G-H-I) in the SECOND, and thence to 2-4-4-4 (J-K/L-M-N-O/P-Q-R-S/T-U-V-W) in the THIRD, in which the first PATH closes the previous WORLD and the following PATHs manifest the structure of the WORLD in which they appear. this culminates in the FOURTH WORLD which constitutes the closure of the entire cosmologic glyph resolving in the NUMBER 10 3-0-0 (X-Y-Z/--/--) the elaborated sequence thus looks numerically something like the following set of NUMBERS and LETTERS within the WORLD emanation symbolized in the tetraktys: WORLDs 1 2 3 4 1N > 2L / 2N > 1L ; 3L ; 3L / 3N > 2L ; 4L ; 4L ; 4L/ 4N > 3L LETTERs (L) AND NUMBERs (N) from this analysis the elegance of the tetraktys NUMBER-tree and the progression of the PATHs as WORLD-constructs are clearly visible # (THIRD WORLD) consisting of NUMBERs 4, 5, and 6 and these fourteen PATHs in sets 2-4-4-4 as descried above, proceeding from the Virginal MONK (conservative) to the Firey SUN (expansive) # J MONK VIRGO ZODIAC(7) 4->5 # K WHEEL EARTH ELEMENT(1) PLANET(4) 5->6 which close off the SECOND WORLD from the THIRD; one might associate MAIDEN/MOTHER qualities to this pair # L BALANCE LIBRA ZODIAC(8) 4->7 # M PASSION MOON PLANET(5) 4->8 # N DEATH SCORPIO ZODIAC(9) 4->9 # O ART SAGITTARIUS ZODIAC(10) 4->10 these issue from the secondary even NUMBER Compositional Mysteries # P FOE CAPRICORN ZODIAC(11) 5->7 # Q WAR MARS PLANET(6) 5->8 # R MOUNT JUPITER PLANET(7) 5->9 # S TREE SATURN PLANET(8) 5->10 Confrontational Mysteries these issue from the central pole of the sefirotic Tree; they constitute the first congregation of PLANETS and the coalescence of a curious set of related components (SATURN being the traditional 'ruler' of CAPRICORN and JUPITER at times associated through Odin an in other ways with TREE imagery, MARS clearly in some sympathy with the FOE motif) # T CLOUD AIR ELEMENT(2) 6->7 /METAL # U STAR AQUARIUS ZODIAC(12) 6->8 # V MOON WATER ELEMENT(3) 6->9 # W SUN FIRE ELEMENT(4) 6->10 Elemental Mysteries an Elemental extravaganza, situating the AQUARIAN zodiacal finale within an obvious natural progression # (FOURTH WORLD) consisting of the closure of the THIRD WORLD in the fusion of an Elemental and Planetary attribution (diversified and potentially an extension of previous functions for FOOL cards in their 'wild' sense) # X LIBERTY URANUS PLANET(9) 7->8 # Y UNIVERSE NEPTUNE PLANET(10) 8->9 # Z (BLANK) ELEMENT(5) PLANET(11) 9->10 Universal Mysteries the two PLANETS provided multiple-attributions (those being EARTH and PLUTO) are weak astrological components, owing to the former's omission as central viewpoint and the latter's reduction from the status of 'PLANET' -- some now regard it as a 'planetoid' the 5th ELEMENT here is also an ambiguous referent that allows for a diversity of attributed meaning, on account the possibility of a) accepting EARTH as a PLANET and the three ELEMENTS AIR, WATER, and FIRE as a 3->1 Elemental composition on par with the Sepher Yeztirah or the Golden Dawn's cipher manuscript b) allowing the Aristotlean ELEMENTS EARTH, AIR, WATER, and FIRE, and taking the BLANK as the PLANET PLUTO c) extending to the more modern popular 4->1 Elemental composition of EARTH, AIR, WATER, FIRE, and the 5th, known as the "quintessence": SPIRIT (often, in this context a unifying combination or underlying reality) d) interpreting the 2nd ELEMENT as METAL rather than AIR, and allowing for the Chinese Elements, EARTH, METAL, WATER, FIRE, and WOOD the WORLD closure cards are valuably analyzed also in comparison and for the character of their composition: X-LIBERTY-URANUS Y-UNIVERSE-NEPTUNE Z-(BLANK) J-MONK-VIRGO K-WHEEL-EARTH C-WITCH-PISCES the LETTERS C-Y, constituting the WITCH and UNIVERSE respectively, are related in part because one of the traditional 'rulers' of PISCES *is* NEPTUNE, but also, on a more personal note, because they are the initials of my dear sweet sri catyananda (Catherine Yronwode) ;> # 4. NOTES # DAATH-11 UNDER C-WITCH-PISCES BRIDGE (HORIZONTAL); contrary to quite a number of sefirotic tree diagrams, this one herein described contains no trans-abysmal PATH leading to NUMBER 1. the PISCEAN bridge appears to constitute a Mysterious Mandorlan Portal closed except to those initiated who realize the proper route from NUMBERs 2 or 3 to NUMBER 1, DAATH becoming a truly 'false NUMBER' in which Black Brothers may become hopelessly trapped # SMALL NUMBER CARDS TO BE DESIGNED/ARRANGED LATER; the Sola-Busca deck will be a preliminary acquisition in the study of background art in the deck painted by Pamela Colman-Smith (Smith-Waite deck, sometimes poorly- referenced as the 'Rider-Waite' because Rider was the original publisher), but the focus will not be on what seems to be a PARTIAL set in the Levi/Mackenzie/Mathers "decans" system, rather considering other astrological and Planetary composites # DEDICATED 20:02/2002/12/12. ELABORATION 12:21/2002/12/21 which is also (c) 2002 NAGASIVA YRONWODE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ================================================================ see also http://www.luckymojo.com/avidyana/plebe/tarosymbolismatrix.txt upon which this is an elaboration. corrected 2/19/05. EOF