78 Steps

Exploring the connections between tarot and the larger magickal world … one card at a time

The Magician: Golden Dawn Name

Jade | May 30, 2009

The Magician’s Golden Dawn name is: The Magus of Power
A magus is a magician or  sorcerer.
Power is defined as:

(n) ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something;
(n) great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force;
(n) the possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy: power over men’s [...]

The Magician: Number

Jade | May 29, 2009

The Magician’s number is: 1
Ones represent beginnings, achievement and singularity. Keywords associated with 1s are:
Newness, beginning, birth, outset, onset, seed.  Source, inspiration, activation, intent, decisive, possibility. Self, individual, single, focus, alone, wholeness, unity, Will. Awe, wondrous, energy, manifestation, mindfulness.
Negatively: rushing in, unprepared, ‘jumping the gun’, missed opportunities, selfishness. Aggressive, domineering, egotism, boasting. Charletan, fake.

The Magician

Jade | May 28, 2009

The Magician is the card of mastery and ability. Magick is a path that requires commitment and the Magician has dedicated his life to his Craft. By channeling his Will, he draws power from the universe and gives it form in reality. This is the creative act: taking an idea and giving it form. As [...]

The Fool: Final Card

Jade | May 27, 2009

Here’s the final card result from all of the correspondences:

Starting tomorrow: The Magician.

What Tarot Card Are You?

Jade | May 22, 2009

While I’m working on my new Fool card, I thought I’d post this. The Tower really is an accurate description of my life — it’s been one crisis after another for as long as I can remember.

You are The Tower
Ambition, fighting, war, courage. Destruction, danger, fall, ruin.
The Tower represents war, destruction, but also spiritual renewal. [...]

The Fool: Animal, Plant, and Magickal Weapon

Jade | May 21, 2009

Tarot Watch: I found an ad for a computer game featuring tarot cards:
3 Cards to Midnight
The Fool’s animal is: the eagle
Magickally, the eagle represents the divine spirit and our connection to it.  It’s a solar animal, also associated with sky gods, lightening, and air.  The eagle represents being in a state of grace and the [...]

The Fool: Color and Gem

Jade | May 20, 2009

The Fool’s color is: pale yellow
Yellow is the color of air, thought, learning, knowledge and intellect. It corresponds (naturally) to the Sun and light. It also covers travel, trade, communication, progress, and change. Joy and confidence also fall under Yellow.
White is the color of innocence and purity, cleansing, seeking, and truth. It represents spirituality.
The [...]

The Fool: Enochian Letter and Hebrew Letter

Jade | May 19, 2009

The Fool’s Enochian Letter is: Na-hath. I’m not that familiar with Enochian magick, so I’m delaying this until I’ve done some more research on the matter.
The Fool’s Hebrew Letter is Aleph:
Name: Aleph
English Letter Equivalent: A
Meaning: Ox
Astrological Correspondence: Mercury
Divinatory Significance: Will, Dexterity
Aleph is the beginning of the Hebrew Alphabet and magickally represents all and nothing, supreme [...]

The Fool: Element

Jade | May 18, 2009

The Fool’s element is air
Air:  Lightness, subtlety, motion (can be excessive), free, travel. wandering. Mind, intellect, study. Beginnings, spring, childhood. Communication. Creativity, spontaneity. Spirit, the soul.
There are many excellent sites regarding the meaning of the elements. Below are some I’ve found the most useful:

Air
Air (classical element). (Wikipedia)
The Element of Air. (Alchemy Works)
Astrology:Fire, Earth, Air and [...]

The Fool: Planet (Astrology)

Jade | May 15, 2009

The Fool’s planet is Uranus.
Uranus is the distruptor. It  breaks us out of ruts and sets us on new paths and new ideas, whether we want it to or not.  It’s influence raises our consciousness. It symbolizes radical thoughts, ideas, and the need to be unique, to shock and surprise. Negatively aspected, it can [...]