Min's Compleat Tarot User Manual - Chapter 4 of 9
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Chapter 4
Twelve Signs
HAVING STUDIED the ten planets of the major arcana
in the previous chapter, now it's time to focus on
the synodic phases of the planets to the Earth, as
are called the signs or ensigns, the forces of the
planets to the Earth by their relative motion here-
to. The simplest way to understand this is to look
at the chart below. Notice how the planetary order
is indicated by arrows as "inferior" and "superior"
with inferior signs from Aquarius to Cancer, while
the superior signs are from Leo to Capricorn. See?
|<----Inferior----->| |<-----Superior---->|
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11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 <=Order
Aqu Pis Ari Tau Gem Can Leo Vir Lib Sco Sag Cap <=Sign
TEM HAN DEV HIE LOV CHA STR PRI JUS DEA FOR WOR <=Tarot
Sat Jup Mar Ven Mer Moo Sun Mer Ven Mar Jup Sat <=Planet
/Ur /Ne | | | | | | | /Pl | |
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For the five planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
and Saturn, each makes two signs in the zodiac, as
having one inferior and one superior sign. This is
explained thoroughly in later chapters, so all you
need to know for now is that superior planets move
closer to the Earth after reaching the far side of
the Sun, and inferior planets move away from Earth
after reaching the near side of the Sun. It's easy
once you understand the simple principles involved.
With that said, here're the twelve planetary signs
of the caelestial zodiac, literally made by planet
motion relative to the Earth, hence synodic phases:
#1 THE DEVIL
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Trump: DEVIL
Glyph: Ram
Quality: Ambition
Ensign: Aries
Bearing: 0*-30* (east above)
Number: 1
Tone: C
Color: Red
Ruler: Mars-inferior
Roman: Martivs/March
Babylon: Nisanu/Nisan(Abib)
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The tarot card of The Devil is signified by the caelestial
sign of Aries. The Devil's chromatic color is Red, and his
chromatic tone is C. The Devil's chromatic ensign is Mars-
inferior, i.e. the malefic force of Mars receding from the
Earth; Mars, fifth heaven (see Lesson #V The Tower) in red-
shift, in separation from martian souls incarnate on Earth.
Aries is self-important, self-centered, putting self first,
i.e., self in opposition to others, opposing consciousness
of others. Aries is self-conscious, self-aggrandizing, self-
promoting, bad-tempered, aggressive, forceful, an evil-doer
when left to his own devices. But don't forget, every card,
ensign, planet, god, all find their place in the pantheion.
#2 THE HIEROPHANT
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Trump: HIEROPHANT
Glyph: Bull
Quality: Passion
Ensign: Taurus
Bearing: 30*-60* (north east)
Number: 2
Tone: C#/Db
Color: Red-Orange
Ruler: Venus-inferior
Roman: Aprilis/April
Babylon: Aiaru/Iyyar(Zif)
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The tarot card of The Hierophant is signified by the
caelestial sign of Taurus. The Hierophant's chromatic
color is Red-Orange, his chromatic tone is Db/C#, and
chromatic ensign is Venus-inferior, the malefic force
of Venus receding from the Earth; Venus, third heaven
(see Lesson #III The Empress) in red-shift separating
from venusian souls who are incarnated upon the Earth.
Taurus is the advocate for temporal living, passionate
for life in the body. Taurus opposes death of the self,
opposing the sting of death. Taurus, the constellation,
begins near Gorgona Tertia (rhPer J2000 00Tau07'15.522"
+20:34'34") and Algol (bePer 01Tau22'40.423" +22:25'48"),
centered on Aldebaran (alTau 15Tau00'00.000" -5:28'03"),
notably ending on the Great Pyramid star Alnitak (zeOri
29Tau53'35.804" -25:17'38") and Alhecka (zeTau mag 3.00
29Tau59'45.675" -2:11'45").
The Great Alnitak Pyramid, which was built nearly 12,500
tropical years ago, is the long-since withering altar in
the midst of Egypt, & where the oracle took commencement;
hence the ankh adorns the empty tomb, just as the empty
vault in the king's chamber symbolizes his life-eternal
(Edgar Cayce talks about this via the psychic readings).
Hence Taurus is the universal symbol for temporal living,
temporal experience in the body, our temporal life which
ends in death of the body--the wages of sin. Understand?
As the bright morning star, Venus was known to the Greeks
as Phosphoros, Latins as Lucifer, Lucificus, light-bearer,
son of morning who "dies" as he is overpowered by the Sun.
On average some 220 days past superior conjunction, Venus
reaches maximum elongation from the Sun, leaving about 72
days until the next inferior conjunction (292 days total).
Venus retrogrades on average for about 42 days, centered on
inferior conjunction. Note 157 mean-synodic periods of Venus
equals ~251 tropical years, as 1871 sidereal years of Venus
equals ~720 mean-synodic years of Venus--which equals about
1151 tropical Earth-years. These are well-known examples of
synodic multiples, such as Venus' almost exactly 8 tropical
Earth-year multiple at maximum synodic elongation (next on
June 8, 2004, again 8 years later, on June 6, 2012, etc.).
Most synodic multiples of the planets are very predictable,
recurring over long periods of time with subtle variations
due to the dynamics of their orbits, which variations are
also predictable. The ancients were adept at making these
long-term predictions based on the synodic multiples, just
as Nostradamus did to predict superior & inferior conjoins
for his quatrins, as his epistle toward Henry II of France.
In approaching her superior conjunction with the Sun, Venus
is "lost" under the saturation of sunlight, remaining hidden
from view for an interval that lasts about ninety earth-days,
with superior conjunction occurring near the 45th day of the
interval. Venus orbits the Sun about 1.626 times faster than
the Earth does (note here that the Sun appears to orbit Earth
hence the relative sidereal orbital period of the Sun equals
exactly one sidereal year of the Earth). Venus and Earth both
have relatively low orbital eccentricities i.e. near-circular
sider-eal orbits, Venus about 0.0068 (J2000), & Earth 0.0167.
Venus emerges as the bright evening star (i.e. visible after
sunset) approximately 45 days after her superior conjunction
(to the Sun; see Lesson #7 Justice). Venus continues to move
closer to Earth until about the time of inferior conjunction
(Sun-Venus-Earth syzygy), very near to her closest approach
to Earth. Starting about 4 days before inferior conjunction,
Venus disappears from view as she is obscured once again by
the sunlight where she remains hidden for about 8 earth-days
(cf. 90 earth-days, centered on Venus' superior conjunction).
Near inferior conjunction Venus approaches within 25 million
miles of Earth, then about 4 days after inferior conjunction,
Venus emerges at heliacal rising--just barely visible before
sunrise, becoming progressively more prominent as the bright
morning star as her rising occurs earlier and earlier before
sunrise--as Venus recedes from Earth. This period is malefic
for souls incarnated from Venus, as this inferior separation,
most brightly portrayed by the planet Venus, exemplifies our
second death, that "cut-off" point of soul from its heavenly
souljourn and simultaneous incarnation as a mortal being, or
"son of man" in the ancient tongue (son in the neuter gender).
Is it any wonder then, that Venus' day, that venerated sixth
and last day of creation, is the day of humankind's creating?
This is true in the profoundest sense, as a planet needn't be
receding for a souljourn to occur, but is in the active-tense
of *separation*: the distancing of soul's heavenly realm away
from its earthly experience...much reminiscent of a lost love
as our recently disembodied souls were cast down to the Earth:
"How you are cut off from the heavens, O Lucifer son of
morning! You are cast down to the earth, making sinful
humans vulnerable."--Isaiah 14:12, literal translation
The sacred letters are thus recounted as Lucifer & his angels
fall into mortal living--virtually identical to ancient Mayan
myths of Quetzalcoatl, for whom the Mayans reckoned a 584-day
cycle between superior conjunctions, or inferior conjunctions.
The Mayans referred to soul's incarnating as "Quetzalcoatl's
descent to earth", with Venus' emergence as the morning star
symbolizing his (i.e. his/her) first arrival, Quetz' birth or
incarnation as a sinful human. Near superior conjunction, we
discerned the Sun & Venus to contend in inexorable duel, the
contest to the death verbatim reminiscent of Nosty's quatrin:
C5Q53
La loy du Sol & Venus contendus
The law of the Sun & Venus contended
Appropriant l'esprit de prophetie:
Appropriating the spirit of prophecy:
Ne l'vn ne l'autre ne seront entendus,
Not the one nor the other neither will be heard,
Par Sol tiendra la loy du grand Messie.
By Sun will hold the law of the great Messiah.
--interlinear translation by Daniel Joseph Min
And so the Hierophant, advocate for temporal experience who
is signified by the universal sign of Taurus, is advocating
soul's incarnation in its mortal body and is opposed to the
sting of death. Taurus is passionate for life, for all that
temporal living means to us as souls incarnated in our body,
promoting all the pains & pleasures of soul-body experience.
#3 THE LOVERS
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Trump: LOVERS
Glyph: II (twins)
Quality: Communication
Ensign: Gemini
Bearing: 60*-90* (north below)
Number: 3
Tone: D
Color: Orange
Ruler: Mercury-inferior
Roman: Maivs/May
Babylon: Simanu/Sivan
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The tarot card of The Lovers is signified by the caelestial
sign of Gemini. The Lovers' chromatic color is Orange, and
chromatic tone is D. The Lovers' chromatic ensign is verily
Mercury-inferior i.e. the malefic force of Mercury receding
from the Earth; Mercury, second heaven (see Lesson #II The
Magician) in red-shift, in separation from mercurial souls
incarnate upon the Earth--as Mercury zooms around the Sun
along its sidereal orbit of under eighty-eight earth days.
Mercury's orbit is the second most eccentric in the solar
system, about 0.2056 (cf. distant Pluto, at about 0.2528).
The glyph for the "Gemini twins" is named for the II, ergo
the Roman numeral II, numbering the second sidereal heaven.
Because Mercury is numbered second, expressly according to
its sidereal orbit, the stellar Gemini twins Castor (alGem,
25Gem27'08.049" +10:05'45") & Pollux (beGem 28Gem25'37.723"
+ 6:41'02") signify the relationship of the mortal and the
immortal as the communication between mortals and the Gods,
between soul's earthly experiences, and soul's disembodied
experiences among the heavenly spheres. That's why Mercury
is said to be messenger of the Gods, always nearby the Sun,
quick-footed, quick-thinking Mercury flying away in heaven,
his Locrian mode "stealing" from the Gods as he goes along.
#4 THE CHARIOT
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Trump: CHARIOT
Glyph: Crab
Quality: Imagination
Ensign: Cancer
Bearing: 90*-120* (north above)
Number: 4
Tone: D#/Eb
Color: Orange-Yellow
Ruler: Moon
Roman: Jvnivs/June
Babylon: Duzu/Tammuz
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The closest of your silver exerts two primary phases
to the Earth, waxing and waning, evening and morning,
benefic and malefic. Her evening phase begins at the
molad or mean lunar-solar conjunction. The thin, new
crescent of the Moon or neomenie (lit. "new mensis"),
generally can be seen one or two days after Moon-Sun
conjunction--weather permitting. As each waxing Moon
becomes more and more prominent in the evening skies,
her "horns" are seen to hang in view of the populace,
until the first quarter, when the Moon begins waxing
protuberant towards the full Moon, which is Sun-Moon
opposition when the full Moon rises at lunar morning
just as the Sun sets at solar evening. The full Moon
commences her inferior lunar phase of waning malefic,
reaching third quarter, until the Sun fully consumes
the waning lunar crescent and the mensis begins anew.
The tarot card of The Chariot is signified by the
caelestial sign of Cancer. The Chariot's chromatic
color is Orange-Yellow, and the chromatic tone is
Eb/D#. The Chariot's chromatic ensign is the Moon
waxing superior and waning inferior, i.e. benefic
and malefic forces of the Moon, respectively. The
Moon is the first heaven (see Lesson #I The Moon).
The Chariot represents the lunar "roller-coaster"
of human emotions waxing silvery & waning shadowy,
her momentum, as with the moment of lunar inertia,
particularly for lunar souls incarnate upon Earth.
The Chariot is the ensign of unconscious energy ergo
collective unconscious--the stuff dreams are made of.
Nostradamus referred to the Moon as: "l'on feroit de
votre argnterie", literally, the one closest of your
silver in his excellent Interrogation of Thieves Who
Steal Sacred Things, warning tropical astro-illogers
against "stealing" the sacred objects--the heavens--
from their places on the caelestial sphere: as Nosty
shows by his astrological diagram dated February 3rd
1562, in reply to corrupt church officials of Orange
(which notably is the color of Mercury-inferior, the
one who steals from fellow Gods)...so reader beware!
The Moon has the shortest and fastest sidereal orbit
of all the planets, and so is naturally numbered 1st,
hence the Ace, among the heavens. The Moon completes
each sidereal orbit in about 27.32 days--less than a
third that of Mercury's 88-day sidereal year. Moon's
synodic period (mensis, Gk. men, measure of a month)
is the time between consecutive Sun-Moon conjunction
on the superior side, & Sun-Moon opposition inferior.
Sun-Moon syzygies occur twice about every 29.53 days,
once superior, and about a fortnight later, inferior.
As a result, the Moon appears to move rather swiftly
through her synodic phases and against the caelestial
firmament, as compared with any of the other planets.
The Moon has slightly more mass to one side, so that
the familiar lunar "disc" always points toward Earth.
Thus the dark side of the Moon isn't really dark but
is more accurately the far side of the Moon, getting
the same amount of sunlight per lunar phases that are
the opposite or mathematical complement of the common
lunar phases seen from Earth. A definitively feminine
archetype, the Moon presides over the menstrual cycle
which lasts on average 28 (21-35) days...time enough
for the Moon to complete a sidereal and synodic year.
The Harvest Moon rises in the evening as a marvelous
yellowish-to-orangish disc near the autumnal equinox.
Notably, orange-yellow is the chroma-color of Cancer.
The benefic, waxing personality of Cancer is Artemis,
thereafter her malefic, waning personality is Hekate.
Thus Artemis is associated with the north lunar node
or head of the dragon, and Hekate is associated with
Lilith/tail of the dragon. The three-headed Cerberus
who stands sentinel at the gates of Hades (the broad
entrance into the underworld) is Hekate's "familiar"
spirit, thus images of Cerberus were commonly placed
at remote crossroads in honor of our Invincible Queen.
Like Artemis, Hekate holds a burning torch signifying
that she is the nocturnal goddess by shadows of night.
Hekate is revered as our supreme Goddess of the craft.
#5 STRENGTH
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Trump: STRENGTH
Glyph: Lion
Quality: Power
Ensign: Leo
Bearing: 120*-150* (north west)
Number: 5
Tone: E
Color: Yellow
Ruler: Sun
Roman: Jvlivs/July
Babylon: Abu/Ab(Av)
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The Sun, the power of destiny, exerts two primary phases
to the Earth, night and day, evening and morning, sunset
and sunrise, malefic and benefic. The rule of day is for
Apollon-Re, the rays of the Sun, while the rule of night
is for the heavenly spheres, the Moon and the Stars also
(of the Stars, Sol [Gk. Helios] numbers fourth in orbit).
The Sun shines perpetually upon the Earth which revolves
sidereal-daily, while she orbits the Sun sidereal-yearly,
resulting in her solar-daily rotation; i.e. with respect
to the Sun. The slowly-precessing obliquity of the Earth
on her axis of rotation to the Sun results in a tropical-
yearly orbit which is Earth's tropical year in the angle
of sunlight irrespective of her daily rotation i.e. only
with respect to the gyrating axis of her daily rotations
but without regard to the periodicity of daily rotations.
The Sun gives the greater light, and is the power-giving
heart of our solar system. The Sun is by far the largest
body herein. The Sun verily is the nearest star to Earth,
averaging precisely one astronomical unit (AU) in radial
distance (149,597,870.7km; 92,955,807.2 mi) in the short-
term and slowly closing this distance over the long-term.
The most radiant of the Gods is the central orchestrator
who holds the divine instruments of consciousness in the
orbits to which they formed and continue to evolve. Note
that Artemis(Diana), Apollo's twin sister, appears to be
almost exactly the same size as her shining twin brother
since she is 400 times smaller & 400x closer than Apollo.
as becomes self-evident during a total solar eclipse. Un-
like any of the other planets, the Sun & Moon both do in
fact orbit the Earth: the Moon epicyclically and the Sun
relatively; so Artemis & Apollo work in tandem, exerting
their twin feminine and masculine energies Night and Day.
The tarot card of Strength is signified by the caelestial
sign of Leo, whose chromatic color is Yellow, & chromatic
tone is E. Strength's chromatic ensign is the Sun, rising
superior and setting inferior, i.e. the benefic & malefic
forces of the Sun, respectively. The Sun is fourth heaven
(see Lesson #IV The Sun). The constellation Leo was named
for the Lion, whose sharp fangs (ergo sharp sickle) serve
to "devour" the planets as they approach their respective
superior conjunctions. Leo is known as king of the jungle,
ergo the royal and majestic constellation of his namesake
beginning near Subra, depicted by the Sphinx's "left paw"
(omiLeo 29Can27'25.544" -3:45'25"), Regulus, the "bearded
star", or "heart" of Leo (alLeo 05Leo02'19.526 +0:27'53"),
and Rho Leo, depicted by the "right paw" (11Leo35'52.786"
+0:08'59" J2000). While the Sphinx is certainly far older
that the Pyramids at El Gizeh plateau, it is notable that
the precessional age of Leo had very nearly just begun as
the Great Pyramid was beginning to be built cir 10,490 BC;
given ~25,626.8304 tropical years per great year, divided
by 12, equals ~2,135.5692 tropical years per zodiacal age
(i.e. ~780,000 solar days/age) barely 30 years difference!
It is more likely that the Sphinx was quarried out during
the prior age of Leo which began approximately ~36,100 BC,
or perhaps an even older age of Leo, beginning ~61,700 BC.
In any case, Leo is revered as the majestic constellation
ruled by the Sun and he is strong indeed! Leo is strength,
he's the POWER of destiny in our solar system experiences.
#6 THE HIGH PRIESTESS
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Trump: PRIESTESS
Glyph: Virgin
Quality: Virtue
Ensign: Virgo
Bearing: 150*-180* (west below)
Number: 6
Tone: F
Color: Green
Ruler: Mercury-superior
Roman: Avgvstvs/August
Babylon: Ululu/Elul
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The tarot card of the High Priestess is signified by the
caelestial sign of Virgo, whose chromatic color is Green,
and chromatic tone is F. Her chromatic ensign is Mercury-
superior, the benefic force of Mercury closing by radial
velocity. The Virgin is persistent, meticulous, thorough,
healing, planting, growing, your proverbial "green thumb".
The stars of Virgo include Alkaid (etUMa 02Vir08'28.548"
+ 54:23'00" J2000), Vindemiatrix (epVir 15Vir08'46.184"
+ 16:12'12"), and finally, Spica (alVir 29Vir02'45.136"
-2:03'15") & Arcturus (alBoo 29Vir26'16.363" +30:44'00")
i.e. the caelestial meridian near the beginning of Libra.
#7 JUSTICE
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Trump: JUSTICE
Glyph: Scales
Quality: Justice
Ensign: Libra
Bearing: 180*-210* (west above)
Number: 7
Tone: F#/Gb
Color: Green-Blue
Ruler: Venus-superior
Roman: September/September
Babylon: Tashritu/Tishri
(Ethanim)
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The tarot card of Justice is signified by the caelestial
sign of Libra, the universal fulcrum wielding the scales
of justice. The chromatic color of Justice is Green-Blue,
and her chromatic tone is Gb/F#. The chromatic ensign of
Justice is Venus-superior, her benefic force closing the
distance to Earth; Venus in blue-shift is beneficial for
venusian souls incarnated upon the Earth. Remember, this
pertains to each and every soul's collective experiences
through the heavens over long epochs of soul's evolution.
Justice promotes consciousness & the awareness of others.
Justice opposes the Devil thus the Devil opposes Justice.
Justice is the universal archetype of grace, beauty, and
balance, as her shimmering ruler Venus is second only to
the Moon in apparent magnitude or brightness. Thus it is
that the evening star is the brightest representative of
Hesperos, Lat. Vesper, the Goddess of evening, naturally
the wife of Atlas, since it is he who holds up the Earth
for our treasures in heaven, the "golden apples" of Hera
defended by the "hesperides", the seven immortal maidens.
After all it is Venus whose love and devotion resurrects
her lover out out of the depths of Hades..."Adonis lives,
he is risen again!" this, in deference to Venus' undying
love for Adonis. Venus is called Adonai, an ancient name
for the one called Love--who reigns over the heavens and
the earth; in the Hebrew ynda (shortened Nda) pronounced
awdone'. Since the actual name of God is unpronounceable,
Adonai is used as a pronounceable substitute parallel to
Yahweh, the God of love, i.e., the eternal power of love;
as was the epithet of Aphrodite, the lovely evening Star.
#8 DEATH
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Trump: DEATH
Glyph: Scorpion
Quality: Vitality
Ensign: Scorpio
Bearing: 210*-240* (south west)
Number: 8
Tone: G
Color: Blue
Ruler: Mars-superior
Roman: October/October
Babylon: Arahsamnu/Heshvan
(Bul)
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The tarot card of Death is signified by the caelestial
sign of Scorpio, the sting of Death...the wages of sin.
Death to the self in opposition to the Hierophant, who
naturally opposes the Scorpion. The chromatic color of
Death is Blue whose chromatic tone is G. The chromatic
ensign of Death is verily Mars-superior, benefic force,
a helping of non-sticky zen, a change will do you good,
a new beginning, thus Uranus exalts under the Scorpion
(see Lesson #VIII The Star), embracing new experiences.
The great forces of Mars encompass the forces of Venus.
The Scorpion expends temporal vim, vigor and sex drive.
Mars in blue-shift is beneficial for all martian souls
incarnate upon the Earth. Death is the universal arche-
type of vitality, contrast, self-surrender. What do we
surrender in death? That which the Hierophant promotes,
those pains and pleasures of temporal human experience;
passion for life and death of that passion. Understand?
The forces of change, the crossroads, fork in the road
(see Lesson #V The Tower). Pluton-Hades rules over the
inferior Scorpian aspect, the underworld, diis manibus.
Past Cerberus, ferried by Charon across Styx, oblivion,
five rivers, Phlegethon, Acheron, Styx, Lethe, Cocytus;
Pyriphlegethon (the river of fire), Acheron (the river
of eternal woe), Cocytus (river of weeping and wailing),
Lethe (river of forgetfulness), Styx (river of hatred);
(see Lesson #VII Judgment); souls by fate into Elysion,
the golden age of Saturn, else Tartaros outer darkness,
eternal damnation, where the woodbine twineth, and the
iceman cometh not. How will *you* fare at the Judgment?
Vast riches await those to whom nothing is not assured.
#9 WHEEL OF FORTUNE
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Trump: FORTUNE
Glyph: Archer
Quality: Fortune
Ensign: Sagittarius
Bearing: 240*-270* (south below)
Number: 9
Tone: G#/Ab
Color: Blue-Indigo
Ruler: Jupiter-superior
Roman: Nouember/November
Babylon: Kislimu/Kislev
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The tarot card of Wheel of Fortune is signified by the
caelestial sign of Sagittarius the chromatic ensign of
Jupiter-superior, the benefic force of Jupiter closing
the distance by radial velocity--verily beneficial for
souls incarnated from the Jupiter souljourn. Chromatic
color is Blue-Indigo, plus the chromatic tone is Ab/G#.
Fortune, chance, the benefic force of the great planet
Jupiter--encompassing the orbit of Mars, and the orbit
of the asteroid belt. Jupiter, king planet (see Lesson
#VI The Emperor) promotes dignity, honesty and charity;
free to expand and explore, to seize new opportunities.
Faith, hope, charity. The greatest of these is charity.
Sagittarius A* which is the compact yet incredibly
powerful radio source at (or very near) the center
of the Milky Way galaxy, makes the caelestial sign
of Sagittarius the most universally energetic sign
in our stellar zodiac (albeit the dynamical center
of the galaxy is considered to be sgrab, cf. sgra).
Sgr A* is rightly called the Sun of our Sun. Mayan
astronomers, for example calculated i.e. predicted
the conjunction of the winter solstice Sun and the
sacred tree which is the apparent intercept of the
ecliptic and galactic planes 5 degrees Sagittarius
(which occurs at 11:11:23 UT 21-Dec-2012) to occur
on "13 Baktun" (13.0.0.0.0)--which in fact it does,
marking the end of the fifth age of the Sun, since
there are exactly 5 ages of the Sun per great year
of tropical precession, with each solar age making
about 1,872,000 solar days which is 5125.366 years.
With the sacred tree located at about five degrees
Sagittarius, Sgr A* is located two degrees therein;
the sacred tree near Sinistra nuOph 04Sag57'11.426"
+13:39'55", Sgr A* 02Sag03'06.794" -5:36'27" J2000.
The galactic and ecliptic plane-intercept near the
galactic center Sgr A* is about 3 ecliptic degrees
9 minutes and 36 seconds east of Sgr A* 02Sag03'07"
-5:36'27" (FK5) i.e. about 05Sag12'43" referencing
Aldebaran 15Tau00'00" -5:28'03" on the J2000 epoch.
But the 2012 winter solstice occurs at 05Sag01'12",
that's more than ten arcminutes from modern values.
Notably the winter solstice of Tuesday December 22,
1998 01:56:26 UT, marks the first birth of the Sun
at the tree since the last 1st solar age one great
year ago circa 23,615 BC (-52.0.0.0.0; JD-6903717),
by using the modern definition for "galactic plane"
and using Aldebaran exactly fifteen degrees Taurus.
In nice round numbers the sacred tree was probably
assumed to be located three degrees east of Sgr A*,
the latter of which marked two degrees Sagittarius:
Regulus 5 Leo & Thuban 12 Leo, Aldebaran 15 Taurus,
Alcyone 5 Taurus, Sirius 19 Gemini, Spica 29 Virgo
& Arcturus 29 Virgo, Antares 15 Scorpio, and so on,
the emphasis being on the planets, the Gods in our
solar system not merely distant stellar archetypes.
The stars were used for establishing the positions
of the terrestrial house cusps and planets therein,
these being more effective than arbitrary signs on
the caelestial firmament. Zeus rules in the heaven.
Sagittarius is the universal sign of expansiveness,
but the actual force of Jupiter is made BY Jupiter!
Once you understand this, you'll understand it all.
#10 THE WORLD
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Trump: THE WORLD
Glyph: Horned Goat
Quality: Discipline
Ensign: Capricorn
Bearing: 270*-300* (south above)
Number: 10
Tone: A
Color: Indigo
Ruler: Saturn-superior
Roman: December/December
Babylon: Tebetu/Tebet
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The tarot card of The World is signified by the caelestial
sign of Capricorn, the chromatic ensign of Saturn-superior,
the benefic force of Saturn closing the distance by radial
velocity--beneficial for souls incarnating from the Saturn
souljourn. Chromatic color is Indigo & chromatic tone is A.
The Caper, he-goat, symbolized by the "inverted" pentagram,
the benefic aspect of the Scythe (see Lesson #VII Judgment)
universal archetype of discipline, devotion, introspection,
reflection, contemplation, the physical realm of existence
which was created benefic and malefic, evening and morning.
Capricorn is the benefic aspect of Kronus i.e. father time
whose somewhat eccentric (0.05415 J2000) orbit encompasses
Jupiter, the asteroid belt and Mars, Earth and Moon, Venus,
Mercury, & Sun--the most effective planets in astrological
horoscopes...albeit the outer planets are verily effective
concerning our souljourns there and the aspects these make
upon souls-incarnate. These forces are active in real-time.
It's our individual and collective experiences there which
bring the aspects to bear upon our incarnate-experience in
the physical realm; bringing to fruition, as completion of
something, the worldly consequence of time; bringing about
abrupt, unexpected, unanticipated, catastrophic changes in-
to our worldly experience. Giving cause for reflection, as
this maxim "you don't know what you've got till it's gone".
#11 TEMPERANCE
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Trump: TEMPERANCE
Glyph: Water Bearer
Quality: Inspiration
Ensign: Aquarius
Bearing: 300*-330* (south east)
Number: 11
Tone: A#/Bb
Color: Indigo-Violet
Ruler: Saturn-inferior/Uranus
Roman: Janvarivs/January
Babylon: Shabatu/Shebat
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The tarot card of Temperance is signified by the caelestial
sign of Aquarius, the chromatic ensign of Uranus-superior &
Saturn-inferior, i.e. the benefic force of Uranus & malefic
forces of Saturn. The chromatic color of Aquarius is Indigo-
Violet, and the chromatic tone is Bb/A#. The greater forces
of Uranus encompass the naked-eye visible planets--although
Uranus can just barely be seen with the naked eye under the
most ideal seeing conditions and knowing just where to look
(such conditions predate modern electric "light pollution").
As a result Uranus was relegated on par with the caelestial
firmament; a known planet but one which was too far away to
see with the unaided eye on a consistent ergo corroborative
basis. For all intents and purposes, Ouranos is the Earth's
caelestial firmament whereas the planet Uranus and thus its
position on the caelestial sphere for which it is named was
known only to erudite ancient astronomers or psychic adepts.
The benefic forces of Ouranos, i.e. Earth's sidereal heaven,
& the benefic forces of the planet Uranus (see Lesson #VIII
The Star) combine to accentuate the universal archetypes of
the twelve planetary signs--the stars--approaching infinity;
drawing soul outward toward realms of extreme consciousness,
encompassing time, the father of time exceeding father-time
as it was from Earth's beginnings: when Gaea advent Ouranos
her heavenly firmament, this "cosmic marriage" of our Earth-
centered universe-apparent because it appeared that Ouranos
as the starry night wrapped his arms completely around Gaea,
and by which their progeny Kronos, primeval God of time, is
revealed to the Earth. Through soul's experiences there, we
acquire temperance, as souls being tempered by those forces
of inspiration, the forces of again-ness as a new beginning.
Here the inferior aspect of the Scythe takes hold, limiting
extreme tendencies, restricting motion towards the infinite,
constraining soul's desire to escape the bonds of the world,
even as Aquarius is inextricably joined with Capricorn. See?
#12 THE HANGED MAN
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Trump: HANGED MAN
Glyph: Fishes
Quality: Mysticism
Ensign: Pisces
Bearing: 330*-360* (east below)
Number: 12
Tone: B
Color: Violet
Ruler: Jupiter-inferior/Neptune
Roman: Febrvarivs/February
Babylon: Addaru/Adar*
*AddaruII/V'Adar
(leapyear)
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The tarot card of the Hanged Man is signified by the
caelestial sign of Pisces, which is the chromatic en-
sign of Neptune-superior & Jupiter-inferior, benefic
force of Neptune & the malefic force of Jupiter. The
chromatic color of Pisces is Violet & chromatic tone
is B. The greater forces of Neptune encompass all of
the naked-eye visible planets including faint Uranus,
at times with distant Pluton crossing Neptune's path.
The universal mystical archetype, man reaching up to
the Gods, reaching up to his brother Pluton-Hades at
the center of the Earth thus the center of Mnemosyne,
mother of the music of the spheres. Jupiter-inferior,
the receding aspect of Zeus in separation from souls-
incarnate therefrom. The cumulative universal aspect
of experience to the sphere of wisdom (see Lesson #9
The Hermit) is the taming of our Mercurial intellect
through the mysterious aspects wrought by souljourns
in Neptune--malefic aspect for souls incarnated from
Jupiter. Vast realm of waters just above terra firma,
the reign of Neptune, closing the distance to heaven
by the elements...soul is prepared to meet the Devil.
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End Chapter 4. See Chapter 5 for continuation...
Daniel Joseph Min
*Min's Compleat Tarot Pak:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=9IBCQ0PN375...@Gilgamesh-frog.org
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