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Tarot Reading Wdtfar?

Reading Performed 06/22/2021 at 5:36 PM

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The Meanings of these Tarot Cards

Past

What has already occurred; the past.

16 from the Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Upright

Opinion

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

The Last judgment. I have spoken of this symbol already, the form of which is essentially invariable, even in the Etteilla set. An angel sounds his trumpet per sepulchra regionum, and the dead arise. It matters little that Etteilla omits the angel, or that Dr. Papus substitutes a ridiculous figure, which is, however, in consonance with the general motive of that Tarot set which accompanies his latest work. Before rejecting the transparent interpretation of the symbolism which is conveyed by the name of the card and by the picture which it presents to the eye, we should feel very sure of our ground. On the surface, at least, it is and can be only the resurrection of that triad--father, mother, child-whom we have met with already in the eighth card. M. Bourgeat hazards the suggestion that esoterically it is the symbol of evolution--of which it carries none of the signs. Others say that it signifies renewal, which is obvious enough; that it is the triad of human life; that it is the "generative force of the earth... and eternal life." Court de Gebelin makes himself impossible as usual, and points out that if the grave-stones were removed it could be accepted as a symbol of creation.

Present

What is occurring now; the present.

Queen of Swords from the Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Reversed

Malicious Woman

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

A bad woman, with ill-will towards the Querent.

Future

What has not yet occurred; the future.

6 from the Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck

Card Meaning When Reversed

Truths

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings (When Upright)

The Emperor, by imputation the spouse of the former. He is occasionally represented as wearing, in addition to his personal insignia, the stars or ribbons of some order of chivalry. I mention this to shew that the cards are a medley of old and new emblems. Those who insist upon the evidence of the one may deal, if they can, with the other. No effectual argument for the antiquity of a particular design can be drawn from the fact that it incorporates old material; but there is also none which can be based on sporadic novelties, the intervention of which may signify only the unintelligent hand of an editor or of a late draughtsman.

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