Editorial note: The non-Rider-Waite tarot card images in this blog are sourced from the online collection of the British Museum, unless noted otherwise. The Marseilles images and Rider-Waite images are from scans I did at home. In part five of this three-part series, the astrological connections to all the major arcana will be arranged. To … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part V
Category: numerology
On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 4.3 – The Starry Vault and the SuperMars
Photo source unknown. I don't want to go through a large explanation of "what is Rosslyn Chapel," though a brief synopsis of the chapel's history can be found here. It was originally intended to be a private chapel for the wealthy Sinclair, or St. Clair clan, and not open to the public, though surely plenty … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 4.3 – The Starry Vault and the SuperMars
Was William Shakespeare a Taurus, or was a Taurus Shakespeare?
2023 is the 400th anniversary of the First Folio, the common name for the extensive tome entitled Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. It was published posthumously, as we are told Mr. Shakespeare died in 1616, on April 23. There is no record of his date of birth, though it was thought that it … Continue reading Was William Shakespeare a Taurus, or was a Taurus Shakespeare?
Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part III
In the first two foundational parts of this series, I made the case for astro-numerological constructs in the tarot. In this part, we're going to look at some ancient astrological iconography that landed in the tarot, how this relates to all the tedious math we did in Part II, and the reasoning behind the constellational/zodiacal … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part III
Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part II
In Part I, I explained the true nature of the Star XVII card by decoding the classic tarot's astrological math and number symbolism. In this part, we will go a bit further with how the two most notorious irrational (mystical) numbers of pi π and phi ϕ are encoded in the deck, as well as … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) – Part II




