Tarot Card Meanings

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man is upended, suspended, and undefended, a willing sacrifice to the principle of non-resistance.

Strength

The Strength card channels the immutable strength and relentlessness of wild Nature, which is only ever temporarily tamed.

Wheel of Fortune

In the Wheel of Fortune, we have a representation of the circular and cyclical metabolism of time as a bubble within eternity. Learn more on our site.

The Hermit

The Hermit, the possessor of gnosis, not only has the Light, but is a Light and guide for others.

Justice

Trump 8, Justice, shows the principle of analysis, that piercing vision which cuts to the heart of things.

The Chariot

The Chariot represents the principle of perpetual motion, meaning the eternal circulation of Light and sound frequencies that compound invisible energies into tangible matter.

The Lovers

Trump 6 the Lovers points to the charged eros-magical field that springs up between the Lover and the Beloved.

The Hierophant

Trump 5 is the High Priest of every lineage, the master of the doctrine of correspondences.

The Emperor

In Valentinian terms the Emperor is the King of Heaven, Bythos, the original Source of the Pleroma, archetype of all father gods, such as Zeus or Yahweh.

The Empress

The Empress is the compassionate and generous web of life envisioned by Godhead to provide vehicles for all the sparks that wish to enter the Creation.