{"nhits":10,"cards":[{"type":"major","name_short":"ar05","name":"The Hierophant","value":"5","value_int":5,"meaning_up":"Marriage, alliance, captivity, servitude; by another account, mercy and goodness; inspiration; the man to whom the Querent has recourse.","meaning_rev":"Society, good understanding, concord, overkindness, weakness.","desc":"He wears the triple crown and is seated between two pillars, but they are not those of the Temple which is guarded by the High Priestess. In his left hand he holds a sceptre terminating in the triple cross, and with his right hand he gives the well-known ecclesiastical sign which is called that of esotericism, distinguishing between the manifest and concealed part of doctrine. It is noticeable in this connexion that the High Priestess makes no sign. At his feet are the crossed keys, and two priestly ministers in albs kneel before him. He has been usually called the Pope, which is a particular application of the more general office that he symbolizes. He is the ruling power of external religion, as the High Priestess is the prevailing genius of the esoteric, withdrawn power. The proper meanings of this card have suffered woeful admixture from nearly all hands. Grand Orient says truly that the Hierophant is the power of the keys, exoteric orthodox doctrine, and the outer side of the life which leads to the doctrine; but he is certainly not the prince of occult doctrine, as another commentator has suggested.\nHe is rather the summa totius theologiæ, when it has passed into the utmost rigidity of expression; but he symbolizes also all things that are righteous and sacred on the manifest side. As such, he is the channel of grace belonging to the world of institution as distinct from that of Nature, and he is the leader of salvation for the human race at large. He is the order and the head of the recognized hierarchy, which is the reflection of another and greater hierarchic order; but it may so happen that the pontiff forgets the significance of this his symbolic state and acts as if he contained within his proper measures all that his sign signifies or his symbol seeks to shew forth. He is not, as it has been thought, philosophy-except on the theological side; he is not inspiration; and he is not religion, although he is a mode of its expression."},{"name":"King of Wands","name_short":"waki","value":"king","value_int":14,"suit":"wands","type":"minor","meaning_up":"Dark man, friendly, countryman, generally married, honest and conscientious. The card always signifies honesty, and may mean news concerning an unexpected heritage to fall in before very long.","meaning_rev":"Good, but severe; austere, yet tolerant.","desc":"The physical and emotional nature to which this card is attributed is dark, ardent, lithe, animated, impassioned, noble. The King uplifts a flowering wand, and wears, like his three correspondences in the remaining suits, what is called a cap of maintenance beneath his crown. He connects with the symbol of the lion, which is emblazoned on the back of his throne."},{"type":"major","name_short":"ar19","name":"The Sun","value":"19","value_int":19,"meaning_up":"Material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment.","meaning_rev":"The same in a lesser sense.","desc":"The naked child mounted on a white horse and displaying a red standard has been mentioned already as the better symbolism connected with this card. It is the destiny of the Supernatural East and the great and holy light which goes before the endless procession of humanity, coming out from the walled garden of the sensitive life and passing on the journey home. The card signifies, therefore, the transit from the manifest light of this world, represented by the glorious sun of earth, to the light of the world to come, which goes before aspiration and is typified by the heart of a child.\nBut the last allusion is again the key to a different form or aspect of the symbolism. The sun is that of consciousness in the spirit - the direct as the antithesis of the reflected light. The characteristic type of humanity has become a little child therein--a child in the sense of simplicity and innocence in the sense of wisdom. In that simplicity, he bears the seal of Nature and of Art; in that innocence, he signifies the restored world. When the self-knowing spirit has dawned in the consciousness above the natural mind, that mind in its renewal leads forth the animal nature in a state of perfect conformity."},{"name":"Five of Swords","name_short":"sw05","value":"five","value_int":5,"suit":"swords","type":"minor","meaning_up":"Degradation, destruction, revocation, infamy, dishonour, loss, with the variants and analogues of these.","meaning_rev":"The same; burial and obsequies.","desc":"A disdainful man looks after two retreating and dejected figures. Their swords lie upon the ground. He carries two others on his left shoulder, and a third sword is in his right hand, point to earth. He is the master in possession of the field."},{"type":"major","name_short":"ar01","name":"The Magician","value":"1","value_int":1,"meaning_up":"Skill, diplomacy, address, subtlety; sickness, pain, loss, disaster, snares of enemies; self-confidence, will; the Querent, if male.","meaning_rev":"Physician, Magus, mental disease, disgrace, disquiet.","desc":"A youthful figure in the robe of a magician, having the countenance of divine Apollo, with smile of confidence and shining eyes. Above his head is the mysterious sign of the Holy Spirit, the sign of life, like an endless cord, forming the figure 8 in a horizontal position . About his waist is a serpent-cincture, the serpent appearing to devour its own tail. This is familiar to most as a conventional symbol of eternity, but here it indicates more especially the eternity of attainment in the spirit. In the Magician's right hand is a wand raised towards heaven, while the left hand is pointing to the earth. This dual sign is known in very high grades of the Instituted Mysteries; it shews the descent of grace, virtue and light, drawn from things above and derived to things below. The suggestion throughout is therefore the possession and communication of the Powers and Gifts of the Spirit. On the table in front of the Magician are the symbols of the four Tarot suits, signifying the elements of natural life, which lie like counters before the adept, and he adapts them as he wills. Beneath are roses and lilies, the flos campi and lilium convallium, changed into garden flowers, to shew the culture of aspiration. This card signifies the divine motive in man, reflecting God, the will in the liberation of its union with that which is above. It is also the unity of individual being on all planes, and in a very high sense it is thought, in the fixation thereof. With further reference to what I have called the sign of life and its connexion with the number 8, it may be remembered that Christian Gnosticism speaks of rebirth in Christ as a change \"unto the Ogdoad.\" The mystic number is termed Jerusalem above, the Land flowing with Milk and Honey, the Holy Spirit and the Land of the Lord. According to Martinism, 8 is the number of Christ."},{"name":"Nine of Cups","name_short":"cu09","value":"nine","value_int":9,"suit":"cups","type":"minor","meaning_up":"Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made.","meaning_rev":"Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc.","desc":"A goodly personage has feasted to his heart's content, and abundant refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him, seeming to indicate that the future is also assured. The picture offers the material side only, but there are other aspects."},{"name":"Ace of Cups","name_short":"cuac","value":"ace","value_int":1,"suit":"cups","type":"minor","meaning_up":"House of the true heart, joy, content, abode, nourishment, abundance, fertility; Holy Table, felicity hereof.","meaning_rev":"House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.","desc":"The waters are beneath, and thereon are water-lilies; the hand issues from the cloud, holding in its palm the cup, from which four streams are pouring; a dove, bearing in its bill a cross-marked Host, descends to place the Wafer in the Cup; the dew of water is falling on all sides. It is an intimation of that which may lie behind the Lesser Arcana."},{"name":"Six of Swords","name_short":"sw06","value":"six","value_int":6,"suit":"swords","type":"minor","meaning_up":"Journey by water, route, way, envoy, commissionary, expedient.","meaning_rev":"Declaration, confession, publicity; one account says that it is a proposal of love.","desc":"A ferryman carrying passengers in his punt to the further shore. The course is smooth, and seeing that the freight is light, it may be noted that the work is not beyond his strength."},{"name":"Seven of Wands","name_short":"wa07","value":"seven","value_int":7,"suit":"wands","type":"minor","meaning_up":"It is a card of valour, for, on the surface, six are attacking one, who has, however, the vantage position. On the intellectual plane, it signifies discussion, wordy strife; in business--negotiations, war of trade, barter, competition. It is further a card of success, for the combatant is on the top and his enemies may be unable to reach him.","meaning_rev":"Perplexity, embarrassments, anxiety. It is also a caution against indecision.","desc":"A young man on a craggy eminence brandishing a staff; six other staves are raised towards him from below."},{"name":"Three of Swords","name_short":"sw03","value":"three","value_int":3,"suit":"swords","type":"minor","meaning_up":"Removal, absence, delay, division, rupture, dispersion, and all that the design signifies naturally, being too simple and obvious to call for specific enumeration.","meaning_rev":"Mental alienation, error, loss, distraction, disorder, confusion.","desc":"Three swords piercing a heart; cloud and rain behind."}]}