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THE STAR,
TAROT TRUMP #17 THOTH TAROT DECK
THE STAR image from
the THOTH deck, the one I use the most, combines Egyptian, Cabbalah, myths and Astrological symbols in a beautiful way.
I love this deck and get many inquiries about it.
The Star card shows the Goddess, personified as Isis,
or the planet Venus, She unites the "as above so below" Hemetic maxim. She represents the Astrological sign Aquarius and its'
ideals of Univesal love, and vision. She links us to our Higher Selves. The Ancients believed that every man and woman was
linked to their own star. She represents that link.
Make a wish on a star everyday. Believe in your dreams.
About the Tarot
The origins of the Tarot are shrouded in myth and mystery.
Some say it came from Egypt where the Initiated wanted to preserve the mystical and occult Initiatory knowledge which
is the origin of Tarot in a symbolic pictorial form.
I believe the Tarot originated in its presently recognizable
form after the burning of the great ancient wonder of the world, the Library of Alexandria.
Modern research suggests that Tarot evolved from a group
of 22 playing cards called tarocchi used in 16th century Italy that were added to an extant deck of 56. In the late 18th century,
the French started using the cards for fortune telling. In today's tarot decks, the 22 cards are the Trumps or major cards illustrating
archetypes like the Fool, the Devil, the Sun, the Lover and Death etc. The 16 Court cards still appear partially in everyday
playing card decks as kings, queens, and jacks. The four element cards,1-10 are similar to ordinary cards as well.
The Journey always begins with The Fool.
The Fool is the symbol of wisdom and enlightenment. An androgynous figure represents the
Soul about to step into the Abyss into Human Form. The Fool represents the end and the beginning of everything. The
sacred Zero of eternity is also the master number 22 of enlightenment. The Fool is the wisdom of the Child Archetype living
in the eternal moment, trusting, innocent with no expectations, totally alive in the Now.
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| Medieval Fool |
Wanted to let you know about artist Niki de Saint Phalle's marvellous Tarot Garden in Tuscany Italy.
| NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE'S TAROT GARDEN |
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| TUSCANY, ITALY |
| The High Priestess and Magician Sculptures |
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| Many Tarot sculptures, fountain |
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| Wheel of Fortune by Tinguely in the fountain |
| THE EMPRESS |
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| The HAND of the Magician |
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| Builders of the Adytum High Priestess |
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| Early Tarot Fool |
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| 1500's Chariot Trump Card |
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| Another Early Tarochi Fool Image 1500's |
| The Archetypal Fool |
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| The B.O.T.A. Trump # 0 / 22 |
Copyright 2002-2007 Tara Greene - All Rights Reserved
Of course the Journey always begins with The Fool, the Archetypal Zero, NAught, Nothing, the Circle, the Asbsolute,
the Orobouros snake, the Soul, wholeness, inclusiveness.
When we are first attracted to the Tarot Archetypes we embody The Fool. We are at the beginning, we question because
we do not know. We consult the cards for their wise guidance as a means to unfold our Soul's journey, our practical choices,
to Illuminate our path.
The Tarot cards are actually Firey Energies, Sephiroth on the Tree of Life. Powerful generators, Angels, Wisdom Keepers,
Primordial Entities, Magical Beings.
Even though current knowledge places the Tarot as first being published in Italy in the Renaissance. I know that they
carry very ancient teachings which were secretly and orally handed down by various religions. They combine a world view, an
amal- gamation of different philosophies and mystical teachings from Egypt-Thoth,the Hermetic Tradition, Jewish
Msyticism, Hindu.
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