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Symbols in the Tarot card The Universe

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The World Tarot card

The Tarot card called “The World” of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck it’s been renamed “The Universe” in the Crowley-Harris Thoth deck.
Eliphas Levi gave to the card The Universe (Le Monde) the number 21 and but assigned it to Tav which is number 22. The root of this problem and misinterpretation it’s the card The Fool (The Unwise Man or Le Mat) which was associated with zero, but placed at the 21st position between The Last Judgement and The Universe. Crowley, as a great admire of Levi kept this order of the cards. He attributed 0 to 1 (Aleph) creating a shift between the Hebrew letters and their numeric value. While Levi didn’t bother to explain too much this inconsistency, Crowley explained that the Kabbalistic zero it’s not “nothing”, but “Ain-Soph” which means “Without Limit”. It still don’t clarify why in their system the Hebrew letters assigned to the Tarot cards don’t match their own numeric value according to Gematria.
But the issue of zero it’s not our concern right now! Read more Symbols in the Tarot card The Universe ›

Hudes Tarot

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This interesting deck by Susan Hudes was published in 1995 by U.S. Games Systems. It’s a standard 78-card deck, with Major card names, Court card names, and suit titles all following the Waite-Smith deck. The imagery on the Minors follows Pamela Colman Smith; in fact, in the placement of the figures they seem to actually be based on another Waite-Smith derivative, the Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini. The Major imagery, however, is more original and individualistic. Read more Hudes Tarot ›

Connolly Tarot

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Eileen Connolly designed the Connolly Tarot deck in cooperation with her son, Peter Paul Connolly. The scenes on each card are reminiscent of medieval stained glass associated with majestic cathedrals. Each card touches the subconscious in a profound way, and the spiritual and inspirational imagery brings the viewer to a higher level of consciousness. Read more Connolly Tarot ›

Kazanlar Tarot

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Ecumenism, also called interdenominationalism or ecumenicalism, is the concept and principle that Christians from different Christian denominations should work together to develop closer relationships among their churches and promote Christian unity.
Dr Emil Kazanlár brought the concept to the next level by blending all the major religions as a Tarot deck. The four pillars of the deck, commonly known as the Suits, are distributed between Far East, European, Egyptian and Persian traditions, combining Hinduism, Christianity, Islam and ancient Middle Eastern traditions through the kabbalistic teachings of the Tree of Life. It is a bold Read more Kazanlar Tarot ›