Tarot
Eight of Wands Tarot Website
Tarot
Eight of Wands Tarot Website
By Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.
Tarot Major Arcana Index Tarot Minor Arcana Index
Tarot Keywords Index Pips Court Cards Aces Suits
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Visconti Tarot Marseille Tarot Thoth Tarot Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot Voyager Tarot
Introduction to the Eight of Wands Tarot Website
I began work on the Eight of Wands Tarot Website in June of 2011. I had begun a three year program to study and research the Tarot. I had used Tarot decks since 1975 and had read many books on the subject since 1975. This website will record the results of my Tarot research and practices from 2011-2013.
My first goal was to set up the structure of the Eight of Wands Tarot Website in June of 2011. A comprehensive index to the website was created and called the Tarot Keywords Index. I created a webpage for a sequential entry of my work plans and notes. A variety of webpages to hold content were created as reflected in the links at the top of this webpage. The first draft of a research bibliography was created. Every webpage included links to books on the topic that a reader can purchase from Amazon. If a reader will click on any image in this website, it will take them to Amazon or another webpage in the website. Although I don't plan to blog much on the topic, I will make some Tarot related entries in my Paths in the Valley Blog.
My main focus from July 2011 until January 2013 will be on creating the first drafts of webpages on the suits, pip cards, court cards, and aces. I intend to make the Eight of Wands Tarot Website the best website on the Minor Arcana. It will be of value to those who use regular playing cards for divination or magick.
In July of 2011, work was started on the suit of Wands (Hearts). I intend to complete work on the pip, court, and ace cards of the suit of Wands (Hearts) by the end of August, 2011.
After February, 2013, I will create first drafts of webpages on the Major Arcana. Since many other websites now already provide extensive commentary on the Major Arcana, this is a lower priority for me.
My plan includes work with the Tarot in a context of ceremonial magick, rituals, divinatin, and magick. I have a keen interest in Neopagan spiritual practices and Taoism. I could have chosen to study the Futark Runes, Ogham, or I Ching; but, instead, have chosen to study the Tarot.
I seldom did Tarot readings for other persons prior to September, 2011. Starting in the Autumn of 2011, I began providing such "Tarot Reading" services upon request, and now consider myself more qualified and knowledgeable about the Tarot than I did in the past.
My plan is to study and practice using the Tarot cards for at least one hour each day from June 2011 until June 2013. I study one card carefully each day. I do a reading spread each day. I have prepared numerous flash index cards to help with memorization of standard and traditional Tarot meanings and associations.
I began using Tarot decks in 1975. I have studied and used a wide variety of Tarot decks. There are scores of beautiful and creative Tarot deck designs to capture your imagination, resonate with your philosophical or religious outlook, feed your spiritual hunger, provide you with clues as to how to direct your will to mold future events, and astonish you in many ways. I tend to favor modern decks that move away from the Renaissance, Italian and French cultural emphasis of the earliest decks (e.g., Visconti-Sforza Tarrocchi Cards, 1445; Marseille Tarot Deck, 1751), decks that include descriptive words and more complex pictographic images on the Minor Arcana cards that point to associated meanings, decks influenced by the Golden Dawn magical traditions, cards that are creative and colorful, decks that are printed in different sizes, and decks with an associated printed literature that explain the symbols, art, and concepts that the designers had in mind when they worked with artists to create the cards in the deck.
After considerable practice with Tarot decks, I have found that following three Tarot decks work best for me for contemplation, meditation, reflection, inspiration, magic and divination:
1. Thoth Tarot, The Book of Thoth, The Egyptian
Tarot. This deck
was designed by Aleister Crowley, Master Therion,
Ordo Templi Orientis,
O.T.O. The cards were painted on canvas from 1938-1943, in a projective synthetic geometrical
style, by Lady Frieda Harris (1877-1962), under the supervision of Aleister Crowley. This deck was Crowley's
vision based on his extensive knowledge of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn system, his O.T.O. philosophy, Quabalah, Enochian
Magick, Hermeticism, Egyptian mysteries, astrology, numerology, etc. The
significant artistic creativity of Lady Frieda Harris have led many to call it
the Crowley/Harris deck. The paintings of
each card were photographed and first published as a Tarot deck in 1969 by the O.T.O., and were
then rephotographed and published as a deck with improved printing in 1972 and 1986.
This deck now is available in large,
medium and miniature sizes. This is the deck I use to practice Tarot magic
as per Donald Tyson's
Portable Magic and John Michael Greer's
Learning Ritual Magic.
The Minor Arcana are more developed in this deck.
2.
The Voyager Tarot.
This photomontage deck was designed by James Wanless, Ph.D. The photographic collage
artwork was created by Ken Knutson. It was first published in 1984, and
then in 1991
and 2008. The Minor Arcana are extensively developed in this deck,
although the Minor suits become Crystals (for Swords), World (Disks), Cups, and
Wands (Staff) in the Voyager Tarot.
3. The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot. This very popular Tarot deck was first published in 1909 by the Rider Company in England. It was illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith based on the symbolism provided by Arthur Edward Waite. This is one of the first "modern" Tarot deck designs with symbolism drawn from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn system of magic. This Tarot deck comes in poster sized, large, medium, and miniature sizes. The Minor Arcana is more developed in this deck. There are are numerous differently colored versions and slightly modified versions of the Rider Tarot deck available now in print.
Tarot Major Arcana:
Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences,
Symbolism, Iconography.
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Thoth Tarot, The Book of Thoth, Tarot of the Egyptians
Note: Go to my new webpage for the most recent notes and research on the Crowley/Harris Thoth Tarot deck.
This deck was designed by Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), Master Therion, Ordo Templi Orientis, O.T.O. The cards were painted on canvas, in a projective geometrical style, by Lady Frieda Harris, from 1938-1943, under close supervision by Aleister Crowley. This deck was Crowley's vision based on his knowledge of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, his O.T.O. philosophy, Quabalah, Enochian Magick, Egyptian mysteries, astrology, numerology, etc. The paintings of each card were photographed and first published in 1969 by the O.T.O., and were rephotographed with improved printing in 1972 and 1986, and now come in large, medium and miniature sizes. This is the deck I use to practice Tarot magic as per Donald Tyson's Portable Magic and John Michael Greer's Learning Ritual Magic.
Aleister Crowley Society: LAShTal
Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot Deck.
Ordo Templi Orientis. Designed by Aleister Crowley. Painted by Lady
Frieda Harris. ISBN: U. S. Games Systems,
Inc., 1972. 78 page book included. The cards in this deck are are 3
3/4" wide and 5 1/2" high. Cards are marked: "1996 AG Muller." ISBN: 0913866156. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Miniature Tarot Deck. 76 Card
deck and 48 page booklet. U. S. Games Systems, Inc., 2006. The cards
in this deck are 2 1/4" wide and 3 1/2" high.
Aleister Crowley Thoth Small Tarot Deck . 80 card deck includes three
extra Magnus cards. A 78 page booklet. U. S. Games Systems Inc.,
1988. The cards in this deck are 2 3/4" wide and 4 5/16" high. ISBN:
0880793082. VSCL.
Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) - Wikipedia
The Ape of Thoth: A
Thelemic Text Database
The
Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot). By Aleister Crowley, The Master
Therion. A Short Essay on the Tarot
of the Egyptians. Equinox, Volume III, No. V., 1944, 200 copies.
Published by U.S. Games Systems,
Inc, 1977. 287 pages. ISBN: 0913866121. VSCL.
Book of Thoth
(Crowley) - Wikipedia
College of Thelema and Temple of
Thelema
The
Crowley Tarot. The Handbook to the Cards by Aleister Crowley and Lady
Frieda
Harris. By Akron (C. F. Frey) and Hajo Banzhaf. Translated from the
German by Christine M. Grimm. Stamford, CT, U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1995.
222 pages. ISBN: 0880797150. I have found this book to be an
extremely useful reference tool when doing an analysis of a card. VSCL.
The Crowley
Thoth On-Line Tarot Reading
The Gallery of the Thoth Tarot.
Images by Lee Helfin.
Game of
Life. By Timothy Leary. New Falcon Publications, 1989. ISBN: 0941404641.
Keywords for the Crowley Tarot. by Hajo Banzhaf and
Brigitte Theler. Weiser Books, 2001. 256 pages. ISBN:
1578631734. VSCL.
Liber
AL vel Legis. By Aleister Crowley.
The
Magick of Aleister Crowley: A Handbook of the Rituals of Thelema. By
Lon Milo Duquette. Illustrated Edition. Weiser Books, 2003.
304 pages. ISBN: 1578632994. VSCL.
New Age
Tarot: A Workbook and Glossary of Symbols. A Guide to the Thoth Deck. By James Wanless,
Ph.D. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Pub., 1986. ISBN: 0961507918.
163 pages.
Voyager Books VSCL.
Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O) Grand Lodge
Tarot
and the Magus: Opening the key to Divination, Magick, and the Holy
Guardian Angel. By Paul Hughes-Barlow. Aeon Books, Ltd., 2004.
Illustrated edition, 208 pages. ISBN: 1904658024.
Tarot
for the New Aeon: A Practical Guide to the Power and Wisdom of the Thoth
Tarot. By P. C. Tarantino. Alternative Insights, 2007. 1st
Edition. ISBN: 0976618400.
The
Tarot Handbook: Practical Applications of Ancient Visual Symbols. By Angeles
Arrien. New York, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Penguin, 1987, 1997. Appendices,
tables, bibliography, index, 320 pages. ISBN: 0874778956. Tarot sysmbols from a
psychological, mythological, and cross-cultural perspective. A detailed
study of Crowley's Thoth Tarot. VSCL.
Tarot Inspiration - The Book of
Thoth Website
Tarot
of Ceremonial Magic: A Pictorial Synthesis of Three Great Pillars of Magick
(Astrology, Enochian Magick, Goetia). By Lon Milo Duquette.
78 card deck and 304 page book. Red Wheel, Weiser, 2006. ISBN:
0877287643. VSCL.
Tarot Major Arcana:
Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences,
Symbolism, Iconography.
Tarot:
Mirror of the Soul: Handbook for the Aleister Crowley Tarot. By Gerd
Ziegler. San Francisco, California, Weiser Books, 1988. 192 pages. ISBN: 0877286833.
VSCL.
The
Thoth Companion: The Key to the True Symbolic Meaning of the Thoth Tarot.
By Michael Osiris Snuffin. Llewellyn Publications, 2007. 240 pages.
ISBN: 0738711926. VSCL.
Thoth
Tarot Deck by Aleister Crowley. York Beach, Maine, Samuel Weiser, Inc,
1978, 1983. This deck was printed in Belgium. The cards are 3 3/4"
wide and 5 1/2" high. ISBN: 0877284520. VSCL.
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. By Lon Milo Duquette.
Weiser Books, 2003. 352 pages. ISBN: 1578632765. VSCL.
This is an outstanding guide to the Thoth Tarot by an expert in the O.T.O. and Golden Dawn
systems and a Master Tarot scholar.
VSCL = Valley Spirit Center Library, Red Bluff, California
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Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot
Note: Go to my new webpage for the most recent notes and research on the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck.
This very popular Tarot deck was first published in 1909 by the Rider Company in England. It was illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith based on the symbolism provided by Arthur Edward Waite. This is one of the first "modern" Tarot deck designs with symbolism drawn from the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn system of magic. This Tarot deck comes in very large, large, medium, and miniature sizes, and there are numerous differently colored versions available in print.
The Complete Guide to the Tarot. By Eden Gray. New York, Bantam, 1982. 256 pages. ISBN: 0553277529.
The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites and Ceremonies
of the Hermetic Order. By Israel Regardie. Llewellyn’s Golden Dawn Series.
Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 6th Edition, 2002. 844
pages. ISBN: 0875426638.
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn - Wikipedia
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (H.O.G.D) Led by Chic Cicero and Sanra Tabatha Cicero.
Major Arcana:
Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism, Correspondences,
Symbolism, Iconography.
Magical Golden Dawn
Order, M.G.D
The
Pictorial Key to the Tarot. Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition
under the Veil of Divination. With 78 plates, illustrating the Greater and
lesser Arcana from designs by Paela Colman Smith. By Arthur Edward Waite. U.S. Games
Systems, 1971, 1992. Originally published in 1911. 340 pages. ISBN:
0913866083. This book is included with the
Universal Waite Tarot Set. VSCL.
Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1911, (Online Version)
Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool You Need. By Donald Tyson.
Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2006. Index, bibliography, 230 pages. ISBN:
0738709808.
This books uses the Golden Dawn system of magical correspondences. VSCL.
Israel Regardie (1907-1985) – Wikipedia
The
Rider-Waite Tarot Deck. Symbolism by Arthur Edward Waite and
illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. 34 page booklet. Stamford,
Connecticut, U. S. Games Systems, 1971. ISBN:
091386613X. VSCL.
Rider-Waite Tarot
Deck - Wikipedia Includes images for each card.
Self-Initiation Into the Golden Dawn Tradition: A Complete Curriculum of
Study for Both the Solitary Magician and the Working Magical Group. By
Chic Cicero and Sandra Tabatha Cicero. Woodbury, Minnesota,
Llewellyn Publications, 2002. 1st Edition. 792 pages. ISBN:
1567181368. VSCL.
Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot. By Rachel Pollack.
Revised with a New Preface. San Francisco, California, Weiser Books, 1980, 2007.
Index, bibliogrpahy, 354 pages. ISBN: 1578634083. VSCL.
The
Symbols and Magick of Tarot. By Paul V. Beyerl. The Hermits Grove,
2005. 234 pages. ISBN: 0965568741.
Smith, Pamela Colman 1878 - 1951
Tarot Major Arcana: Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism,
Correspondences, Iconography.
Tarot
Revelations. By Richard Roberts. San Anselmo, California, Vernal
Equinox Press, 3rd Edition, 1979, 1987. Footnotes, 294 pages. ISBN:
0942380002. VSCL.
Universal Waite Tarot Deck and Book Set. This lovely deck was colored
by Mary Hanson Roberts using the original artwork design by Pamela Colman Smith and symbolism by Arthur Edward Waite.
This boxed package
includes the 78-Card Universal Waite Tarot Deck, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot
book
by Arthur Edward Waite, and spread sheet for a traditional 10 card tarot spread.
The 1911 book is 340 pages. United States
Games Systems, 1990, 2004. ISBN: 088079416X. VSCL.
Waite,
Arthur Edward 1857-1942
Waite, Arthur Edward 1857-1942 - Wikipedia
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The Voyager Tarot
Note: Go to my new webpage for the most recent notes and research on the Voyager Tarot deck.
New Age Tarot: Guide to the Thoth Deck. By James Wanless. U.S. Games Systems, 1997. ISBN: 0880795913. VSCL. "A workbook and glossary of Symbols. Dr. Wanless translates esoteric symbolism into easy to understand modern applications. Useful for any tarot deck, including Voyager. A book of layouts, New Age Tarot contains 28 original spreads for reading the cards. Also includes 22 essays on different reading techniques. This book shows how to use tarot to promote better relationships, decision-making, intuition, healing, prosperity, play, mediation, self-affirmation and spiritual growth. Complete interpretations and illustrations of all 78 cards of Thoth Deck." Voyager Books
Strategic Intuition for the 21st Century: Tarot for Business. By James Wanless, Ph.D.. Carmel, California, Merrill-West Publishing, 1996.
193 pages. This is a workbook type format with exercises. ISBN:
1886708010. VSCL.
Strategic Intuition for the 21st Century: Tarot for Business. James
Wanless, Ph.D. Three Rivers Press, 1998. 193 pages. ISBN:
0609803220. VSCL. "This book illustrates a revolutionary new
approach to using intuition in the workplace. By using the symbology of the
Tarot, this book demonstrates how to shift out of the "box" and become more
creative, productive and inspired in business. Interpretations are provided for
three tarot decks: Crowley, Waite and Voyager. The book includes complete
interpretations as they relate to business productivity, management, marketing
and motivation, and dealing with adversity. 23 processes or ways of using the
cards to improve oneself personally or any aspect of the business, including
practical applications for increasing intuition, intuitive planning and
decision-making."
Voyager Books
21 Templates That Run Your World. By Sue Wilhite. Positively Success, 2007. 112 pages. ISBN: 0979441013. Voyager Books
Voyager
Tarot: Intuition Cards for the 21st Century. By James Wanless, Ph.D..
Fair Winds Press, 2008. Collage artwork by Ken Knutson. ISBN: 1592333222. Booklet of 78 pages
included. VSCL.
Voyager Books
Voyager Tarot:
Intuition Into Action. Tools of Intuitive Navigation for the Voyage of
Life. Official website of James Wanless, Ph.D.
Books, CD audio
courses, deck, workshops, retreats, card of the day, posters, articles.
Star Tree: Way of the Seeker
Voyager Tarot Course.
The Voyager Tarot: Way of the Great Oracle. By James
Wanless, Ph.D. Carmel, California,
Merrill-West Publishing, 1989. 330 pages. ISBN: 0961507934.
VSCL.
Tarot Major Arcana: Index to Links of Internet Resources, Books, Articles; Symbolism,
Correspondences, Associations, Iconography.
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