Swords
Spades, Crystals, Knives, Blades, Clouds,
Feathers
Powers of Air
Tarot Minor Arcana and Playing Card Suits
Notes by Michael P. Garofalo, M.S.
Index to Internet Resources,
Books, and Articles
Correspondences, Symbolism, History, Meanings, Associations,
Magick, Lore
Emphasis on the Visconti, Marseille, Waite,
Thoth, and Voyager Tarot
Decks
Major Arcana Minor Arcana Tarot Keywords Index Aces Court Cards Pips
Swords (Crystals, Spades)
Ace of Swords [Brilliance, Mind, Intellect]
2 of Swords [Peace, Crowley; Equanimity, Wanless]
3 of Swords [Sorrow, Crowley; Creativity, Wanless]
4 of Swords [Truce, Crowley; Logic, Wanless]
5 of Swords [Defeat, Crowley; Negativity, Wanless]
6 of Swords [Science, Crowley; Confusion, Wanless]
7 of Swords [Futility, Crowley; Dullness, Wanless]
8 of Swords [Interference, Crowley; Synthesis, Wanless]
9 of Swords [Cruelty, Crowley; Narrowness, Wanless]
10 of Swords [Ruin, Crowley; Delusion, Wanless]
Princess of Swords (Crowley), Page
of Swords (Waite,
Marseille),
Child of
Crystals (Wanless), Knave of Swords, Jack of
Spades
Prince of Swords (Crowley), Knight
of Swords (Waite,
Marseille),
Child of
Crystals (Wanless), Jack of Spades
Queen of Swords (Crowley), Queen of
Swords (Waite,
Marseille),
Woman of
Crystals (Wanless), Sage of Crystals (Wanless),
Queen of Spades
Knight of Swords (Crowley), King
of Swords (Waite,
Marseille), Man of Crystals (Wanless),
Sage of
Crystals (Wanless), King of
Spades
Swords (Spades): Traditional Meanings, Associations, Correspondences
Reasoning, Mind, Intellect, Decisions, Thinking,
Logic, Discrimination, Analyzing, Wit
Mental Faculties, Understanding, Cunning, Planning, Problem Solving, Strategy,
Sanity
Communication, Discussion, Debate, Criticism
Conflict, Struggle, Fighting, Military, War, Ruin, Death
Government, Law and Order, Judgment, Courts, History
Powers of Air, Air, East
Swords (Spades), Power of Air: Metaphors, Similes
The sword cuts both ways
Put away your sword
The pen is mightier than the sword
Reversals, Negatives
Can't catch your breath
Give me some breathing room
Flight or fight
His head is in the clouds
A Note about the Tarot Card Images on
this Webpage
I plan to complete the first draft of this webpage by the end of August, 2011.
The Way of Tarot: The Spiritual Teacher in the Cards
The Voyager Tarot: Way of the Great Oracle
Book. By James
Wanless, 1989.
Book and
Deck. Discussion and interpretation of the Voyager Tarot, Ten, pp. 168-170.
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. This book uses the
Waite-Smith-Rider 1909 Deck for analysis and interpretation. Discussion
and interpretation of the Waite-Smith-Rider Tarot, Ten, pp. 258-259.
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. This is
my favorite book on the Thoth Tarot. Discussion and interpretation of the
Crowley-Harris-Thoth Tarot, Ten, p. 178.
Understanding the Tarot Court. By Mary K. Greer and Tom Little.
Special topics in Tarot Series. Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2004. 288 pages. ISBN:
0738702862. VSCL.
The Tarot Court Cards: Archetypal Patterns of Relationship in the Minor Arcana
Keywords for the Crowley Tarot. by Hajo Banzhaf and
Brigitte Theler, 2001.
The
Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot). Aleister Crowley, 1944, 1977.
The
Tarot Handbook: Practical Applications of Ancient Visual Symbols. By Angeles
Arrien, 1987, 1997.
The
Complete Book of Tarot Reversals. By Mary K. Greer, 2002.
Tarot
Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings. By Rachel Pollack,
2008.
Understanding Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot. By Lon Milo Duquette,
2003.
Learning Ritual Magic. By John Michael Greer, Earl King, Jr., and Clare Vaughn,
2004.
Jung
and Tarot: An Archetypal Journey. By Sallie Nichols.
Introduction by Laurens van der Post. York Beach, Maine, Samuel weiser,
Inc., 1980. References, 392 pages. ISBN: 0877285152. VSCL.
Portable Magic: Tarot is the Only Tool You Need. By Donald Tyson.
Woodbury, Minnesota, Llewellyn Publications, 2006. Index, bibliography, 230 pages. ISBN:
0738709808.
VSCL.
Hamaker-Zontaq.
Red Wheel, Weiser, 2007. 268 pages. ISBN: 9780877288787. VSCL.
Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners
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