Secrets of the Waite-Smith Tarot by Marcus Katz

Author:Marcus Katz
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: rider waite smith, tarot, secrets of the rider waite smith tarot, rider-waite-smith, secrets of the waite smith tarot, rider-waite, secrets of the wait smith tarot, secrets of the wait-smith tarot
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, LTD.
Published: 2015-03-26T00:00:00+00:00

In a reading: The World card indicates the termination of one cycle and the commencement of a new beginning.120 Whilst everything has come together and ended, nothing ever ends in the World. This is not the cyclic and ever-turning process of the Wheel, which is time; the World is the space in which events happen, run their course, and find their conclusion. This card signifies that all things come to an end, and every beginning comes from an ending. The nature of the beginning is determined by the other cards in the spread; for example, the Tower, the Emperor, the Knight of Swords, and the Ace of Wands would indicate a rapid beginning, whereas Temperance, the Moon, the Knight of Pentacles, and the 5 of Pentacles would signify a slower and more challenging new start.

Key words and concepts: Synthesis, beginning (following an ending).

Waite: The World, the High Priestess, and Temperance in particular should be compared under Waite’s conception of the Shekinah, the divine feminine presence of God. The World, much like the Fool (as Christ or the human spirit) is a keystone of Waite’s mystical system. It symbolises the pure feminine nature, the Temple of Nature, the perfection of innocence (the Fool), the Isis of nature, the Shekinah, the Anima Mundi, and the soul of the world.121 It is the gateway to all mysteries, the entrance to the spiritual path. He left the World in the same position on the Tree of Life in his secret correspondences as the original Golden Dawn map, between Yesod and Malkuth, on the lowest path of the Tree of Life. This path is the last reach of divinity, and the first we enter on our return. It is hence “birth,” “entrance,” and a portal to a new life. If we compare this with the Ace of Pentacles, we see how that Ace shows the more mundane “new start,” whereas the World shows the bigger picture of every new start.

Colman Smith: For Pamela, the World card seems to be a straightforward execution of the divine feminine, although it has been said that she depicted Florence Farr in this figure. Farr was a leading light of the Golden Dawn, ran her own secret Sphere Group within the Inner Order, and at one point ran the Order and its teaching activities. A formidable, talented, and well-respected woman, she would have been the ideal model for the attribution of synthesis in the World card. In fact, she would also have been a good model for the card because we learn from her that nature teaches us in every aspect of life.

Secret significance: The World is all that is, ever was and ever shall be, and is never fully revealed.

Reading tip: The World is synthesis, so it brings together all the other cards in a reading. If it appears in the conclusion or result position of a fixed spread or at the conclusion of a nonpositional or freeform spread, it bodes well. It is better aspected at the extreme

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