The Revised New Art Tarot: Mysticism and Qabalah in the Knapp - Hall Tarot by Yolanda Robinson

Author:Yolanda Robinson [Robinson, Yolanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

THE MINOR ARCANA

The Minor Arcana in The Revised New Art Tarot respond to energies that appear subordinated to the basic principles expressed by the Major Arcana. I say “appear” because you will find that the minors have a life all their own: they are assigned to the ten Sephiroth and respond directly to the qualities of their number and to their placement on the Tree of Life, from where they acquire their magic quality in a reading. The number serves to identify the mythical and archetypal forces behind the activities in the Qabalistic world assigned to each card. How do we apply principles and laws to our everyday life? How do we activate the qualities of a given number within the corresponding Sephirah? Number is here considered archetypal. A number is always infused with mythical and spiritual meanings; we must remember that Cabala views creation as a result of number and word working in unison in the Yetziratic world of Formation.

As we enter each of the fifty-six cards comprising the Minor Arcana we are shown suggestive qualities of both the number and its Sephirah, as well as its corresponding Qabalistic World and element. Being aware of the various dimensions accorded to each card facilitates interpretation, and can make a reading more meaningful, and often uncanny. There is an intentional sequence in each suit, from the King to the last numbered card, which unwraps a vision of their cosmology, of how the minors relate to each other within the four Qabalistic worlds. Still, we are urged to bring forth our own interpretations and correspondences as we build our personal mandalas and use the cards as tools for self-awareness and transformation.

When we use the glyph of the Tetragrammaton the structure of the Minor Arcana divides according to the four letters YHVH, which not only generate the hierarchies of the four kingdoms, but also determine the orderness of the cosmology represented by the fifty-six minors. YHVH is superimposed on the Tree of Life and the placement of these four letters on Chokmah, Binah, Tiphareth and Malkuth, respectively, marks the fields of primary influence of each Court card as well as the element of each suit.

Think of the minors as activating energies. How do we apply abstract principles to our everyday reality? How are these energies affecting our life; our creative power, our thoughts, the way that we communicate with each other and with our soul? How does the emblem displayed on each card point to its esoteric meaning? Here is a quick summary of the minors, which will be amplified in the next section as needed. Always keep in mind that in Hermeticism the universe is Mind and Consciousness and that everything is Energy.

Scepters or Wands: Yod; intention, intuition; the element of Fire; energies corresponding to the higher spiritual planes begin to be arranged into patterns; the archetypal world of ideas is here in full potentiality of expression and it will take form through the next three Qabalistic worlds according to our power of intention, our will, and level of our spiritual progression.

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