THE TAROT OR DIVINATION CARDS
number Two
Again, in the case of a man,
a woman.
woman
whom
139
interested
would represent the
female enquirer number
and naturally in the case of a
One card would represent the man about whom she is
in
he
is
;
concerned.
The Third card represents Woman and the Fourth card
these are known as the Empress and Emperor,
]\Ian
—
though
it is
ob^^.ously impossible for such titles to be the
real original
names, and personally we think
it
simpler to
keep to Man and Woman.
The AA'oman represents fruitfulness, as would be natural.
This covers action in its many forms. The Man, equally
ob\dously, represents stability, power, protection, authorit}^
and curiously enough the reversed card shows benevolence
and compassion, thus suggesting brute force as one of the
original
meanings of
The Fifth card
this card.
known
is
as the Pope,
and the
design has vanished in the course of the ages.
original
It
shows
marriage, or servitude, and according to some writers, the
man who will keep the woman enquirer. Reversed it does
not carry any sinister meaning, but appears to represent
casual society, the people we meet.
The Sixth card represents two Lovers, and obviously
denotes affairs of the heart or of the
home
—in which case
the reversed card indicates a broken love affair or other
similar trouble after marriage.
The Seventh card
is
the Chariot,
and stands
for assist-
ance, help, triumph over difficulties or over enemies. It
may, in an unsatisfactory combination, show trouble,
vengeance,
and so
on.
The
reverse
shows defeat or
quarrelling.
It
is
interesting
to
note
that
the
—thus
are
har-
First
and
cards
the
monious
Fourth cards are male, the Second and Fifth are
in
the
third
degree
priestly.