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When the puzzle box opens up, you’ll see what I mean, but the for the time being use the following attributes as a guide, if necessary. I found them by looking at the symbols themselves as each embodying a distinctive meaning manifest in a type of motion, action, or intelligence. As if the shape of the glyphs were each designed to show their intent.

The partitioning of the Tarot deck by digital root was the method of connecting them together into sets. These in turn fit together in a kind of narrative describing the journey through a geometric lattice known as the ‘Tree of Life’. This method is outlined in further detail in Ring Two below.

It may be helpful to bear in mind that these astrological glyphs were also used by the alchemists.



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Let the glyphs of the zodiac represent different types of motion or action.
In this sense, the imagery associated with each sign complements the function of the glyph.

♈ ARIES (the Ram): Pressing - Pushing
♉ TAURUS (the Bull): Grounding
♊ GEMINI (the Twins): Cleaving - Twinning
♋ CANCER (the Crab): Cycling
♌ LEO (the Lion): Ignition - the Creative ‘spark’
♍ VIRGO (the Virgin): Bringing to Fruition
♎ LIBRA (the Scales): Balancing
♏ SCORPIO (Fish - Serpent - Scorpion - Eagle): Metamorphosis
♐ SAGITTARIUS (the Archer): Penetration
♑ CAPRICORN (the Goat-Fish): Progression - Evolution
♒ AQUARIUS: (the Cup-bearer): Reflection
♓ PISCES (Two ‘Fish’ going opposite ways): Expansion - Return


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Let the Planets serve as forms of intelligence, personified in their ‘densest’ form as metals, or in purer form as the archetypal ‘gods’ & ‘goddesses’.
♄ SATURN (Lead): Measure - Mortality - Understanding
♃ JUPITER (Tin): Harmonizing - Ruling - Orchestrating
♂ MARS (Iron): Enforcing - Activating - Conflicting
☉ SUN (Gold): Illuminates - Enlightens
♀ VENUS (Copper): Attraction - Embodying
☿ MERCURY (Mercury): Integration - Synthesis - Communication
☽ MOON (Silver): Tides - Phases


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Let the Elements represent different faculties of Being.

As the Matter, or Body, from which we undertake this work, EARTH need not be represented among the Elements of the major arcana.


There are, of course, volumes of lore written on the interpretation of these symbols.

The present thesis maintains a self-initiation defense, predicated on the basic proposition that, given the context provided by the integration of Tarot & Qabalah, they form a unified whole that is self-explanatory by virtue of its’ architecture being founded on a ‘simple’ geometric diagram.

But, like any puzzle, its’ solution requires Play.