The Pictoral Key to the Tarot Type: Educational PAGE: 5 SELECT PAGE TO VIEW Contents Preface PART I - § 1.--Introductory and General PART I -§ 2.--Class I. The Trumps Major, otherwise Greater Arcana. PART I -§ 3.--Class II. The Four Suits, otherwise Lesser Arcana. PART I -§ 4.--The Tarot in History. PART II -§ 1.--The Tarot and Secret Tradition. PART II -§ 2 --The Magician PART II -§ 2 --The High Priestess PART II -§ 2 -- The Empress PART II -§ 2 -- The Emperor PART II -§ 2 -- The Hierophant PART II -§ 2 -- The Lovers PART II -§ 2 -- The Chariot PART II -§ 2 -- Strength, or Fortitude PART II -§ 2 -- The Hermit PART II -§ 2 -- Wheel of Fortune PART II -§ 2 -- Justice PART II -§ 2 -- The Hanged Man PART II -§ 2 -- Death PART II -§ 2 -- Temperance PART II -§ 2 -- The Devil PART II -§ 2 -- The Tower PART II -§ 2 -- The Star PART II -§ 2 -- The Moon PART II -§ 2 -- The Sun PART II -§ 2 -- The Last Judgment PART II -§ 2 -- The Fool PART II -§ 2 -- The World PART II -§ 3. Conclusion as to the Greater Keys. PART III -§ 1.--Distinction between the Greater and Lesser Arcana. PART III -§ 2.--Wands - King PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Queen PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Knight PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Ten PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Nine PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Eight PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Seven PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Six PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Five PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Four PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Three PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Two PART III -§ 2.--Wands - Ace PART III -§ 2.--Cups - King PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Queen PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Knight PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Page PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Ten PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Nine PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Eight PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Seven PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Six PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Five PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Four PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Three PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Two PART III -§ 2.--Cups - Ace PART III -§ 2.--Swords - King PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Queen PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Knight PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Page PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Ten PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Nine PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Eight PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Seven PART III -§ 2.--Swords - Six PART III -§ 2.--Swords – Five PART III -§ 2.--Swords – Four PART III -§ 2.--Swords – Three PART III -§ 2.--Swords – Two PART III -§ 2.--Swords – Ace PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – King PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Queen PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Knight PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Page PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Ten PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Nine PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Eight PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Seven PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Six PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Five PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Four PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Three PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Two PART III -§ 2.--Pentacles – Ace PART III -§ 3.--The Greater Arcana and their Divinatory Meanings PART III -§ 4.--Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana PART III -§ 5.--The Reoccurance of Cards in Dealing PART III -§ 6.--The Art of Card Divination PART III -§ 7.—An Ancient Celtic Method of Divination PART III -§ 7.—An Alternative Method of Reading the Tarot Cards PART III -§ 7.—The Method of Reading by Thirty Five Cards Bibliography

CLASS II

§ 3

THE FOUR SUITS

Otherwise, Lesser Arcana

The resources of interpretation have been lavished, if not exhausted, on the twenty-two Trumps Major, the symbolism of which is unquestionable. There remain the four suits, being Wands or Sceptres--ex hypothesi, in the archζology of the subject, the antecedents of Diamonds in modern cards: Cups, corresponding to Hearts; Swords, which answer to Clubs, as the weapon of chivalry is in relation to the peasant's quarter-staff or the Alsatian bludgeon; and, finally, Pentacles--called also Deniers and Money--which are the prototypes of Spades, In the old as in the new suits, there are ten numbered cards, but in the Tarot there are four Court Cards allocated to each suit, or a Knight in addition to King, Queen and Knave. The Knave is a page, valet, or damoiseau; most correctly, he is an esquire, presumably in the service of the Knight; but there are certain rare sets in which the page becomes a maid of honour, thus pairing the sexes in the tetrad of the court cards. There are naturally distinctive features in respect of the several pictures, by which I mean that the King of Wands is not exactly the same personage as the King of Cups, even after allowance has been made for the different emblems that they bear; but the symbolism resides in their rank and in the suit to which they belong. So also the smaller cards, which--until now--have never been issued pictorially in these our modem days, depend on the particular meaning attaching to their numbers in connexion with the particular suit. I reserve, therefore, the details of the Lesser Arcana, till I come to speak in the second part of the rectified and perfected Tarot which accompanies this work. The consensus of divinatory meanings attached both to the greater and lesser symbols belongs to the third part.

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