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ArkLetter 77

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By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 77, July 30, 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

 I. In case there's still someone out there who hasn't heard, I will be giving a Keynote Speech at the Association for Tarot Studies conference in France this fall, where I will launch the new Tarot of the Holy Light created by myself and my partner Michael Dowers. I believe there are still spaces open at the conference, so head on over to http://association.tarotstudies.org/2011convention.html and claim your spot at this unique and groundbreaking event! You will not believe the lineup, the people who are attending, the venue -- it’s going to offer superlative experiences for those lucky enough to be part of the fun. Truly, esoteric Tarot is coming of age!

II. In the next two weeks, August 2nd and 9th (at 6:00 PM PDT) I'll be presenting a 2-part series called "The Coming of the Goddess To Tarot". Both of these short courses are/will be available for one-time viewing or can be purchased in DVD form for your permanent collection. DVD's will be available at the ATS Conference in France as well. Visit our Facebook page or contact me directly for more information.

III. New Moon Tarotology -- July, TOO  2011 ......Sun, Moon and Venus in Leo. Following the students of Etteilla, who passed on the oldest complete body of Tarot correspondences we can currently document, this grouping would be represented as Fool, High Priestess and Empress in the Hermit's land.  Yes, that's right, the oldest Continental correspondence for the Sun is The Fool, Trump #0! I read this as the Fool for God, the wide-open mystic who is willing to go where the Divine Hand leads. We could also see him as a benign Pied Piper figure, leading the High Priestess and the Empress into the wilderness, into untrammeled and uncharted lands for refreshment and rejuvenation...http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2011/07/newmoon-tarotlogy-july-too-2011-1.html

NewMoon Tarotlogy - July, too, 2011

By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 77-- July 30, 2011

For an introduction to Tarotlogy, see ArkLetter 62

Sun, Moon and Venus in Leo. Following the students of Etteilla, who passed on the oldest complete body of Tarot correspondences we can currently document, this grouping would be represented as Fool, High Priestess and Empress in the Hermit's land.

Yes, that's right, the oldest Continental correspondence for the Sun is The Fool, Trump #0! I read this as the Fool for God, the wide-open mystic who is willing to go where the Divine Hand leads. We could also see him as a benign Pied Piper figure, leading the High Priestess and the Empress into the wilderness, into untrammeled and uncharted lands for refreshment and rejuvenation. Visiting the Hermit's virgin forest is like going back in time, back to a simpler but much more psychic and magical era. If the travelers are lucky they will be led to the Shaman's cave, there to be blessed, cleansed, healed and/or admonished, whatever he sees fit to share. Time to be exorcised, it seems!

ArkLetter 76

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By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 76, July 1, 2011

IN THIS ISSUE:

 I. New Moon Tarotology -- July  2011 ...  Now that we have crossed the Solstice, and summer is truly with us,  our time in the sun has come.  This NewMoon in Cancer kicks off the 2-month period that is the high point of the Alchemical year.  If we take the stance that this is a natural development, then whatever we are currently busy with assumes that magical significance to the psyche.  This might be a great time to scan through your priorities and rescue any private goals or dreams that have been pushed out of view by the stark necessities of life. If you can name and highlight a heartfelt desire that really matters to you at this time, try granting yourself one or two slices of time every day to think only about that.  You may not be able to do anything specific about it right now, but if you can just devote some caring, love and vision to that desire,  the process of opening the way might just begin on its own..  ..http://www.tarotarkletters.com/2011/07/newmoon-tarotlogy-july-2011.html

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NewMoon Tarotlogy - July, 2011

By Christine Payne-Towler
ArkLetter 76-- July 1, 2011

For an introduction to Tarotlogy, see ArkLetter 62

 Now that we have crossed the Solstice, and summer is truly with us,  our time in the sun has come.  This NewMoon in Cancer kicks off the 2-month period that is the high point of the Alchemical year.  If we take the stance that this is a natural development, then whatever we are currently busy with assumes that magical significance to the psyche.  This might be a great time to scan through your priorities and rescue any private goals or dreams that have been pushed out of view by the stark necessities of life. If you can name and highlight a heartfelt desire that really matters to you at this time, try granting yourself one or two slices of time every day to think only about that.  You may not be able to do anything specific about it right now, but if you can just devote some caring, love and vision to that desire,  the process of opening the way might just begin on its own.

Let's look at our Astrology-to-Tarot transpositions, and see what affirmations we can glean from the NewMoon chart.   We'll be following Etteilla's Trump correspondences, as unscrambled by his Italian students for the Cartomanzia Tarot, as this is the pattern Etteilla inherited from his Masonic and Martinist teachers.   That I know of, Etteilla didn't actually decorate his pips cards with astrological correspondences, and the system he taught to his students was complicated and somewhat counterintuitive. So if you don't mind, we'll just use my common-sense approach for the Pips card that become relevant to the divination. People who have the time who possess the Aeon Books translation of Papus' Divinatory Tarot can look up the Royals and Pips in that book and find the notes that are written in the margins of Papus' cards (which illustrate that text).  One of the listings will be a set of dates which, when translated back into zodiacal degrees, will indicate what Papus claims Etteilla was intending for his students to use.  I have found no other source to verify that these marginal notes are originally from Etteilla's system, rather than being add-ons that Papus included in his revision of Etteillas system 100 years after Etteilla's death.  No current Etteilla pack in print shows zodiac-degree associations with the Pips cards, and neither do any of the traditional LWB's from the Etteilla packs. So, for today's purposes we will follow simple standard  protocols derived from the elements and modes of astrology.